Two college students discover an abandoned infant girl wrapped in a thin blanket on street. Unsure what to do but unable to walk away, they decide to take her with them-just for one night. What begins as a moment of compassion quickly changes their lives in ways they never imagined. Between lectures, part-time jobs, and sleepless nights, they learn the weight of responsibility. The tiny stranger brings laughter, chaos, and a sense of purpose they didn't know they were missing. But questions about her past start to surface, along with the fear of losing her. As they search for answers, their bond with the little girl grows deeper.

Adikrit Raichand 🌵 Successful, charming, disciplined, and the senior every student admired. A university topper, sports captain, and the heartthrob of the campus. He secretly fell for his junior before leaving abroad for higher studies, but never got the chance to confess. Ira Arora 🪻 A café owner who finds comfort in books, tea, and freshly baked cookies. She has built a peaceful life with her own hands. Kind-hearted, graceful, and quietly ambitious. She had an innocent crush on someone during college but assumed someone like him would never notice her. Some love stories don't begin with a confession-they begin with fate. Seven years ago, Adikrit Raichand left India to pursue his dreams overseas, carrying an unspoken crush for his college junior, Ira Arora. By the time he found the courage to confess, she had already become a chapter he believed he'd never get to rewrite. Years later, destiny brings them together in the most unexpected way. What was once an unfinished college crush becomes an arranged marriage... proving that sometimes, fate gives love a second chance. "He lost his chance once. This time, destiny arranged another."

Some debts are paid in money. Others demand pieces of your soul. When Risha Verma's family café is destroyed and her father's life hangs by a thread after a devastating heart condition, desperation corners her into a choice she never imagined making. A single contract. Nine months. One secret that could change everything. The arrangement is simple on paper. Stay silent. Follow the rules. Never get emotionally involved. But behind the polished walls of power and wealth lies a world stitched together with control, buried rage, family wars, and dangerous truths, that refuse to stay hidden. And the deeper Risha sinks into it, the more she realizes that some scars do not heal quietly. They bleed beneath the skin.

She never wanted to attend his wedding. He was finally marrying the woman he had loved, the woman who had broken his trust but he had forgiven and given her a second chance. And fate repeated itself. Once again, his bride ran away, leaving him standing at the altar with nothing but betrayal and humiliation. But what he didn't know was that this time, fate had written a different ending. The stars had already chosen the woman who was destined to become his wife. A woman who had once loved him silently, knowing he could never be hers. A woman who had long buried her feelings and sworn never to fall in love again. A woman who now hated him with every beat of her heart, blaming him for ruining her life. While he couldn't stand the sight of her. To him, she was nothing more than an unwanted replacement, a bride he was forced to marry and the woman he despised the most.

Seven years of royalty. Fourteen years of silence. One night to reclaim it all. At seven years old, Prince Rudraksh Rathore was disowned by his father and branded a curse by his kingdom. To save him from the palace that demanded his blood, his mother took him and vanished into the shadows of the common world, carrying a secret she didn't yet know: she was pregnant with his sister. Fourteen years later, the Prince is dead. In his place stands Rudraksh Verma, a cold, student and worker by day and a brother by night. He lives in a modest 2BHK apartment, braids his little sister Ishika's hair every morning, and protects the only two people who never gave up on him. He wants nothing to do with the throne that discarded him. But fate has a wicked sense of irony. When a high-stakes assassination attempt brings the Royal Family to his doorstep during the holy night of Shivaratri, Rudraksh's instinct to protect overrides his need to remain hidden. One bullet meant for the King, one leap from a "stranger," and the secret of fifteen years begins to bleed into the light. The Royals see a familiar face in a commoner. Ishika sees a world she was never told she belonged to. And Rudraksh? He see the enemies who once tried to kill him, now sitting at his father's table. He isn't going back for the crown. He's going back to ensure that this time, the blood on the marble isn't his mother's.

He wears discipline like a second skin. She carries quiet defiance in her eyes. Aryavardhan Singh Rathore, a Wing Commander, lives by control. Vritika Roy, a neurosurgeon, lives by restraint. They clash the moment they meet. He dislikes her calm. She resents his authority. So he watches her-not out of interest, but instinct. Observation becomes habit. Habit becomes something far more dangerous. He doesn't chase. He doesn't confess. He positions himself where her world slowly starts to close in. Because some men don't fall in love. They decide. Vritika realizes too late that being seen by him was never harmless. It was the beginning of possession. This is not a gentle love story. It is a slow burn of obsession, dominance, and forbidden desire- where hatred turns into hunger, and walking away was never an option. Enter only if you're ready for a romance that doesn't ask. It claims.

A forced marriage under protection, A young woman with dreams, soft adult romance, and chaotic desi families. Akshay Malhotra- A 26-year-old protective IPS officer, who's caring and soft personality is masked by his sarcastic and tough demeanor. He has never believed in love until he marries his wife Aaravi, under extenuating circumstances to protect her. Aaravi Patil- A 21-year-old IAS aspirant, who strives to follow in her deceased father's footsteps and devote her life to serving her country. She's brave, fearless, and doesn't hesitate to speak her mind. She oftentimes uses humour to mask her inner turmoil and problems. Always fiercely independent, things change for her when she's forced to marry her father's previous officer, Akshay.

❝𝑰 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖, 𝒘𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒚 𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒓𝒕-𝒎𝒊𝒂 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒂.❜❜ She is a brilliant gynaecologist but mute since childhood trauma stole her voice. She doesn't get attached neither to people nor promises. For her, life was about control-of her career, her choices, her emotions. She didn't want to be fixed. She just wanted to be left alone. While he is the youngest of the Kapoor clan. A surgeon by profession, a charmer by nature. Never serious. Never still. He wanted admiration, attention and a girl who could worship the ground he walked on. A narcissist in denial, and proud of it. ❝𝐒𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐏𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐬❜❜ "𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒂𝒚 𝒘𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒅, 𝑰 𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒔 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒆... 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑰 𝒅𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕'𝒔 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒆." "𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒄𝒍𝒂𝒊𝒎 𝒎𝒆, 𝑴𝒂𝒉𝒊𝒓... 𝒊𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒅𝒂𝒓𝒆." "𝑫𝒂𝒓𝒆? 𝑲𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒌𝒂... 𝑰 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒓𝒖𝒊𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒚𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒆𝒍𝒔𝒆." ╰┈➤𝐀𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 🏅 #87 in forcedproximity out of 5.07k stories.(4.08.25) #15 in hefallsfirst out of 1k stories. (6.08.25) #35 in adultthemes out of 12.9k stories.(23.08.25) #10 in emotionalhealing out of 1.02k stories.( 7.09.25) #19 in pasttrauma out of 3.04k stories.(24.09.25) #18 in slowburnromance put of 5.54k stories. (9.11.25)