"The grades are posted," I say. Graham stands behind his desk in a white button-down with the sleeves rolled to his forearms, tie gone, glasses low on his nose, the ink at his wrist showing every time his hand tightens against the wood. He looks like he has spent all semester being reasonable and hates me for ending it. "You should leave," he says. I'm in his doorway with my coat open, hair damp from the rain, sweater slipping off one shoulder, heart beating so hard I feel it in my throat. "Do you want me to?" His eyes move over my face. My mouth. The freckles at my collarbone. "No." The answer is quiet. It ruins everything. Then he comes around the desk. --------------------- Naomi Walker is brilliant, broke, beautiful, and one semester away from finishing law school with her name clean. Professor Graham Coleman is thirty-six, divorced, controlled, and newly hired at UT Austin Law after a career built on winning impossible arguments. He teaches Advanced Constitutional Law like every answer has consequences. Naomi is supposed to be another student. She is not. From the first week of fall semester, the tension is there: open office doors, impossible questions, cold classroom air, Parker watching too closely, Graham noticing too much, and Naomi pretending she does not feel the difference between being looked at and being understood. He assigns her to the hardest side of a high-stakes litigation project. He separates her from her boyfriend. He catches her exhaustion but never exposes it. And when he sees her outside campus in the one place no one from law school was ever supposed to find her, the restraint between them starts turning into something neither of them can argue away. Naomi has a boyfriend. Graham has rules. They both know better. But by the time the anonymous final is graded, posted, and out of his hands, the line they spent months protecting is already gone.

Content Warning: This story includes dark romance, emotional abuse, coercive behaviour, and intense tension. Reader discretion is advised. Rosalind is forced into a marriage with a man still in love with someone else, navigating cold nights and cruel words. But as she begins to choose herself, the man who rejected her realises he might lose everything. ©2026 Shalini Chakraborty. All rights reserved. This is my original work; please do not copy or adapt it without permission. Any resemblance to real persons or events is purely coincidental.

𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐨𝐫. 𝐇𝐞'𝐬 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐟𝐟. • • • 𝐘𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐮𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐝. On paper, she's untouchable. But perfection is just a cover for a ruined family, a dark past, bloody hands and a poisoned heart. Everyone buys the act. Not him. The devil from her childhood. Luc carries a guilt that drives him into sex, illegal racing and fights, acting like nothing left to lose. He thinks he knows what destroyed his life. He has no idea his guilt is the same as Riah's tainted soul. Being forced together? It's vicious. Two killers in a bed, where lying is keeping the other alive. 𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬. 𝐇𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐭. 𝐍𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰. 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞-𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐞. • • • 𝐄𝐧𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐱𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐓𝐨𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐇𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐃𝐢𝐞 𝐀𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐠𝐞

𝐘𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮, 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐮𝐧. Three years of my life didn't just disappear. They were ripped out of my mind. I woke up to a man holding my hand, whispering how much he loved me. Lev. Everyone says he's a saint. That I'm lucky that a perfect guy stuck by me-through the alcoholism, the depression, the accident. The doctors promised a full recovery. It isn't happening. And deep down, I know it isn't because of the amnesia. Because why does my skin crawl every time Lev smiles? When he locks the bedroom door at night? Everyone has the exact same story for that Tuesday. A late dinner. Me driving out to pick up a limited-edition vinyl. And then... the accident. It all sounds too smooth. Too rehearsed. And the only piece missing? My story. But remembering might just be worse than forgetting. My mother dodges the question. Aleksandr, my best friend, won't look me in the eye when I ask, shutting down the second I bring it up. Lev built a cage and called it a home. He is just waiting for me to settle back into his darkness. Because that's what happens to girls like me. We stay quiet. We obey. And then we disappear. 𝐒𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫. • • • 𝐄𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐞 & 𝐒𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐀𝐦𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐚 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬 (𝐋𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫) 𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐝

Can every love story find its way to its destination? ❤️ "CEO: The Love That Revealed the Truth" is a story of love, destiny, secrets, and hidden truths. Arham Khan, a successful and powerful CEO, had everything life could offer - wealth, fame, and success. But deep inside, his heart was still searching for something real... a love that could complete his life. To fulfill his grandmother's wish, Arham begins a new journey away from his luxurious world. Little did he know that this journey would lead him to Aayat Ahmed - a simple, kind-hearted girl who would slowly become the most precious part of his life. But their love story is not just about beautiful moments. A mysterious death, a blood-stained earring, unanswered questions, and secrets buried in the past stand between them. Will Arham's love be strong enough to uncover the truth? Or will the hidden secrets destroy the bond that destiny created? Read "CEO: The Love That Revealed the Truth" to discover a journey where love becomes the key to revealing the hidden truth. ❤️🖤

𝐓𝐮 𝐣𝐨 𝐧𝐚𝐡𝐢 𝐡𝐚𝐢 𝐭𝐨𝐡 𝐤𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐛𝐡𝐢 𝐧𝐚𝐡𝐢 𝐡𝐚𝐢 𝐘𝐞𝐡 𝐦𝐚𝐚𝐧𝐚 𝐤𝐢 𝐦𝐞𝐡𝐟𝐢𝐥 𝐣𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐚𝐧 𝐡𝐚𝐢, 𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐚𝐢 𝐀𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐡𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐞𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢 𝐡𝐢 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐭 𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐢 𝐡𝐚𝐢 𝐓𝐞𝐫𝐢 𝐡𝐢 𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐡 𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚 𝐠𝐡𝐚𝐦 𝐛𝐡𝐢 𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐚𝐢 𝐌𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐚 𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐧 𝐥𝐞𝐤𝐢𝐧 𝐤𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐠𝐢 𝐡𝐚𝐢 𝐌𝐞𝐫𝐢 𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐠𝐢, 𝐭𝐮 𝐤𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐤𝐡𝐨 𝐠𝐚𝐲𝐢 𝐡𝐚𝐢 𝐓𝐮 𝐣𝐨 𝐧𝐚𝐡𝐢 𝐡𝐚𝐢 𝐭𝐨𝐡 𝐤𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐛𝐡𝐢 𝐧𝐚𝐡𝐢 𝐡𝐚i..... 𝗦𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗺𝗲𝗻 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗯𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵. 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲... 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝘁. 𝗛𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝗼 𝗺𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵 𝘄𝗮𝘀𝗻'𝘁 𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴.

🧪 SUBJECT 07 She was kidnapped. Chosen because no one would come looking for her. He was chosen to make the experiment succeed. A secret laboratory. A classified project. One innocent girl who was never meant to leave. Dr. Aviraj Rathore had one job-to study Subject 07 and complete Project ECHO. He never expected the silent, frightened girl behind the number to become the one thing he could no longer treat like an experiment. She was Subject 07. Until he learned her name. 🖤

𝙸𝚗 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚌𝚑 , 𝚑𝚎 𝚒𝚜𝚗'𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚟𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚊𝚒𝚗. 𝙱𝚞𝚝 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚞𝚛𝚗 𝚍𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚛𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚕𝚍 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚑𝚎𝚛...? 𝙰𝚋𝚜𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚞𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝚢𝚎𝚜.. 𝐒𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐧. 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐀𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐡, 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐛𝐨𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐢 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲, 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐲 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭. 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐧𝐭 𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫, 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐮𝐦𝐚 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐢𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐬. 𝐍𝐢𝐭𝐲𝐚 𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐡 𝐰𝐚𝐬𝐧𝐭 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐡 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐫. 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐆𝐮𝐲, 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐬𝐨 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐟𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐲𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐧 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐞𝐧

A little soft to slightly dark romance with lots of humour along with thrills and suspense .... ******** "Six years were too long, sunshine." "What are you doing here?" "I'm here to take you home, Raisha" "I'm not going back, Zayan, atleast not for a week." One week is dead, Jaan," he whispered into her hair. "We leave tonight. I've spent twenty-six years being a gentleman and fir next sixty i will be your shadow ." ******** ​The King of Rajasthan found his sunshine . ​To the outside world, Zayan Raghuvanshi is a myth-a cold, lethal sovereign who rules Rajasthan with an iron fist and a silent tongue. He is a man of shadows, built on secrets and blood. But for years, Zayan has lived for one purpose only. He has kept himself untouched, a silent vow of purity in a world of sin, waiting for the only woman who can settle the storm in his soul. ​The Healer who became his obsession. ​Raisha Singhania is everything Zayan is not. warm, compassionate, and radiant. She is the soft "Sunshine" to his absolute midnight. ​Zayan doesn't just want her love; he demands her soul. He is territorial, possessive, and unyielding. he will ensure the world knows she belongs to the King. ​He waited a lifetime in the shadows. Now, he's ready to claim his sunshine. ****** ​Inside the Book: ​The untouched King: A hero who has saved himself entirely for one woman. ​Obsessive Devotion: A "He falls first and harder" ​Dark & Dreamy: A perfect blend of dangerous mafia tension and soul-shattering romance. ******** ​"My love isn't a gentle tide; it's the entire ocean, and I have every intention of pulling you under until we both forget which way is up." ​

"In a world ruled by power, ambition, and unspoken rules, love becomes the one thing that heals them. Lu Shiya-CEO of the Skywave Group and a globally admired design expert-stands at the top with elegance and control. To the world, she is untouchable. But beneath her composed exterior lies a past that never truly healed... and a heart that learned to stay strong, even when it hurts. Chen Li is a man who never loses. Cold, precise, and always ten steps ahead, he built his empire on control and calculated decisions. But when it comes to Shiya, logic fails him. One choice-made in silence, meant to protect-becomes the distance neither of them knows how to close. Fu Chian, steady and unwavering, is the kind of friend everyone needs but rarely finds. Honest to the core and fiercely loyal, he stands beside them-not as a bystander, but as someone who understands both sides... and refuses to let either of them face it alone. When business ties bring them back into each other's world, what begins as a professional partnership turns into something deeper-something unspoken. Old memories resurface, emotions remain unchanged, and the space between them fills with everything they never said. Because some wounds don't fade with time. Some choices stay, no matter the reason behind them. And some people... no matter how far you step away, still feel like home. Can love find its way back when the words that mattered most were never spoken? Or will silence keep them exactly where they are-close, yet never the same? A slow-burn emotional romance filled with quiet tension, unspoken feelings, and enduring love- where every glance carries meaning, every silence speaks louder than words, and love isn't about letting go... but learning how to hold on the right way." Tropes: CEO × CEO Second Chance Romance Broken Trust Slow Burn Cold ML × Strong FL Emotional Angst Workplace Romance Power Couple Protective ML Loyal Best Friend Regret & Redemption Unhealed Past Love After Separation