❝𝑳𝒂𝒌𝒔𝒉𝒎𝒊 𝑲𝒂𝒍𝒚𝒂𝒏𝒂 𝑽𝒂𝒊𝒃𝒉𝒐𝒈𝒂𝒎𝒆...❞ ... the verse that once crowned a goddess's choice now wrapped around her like a noose dressed in gold. The nilavilakku flickered. The priests chanted on, unaware the bride before them was already breaking. 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐲𝐚𝐫 turned to her, hands trembling, the same hands that once pulled her off a rain-soaked street now shook around the thread meant to bind her forever. ❝𝑪𝒂𝒏 𝑰 𝒕𝒊𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒂𝒍𝒊, 𝑽𝒆𝒆𝒓𝒂...❞ But 𝐕𝐫𝐢𝐤𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐤𝐚 𝐏𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐚𝐫 wasn't there anymore. She was back in that room, the video, the slipping pallu, the watch clasp that turned innocence into scandal. Back in the hallway, her father's voice cracking, the door slamming like a verdict. Back in the midnight rain, soaked to the bone, punished by a sky that didn't care. And then, him. A stranger who knelt on a flooded footpath and refused to leave. A contract signed with him in silence. No intimacy. No love. Protection wearing the mask of marriage, ownership wearing the mask of safety, now sanctified by gods who had no idea what they were blessing. ❝𝑫𝒉𝒆𝒆𝒓𝒈𝒂 𝑺𝒖𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒂𝒍𝒊 𝒃𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒂...❞ The thaali settled against her skin, cold despite the fire around them. The sindoor pressed into her forehead, not a blessing, but a brand. She didn't flinch. He noticed. He always noticed. For the first time, the lion wondered, had he married her, or simply found a new way to cage himself beside her?

He traced the cold muzzle from my forehead, slowly dragging it down the bridge of my nose, past my lips, and resting it squarely against my chest, right over my hammering heart. "Tell me, Detective Shaiba," he whispered, his breath hot against my ear. "You had me in your sights. You had the power to end this entire 'Architect' mystery tonight. Why didn't you fire?" "I..." My voice failed me. I was shivering, not from the cold, but from the terrifying proximity of his heat. "I don't know." "You don't know," he echoed, a dark, dangerous hum in his throat. He leaned forward, his voice dropping into a low, predatory growl. "You have no idea what kind of thoughts are running through my mind right now, seeing you standing here at my mercy." My breath hitched. "W-what thoughts?" "Like how much I want to fuck you right here. Bare, exposed, and completely at my mercy," he said, the words blunt and shocking. He pinned me against the the car, the weight of his body crushing the air from my lungs. _________________________________________ "Sometimes life takes sudden turns, doesn't it?" Destiny has a cruel way of forcing us to face the very things we've spent years avoiding. For Naina, life was supposed to be about goals and a fresh start. But you can't outrun a shadow that has been following you for five years. The boy who once ruled the school now rules the city's underworld. He has returned as a ghost of ruin, and he's not here to negotiate. He's here to claim the only thing he never truly let go of. This is a journey of obsession, deception, and hidden truths: The Past: A game of hearts where the hunter became the prey. The Present: A detective hunting for the truth, only to realize she's been the target all along. Will Naina solve the mystery of her lost love, or will she be swallowed by the dark intensity of the man she once knew? In a game of separation and reunion, will destiny grant them a happy ending, or are they destined to remain a tragic memory?

𝖂𝖍𝖎𝖘𝖕𝖊𝖗 𝖘𝖊𝖗𝖎𝖊𝖘 𝖇𝖔𝖔𝖐 1 ˚༺☆༻˚ Ayaz Singhania ╰┈➤ Elder Son of SINGHANIA'S The CEO of Singhania Empire. He is Cold and Heartless which everyone calls him by. He doesn't spare anyone whoever misbehaves with him or his family. ᡣ𐭩𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒇 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒛𝒆 𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒔𝒐 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕? Niti Kapoor ╰┈➤ Elder daughter of KAPOOR'S Even tho she's elder one but she's like a child. An Innocent and softhearted girl who can melt anyone's heart. ᡣ𐭩𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒇 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕? Abir Singhania ╰┈➤ Younger son of SINGHANIA'S COO of Singhania Empire. He is an double F. <Flirt with a mixture of Funny> He can never stick to something. Love isn't his kinda thing. ᡣ𐭩𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒇 𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒐𝒆𝒔 𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒌 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒊𝒅𝒏'𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝒐𝒇? Mahi Kapoor ╰┈➤ Younger daughter of KAPOOR'S. pure Mischief, Nonchalant and a Savage Girl who can make anyone go crazy. Other than that she's a Strong yet Sweet girl. ᡣ𐭩𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒇 𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒔 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒄𝒓𝒂𝒛𝒊𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝒉𝒆𝒓? What will happen with these hearts? Read 𝓦𝓱𝓲𝓼𝓹𝓮𝓻𝓼 𝓸𝓯 𝓗𝓮𝓪𝓻𝓽𝓼 to know ୨ৎ Trope1 ~REPLACED GROOM ~LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT ~DESTINED TO BE TOGETHER ~TRUST ISSUES ~SECOND CHANCE TO LOVE ~SLOW BURN Trope2 ~ENEMIES TO LOVERS ~SUNSHINE X SUNSHINE ~SLOW BURN ~LOVE MARRIAGE

𝐒𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐚 𝐎𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐢 Forbidden fruit-that's what he was. The one person I should have avoided, yet life kept pulling me closer to him, as if the universe had already written our story. Disaster-that's what he became. One night changed everything, shattering my world and leaving no way back. I'm Sitara Oberoi-a girl with dreams like everyone else. Life hasn't been kind, but I've never stopped trying to create my own fairytale. 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐚𝐧 𝐑𝐚𝐢 𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐲𝐚 "I should stay away from her." It was a mantra I repeated every day, but fate had other plans, pushing her into my life no matter how hard I tried to resist. She's my forbidden fruit-the one temptation I can't avoid, even though I know she could destroy me. Love? It's not in my vocabulary, and I never planned on letting it in. But Sitara? She's rewriting everything, flipping my world upside down, and I can't stop her. I'm Shaan Rai Singhaniyaa-life's no fairytale, and I've survived its thorns, walking over them like a king. ── ⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ ── "𝐴𝑎𝑠𝑚𝑎𝑛 𝑚𝑒 𝑘𝑦𝑎 𝑑𝑒𝑘ℎ 𝑟ℎ𝑒 𝐶ℎ𝑎𝑎𝑛𝑑, 𝑆𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑝𝑎𝑠𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑛ℎ𝑖 𝑨𝒂𝒑𝒌𝒐 ?" Sitara teased, her voice playful as she sat beside him, her eyes sparkling like the stars. Shaan's face was unreadable, his voice calm but weighted. "Pehli baar dar mehsoos ho raha hai," he admitted. "Dar? Woh kyun?" she asked, her curiosity evident. "𝑬𝒌 𝑺𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒂," he murmured, locking eyes with her, "𝒋𝒐 𝒅𝒊𝒍 𝒄𝒉𝒖𝒓𝒂 𝒓𝒂𝒉𝒊 𝒉𝒂𝒊." As if on cue, fireworks lit up the sky, their glow reflecting in their eyes, marking a moment neither could forget. ⋅⋆Get ready for A tale of passion and chaos where two fierce souls collide, proving that the greatest risk isn't falling-it's daring to love.

｡⁠◕⁠‿⁠◕⁠｡ 𝗔𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗸𝗮: 𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐊𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝘋𝘢𝘳𝘬. 𝘛𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥. 𝘜𝘯𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘪𝘥𝘤𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦. ✿✿◎◎••®••◎◎✿✿ "𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐧'𝐭 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮?" 𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐩𝐞𝐫... "𝐌𝐲 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐤𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧" 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝... *** "𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧'𝐭 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧" 𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐛𝐲 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞. "𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐢 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐦𝐲 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭" 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬. *** "𝐎𝐧𝐥𝐲 '𝐡𝐞' 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢 𝐥𝐨𝐤" 𝐚 𝐮𝐧𝐤𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐧. "𝐎𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐢 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢 𝐥𝐨𝐤" 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 '𝐡𝐞' 𝐬𝐚𝐲. *** "𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐫 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐧 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 & 𝐝𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐞𝐧" 𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞. ***: ᴡᴀʀɴɪɴɢ: Dark themes, abuse, and triggering content. This story is not for the faint-hearted. 🄻🄴🅃'🅂 🄵🄸🄽🄳🄴 🄾🅄🅃 🅆🄷🄰🅃 🅃🄷🄸🄴🅁 🅂🅃🄾🅁🅈 🅆🅁🄸🅃🅃🄴🄽 🄾🄽 🅃🄷🄸🄴🅁 🄳🄴🅂🅃🄸🄽🄴🅈. 𝙷𝚎𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚎

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(UNDER MAJOR EDITING) *********************************************** I took a deep breath before I opened the door to the room. Rana was no where to be found ,I heard the door slam shut behind me,i flinched and turned around only to find Rana starring down at me in pure anger. His tall frame towered over my little self as he came closer to me, instinctively I moved back till I reached the bed . Before I could fall he grabbed my hands and pulled me closer to him . "I had to bow my head down today , because of you I had to apologize to people who aren't even fit for the office,my father entrusted me with the responsibility of the kingdom and on your very first day in court you insult the entire body of Maharashtra,the very pillar of Hindustan!"he said slowly in anger . I didn't dare look up,"I'm so-" "Don't you dare try to apologize right now!! He cut me off shouting and I flinched at his harsh tone.. "Strip!!" He commanded and I looked at him in shock. *********************************************** Journey with Priyanka also known as Lakshmi as she battles the daily life of becoming the yuvraani of yuvraaj Ranvijay adiraj Singh Rathore!!

A forced marriage between two strangers...Mira and Dhruv A hate to love story what will happen between them? will they fall in love or they will part away?

✨𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐚𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐣𝐚𝐛 𝐮𝐧𝐤𝐢 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐤𝐚𝐚𝐧 𝐤𝐞 𝐚𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐠𝐧𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐊𝐡𝐮𝐝 𝐤𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐚𝐧 𝐮𝐧𝐤𝐢 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐞𝐢𝐧 𝐛𝐡𝐞𝐞𝐠𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐠𝐧𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐊𝐡𝐮𝐬𝐡𝐢 𝐚𝐮𝐫 𝐠𝐚𝐦 𝐮𝐧𝐤𝐢 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐲𝐢 𝐬𝐞 𝐡𝐨 𝐣𝐮𝐝𝐧𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐒𝐚𝐦𝐣𝐡 𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐚 𝐤𝐞 𝐚𝐚𝐩𝐤𝐞 𝐤𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐦 𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐪 𝐬𝐞 𝐳𝐲𝐚𝐝𝐚 𝐢𝐛𝐚𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐭 𝐤𝐢 𝐫𝐚𝐚𝐡 𝐛𝐚𝐝𝐡𝐧𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐠𝐞✨ ~𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐧 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚 𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐧 𝐚 𝐡𝐚𝐲𝐰𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝, 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩~ ♥ _____________________________ ♥ {𝓢𝓱𝓸𝓻𝓽 𝓼𝓽𝓸𝓻𝔂 𝓬𝓸𝓵𝓵𝓮𝓬𝓽𝓲𝓸𝓷} ❤ 𝓒𝓞𝓜𝓟𝓛𝓔𝓣𝓔 ❤ ✿ 𝓗𝓲𝓼 𝓡𝓸𝔂𝓪𝓵 𝓡𝓮𝓫𝓮𝓵 ✔ ✿ 𝓗𝓮𝓻 𝓞𝓷𝓵𝔂 𝓒𝓾𝓻𝓮 ✔ ✿ 𝓣𝓱𝓮 𝓛𝓸𝓿𝓮 𝓒𝓸𝓷𝓽𝓻𝓪𝓬𝓽 ✔ ✿ 𝓔𝓶𝓹𝓽𝔂 𝓦𝓲𝓽𝓱𝓸𝓾𝓽 𝓗𝓮𝓻 ✔ ❤ 𝓞𝓝𝓖𝓞𝓘𝓝𝓖 ❤ ★ 𝓗𝓲𝓼 𝓤𝓷𝓲𝓺𝓾𝓮 𝓑𝓵𝓮𝓼𝓼𝓲𝓷𝓰 ♠ A collection of fragments of imagination drenched in emotions. These short stories will take you through a world of romance, fantasy, deception, and pure love that is nothing short o

In a nation ruled by the ruthless ROI, more scarier than Mafias, a man born from their darkest deeds wages war against them. But the moment he met a woman whose existence defies his path of destruction, he's torn between revenge and desire, unsure of what his next move should be.