"You're a spoiled, ungrateful brat." Asher snarled, turning around so suddenly that I nearly fell from the sheer momentum. His blue eyes blazed with an icy fire as they narrowed into slits. "Why are you so ignorant?" He took a large step towards me as his words rocketed around the room. I bit my trembling lip with all the strength in the world. No freaking way. Absolutely not. I refused to cry in front of him. "Can't you see that I care?" His tone so dangerously quiet, so very low. I pushed myself back further into the stony wall, hoping it would swallow me whole. "Is that not enough?" His eyes dropped to my lips, flickering back up as quickly as they had fallen. All I could see was him, all I could feel was him. He had captured every single one of my senses. And I hated it. He made me feel things that I sure as heck didn't deserve to feel. "To hell with the rest of them." He growled, "you're mine." ------- Ariella Gates is the daughter of one of the richest men in the world. As someone who is set to inherit billions, she's never had to lift a finger. Unfortunately, no one expected her 'beloved' daddy to die so soon. Thrown into a world of poverty, Asher Kent, a pessimistic yet handsome cleaner, reluctantly takes her under his wing. They say that opposites attract. Let's test that fictitious, romantical theory out. ----------------------- A bucketload of heart fluttering romance, a dash of tragedy and a hint of danger. INCLUDES SOME MENTION OF THE FOLLOWING TOPICS - violence, physical and emotional abuse, death, mental health and eating disorders. ----- A massive thanks to @june-writes for this amazing cover. Check her graphics out!

'Sonder to Ikigai - The Freedom in Love' is dedicated to my lovely Amna! For the person she is and moreover for the person she is to me. I love you. //Sonder// The profound feeling of realizing that everyone, including strangers passed in the street, has a life as complex as one's own, which they are constantly living despite one's personal lack of awareness of it. And sometimes, the stranger who makes you feel that sonder, and then takes you in and shows you a familiarity you've never known before. Here's a story of two souls seeking nirvana. Can Love give them the Freedom? *This book is my original work, written with my entire heart, with lots of love and excessive amounts of research. Please do not copy my work and portray it as your own. Do not screenshot it and post my chapters anywhere else. This will amout to plagiarism. I do not appreciate it. 'Sonder to Ikigai - Freedom in Love' exists only on Wattpad. Thank you.* ⚠️caution- contains mature, and graphic content. Has deeply descriptive mentions of self-harm, drug abuse, violence, mental health issues and more. Read at your own risk.⚠️ ‼️if you have the heart, and the strength, then go on this beautiful journey of recovery and finding a reason to stay alive, and live a life worth living despite everything! I hope everyone struggling finds their reason too.‼️

Sidharth Shukla has everything he could ever ask for. He's rich. He's handsome. He's reasonably well behaved. He has a loving family. But when his lifelong best friend (and former girlfriend) is about to get married, he lies about being in a relationship. With the wedding happening in under a month, finding a date for the ceremony and accompanying festivities becomes more of an adventure than he ever could have planned for. Enter Sana Kaur.

The story of an aspiring surgeon, hurt yet happy and believes in grabbing any opportunity that's been thrown infront of her. Then comes our hero, a famous scientist, the scientific world is crazy about him. He is practical, logical, ruthless, emotionless, hurt and doesn't believe in love. Just imagine them falling for each other and they are Sid and naaz.