She wants revenge. He is sworn to protect her. But the empire that destroyed her family... is the one she might have to rule. In a world built on power, loyalty, and blood, some legacies refuse to stay buried. Years ago, NEEL and SHRIDHANI shared a love that should have lasted forever. But tragedy tore their world apart, leaving behind broken promises and a daughter who grew up learning that love rarely survives power. That daughter is SHRAVYA. Determined to escape her past, Shravya builds a new life in Italy, strong, ambitious, and unwilling to let anyone close enough to break her again. Until she meets ARVAYEN VESCARI. Cold, controlled, and dangerously loyal, Arvayen is the right hand of one of the most powerful man in the mafia world. Shravya was never meant to be part of his world. But when buried truths begin to surface, Shravya is forced to face a legacy tied to the empire that destroyed her family. Now revenge calls her back. Shravya will do anything to protect the people she cares about, even if it means becoming the queen of the very empire that destroyed her. Even if it means losing the one man she was never allowed to love. ************************************************************************* SHRAVYA X ARVAYEN "She is under my protection, that's all you need to know" X "Protection was never what I needed. It was loyalty" He can have anything, except her. She wanted him more than she should, which is exactly why she would never let herself have him. NEEL X SHRIDHANI "I didn't just choose her once. I will choose her every day for the rest of my life." "The only thing I ever asked from life... was her." X "I lost pieces of myself to the world... but with him, I finally found where I belong." "The world chose my path. I chose him." # 1 cutecouple - 20/01/2026

She argued like it was a sport. He flirted like losing was part of the game. The worst part? Everytime she got mad, he fell a little harder.

𝐇𝐄𝐑 𝐒𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐒 𝐁𝐎𝐎𝐊 #𝟏 ════ ⋆★⋆ ════ She is wounded He became her healer She lacked warmth He became her warmth Love was just a word for her Love was an unexplainable emotion for him She is his winter He is her sunshine ════ ⋆★⋆ ════ 𝐀𝐧𝐢𝐤𝐚 𝐌𝐞𝐡𝐫𝐚 CEO of the leading fashion industry, Stardust, she is a perfectionist with a no-nonsense attitude and a rude personality. She gained the title 'Ice Queen' due to her cold demeanor, which made her employees fear and respect her. But beneath this cold exterior lies a girl with scars from her past etched deep into her soul. She stopped believing in life, in love, and lost hope of finding happiness. She has only one goal: revenge. Revenge against the people who snatched her happiness from her. Until he came... Her sunshine. Her Jaan. "And the truth was, I never craved warmth. Not once, not until I felt his." 𝐀𝐛𝐡𝐚𝐲 𝐌𝐚𝐥𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐫𝐚 He is a ray of sunshine in human form, charming, optimistic, and full of life. He joins Stardust Fashions as a manager. He believes that no darkness is too deep for light to break through. Even amid difficulties, he always maintains his bright and happy demeanor and has faith that things will work out in the end. But there is something else about him, something intriguing, another identity that he keeps hidden from the world. Until he entered her life as her replaced groom. And what begun as hate turned into love and she became... His winter. His wifey He was ready to bring down everyone who hurt her. "She's the only one I need, and I'll make sure of that, even if it means breaking and rebuilding myself around her." ════ ⋆★⋆ ════ Rankings: #7 in Love out of 2.51M (10/08/25) #3 in love story out of 308k (9/1/26)

"𝐼𝑛 𝑎 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑 𝑓𝑢𝑙𝑙 𝑜𝑓 𝑚𝑜𝑜𝑛𝑠, 𝑠ℎ𝑒'𝑠 𝑚𝑦 𝑠𝑢𝑛." 𝘿𝙞𝙮𝙖 𝙎𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙢𝙖 is kind, too kind and strong in the way that makes people forget she bleeds too. Love was never expected, only endurance. So when her father asked her to marry she nodded... not out of hope, but habit. 𝙑𝙚𝙙𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙈𝙖𝙡𝙝𝙤𝙩𝙧𝙖, grew up in a home that taught him how to build empires but never taught him how to ask for a hug. Marriage was never part of the plan until a hospital room, a fading pulse, and the one man he could never disappoint whispered a final wish. Neither expected warmth. Neither expected understanding. And they definitely didn't expect comfort in each's other's silence. A tale of quiet yearning- an arranged marriage where silence becomes a language and love sneaks in when no one's looking. - M 💌