Everything between them sparked due to the very own "slurp" sound Ansh produced in his hunger hunting for milk. At first, the glances were barely of acquaintance then of awkward moments which turned to understandable language, later it became the feeling, "LOVE 💕" , which both of them never anticipated in their life. Mostly the universe plays a huge role in bringing two souls towards their destined partner but in Abhimann and Shivanya's life Ansh is their universe.

She is seventeen years old and she has spent her whole life being careful. One night she isn't. Beatrice - Bái Qiàn, her grandmother called her, white as thousand, pure as morning - has survived four families, three countries, and the particular cruelty of people who take in children for reasons that have nothing to do with love. She has a grandmother's house waiting for her in Beijing, a law degree waiting to be started, a future she has been building brick by brick since she was ten years old. Then two pink lines. Then a man she met once, whose name she has heard before, whose eyes are blue-green and whose voice says her name like it's worth saying. Then Beijing. Alone. Her grandmother's house, her grandmother's secrets, thirty years of files that tell her the woman who raised her was not who she thought. Then a knock at the gate. Silence is the story of a woman learning that surviving and living are not the same thing - and that the distance between them is exactly the length of learning to trust someone.

Everyone knows Roman Winters. The cold, intimidating businessman with a permanent frown and a reputation that's rapidly falling apart. After his ex-girlfriend abandoned a three-year-old son he never knew existed, the rumours spread faster than the truth. Overnight, Roman went from respected CEO to the man everyone called a deadbeat father. Belle Beaumont knows better. For the past six weeks, she's been Roman's personal assistant, and she's discovered that beneath his grumpy exterior is a man who works too hard, sleeps too little and cares far more than he lets anyone see. Then Arlo arrives. Shy, dinosaur-obsessed and clinging to Belle from the moment they meet, the little boy turns both of their lives upside down. When Roman's damaged reputation begins affecting his company, he asks Belle for one impossible favour. Pretend to be his girlfriend. It should be easy. Smile for the cameras. Attend a few events. Convince everyone that Roman Winters isn't the man they think he is. But pretending becomes complicated when Arlo starts asking for Belle every morning, Roman begins looking for her before he realises it, and their fake relationship starts feeling a little too real. Because somewhere between bedtime stories, shared coffees and a three-year-old determined to keep them together, they stop acting like a family. And slowly, without meaning to, they become one.

"I hate how much I need you, Niyah..." From just enemies, to enemies with benefits, to lovers. I hate how much I want him. But I can't escape him. Why? Because we're lawfully locked. An office romance between rival lawyers who try to fight the tension between them until they finally give in. "You say you hate me but you fuck me the same day." *a lot of smut included!*