#Book1 in Mafia Romance Series 𝓓𝓮𝓭𝓲𝓬𝓪𝓽𝓲𝓸𝓷: To all the girls out there who secretly wish for a morally grey man to turn their world upside down. ──────── ୨୧ ──────── Veeranshu Singhaniya: His name alone is enough to send shivers down the spines of his enemies. CEO of the Singhaniya Group and the formidable head of the Phantom Legion Mafia, Veeranshu fears no one-except his mother. A ruthless perfectionist with a commanding presence, he values his family and siblings deeply, though his love is often masked in discipline. In his world, love is a distraction-until it isn't. If he sets his eyes on something... or someone... he will make them his by any means necessary-hook or crook. Akshara: An orphan girl with a heart full of innocence, kindness, and quiet dreams. Akshara is the embodiment of grace and gentleness. Living under the roof of cruel relatives who treat her like a burden, her only solace lies in painting and dancing. She's a college student struggling to find a job and a way out. But what happens when her path crosses with the most dangerous man of the underworld? Will she manage to escape the dark pull of Veeranshu Singhaniya, or will she become his most prized possession-forever trapped in the cage of his obsession?

DAILY UPDATES . A marriage forced by circumstances. A husband filled with resentment. A wife burdened by a secret. Advait Malhotra, the heir to a powerful business empire, never wanted to marry Saanvi Sharma. Believing she had trapped him for wealth and status, he treated her with cold indifference from the very beginning. But Saanvi carried a truth she could never reveal-a truth that had led her to accept this marriage for reasons far beyond money or ambition. Bound together by fate and divided by misunderstanding, they began a journey neither of them had chosen. A journey of secrets, heartbreak, and a love that would have to survive countless storms before it could bloom.

Isabella is desperate for her own independence, but her overprotective father stands in the way of her future. When she demands that she attends a University two hundred miles away from her home, her father only has one exception; a bodyguard. Elio is dedicated to his career to honour his late sister, but when he owes a favour to an ex-mafia boss, he takes body-guarding to a completely new level. Isabella is reckless and likes to push her bodyguards limits. Elio has zero patience and a desire to punish his client. When things start to get heated and unexpected feelings get in the way, their forbidden relationship becomes a distraction when Isabella's life is on the line. Elio is desperate to not let down another important woman in his life. But he can't save everyone, including his own bleeding heart. Tropes: - Mafia Romance - Bodyguard - Age-gap (8 years - FMC is 21 and MMC is 29) - Forbidden Love - Brat FMC/Grumpy MMC - Light BDSM (sub/dom vibes) - Size difference (5'4 & 6'6) - University/College Setting - Past Trauma/Healing - ANGST (so much of it)

He's the rival her bloodline despises. She's the Montclair he should destroy. Sebastian Cross doesn't just break rules-he rewrites them in the ashes he leaves behind. Isabella Montclair wanted control, wanted to live by duty and legacy. But Sebastian makes her forget duty, forget reason, forget everything but the way he tastes like danger and feels like home. And in their world, desire isn't just forbidden-it's lethal.

Saanvi grows up in a house where no one values her. She learns to stay quiet, obedient, invisible. At 18, her only dream of happiness is marriage - she believes a husband might give her the love her family never did. __________________________________________ Aarav, 30, is a widower. His heart belongs to his first wife, Radha, whose memory he worships like a deity. He agrees to remarry only because his family forces him. He enters the marriage with a closed heart. ___________________________________________ Saanvi enters the marriage full of hope. Aarav enters the same marriage full of silence. Their wedding night is cold. He sleeps on one side of the room, barely acknowledging her. She spends the night crying quietly, realising marriage isn't the dream she imagined. ___________________________________________ Saanvi tries - talking, smiling, making little efforts. Aarav tries - to stay distant, to remain loyal to a memory. Their attempts never meet. Saanvi realises she is married to a man whose love died before she arrived. __________________________________________ She moves to Pushkar. Starts working at a small school. Becomes "Saanvi Teacher". For the first time, she belongs somewhere. Children give her the love she never received. But some nights, she still sits by the lake, wondering what she did wrong. She did nothing wrong. ___________________________________________ Years later, in a Pushkar market, they meet by accident. No blame. No tears. No promises. Just two people who once broke each other, finally meeting with peace instead of pain. Aarav realises he still feels something. Saanvi realises she no longer hurts. And they walk away... ___________________________________________ Saanvi lights a diya near her room in Pushkar. "Thank you... for letting me grow." Aarav sits alone in Jaipur. "Be happy, Saanvi. Wherever you are."

Hiii guys! 🫶🏻 So finallyyy, here I am with my first ever story! 😭🤍 Honestly, mujhe khud nahi pata ye story mujhe kahan tak le jaayegi, but I'm definitely excited to take you all along with me hehe. 😂 Pehle hi warning de deti hoon-English meri first language nahi hai, toh grammar ki mistakes milengi. Kabhi chapter chhota hoga, kabhi bahuttt chhota 😭 aur kabhi itna lamba ki tum log mujhe gaali dene lago ki "bas bhi kar behen!" 😂 But please bear with me. 🥹🫶🏻 Story ke saath-saath meri writing bhi improve hogi, so mistakes ko ignore karke characters aur story enjoy karna! 🤍 Now coming to our two idiots- I mean... main characters. 👀😂 🖤 Prathmik A cold-hearted CEO + Mafia who literally has the power to make people tremble just by looking at them. Money? Unlimited. Power? Unlimited. Attitude? Uska toh poochho hi mat. 😭 But surprisingly, this man loves his family more than anything. He believes in God, love and marriage... Basically, duniya ke liye red flag 🚩, family ke liye greenest flag 💚. 🤍 Sarvisha And then we have our little doctor. 🥹 A fragile girl whose step parents sold her for money. After everything she has gone through, she stopped believing in God, love, marriage and basically every "happily ever after" nonsense. She is an intern doctor, trying to survive life on her own terms. One believes in love. One doesn't even believe love exists. And then... FATE decided to play a little game. 👀 Two completely different people. Two completely different worlds. One story. Will they fall in love? Or will they make each other's lives even more chaotic? 😭😂 Well... Let's find out, shall we? 👀🖤 Happy reading, guys! 🫶🏻✨ And haan... comment karke batana ki first impression kaisa laga! 😂🤍

Some Stories Begin In Silence........

"I 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝 him for thirteen years. Then I watched him 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐞. And suddenly... I became the 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝." "𝐓𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐰𝐞𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭," he said. "𝐌𝐲 𝐠𝐢𝐟𝐭... is to remind you every single day- 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐮𝐧𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞. 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐝. 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲. He never realized he was breaking the girl who had loved him silently, completely, long before hate had poisoned his heart. 𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐞, 𝐲𝐞𝐭 𝐟𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐦𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐬. ᥫ᭡.ִֶָ𓂃𓂃✍︎ ----------------------------------------- Hide until this song ends... and I'll leave you 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝. "Run, 𝐛𝐚𝐛𝐲," he whispered. 𝐑𝐮𝐧. 𝐑𝐮𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞." She noticed the notebook and pen in his hand as he read fiction. "Taking notes on how to be a 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐧?" "No." 𝐈'𝐦 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐬... 𝐬𝐨 𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐟*𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐢𝐧 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐲. She snaps, "Go. Eat whatever you want. I don't care." He tilts his head, his voice low. "𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐬, 𝐛𝐚𝐛𝐲." ----------------------------------------- 𝐓𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐬 : ☆ Forced marriage ☆ Morally grey male lead ☆ Childhood friends to lovers

They didn't meet. They collided. Ayesha wasn't the girl who dreamed in sparkles - she carried storms in silence. Between family taunts, late buses, and holding herself together every night, she had learned one thing... strong girls break too - just quietly. Reyansh wasn't the boy everyone thought he was. Anger in his eyes, chaos in his past, and a heart he didn't trust anyone with. But some paths don't cross by accident. Some souls recognize each other before the mind does. This isn't a love story that begins with butterflies. This is a story that begins with hurt, fate, and two broken hearts trying not to feel. They weren't looking for each other. Destiny pushed them anyway.