That day she left me with the world we created out of our love.... Our child. I stopped believing in love. I had already lived my love story but responsibilities don't wait. I remarried. Not for myself or for love but for my child. Marrying someone else felt like a betrayal even though that's what my first love wished for on the death bed. Then she entered my life. I was never going to love her. Because how can I love again when my heart still belonged to someone who was now no more in this world? She didn't replaced my first love. She slowly created a place in my heart and unknowingly I was healing. But loving her would mean my first love was less but then time made me realised that love doesn't replace, it expands. This means my heart even after breaking, knows how to beat 💓 Sometimes love doesn't come again to earse the old story but to remind you that your heart still have the capability to feel ❤️ I didn't leave my first love behind... I just made room in my heart to love again 🤍

𝐄𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞 #𝟏: previously known as "My Home" A friends-to-lovers romance full of longing, heartbreak, and second chances. "𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝑰 𝒉𝒖𝒈 𝒚𝒐𝒖, 𝑰 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝑰'𝒎 𝒉𝒐𝒎𝒆. 𝑵𝒐𝒕 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒂 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒂 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒏. 𝑮𝒉𝒂𝒓 𝒋𝒂𝒊𝒔𝒂 𝒔𝒖𝒌𝒐𝒐𝒏 𝒉𝒂𝒊 𝒂𝒂𝒑 𝒎𝒆𝒊𝒏." (There's a peace in you like the one we find at home.") ──── ࣪𖤐 𝗦𝗵𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗻𝗸 𝗞𝗮𝘀𝗵𝘆𝘂𝗽 has always been the fixer. The son, the provider, the silent sufferer. But three years of living alone in a 1BHK apartment, away from everything he once called home, has chipped away at his soul. Exhausted. Hollow. Done pretending. Until 𝗩𝗮𝗮𝗻𝗶 𝗔𝗴𝗮𝗿𝘄𝗮𝗹, his childhood best friend, walks back into his life like a monsoon after drought. She's fierce, funny, and knows how to read him even in his silence. What begins as comfort quickly turns into tension. Unspoken feelings. Lingering touches. And a dangerous question neither of them is ready to answer "What if the only place you ever truly feel belonged, is a person who can't be yours?" But love isn't always cozy. It's messy, confusing, and terrifying especially when the walls you built to survive start to fall. 🏠 Will their home always feel like home or will it become just four walls between two strangers? ────୨ৎ──── • She fell first, he fell harder • Forced proximity • Best friends to lovers • Slow burn with intense chemistry • Emotional healing arc ☆ 𝐕𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬.

❝𝑾𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒃𝒆𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒚 𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒕, 𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒓𝒚?❞ _____________________________ Sidharth never wanted this marriage. Trapped by circumstances and haunted by a past he didn't want to face, he told himself it was only a duty. But Noor-silent, simple Noor-was something he couldn't ignore. Her presence stirred something in him, her quietness louder than his own chaos. She never asked for anything, yet she made him face the parts of himself he wanted to forget. And as his walls started to fall, he hated that he wanted her-that he needed the warmth of someone he was never meant to have. As time went on, He began to behave in ways that were antithetical to his initial intentions. He found himself doing everything he had once vowed never to do with his wife. He became the very husband he had despised. He started to crave more, an insatiable desire that gnawed at his soul for her. And then nothing seems to satisfy his aching soul other than his arranged wife's one smile. ●An Indian arranged marriage romance. #Book-1 in #His bride series. (A standalone book) ●Bᴏᴏᴋ ɪs ʀᴀᴛᴇᴅ ᴍᴀᴛᴜʀᴇ ᴅᴜᴇ ᴛᴏ Dᴀʀᴋ ʀᴏᴍᴀɴᴄᴇ, ᴀɢᴇ ɢᴀᴘ ᴀɴᴅ ʜɪɢʜʟʏ ᴍᴀᴛᴜʀᴇ ᴄᴏɴᴛᴇɴᴛ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴍᴇɴᴛɪᴏɴ ᴏғ ʟɪɢʜᴛ BDSM. (Have a lot of grammatical and spelling mistakes.) ╰┈➤Started on: 28 April 2024 Author♥️