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The Years Between Us by thanksforthetrauma
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She had spent years building a life for herself, steady and carefully controlled. As an architecture student in Birmingham, she understood how to create structures that could withstand pressure. What she never learned was how to protect herself from the things that couldn't be planned. He lived in London, successful, disciplined, and emotionally guarded. He trusted logic more than feelings and certainty more than vulnerability. Keeping people at a distance had always felt safer than letting them close enough to matter. They had known each other since childhood, though never in any meaningful way. For her, he had always been someone she noticed from afar, someone she cared about without expecting anything in return. For him, she was simply a familiar face from a distant past. Then grief changed everything. A loss neither of them was prepared for forced their lives together and left them trapped in a marriage neither had chosen. What should have been a beginning instead felt like an aftermath, built on obligation, expectations, and the weight of everything they had lost. Now they are two strangers sharing a life they never asked for. Between them is silence, unresolved emotions, and a history that feels both too distant and too close. They carry their grief differently, but it follows them into every conversation and every moment. At its heart, this is a story about two people learning how to exist beside one another when neither wants to be vulnerable. About the loneliness of loving someone who doesn't know it, and the fear of caring for someone when it feels too late. Most of all, it asks whether something born from heartbreak and obligation can grow into something genuine, or whether some foundations are too fractured to ever truly hold.
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐛𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭 by ayeshzone
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A story where Faith meets royalty • An orphan village girl who avoided every man. • An only prince of Aluroy and the future king who never stopped wondering about her.. • Went against his dad for not marrying his cousin's daughter instead wanting to marry that ordinary village orphan girl. • He was born to wear a crown while she was raised to bow only before Allah. • Neither of them knew that their paths had already been written. ***** A slow-burn Islamic romance filled with faith, hope, healing, and the reminder that Allah is the Best of Planners. -Slowburn -Faith before love -Royalty x commoner -Prince x orphan girl © 𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐝
The Endless Whispers: A Love That Lasts by kashwritez1
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Hazel enters an arranged marriage with Rohan, a man scarred by his past and determined to avoid love. He is her replaced groom. Rohan Idris is most eligible bachelor and most ruthless billionaire in the country, determined to never trust women or fall for their traps due to his past. But fate made him the replaced groom of his half brother's bride. Hazal Rayyan is quite, introvert and shy girl. The kind of girl who believes in fairytales. But she was left shattered on the day that was supposed to be biggest day of her life. Could they heal eachother? Or would the fate be proved good or worse by bringing them together? ☆TROUPS ☆ Replaced groom Marriage of Convenience Slow Burn Soft Romance Cold MMC Shy and reserved FMC
Aangan by thanksforthetrauma
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Alana and Zavian were cousins. Then friends. Then... oops, husband and wife. It all happened way too fast - one second she's applying to universities, the next she's trying to figure out how to make chai without burning the kitchen because rishta culture won. Alana's a certified grumpy girl, beautiful, moody, and lowkey a menace with the softest heart. Zavian? First-year business student, full-time chill guy, part-time chaos - and somehow now in charge of being a whole husband. They didn't plan this marriage. But now they're stuck figuring it out - with cousins spying, aunties whispering, and feelings creeping in faster than either of them expected. It's halal. It's hilarious. It's chaos with a nikkahnama. -- CRINGE AF
Where Love Settles by thanksforthetrauma
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Hasna and Aarhan have been married for four years. It wasn't love at first sight-it wasn't even love at all. An arranged marriage turned into a comfortable routine, with their two-year-old daughter Afrah filling their home with laughter. Aarhan Baig is everything Hasna expected him to be: calm, reserved, a man of few words but steady actions. He's a CEO in the world outside, but at home, he's just "Baba"-the man who gives bear hugs that swallow their daughter whole. Possessive, protective, quietly affectionate... he is hers in ways he never says out loud. Hasna, graceful and quiet to the world, hides a playful heart only Afrah ever sees. To everyone else, she is composed. To her husband, she is his niqabi wife-beautiful, the epitome of grace, and his alone. They are comfortable. They are content. But beneath that comfort lies the question they've both avoided-what does it mean to truly love each other? This is not a story of falling in love at first sight. It's the story of falling in love slowly... after the "happily ever after."
Min Qalbi: From My Heart by The_Hidden_Pen
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She was never the favorite daughter. Never the ideal cousin. Never the girl who fit into mirrors or people's expectations. Mishel Wahaj, the youngest in a large, opinionated family, has grown up hearing one thing - "You need to lose weight." From aunties' taunts to silent glances at weddings, she's been shrinking emotionally long before she ever tried to shrink physically. But on the edge of 18, something inside her breaks - and quietly begins to rebuild. Across the same bloodline, Rayyan Alvi, her much older cousin - a 28-year-old CSS officer - is everything she's not: composed, dignified, unreachable. For years, Mishel barely registered in his world. But when life pulls them back into the same orbit, something fragile begins to form between unspoken words, eyes that linger too long, and a past that refuses to stay buried. This isn't a love story told in flowers and fairytales. It's told in sajdahs, silences, self-worth, and slow healing. As Mishel fights for her identity, her voice, and her relationship with Allah - she discovers that sometimes the most powerful love stories begin when you finally learn to love yourself. A journey of broken mirrors, unexpected souls, and divine timing. Because when Allah writes your story... nothing comes too early, and nothing comes too late.
𝐃𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐚𝐧 : An Unwritten Destiny [ ON HOLD ] by mithiwrts
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𝑺𝒉𝒂𝒅𝒐𝒘 × 𝑭𝒊𝒓𝒆 "You make me feel alive." "And you're my reason to keep going." ★ 𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐫𝐛 After her father's death, Chhaya Roy is left with a grieving mother, a mountain of debt, and a future that no longer belongs to her. Trapped by circumstances she never chose, she struggles to hold on to the life her father once dreamed for her then comes an ultimatum, repay the debt or marry the man who owns it. Just when Chhaya begins to lose hope, someone from her childhood unexpectedly returns, a familiar face, a forgotten friendship, a past she never thought would find its way back to her. When shadow meets fire, sparks fly in a tale of love, struggle, healing, and redemption. As old bonds resurface and dangerous truths begin to unfold, Chhaya finds herself torn between duty and desire, fear and freedom, the life she's expected to live and the life her heart secretly longs for but fate has a strange way of rewriting stories and by the time Chhaya discovers the truth, it may already be too late. ★ 𝐓𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐬 • Childhood Friends to Lovers • Slow Burn Romance • She Falls First , He fells Harder • Mutual Pining • Mystery Solving Read 𝐃𝐚𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧: 𝐀𝐧 𝐔𝐧𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐲 to connect with their journey.
When Hearts Find Home🌷 by AditiVerse27
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He was the last person she wanted. She was the last person he needed. An arranged marriage. Constant arguments. Two stubborn hearts. And somewhere between "I can't stand you" and "don't leave," they accidentally fell in love. Enemies to lovers • Slow burn • Arranged marriage • Family chaos • Green-flag love ✨
Jaan💗 by rida15
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He was a stranger. She was an orphan. Their families arranged their marriage. But love? That was something they had to arrange themselves. Aarohi Sharma has spent eight years being a burden in her aunt's house. When she's married off to a man she's never seen, she expects more of the same-invisibility, obligation, survival. Kabir Ahuja is a brilliant pediatric surgeon with walls so high no one can climb them. He agreed to this marriage for his dying father. Nothing more. But when their eyes meet at the jaimala, something shifts. Seven pheras. Two strangers. One lifetime to figure out what forever really means. A story of first kisses, uneven parathas, jealousy, period care, and two people who never dated anyone-finding everything in each other. Because love isn't about how you meet. It's about how you stay. TROPES🌸 ❤️ Slow burn ❤️ Virgin leads ❤️ Arranged marriage ❤️ Dual POV - Start date - 4th April 2026
Silk and Soil by ficuniverse_00
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YUG AHLAWAT Yug Ahlawat, a 22-year-old man. A businessman? A mafia? A politician? Nope, he's a common man. Life has never been kind to him since the day he was born. He has no family, no one to call his own. But he isn't someone who gives up easily. He possesses every skill that sets him apart from the rest. Cold-colder than ice because he has seen the cruelty of the world. But even ice melts. His lifeless heart begins to beat again when he sees her. Still, he believes he's not lucky enough to deserve her. What he doesn't know is, destiny has other plans. Let's see how his life changes. PRISHA SINGHANIA Prisha Singhania, a 21-year-old girl from a wealthy family. A family with just a few members, none of whom she can truly open up to. People call her a spoiled brat. But those who really know her (if there were any) would say she's an angel. Sadly, she has no close friends, no one she can trust because everyone seems to want her for her money and she hates that. She loves a man with all her heart, unaware of how drastically her life is about to change.