Ridhav Agnihotri, forty, ruthless, and a man of power. A politician who commands respect in public, but behind closed doors, he is a father estranged from his twelve-year-old son and a man chained to a marriage he never wanted. Noor, only twenty-five, untouched by the ways of the world, pulled from her quiet village life and forced into a marriage that feels more like a punishment than a dream. Illiterate, naïve, yet burning with a hidden fire, she steps into a mansion where luxury is a cage and silence is louder than words. Because love was never meant to bloom here. And yet, it just might.

After a fierce battle, he claimed my kingdom-and my fate. I am bound by duty to my people, but it is a duty that demands the greatest sacrifice. To save my kingdom, I must marry the man who conquered it. One bound by the crown, the other by my heart. When the king of Suryagarh attacked our kingdom, he did not just conquer our lands-he shattered countless lives. Thousands of widows, children left without fathers, and girls who were only beginning to understand the world. The loss was beyond words. And yet, to save them, I had no choice but to throw myself into the flames of my own sacrifice. I sent the king a marriage proposal through my father. My father was always against it and he must have hidden the truth about me from him. I don't know what he said, but I couldn't back down. I couldn't let my people suffer more. They needed me. Sitting before the holy fire, ready to take vows with my husband, not as a wife but as a mistress, I was shedding silent tears beneath my veil-not because of the sacrifice but because of the price I will pay for it. It all began with his words: "I always loved you. It was always you, never someone else." But the reality was different: "So you were always a manwhore?" "Yes, and you are my whore." And it ends with: "You promised to stay with me during this time. I am still waiting for you. Please... do not let me down." This is a story of a time when women were nothing but objects to be used and discarded, tied down to the bed by the chains of society and sweet taste. But the queen made sure none of them were deprived of their rights. Her legacy was one of hope, as she become the first queen to free courtesans from the shackles of slavery, granting them the freedom they deserve. She married the powerful king of Hind to save her kingdom, but in doing so, she never expected he would become the very reason to turn her life upside down. Mature content included!

"Kiss me and show him you belong to me,"Minghao growled,his knuckles white around the hair of the ex of his husband-about him he had found an hour ago. "You are mine, Junhui. You are only mine." He announced to the world,to his own heart. A tear slipped from his eyes as his heart couldn't hold it anymore, betrayal was too strong but Junhui was his,toxic or not. Junhui is his and will be his forever. He glared at his husband,who looked at his ex apologetically before taking his mouth in a bruising kiss,lacing his finger with his own as he didn't realize when he ended up with both of his hands laced with his husband's finger. But his anger,the hurt which was the reflection of the betrayal,the secret of his husband's secretary he had unraveled soothed from the kiss. "I am yours Minghao. I am only yours. He was just a mere employee and you are the center of my world." Junhui took his mouth again, groaning the same way he does before lifting him up. Junhui is his and he was Junhui's. Rest world could go and fuck themselves. Release date: 22/11/24 Finish date: Age gap Forced marriage MM Brat × Brat tamer Very jealous ML BOOK ONE IN THE BOUNDED SERIES. -Shavi^^