He traced the cold muzzle from my forehead, slowly dragging it down the bridge of my nose, past my lips, and resting it squarely against my chest, right over my hammering heart. "Tell me, Detective Shaiba," he whispered, his breath hot against my ear. "You had me in your sights. You had the power to end this entire 'Architect' mystery tonight. Why didn't you fire?" "I..." My voice failed me. I was shivering, not from the cold, but from the terrifying proximity of his heat. "I don't know." "You don't know," he echoed, a dark, dangerous hum in his throat. He leaned forward, his voice dropping into a low, predatory growl. "You have no idea what kind of thoughts are running through my mind right now, seeing you standing here at my mercy." My breath hitched. "W-what thoughts?" "Like how much I want to fuck you right here. Bare, exposed, and completely at my mercy," he said, the words blunt and shocking. He pinned me against the the car, the weight of his body crushing the air from my lungs. _________________________________________ "Sometimes life takes sudden turns, doesn't it?" Destiny has a cruel way of forcing us to face the very things we've spent years avoiding. For Naina, life was supposed to be about goals and a fresh start. But you can't outrun a shadow that has been following you for five years. The boy who once ruled the school now rules the city's underworld. He has returned as a ghost of ruin, and he's not here to negotiate. He's here to claim the only thing he never truly let go of. This is a journey of obsession, deception, and hidden truths: The Past: A game of hearts where the hunter became the prey. The Present: A detective hunting for the truth, only to realize she's been the target all along. Will Naina solve the mystery of her lost love, or will she be swallowed by the dark intensity of the man she once knew? In a game of separation and reunion, will destiny grant them a happy ending, or are they destined to remain a tragic memory?

She married a stranger to save her father. She walked into college to build her future. She never imagined both paths would collide. At just twenty, Aarohi Sharma is innocent, mischievous, and full of quiet dreams. An arranged marriage ties her life to a man she barely knows-Dr. Advay Sharma, a twenty-eight-year-old physics professor, calm, disciplined, and bound by rules. Their marriage is built on responsibility, not love... and a promise: No one will know they are married. But fate plays its own games.Because the man she calls husband at home is the same man she must call Sir in college. In the classroom, he is strict, unreadable, untouchable. And she? She is chaos. With innocent sarcasm, childish mischief, and a smile that tests his patience daily, Aarohi gets on Advay's nerves-knowing well that he can't say a word beyond being her professor. What starts as harmless teasing turns into a silent war of glances, restrained irritation, and emotions neither of them planned

𝙏𝙪 𝙝𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙙𝙞 𝙧𝙖𝙫𝙚, 𝙢𝙖𝙞𝙣 𝙝𝙖𝙨𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙖 𝙧𝙖𝙫𝙖𝙖𝙣.... · · ─ ·𖥸· ─ · · A normal college life. That's all Vanya Arora wanted. New beginnings. New dreams. New people. And absolutely no chaos. Nothing extraordinary. Nothing complicated. But life has never been particularly interested in giving her simple. Because if there's one thing Vanya is- it's chaos. And seeing a shirtless stranger casually roaming inside an all-girls' hostel on the very first night.... was definitely not part of the plan. Neither was seeing him again. Or realizing- that the same stranger somehow belongs exactly where he shouldn't. In her world. In her family. Her sister's brother-in-law. Somewhere between family meetings, shared glances, almost-arguments- something begins to unravel. Strange. Unexpected. Maybe god's plan or no? · · ─ ·𖥸· ─ · · Read to see- 𝙄𝙨𝙝𝙦 𝙗𝙪𝙡𝙖𝙖𝙫𝙖 𝙟𝙖𝙖𝙣𝙚 𝙠𝙖𝙗 𝙖𝙖𝙫𝙚?