Leonardo Giovanni became a father at the age of twenty. The new mafia Don was a closed off cold man that left people shaking in fear. He loved his daughter Maggie so much. He changed his ways for her. Leo wanted the best for his little girl. But one morning all of that changed. When he went to wake her up his bright bubbly baby was not in her crib. Her window was wide open and all of her baby stuff, including her little elephant stuffy was gone. Fourteen years later little baby Maggie is running from the cops for the third time that month. The cops are sick of her and even more sick of trying to locate this girls mother. Finding no luck they dig through the system hoping that someone can claim this mischievous teenager. One day at work Leo gets an unexpected call from a police station on the other side of the country. When he finds out it's his daughter he jumps right on to the opportunity of seeing her. Maggie has a lot of secrets and a bounty on her back. How can the friendly, bubbly, talkative girl escape her demons? How can Leo a cold mafia Don raise an energetic fifteen year old? How will Leo get Maggie's trust? Will their fiery attitudes clash? What happens when Leo finds out about his daughters past? TW - Abuse, Drugs, SA, Alcohol, Fighting Not edited. Started: 01/15/2022 Finished: 05/03/2022

🌙 𝐈𝐛𝐚𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐭 Rupangi Rajwanshi is a 24-year-old pediatrics student with a chaotic smile, sharp wit, and a heart she hides behind sarcasm. Mischievous, expressive, and unpredictable, she lives life in her own rhythm-never quiet, never simple, never easy to ignore. Marriage was never part of her plan. Especially not like this. One missing groom, one collapsing wedding, and suddenly everything changes. Because the man standing beside her at the mandap isn't the one she was supposed to marry. It's Ashish Rawat. A calm, composed 28-year-old doctor who carries responsibility like second nature and speaks more through silence than words. Steady where she is chaos, grounded where she is impulsive-he is the calm she never expected to meet in the middle of disaster. What begins as an accident slowly turns into something neither of them understands-full of teasing arguments, unexpected comfort, and emotions that refuse to stay hidden. 𝐈𝐛𝐚𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐭 is a slow-burn rom-com about chaos meeting calm, strangers becoming something more, and love growing in the most unexpected places. 💍 Contract Marriage 🌸 Rom-Com × Slow Burn 🤍 Strangers to Lovers ✨ Opposites Attract 🫶 Forced Proximity 🌙 Calm Gentleman × Chaotic Girl 💌 Love After Marriage 🔥 Playful Banter & Emotional Healing

🖤 Previously known as Velvet Cage. He leaned closer. "Now tell me, mi reina, what should I do with you, hmm?" His words were edged with threat, sending a shiver down my spine and wetness to my core. "Rafael... I...I didn't-" He cut me off with a sharp bite to my collarbone. "Should I spank your pretty little ass that you won't be able to sit for a week for fuck you so hard that you don't he able to walk straight tomorrow." Before I could respond his lips found mine again this time soothing the bitten lip, sucking and kissing softly. ◇◇◇◇◇ She ran from her wedding night, from a life that wanted to cage her, straight into his world, a world where power tastes like blood and every breath is a choice between fear and desire. Myra Kapoor thought she wanted freedom, but freedom doesn't ask for permission, and neither does fate. Rafael Alvarez doesn't see a girl; he sees a challenge, a fire that dares to burn in his presence. He ties her, interrogates her, threatens her, and shows her what men like him do to liars, and yet when her lips tremble, when her eyes glisten with unshed tears, he doesn't strike...not out of mercy, but curiosity. Curiosity for the girl who runs, terrified yet defiant, a girl who refuses to break even under his gaze. Every lie, every shiver, every whispered refusal becomes a thread binding her closer to him, a dangerous pull neither can resist. She is a runaway bride, he is a ruthless mafia heir, and together they collide in a world where control is power, obsession is intoxicating, and surrender... surrender could be deadly-and delicious. ______ 𝐑𝐚𝐟𝐚𝐞𝐥: "𝐓𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐞 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈'𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐨𝐦 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐬." 𝐌𝐲𝐫𝐚 (𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠): "𝐌𝐚𝐲𝐛𝐞 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰.

🌹 𝐆𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭 Aria arrives at her new school carrying more than just a past-she carries a silence sharp enough to cut. She doesn't look for attention, she doesn't ask for friendship, and she definitely doesn't believe in love. Not anymore. Her world is built on rules: Stay small. Stay quiet. Stay hidden. But everything starts to shift the moment Shivansh Rawat begins to notice her in ways she can't ignore. He watches her the way no one ever has-carefully, respectfully, like he's trying to understand the shadows she refuses to speak about. He doesn't push. He doesn't pry. Yet somehow, he gets closer than anyone should be able to. His presence is steady. His patience is disarming. And his care? It's the kind of dangerous that scares her... because she wants it. Aria feels the walls she built trembling against him-this boy who quietly steps into the spaces she guards most fiercely. He makes her question everything she believes about trust, safety, and love itself. But darkness doesn't disappear just because someone kind walks in. As she becomes part of a world filled with loud laughter, fierce loyalty, and friendships that burn bright-Rohan and Avni's fiery clashes, Saavi and Akshat's warm, teasing spark-Aria begins to feel something she has long forgotten: Hope. Hope that terrifies her as much as her past ever did. Because secrets don't stay buried forever. Sometimes they rise exactly when you start to heal. And Aria's past carries shadows that don't loosen their grip easily. Guarded Heart is a story of slow-burning romance, emotional unraveling, and the quiet bravery it takes to let love in when you've learned to fear it. Some hearts hide because they've been hurt. Some hearts protect because they care. And some hearts... collide so intensely, the world around them shifts. 💞 Slow Burn × Emotional Healing 🔥 Enemies to Lovers 🫶 Brother's Best Friend 🌸 Found Family & Fierce Friendships 📖 School Life