Loving her reshaped him, ruined him a little, saved him a little more. Loving him healed her, broke her a little, tainted her all the more. 𝐑𝐔𝐇𝐈𝐊𝐀 𝐒𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐇𝐀𝐍𝐈𝐀, the daughter of a powerful business tycoon, was forced into marriage after a scandal left her pregnant. She knew her husband never loved her, so she kept her distance, silently enduring the life she never chose. But when an unexpected tragedy takes her child, Ruhika finally shatters. And unable to bear the grief, she ran. But three years later, she is found and dragged back to the life she once abandoned. 𝐌𝐀𝐗𝐈𝐌 𝐎'𝐒𝐇𝐄𝐀, heir to the Irish mafia, never wanted marriage until duty forced him, & he had to accept Ruhika & her child as his own. But he let her keep her distance, believing she still loved the father of her child. What he never confessed was his perilous obsession for his wife ━ one that turned to madness when she fled. And this time, he had no intention of ever letting her go again. But Maxim forgot one thing ━ she was never truly alone in the dark. Because something, or 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦, had been waiting for her too. And he has no plans of letting her slip away as well. Trapped between two ruthless men, Ruhika must decide: The husband who has hunted her for years? Or the man who has already claimed a piece of her soul? 𝐍𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐘 𝐁𝐋𝐎𝐎𝐃𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐄 #01 | 𝐀 𝐃𝐀𝐑𝐊 𝐌𝐀𝐅𝐈𝐀 𝐑𝐎𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐄 ╋━━━━━ 𝐜𝐰 : mention of child death & parental trauma, obsessive mc 𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐬: arrange marriage, interracial (indian fmc x irish mmc)

When morbidity finds beauty, and corrupts it. When beauty, for some ruinous reason, let's it. She was twelve when she first saw him ━ golden-eyed, kind-hearted, and utterly untouchable. He was twenty-one when he first met her ━ a lonely girl with too much yearning in her eyes. Years passed, seasons changed, but one truth remained: he was never meant to be hers. 𝐂𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐈𝐀𝐍 𝐎'𝐒𝐇𝐄𝐀 was a man with secrets ━ dangerous ones. Running from his past, he built a quiet life in a small Irish town, far from the shadows that once owned him. But he never expected her, 𝐀𝐈𝐒𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐒𝐔𝐋𝐋𝐈𝐕𝐀𝐍, a girl with wide eyes and too much heart, who kept returning to his bakery, day after day, year after year. She wanted him. But he knew better. Or so he thought. Until the past came knocking. 𝐍𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐘 𝐁𝐋𝐎𝐎𝐃𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐄 #0.5 | 𝐀 𝐃𝐀𝐑𝐊 𝐌𝐀𝐅𝐈𝐀 𝐑𝐎𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐄 ╋━━━━━ 𝐜𝐰 : NO PEDOPHILIA !!! 𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐬 : age gap, irish mafia, 1970s, love at first sight