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Ayat Suleiman and Ayaan Kamran were bound in nikah as children-an unwanted tie between two lifelong enemies. Raised side by side, they grew up clashing, never once seeing each other as more than rivals. Ayaan Kamran, the CEO of Kamran industry with painful past, is an cold and heartless ceo to everyone except her close one. But besides enmity she always falls in to his closest persons from beginning. Ayat Suleiman is an bold author, soft hearted yet passionate but feisty for him. She yearn the love she wrote in books but always fears the uncertainty. But when adulthood arrives, their parents decide it's time to honor the childhood promise. Forced into marriage, Ayat and Ayaan are thrown into a new world? Could they make it up for eachother? Could they suppress their hate and acknowledge new feelings? ✿ TROUPS ✿ Childhood Nikaah Enemies to Lovers Forced Marriage / Arranged Marriage Slow Burn Romance Trauma Bonding / Healing Together Close Proximity Touch Her and You Die Sarcastic x Fiery Hidden Softness _________ Started: 15 April 2025 Ended : 08 june 2024

📍 Udaipur's biggest wedding. 🎭 Two childhood friends-turned-strangers. 💥 One misunderstanding that sparks a storm. Advika Mathur thought she left him-and the past-behind. But the Mehra haveli has other plans. Especially when a single word turns into war... and maybe something more. He's the calm after chaos. She's the fire that follows silence. They're everything they shouldn't be-but can't seem to resist. Full desi drama. Flirty banter. Open-door heat. Family friends → Enemies → Lovers. 💋 Welcome to a royal mess called love. Whispers Between Havelis begins now. -

A long wait of 10 years

He is a Preluder, not just a player or a leader but the one who creates it, he didn't chase victory he was granted with it, he wasn't just ruthless he was brutal. Broken so often that he himself gave up on healing, not until his wife arrived. She was a scattered soul, scattered by her own father, family, society. At a young age reality slapped her in the face, though she didn't let them change her, her hopeful personality. But did she really deserve this? She saw goods in everything, so he became her shield. The saga unfolds truths that could ruin lives, but untold truths ruin what was establishing. A journey as dangerous as walking on a blade, but filled with chaos and banter, and a lovestory that makes you yearn for it. ''Zyran Pasha x Sehar sheikh" ⁺‧₊˚ ཐི⋆ᖭི༏ᖫྀ⋆ཋྀ ˚₊‧⁺ I'll gladly kiss the ground you walk on Cherìn, but I can have you crawl to me if I want. Tropes⋆୨ৎ Forced marriage Look at her and die Love after marriage He fell first and harder Sunshine x sunshine protector Forced proximity Calm x crack head Found family

𝑺𝒉𝒂𝒚𝒏𝒂 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒔𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒖𝒅𝒆. 𝑨 𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒆𝒕 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒂 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒐𝒕𝒊𝒄 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅, 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒌𝒆𝒆𝒑𝒔 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒂𝒕 𝒂 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆, 𝒃𝒖𝒊𝒍𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒔 𝒏𝒐 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒅𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒓𝒐𝒔𝒔. 𝑨𝒅𝒉𝒊𝒌, 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒅, 𝒊𝒔𝒏'𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒚𝒑𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒅𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒍𝒚-𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒖𝒆𝒔 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒂𝒔 𝒎𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒂𝒔 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒐𝒆𝒔. 𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒔 𝒂𝒔 𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒄𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒐𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒔𝒐𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒔 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒅𝒆𝒆𝒑𝒆𝒓, 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒏𝒆𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒇𝒐𝒓. 𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕-𝒂 𝒕𝒐𝒖𝒄𝒉, 𝒂 𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆, 𝒂 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒃𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒌-𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒓𝒂𝒈𝒊𝒍𝒆 𝒃𝒂𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎, 𝑺𝒉𝒂𝒚𝒏𝒂 𝒑𝒖𝒔𝒉𝒆𝒔 𝑨𝒅𝒉𝒊𝒌 𝒂𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒆𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒄𝒖𝒕 𝒅𝒆𝒆𝒑𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅: "𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖".

✧ Vidhi Khurana × Vihaan Mehra ✧ She has a dark past, he will be her healer. She is traumatized, he will be her therapy. She hates physical touch, he only touches her feet for blessings. She had a boyfriend, But......he will be her HUSBAND. ★★ Vidhi Khurana ★★ Marrying him is not a choice, its one and only option for me. ★★ Vihaan Mehra ★★ I will kill a person for nothing, but for her, I'd become a toy for her to play with! Here is the glimpse...... When she is traumatized by her past and she thinks her husband also does the same..... [But his answer is] "The only mark i'll leave on your body will be these" (He reaches out and traces the henna patterns on her hands) "And these" (He gently presses his thumb against the vermilion on her forehead) "will be the only red i ever bring to your skin"

One year before India-Pakistan's partition, another story began- Haya & Her Ishq. She: a 19-year-old Muslim girl bound by tradition. He: a 26-year-old Hindu man chasing freedom and revenge. When their paths crossed, everything changed. She stood up, broke norms, and found her voice. They survived the partition... But did love survive too? Let's dive in. ✦Tropes✦ Strangers to lovers Age Gap Forbidden love Soft Romance He fell First & she fell harder.

"He's a ruthless billionaire and she won't bow to him " When a forced marriage binds them together , sparks fly- but not the romantic kind . RAGE . SECRET . DESIRE . Both carry scars from the past , and neither is willingly to surrender . But in a world of betrayal , power and twisted fate ....... Can hate really turn into love ?! , or will they destroy each other first ?"

1st book of 'vows' series. Three men. One girl rewritten into power. Love will ruin them all. And she? She might just like it that way.