#𝟓 𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐬 They said grief changes people. But I remember when I looked at him, he didn't look broken. He looked awakened. Like a man who had finally found a reason to breathe again. Unfortunately, that reason was me. There's nothing loud about him. Forget raising his voice he barely speaks unless he has to. He just watches quietly, like a wolf waiting for its prey to stop running. When a man like him decides you're his, he doesn't need to say a word. He didn't have to touch me to make me feel trapped. He just had to look. And maybe that's what chains really are...not metal or rope, but the slow suffocation of being seen, claimed, and never asked if you wanted to be free. If the girl I was four years ago had seen who I am today, she would have laughed at herself, completely unaware that one day she would herself say that: Arhaan Mirza is my fate, my curse, my damnation and the chains of desire my soul refuses to break free from. ~ Arhaan X Eyana

This is prequel to love in ruins. This story focuses on Ishaan's father Mayank Roychoudhury and Trishita Ganguly. It's their love story, featured in the 80s Kolkata. I hope whoever read love in ruins would find it enjoyable too. Fair warning, the male lead might not be very likeable at first. Mayank Roychoudhury has never been good at losing. In 1981 Kolkata, his reckless life takes an unexpected turn when he falls for Trishita, a woman he knows he should never have wanted, yet cannot seem to live without. What begins as attraction slowly becomes something far more dangerous: an obsession neither of them can easily escape. But love does not exist in a vacuum. Family, duty, promises and pride stand between them, while Mayank's own arrogance and mistakes threaten to destroy the one thing he has come to value more than himself. As circumstances force them apart, Mayank is left facing the possibility that the woman who became his entire world may belong to someone else. And for the first time in his life, there is no clever escape, no conquest, no distraction, only the unbearable knowledge that sometimes loving someone means having to watch them walk away. A story of forbidden love, jealousy, regret, obsession and the desperate lengths one man will go to when the person he cannot live without is slipping beyond his reach.

Ten years ago, their love story felt invincible, a perfect blend of choice and blessing, sealed in a love-cum-arranged marriage. She wore her white coat like armor, healing strangers with steady hands. He wore his khaki with pride, protecting a restless city with unwavering courage. Together, they built a home filled with laughter, two beautiful children, and the comforting noise of a joint family. From the outside, they were everything stability looks like. But somewhere between night shifts and emergency calls, between school runs and silent dinners, the rhythm changed. The sirens grew louder, the heartbeats grew softer, and the conversations grew shorter. Now, in a house that is never empty, their relationship feels strangely hollow, like walls standing strong but foundations quietly cracking. This is not the story of love lost. It is the story of love paused, waiting to be found again.

𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐦𝐲 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐬𝐤𝐲. In a world where silence feels safer than speaking and anger feels warmer than love, two souls cross paths. Each carrying a lifetime of wounds no one ever cared to see. She dreams of a protector. He doesn't believe he can save anyone, not even himself. But sometimes, the most broken hearts find each other, not to fix, but to understand. When their worlds collide, will they learn that being lost was only the beginning of being found?

A short story

𝐄𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞 #𝟏: previously known as "My Home" A friends-to-lovers romance full of longing, heartbreak, and second chances. "𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝑰 𝒉𝒖𝒈 𝒚𝒐𝒖, 𝑰 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝑰'𝒎 𝒉𝒐𝒎𝒆. 𝑵𝒐𝒕 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒂 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒂 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒏. 𝑮𝒉𝒂𝒓 𝒋𝒂𝒊𝒔𝒂 𝒔𝒖𝒌𝒐𝒐𝒏 𝒉𝒂𝒊 𝒂𝒂𝒑 𝒎𝒆𝒊𝒏." (There's a peace in you like the one we find at home.") ──── ࣪𖤐 𝗦𝗵𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗻𝗸 𝗞𝗮𝘀𝗵𝘆𝘂𝗽 has always been the fixer. The son, the provider, the silent sufferer. But three years of living alone in a 1BHK apartment, away from everything he once called home, has chipped away at his soul. Exhausted. Hollow. Done pretending. Until 𝗩𝗮𝗮𝗻𝗶 𝗔𝗴𝗮𝗿𝘄𝗮𝗹, his childhood best friend, walks back into his life like a monsoon after drought. She's fierce, funny, and knows how to read him even in his silence. What begins as comfort quickly turns into tension. Unspoken feelings. Lingering touches. And a dangerous question neither of them is ready to answer "What if the only place you ever truly feel belonged, is a person who can't be yours?" But love isn't always cozy. It's messy, confusing, and terrifying especially when the walls you built to survive start to fall. 🏠 Will their home always feel like home or will it become just four walls between two strangers? ────୨ৎ──── • She fell first, he fell harder • Forced proximity • Best friends to lovers • Slow burn with intense chemistry • Emotional healing arc ☆ 𝐕𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬.

Short stories of different couples with their different, unique and roller coaster ride like stories...♥️

Tarini Jaykar was meant to be a bridesmaid, not the bride. Thrown into a marriage she didn't even see coming, she brings chaos, sarcasm, sharp eyes, and a mouth that forgets to behave. She's angry, defensive, and painfully aware of the man she now shares a home with. Carved out of duty and discipline, Dhruv Agnihotri is all restraint and quiet heat; a complete contrast to her. The kind of man she vowed not get involved with. Wanting him feels like betrayal, rebellion and trouble she definitely shouldn't crave this much. Dhruv Agnihotri lives by order, logic and duty. In his world, there is no place for emotions and fragility. Certainly not for selfishness. Until Tarini Jaykar storms into his house and wrecks the carefully crafted balance of his life. She is emotional, loud, spontaneous and inconveniently attractive. What was meant to be a dutiful and distant marriage turns tense, intimate and dangerously charged. He shouldn't react to her. He shouldn't feel vulnerable. He definitely shouldn't want her like this. But restraint cracks fastest when temptation sleeps just a few feet away.

She tightly shut her eyes as her breath goes uneven with his close proximity. Her lips parted unconsciously as she could hear her own heartbeat. He leaned down his head to kiss her but seeing her rising chest and shut eyes, he stopped and automatically a sad smile formed on his lips. His tightened his own fist before he could touch her waist. Why does he always tend to lose his control over his fucking hormones in front of her when he knows very well his wife is still not ready for the intimacy? The thought made him curse and heart broken at the same time. With a tired sigh he tried to leave from there but before he could, she held his wrist stopping him. 'Kaha jaa rahe hain aap mujhe aise chor k??' she whispered. He looked back at her confusingly but without giving him time to react , she pulled him close by his nape and slammed her lips on his and started kissing him slowly and passionately. By grabbing both of her waist he slammed her back onto the wall.. she gasped into his mouth as she could feel his erection poking between her thighs. At 25, Rekha had built a successful life for herself as a nurse in the city. Yet despite the years that had passed, one thing had never changed, her love for Madhav. But her heart was severely got crushed the day she founds out that same Madhav was now married and living happily with his wife. Shivam, a 24 year old village guy and a true gentleman with a heart of gold, works in a small company and leads a simple life. But everything changes when he meets Rekha. For him, it is love at first sight. The more he gets to know her, the deeper he falls. But how can he hope for her love when her heart already belongs to someone else? Will Shivam be able to heal a heart that has spent loving the wrong person?

Arjun is a teenager who got married to his father's late friend's daughter, Aditi. This was not a normal wedding ; it was done to protect Aditi, but there were other reasons behind it as well. To know more, please read the story. ✿✿✿ Thank you Enjoy reading. ( This is my first book....I'm just experimenting with my ideas here. my characters are imperfect, and there are some loopholes. At times, you may find it boring or cringe-worthy. But, as I said, this is my first book, and I'm trying to improve my writing. I've tried to make each chapter better than the previous one )