#Book-2 in Lost Royalty series ( CAN BE READ STANDALONE ) He is heartless, While she is a heart specialist He kills mercilessly, And she lives to save lives Both are accustomed to blood, but with different intentions: One to give back life, the other to snatch lives In the collision of their paths, will they find a way to reconcile their differences or remain irreconcilable opposites? What will happen when destiny plays its game, binding them in a knot of marriage of convenience, where both are forced to marry each other, just to fulfill a promise?

𝐋𝐎𝐕𝐄 𝐎𝐑 𝐏𝐎𝚰𝐒𝐎𝐍 ~☆ She's the nation's most desired woman. He's the business world's youngest shark. Neither believes in love-until they're trapped in it. Maera Saxena, 34, is a top model and award-winning actress, known for her beauty, confidence, and the walls she's built around her heart. Love, for her, is a luxury she doesn't believe in. Rivaan Malhotra, 24, is a ruthless businessman-cold, ambitious, and dangerously charming. He has no interest in commitment, only control. When a scandal threatens both their worlds, one solution binds them together: a **contract marriage**. No emotions, no promises-just a deal. But what happens when the lines between love and poison begin to blur? When stolen glances turn into lingering touches... When jealousy burns hotter than pride... When two people who swore to keep their hearts locked start craving the very thing they feared the most? In this world of glamour, lies, and desire- Will their marriage be their greatest mistake... or the only truth they'll ever know? TROPES:- ☆Contract Marriage ☆Age Gap Romance ☆Opposites Attract ☆Clash of Egos ☆Slow Burn Enemies to Lovers

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She grew up craving love - not gifts, not luxury, just love. An orphan adopted into a family that gave her everything except warmth. And now, for the sake of their happiness, she's promised herself to a man whose love feels more like a wound than a wish. Her wedding is eight away - eight of borrowed freedom before surrendering to a life she never chose. So, she comes to Vrindavan - not to escape, but to breathe. To feel something real before she loses herself completely. He returns to Vrindavan too - a boy once full of dreams, now emptied by betrayal. Left shattered by the girl he thought was his forever, and hated by the very family he bled for, he walks the sacred city not with hope, but with numb footsteps. When two broken hearts meet, both carrying the weight of their past pains, it is as if the universe pauses to watch their souls recognize each other. And what if Radha Krishna Ji themselves step in, guiding their paths, softening their hearts, and blessing their union with divine love.. What will happen then? Will they find courage in each other's silence, or remain prisoners of their pasts? Can two incomplete souls complete each other - or are they meant to be nothing more than a passing chapter? Sometimes, love doesn't knock - it simply arrives when you're too tired to run.

Isharth an introverted Wattpad writer who escapes his fractured family through his stories, unaware that his first and most loyal reader, Kaushiki has been supporting him from the start. A fearless girl who sees love as a mere illusion, she unknowingly becomes the light in his life. Fate brings them together in college, turning them into inseparable best friends. She was unaware that her best friend was that Wattpad author whose writings she liked very much. But when an unexpected arranged marriage forces them into a lifelong bond, will Isharth's belief in love be enough to change Kaushiki's heart?

𝑰𝒇 𝑰 𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒎𝒚 𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒕, 𝒚𝒐𝒖'𝒍𝒍 𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏. ⋆ ── ⋆ ── ⋆ "Are you afraid that I'll fall for you?" he asked again, his voice dripping like honey, smooth and melodic beneath the moon-kissed sky. Her long, curled lashes lifted, revealing the storm she kept hidden behind them- only to meet the desperation blooming in his gaze. "No. I'm afraid... you'll fall into my curse." ⋆ ── ⋆ ── ⋆ Secrets are sharp, silent, and dangerous. He lived far from chaos, untouched by deceit, trusting only what was seen, heard, and known. But everything changed the moment she arrived. Quiet, composed, and unreadable like a storm that whispers before it strikes. She carried an aura that intrigued and unsettled, drawing him in with questions she never answered, and a past she never spoke of. She was flawless on the surface, her smile soft, her presence calm. But beneath that polished calm lay layers of subtle and haunting silence. He despised that, detested liars, mistrusted masks. But something about her made him stay. Each glance felt like a clue, every word a riddle. He wasn't falling in love; he was falling into her mystery, piece by hidden piece. He searched quietly at first, then relentlessly. Threads of her past slipped through his fingers like smoke, each lead ending in shadows. Until one night, when he pushed too far, when his questions edged too close to the truths she refused to face, she didn't explain, she disappeared. And just like that, the woman he thought he was beginning to understand vanished without a word, without a trace. All she left behind was the wreckage of his trust and a silence louder than betrayal. This was only the beginning.

He knew exactly who she was - the beloved granddaughter of his biggest rival. Still, that didn't stop him. On the day of her wedding, dressed in red and surrounded by people who adored her, he barged in and kidnapped her without a second thought. Before she could even process the betrayal, she found herself married to him - forcefully, painfully, and without choice. People whispered that he did it because he loved her. But if you believe that, you're completely wrong. Love had nothing to do with it - not then. He married her for revenge. Cold, calculated revenge. Because in his eyes, she was responsible for the most painful wound of his life - the death of his grandfather. And this forced marriage? It wasn't love. It was punishment.

°❀⋆.ೃ࿔*:･°❀⋆.ೃ࿔*:･ Vaidehi Rathore - a girl who is calm, silent, and a little ray of sunshine. But no one knows that behind her smile and those shining eyes hides a broken soul. She never received the love she craved from her family after her mother left, yet she still believes that one day, someone will love her like it's the only thing keeping them alive.... Raghav Raghuvanshi - a man of few words. He isn't as cold as he appears; in front of his family, he's just normal. But his past made him build walls so high that no one could climb them. He convinced himself he'd never love anyone... and trusting someone was a battle he'd already lost long ago... °❀⋆.ೃ࿔*:･°⋆.ೃ࿔*:･ Fate replaced one bride with another - and that's how Vaidehi walked into Raghav's world. He had walls around his heart, and she carried light in her eyes. Maybe, just maybe, they were meant to find each other in the chaos.