[Wattys 2023 Grand Prize Winner] After an eight-hour flight sitting next to her high school nemesis Jackson Carter, fashion designer and barista Isabelle Curtis thought that would finally be the last she would see of him. But as the saying goes, famous last words. * * * Isabelle Curtis and Jackson Carter were fierce academic rivals in high school, up until Jackson moved to the UK in junior year for boarding school. Eight years later, Jackson has returned from abroad to take on the role of CEO at his late father's company. When Isabelle and Jackson meet again, there's a war of words, banter and a passionate dislike towards each other. Throw in a high school reunion, some more chaos, and a 'deal' in the mix-one that might just involve a little faking and pretending. It's all fun and games and tit for tat, almost just like in high school, until real feelings become involved...

• An arranged marriage love story • ❝ His soul was tainted with darkness, Hers was full of light. One without the other, they knew they wouldn't survive! ❞ ' 𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒏𝒐𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒃𝒐𝒙, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝑵𝒂𝒓𝒄𝒊𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒔𝒕. ' • • • • It all started with a hug! "Hey wait--- I need you to do something in return!" His words sent chills down my spine, along with confused thoughts in my mind. "What kind of help?" I tried my level best to act normal. 𝘓𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘐 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘱 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘐 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘭𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘵. 𝘼𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩'𝙨 𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙄 𝙢𝙚𝙩 𝙈𝙧.𝙉𝙖𝙧𝙘𝙞𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙨𝙩. • • • • 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘵, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺? Peep in to know how destiny binds them together. #11🏅#Humor (208K) #8🏅#Lovestory (242K) #1🏅 #Indianstory #3🥉 #Arrangedmarriage(15.4K) #34🏅 #Emotions(28K) #41🥉 #Destiny(24K)

Hello Readers!!! Here, your author is with another story...♡︎♡︎ . . "𝑫𝒊𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒎𝒆 𝒂 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓?" "𝒀𝒆𝒔, 𝒂 𝒘𝒂𝒍𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒐𝒏𝒆.." . . 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘢 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭 𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘧𝘶𝘯, 𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘧𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘣𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝐓𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐬: 𝖱𝗎𝗁𝖺𝖺𝗇× 𝖠𝖺𝗋𝗈𝗁𝗂 𝖢𝗁𝗂𝗅𝖽𝗁𝗈𝗈𝖽 𝖾𝗇𝖾𝗆𝗂𝖾𝗌× 𝖲𝗉𝗈𝗎𝗌𝖾× 𝖫𝗈𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗌 𝖥𝗈𝗋𝖼𝖾𝖽 𝗆𝖺𝗋𝗋𝗂𝖺𝗀𝖾 𝖱𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗇𝗀𝖾 𝖢𝖤𝖮×𝖣𝗈𝖼𝗍𝗈𝗋 𝖦𝗋𝗎𝗆𝗉𝗒×𝖦𝗋𝗎𝗆𝗉𝗒 𝖲𝗍𝗋𝗈𝗇𝗀 𝖿𝖾𝗆𝖺𝗅𝖾 𝗅𝖾𝖺𝖽 𝖢𝗁𝖺𝗈𝗍𝗂𝖼 𝖼𝗈𝗎𝗉𝗅𝖾 Brother's bestfriend's brother 𝖠𝗇 𝗂𝗇𝗌𝖺𝗇𝖾 𝗆𝖺𝗋𝗋𝗂𝖺𝗀𝖾

𝑰 𝒅𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒕 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒔, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒊𝒕 𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑴𝒆 ••• "Did you know how I felt when I learned my wife wants to divorce me through a fūcking outsider?" He asked, his piercing gaze meeting hers through the mirror. His one hand was resting on her stomach, keeping her close to him while the other one touched her head. "This-" He moved the finger from her head to her heart. "-this-" He pulled her closer from his other hand. "-your whole fūcking being, belongs with me, get that?" He asked, raising her chin to make her look in the mirror. She should push him away, she should be telling him how much she hates him but she found herself nodding. "Words." He pressed. "Yes," She mumbled. "What's your name?" "Roop." "What's your name?" He asked again, pronouncing each word clearly this time. "Roop Mehrotra." "Roop. Amrit. Mehrotra." His jaw tightened, "Say it." "Roop Amrit Mehrotra." She breathed out, trying to get away from him but his grip was firm. "Right, and it's going to stay just like that." ••• Two people, one unwanted marriage. The question is, will they survive or give up without even trying? •••

Eight years ago, Sarah Winrey has always been bullied by Leon Ferron, whom she's feared since the very first day she met him. After he gets expelled, Leon vows to kill Sarah the next time they meet. Now, as a senior in high school, Sarah meets Leon again, but this time he's not here to kill her. Instead, he wants something more--her love. Can Sarah find it in her heart to see him differently? Has Leon really changed? Even so, the game of love isn't so easy, and Sarah will soon realize just how complicated and deadly it can be. *NOTE: I wrote this when I was in MIDDLE SCHOOL. So a lot of my values on relationships now as a college student are quite different. Therefore, there are some aspects that I don't agree with. Keep in mind, again, that this is for ENTERTAINMENT, and therefore does not truly reflect on me as a person.

This is my own continuation of this book or more like a fanfic? idk. Enjoy! Im bad at writhing and im boreddd TO BE CONTINUED

[ON HOLD] 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐎𝐟 𝐓𝐨𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 " 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐮𝐧𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐰. " ✿◕ ‿ ◕✿ 𝐊𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐑𝐚𝐣𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐧 The name itself screams power and danger. A man who's mere presence can make anyone shiver. The CEO of multi billion dollars company. A cold hearted and ruthless man who can do anything in the snap of his finger and has vast connection in mafia world. " 𝑨 𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒅𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒔 𝒑𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒇𝒆𝒂𝒓 " ________________________________________ 𝐈𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐚 𝐑𝐚𝐣𝐯𝐞𝐞𝐧 A gorgeous and beautiful woman with dominanting and cunning brain . The CEO of her self made company. One of the most powerful woman who can bring anyone on their knees, a woman who hides so much behind her angelic and devine personality, a woman who's aura demands power and money . " 𝑨 𝒘𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒓𝒆𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒓𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒆." ___________________________________________ "𝐼𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑜𝑢𝑐ℎ 𝑜𝑓 𝑑𝑎𝑟𝑘𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑑𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑟𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑒 , 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑏𝑒 𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑓𝑙𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑠ℎ 𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑟 𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑢𝑝 𝑏𝑢𝑟𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚?"

Jenifer Martin, a girl from California. A girl with a beautiful and the kindest heart. She has a superb business degree. But alas, sometimes bad things happen to good people. Her boyfriend of three years cheated on her with her only best friend since childhood. Damian Wilson, CEO of Wilson Clothing. He is handsome, he is super intelligent for the business world. Lives in New York City. He believes in love, but haven't found yet. He has one night stands just for his distraction though. A girl from California and guy from New York. How these two will meet? Maybe she will work for him or maybe not? Stay tuned to find out more about these two souls! Love, Anushka💛 Ranks:- #45 in nyc out of 1.56k stories. #4 in romance out of 1.95k stories PS- Current cover made by @_navyblueee_ Date:26/03/22