Two lawyers. One courtroom. And a hatred sharp enough to draw blood. Saanvi Mehra has clawed her way to the top-brilliant, sharp-tongued, and unbreakable. She's earned her place in a world that was never built for her. And she's not about to lose it. Especially not to Veer Raizada. Veer is composed. Cruel. Untouchable. And for reasons Saanvi can't decipher, he loathes her with a quiet intensity that burns. Every case between them is war. Every glance, a challenge. Every word, laced with something too dangerous to name. He wants to see her fall. She refuses to give him the satisfaction. But in a world where truth is twisted and history is buried- what happens when hate stops being safe? A slow-burn enemies-to-lovers romance brimming with sharp banter, long-buried secrets, and the kind of tension that leaves scars. (Previously:- THE ART OF CROSS EXAMINATION) We hit ✨ # 2 trends # 1 womanpower #1 banter #1 indian #1 suit #4 attorney #5 cat #8 powercouple #7 legal © Kiara Gilbert. All rights reserved. This work is protected under DMCA and international copyright law. Do not copy, repost, translate, or adapt any part of this story without explicit written permission. Unauthorized use will result in immediate DMCA takedown notices, reporting, and, if necessary, legal action. I appreciate every genuine reader, please respect the time, effort, and creativity that went into this work.

Isabella is desperate for her own independence, but her overprotective father stands in the way of her future. When she demands that she attends a University two hundred miles away from her home, her father only has one exception; a bodyguard. Elio is dedicated to his career to honour his late sister, but when he owes a favour to an ex-mafia boss, he takes body-guarding to a completely new level. Isabella is reckless and likes to push her bodyguards limits. Elio has zero patience and a desire to punish his client. When things start to get heated and unexpected feelings get in the way, their forbidden relationship becomes a distraction when Isabella's life is on the line. Elio is desperate to not let down another important woman in his life. But he can't save everyone, including his own bleeding heart. Tropes: - Mafia Romance - Bodyguard - Age-gap (8 years - FMC is 21 and MMC is 29) - Forbidden Love - Brat FMC/Grumpy MMC - Light BDSM (sub/dom vibes) - Size difference (5'4 & 6'6) - University/College Setting - Past Trauma/Healing - ANGST (so much of it)

OFFICIAL WATTPAD ENGLISH TRANSLATION Sucker for adventures, Zein and her friends try to find Hell University to satisfy their curiosity... Little did they know that once they enter that place, there is no turning back. *** Tight-bonded and adventurous, Zein Shion and her friends embark on a journey to find the elusive Hell University. Despite the doubts forming in her mind, she joins the search and enters what seems to be an abandoned school. However, things take a turn when they discover that there's no way out of that place. Forced to survive in an environment where anyone can be killed at any point, Zein is pushed to make a choice. Will she choose to uncover the mysteries of Hell University and put the monstrosities to a stop? Or will she play it safe and try to keep her and her friends alive?

⚠️Triggered Warning : This book contains adult scenes(18+), violence and sexual assault. one more thing that this is not a love story..... this is an unlove story. "STAY AWAY... or else I will slap you so hard" she said angrily. A faint smirk appeared on his lips as he said in his cold heavy voice, "Don't worry baby... you started all this but now it will end when I want it to." He pressed his gun on her vagina as he again said, "You are going to love this Mrs. Dhriti Yashvardhan Chauhan." A loud thud echoed in the whole cabin... she SLAPPED him. ~ Dhriti Agarwal ~ Fun loving, caring, kind, funny and beautiful basically a sunshine girl but she knows where to become bold and strong. Mentally a slut but physically afraid of being intimate with a guy. She is an advocate practicing in the high court of New Delhi. ~ Yashvardhan Chauhan ~ Cold, grumpy and dangerous but handsome as hell. He does not have any feelings or caring for anyone except his family. He is a successful businessman who runs his real estate company in India. Somehow these souls gets tangled with each other and ended up ruining each other. -------------------------♡----------------------- Tropes~ Sunshine X Grumpy Advocate X Businessman Bold X Cold ☆☆☆☆☆ Hope you guys will enjoy it.

Mahnoor is a second-year history student. She is sharp-tongued, fiercely independent, and unafraid to speak her mind. Her latest coursework is on the lives of powerful figures who contributed to India's growth. That's when she discovers him. An emperor unlike any other who was undefeated in war, feared by rulers, praised by history, but still infamous for his cruelty. The deeper she reads about him, the more her hatred for him grows because it was very evident the textbooks tried to balance his brilliance by sugercoating his brutality, but to her, his name is soaked in blood. One afternoon, sitting in the library, she seethes to her friend, "Still. If one of those women had rebelled, her name would be in this book today. I'm angry that none tried to do so." "I wish I was there. I really do." "I would have said things everyone was scared to utter to his face. He wasn't feared because he was powerful, he was feared because people feared for their lives. And that is not power." "He won't be remembered because he was great, but because he did things no one could ever forget." That night, on a rain-soaked street in Mumbai, her car nearly hits an old woman crossing the road. When she gets down to confront her, the woman curses her. "So, you wish you were there? You think you could speak, rebel, and change history with your voice? Then go. Let's see how your voice will be heard in a palace where a woman's opinion holds no importance. Your freedom will crumble because rebellion there means death. Your name will rot with theirs and be forgotten and only then you will understand they too were not stupid. Go. I'll love to see how you make history remember you." The world spins and she finds herself in 1574, inside the emperor's harem, the very one she hated with every fiber of her being. She knows how his story ends. But this time, she's inside it. Will she become another silenced voice in his dark legacy or the one woman who dares to rewrite history?

I thought he saw me, the real me. Not just the body I tried to hide, or the insecurities I never showed. But the girl beneath it all. So I trusted him. Followed him. Loved him. Now I'm trapped in a house with no exits. No answers. No mercy. He says this is my life now. But the way he looks at me says otherwise. He wants to break me. Remake me. And if I want to survive... I might have to lose myself. 🚫🚫🚫18+🚫🚫🚫 This isn't a love story. Not the sweet kind. It's dark. Twisted. Addictive. The kind where the hero does unforgivable things- and you'll still find yourself wanting him. He's not safe. And neither is what you'll feel. Read at your own risk. You've been lured. 🖤 READ THE DISCLAIMER. THIS BOOK IS NOT FOR EVERYONE

I trusted him, but he turned out to be a creepy psycho who kidnapped me. • People say I'm the epitome of a good girl-obedient, kind-hearted and graceful. I've never really mingled with friends, always stayed close to my parents, and never did anything that could disappoint them. I focused on my studies, scored good marks and had my future planned. I wanted to be a columnist. But everything changed during one family trip to a hill station. That's where I met him. At first, I fell for his sweet words, his kind gestures and his caring attitude. No one could have guessed that the same man would turn into my stalker! That he would kidnap me...! and lock me away in a lonely cottage, cut off from the outside world. This is my story-my fight to escape a psychopath. But can I truly get away from him? Or will Stockholm syndrome win?

𝗛𝗶𝘀 𝗦𝗶𝗻𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 💋 (Dark Mafia Romance | 18+) "Tum mujhe arrest karne aayi thi, Sana... ab dekho, khud meri prisoner ban chuki ho." - Rudra Malhotra Rudra Malhotra - Underworld ka sabse ruthless Mafia King. Uske naam se hi dushman kaap jate hain, aur uski aankhon me sirf ek cheez dikhti hai - power. Cold, heartless aur dangerous, woh apni duniya ke rules sirf khud ke liye likhta hai. Sana Sharma - Ek fearless police officer jise crime aur underworld se nafrat hai. Uska ek hi mission hai - Rudra ko jail bhejna. Par woh bhool gayi ki Mafia King se takraane ka sirf ek hi anjaam hota hai - Tabahi. Jab Sana ek deadly raid me Rudra ke empire ko todne ki koshish karti hai, toh woh ek aise game me fas jaati hai jisme sirf Rudra ke rules chalte hain. Uske possession me aane ke baad, Sana sirf ek cop nahi rehti... woh Rudra ki obsession ban jaati hai. 🔥 Power ya Passion? Revenge ya Surrender? Sana ke paas koi escape nahi hai... aur Rudra usse kabhi chhodne wala bhi nahi hai. ⚠ Warning: Yeh kahani dark, possessive aur intense mafia romance hai. If you love obsessive anti-heroes, forced proximity aur sinful chemistry, then this book is for you! 18+ content ahead. Read at your own risk. 😈🔥 ---

Book 1 of Ranawat Series Opposites attract? Opposites collide.. She didn't trust men. She didn't trust Trust. She lived in pain and had learnt to thrive in it. He was busy being the best. He didn't have time for anyone. Even himself. But under all that calm he was lonely. Both didn't believe in fate. But it was fate that brought them together. They collided like two blackholes and their explosion created the most beautiful symphony of passion and desire. Their love is a storm. The question is - will they wield it or let it destroy their very beings? This is the story of Ishani and Ayansh Tropes: Forced marriage Arranged marriage CEO X CEO Dark romance Cold mmc X Cold fmc Billionaire romance Indian romance

╰┈➤"𝙃𝙚'𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙦𝙪𝙞𝙚𝙩 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙨𝙤𝙪𝙡 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙𝙚𝙙 - 𝙎𝙝𝙚'𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙣𝙤𝙞𝙨𝙚 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙨𝙞𝙡𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙖𝙙𝙤𝙧𝙚𝙙. 𝙏𝙤𝙜𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧, 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙧𝙚𝙙𝙚𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙙 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙨." ˗ˏˋ 🕊︎ ☁︎ ⸝⸝ ★ ⋆｡ﾟ☀︎ ☀︎ARNAV MORE X ☀︎IHA TIWARI BLURB He was left at the altar-not because he was cruel, not because he was wrong- but because he was mute. And the girl who ran away... was replaced by the only person who didn't get a choice. Her middle sister. They had spoken only once in childhood. Then life happened. Cities changed. Silences grew. Now, they're married. Not out of love. Not out of choice. But out of fate's twisted mercy. She speaks in storms. He listens in silence. And somewhere between broken families, buried trauma, and middle-class chaos- They must learn what it means to be heard without words... And loved without language. Because some love stories aren't loud. They're unspoken-yet still yours. ✿ TROPES ✿ ﹅romance rooted in silence, spice, and stolen glances 𖦹 Personal Assistant × Professor ☼ Maharashtra × Uttar Pradesh 𖤓 Non-brahmin × Brahmin ☀︎ Sunshine × Sunshine ❛ Elder son × Middle daughter ❜ 𓂃 Replaced bride ✧ Selectively mute male lead ⎯ Slow burn ❁ Desi household ⌕ Family drama (served daily) ☁︎ Soft romance ₊ Middle class love ⚘ Wounded past ✦ Indian romance - nostalgic & real