𝐙𝐚𝐡𝐢𝐫 × 𝐃𝐡𝐫𝐮𝐯𝐢 | 𝟑𝟏 × 𝟐3 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐨𝐲𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐬: #𝟏 𝐁𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐁𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐲𝐚𝐥 She saw him more than once. And every time, her heart betrayed her; racing, stumbling, fluttering like a caged butterfly chasing a memory. Her breath shortened, her chest tightened, and still, she said nothing. Because it wasn't her place. Because she was never meant to be seen. Until she was. Until the day she stood before him, not as a stranger in the crowd, but as his bride. The wrong bride. He had seen her before. Once in passing, her eyes barely a flicker in his peripheral vision, dismissed for a prettier pair. The second time, he saw her through a vow sealed in blood and duty. And rage erupted. Exacting. Demanding. She wasn't supposed to wear that dress. She wasn't supposed to carry his name. But now that she does... There's no turning back.

When Naina Mittal walks into the pristine Headquarters of The Maurya Group, one of the world's largest conglomerates, to meet the CEO AKA the most admired billionaire bachelor in town, she expects to find a cocky, rude playboy; not the sexy stranger, whom she couldn't stop dreaming about since the day they met two months ago. When Veer Maurya decides to step into the iron and steel world by collaborating with the CEO of the most respected name in the industry, Mittal Steel; he gets the shock of his life when instead of an inexperienced, spoilt, rich brat, his lioness walks into his office. The same angel who had stuck like a glue in his mind since the day he had stumbled into her two months ago. ___________________________________________ "In our world, you don't ask for permissions, you go and steal what you want," Veer said with a smirk on his face. His eyes were dark and distant. "But you always ask for mine." I placed my chin atop my hand that rested on his desk. Veer chuckled as he typed a password to secure his computer. He walked around the desk, still smirking, and faced me. Turning my chair towards him, he knelt in front of it. Staring up at me, Veer confessed boldly, "Of course I do, Lioness. You are not one of the cubs I manipulate, you are the queen of my pride." ___________________________________________ This is my first book, constructive criticism is appreciated, negative comments not so much....

22 years old ADHIRA VATS, who's vague & intricate, too naive to deal with the cruel world. Getting married was never in her list, atleast not before getting settled & providing her father a luxurious life. She has been her papa's Gudiya since always. Shorthand for doted upon, a bit indulged, a girl child loved deeply, if imperfectly, by her father. He's been her mentor always. The dream she has weaved all these years of a ecstatic & contented family unlike her parents will be acquired? What will happen when she'll be tied in a sacred bond called as marriage? Will her innocence be taken for granted or will she ever be able to come over her insecurities? VIKRAM VASHISHTH , a 27 years old man, who's apathetic, reserved & formal yet authentic and courageous. He is a man of his words who has been burning candles at both the ends for his loved ones, for his family. Easily the most dependable human, who has always been the backbone of his family. What will happen when he'll get married? Will he ever be the one at receiving end? Will he ever get a person to rely on? To understand him & break his walls to see his broken self? Or will he keep his caged emotions confined? One doesn't believe in the idea of love & the other one is unfamiliar with the feeling of love but has a ray of hope. Will their world will turn upside-down or will they'll find their happily ever after? The two straight lines will ever bend & join together? They're destined to found each other but will they find solace in each other? Join their journey of compatibility, trust, care, respect with the enormous amount of desi tadka. 'I don't own the cover or any other pictures used, the credit goes to the rightful owner respectfully.'

❝𝑳𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝑶𝒃𝒔𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒐𝒃𝒔𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆.❞ In the blink of an eye, she became my obsession, a dazzling enchantress I couldn't resist. From that very moment, I swore to make her mine. Even if it meant faking my love for her, marrying her or locking our fates in a binding contract. ~Aaryavir Malhotra He entered into my life, and like a perfect artist, painted it with the colors of love and fiery passion I always craved. Little did I know, it was all smoke and mirrors. I was spellbound by him, while he purchased my heart through a contract. How did I think of his obsession as love? ~Roop Agnihotri What deal did Aary strike to claim Roop as his? What will unravel when Roop stumbles upon the contract's hidden truths? Will the truth shatter their bond or will they defy all odds to choose each other above everything else? Dive into the pages of the book to uncover the answers.

» a falling in love after marriage story « •𝑺𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒔, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒏𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒑𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒂𝒄𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒕𝒐𝒈𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓!• ••• Tara Singhania and Veer Raichand didn't fall in love. They fell into a deal-a marriage arranged not for affection, but for freedom, freedom from the weight of family expectations. To them, love was an afterthought, if it existed at all. Their marriage was a transaction: calculated, clean, and no emotions involved. One wedding, two signatures, and a lifetime of separate paths. But life, as always, had a different plan. After an unexpected tragedy shatters their world, Veer is forced to confront the pain of loss and the weight of promises left behind. As his carefully curated world collides with his wife, a firebrand with a soul too big for her own good, everything changes. Living under the same roof, join these two unlikely partners as they discover that some battles aren't won in offices but in the quiet corners of life where love, loss, and hope intersect. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴, 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦? ••• [Not your usual Marriage of Convenience story. Give it sometime, and let it grow on you]