" Mumma, I am eighteen right now. I've not even started my college and you want me to get married to man who is six years older! This is not fair." I shouted, exasperated. " Swara, your sister has betrayed all of us and has run away from her own wedding. All the guests are waiting for the bride to come out. You know your grandfather's medical condition . He will not be able to take any shock right now and you if you don't go out, his hard earned reputation will get tainted and he may not be able to absorb this shock." Mumma tried to reason. " What about Aditya....? I call him jiju (brother in law) for god's sake maa!" I exclaimed. " He will be okay with this marriage." Amrita aunty said, entering the room. " Mumma...this is going to spoil three lives." I tried, talking sense. " Swara, beta please do this for both of the families." Aunty said, folding her hands in front of me. " I need to talk to him first." I demaded to which both of them obliged and within next five minutes, my so called jiju was standing in front of me. " I tried to reason out with them. Turns out they did not understand. Didi loves you. I think she must have been forced to take this decision." I said, defending Kritika di. " Forced? Her letter clearly states otherwise." He spoke with so much hatred in his voice. I kept quiet. " Get dressed and come to the mandap (pavilion)" He said and left the room, banging the door on his way. " Thank you so much ganpati bappa (god) for throwing me in this mess." I muttered and without an option, started getting ready. God, what is going to happen with my life now!

Alessia Ferrari is the Don of the Italian Mafia. Whip-smart and dangerous, she is a woman in a man's world, surviving against all odds. Born and raised to become a lethal killer, even the ground she walks on bows at her feet. She has it all, until that is, her father gives her hand away in marriage. Ace Hernandez is the boss of the American Mafia. He's a cold cruel hearted monster. He knows the game all too well and does whatever it takes to win and if that means breaking someone, he could do that with his eyes closed. Fate is vicious when the two are forced to marry. Will two monsters find solace in each other's arms or will they kill each other? ---------------------------- "I don't recall signing up for strip poker." She replied. Her full lips frowned softly but her eyes were filled with amusement. She knew she couldn't beat me, not at this game. "Are you quitting? Are you a quitter?" I mocked getting under her skin. Her lips twitched before she pursed them tightly. The blues of her eyes deepened and she threw me a dangerous smirk. She shuffled and pulled off one of her sandals. Fuck. So we're doing this the long way. She raised it in the air, dangling it off her finger before tossing it aside. She raised a brow at me, she challenged me. I knew I got under her skin. Just as I had anticipated. -------------------------- BE AWARE: Trigger warnings: MATURE CONTENT 18+ (SMUT) SWEARING VIOLENCE/GUN VIOLENCE SELF HARM/SUICIDE (REFERENCES) EXPLICIT LANGUAGE REFERENCES TO RAPE SMOKING/ALCOHOL/DRUGS BLOOD/DEATH/GORE ©️ All rights reserved ™️ The Walnut Tree BOOK ONE OF THE MAFIA SERIES

"I am pregnant, " I say looking into his eyes intensely but his face is emotionless. "what? " he asks stunned, he paces around for a few minutes "I can't take care of a child right now" he snaps holding the office table tightly. "We have to because I have no way to go," I say pleading for acknowledgment and understanding. "what do you mean, " he said eyeing me suspiciously. "my parent disowned me," I say looking down in shame. "I will take you in but don't expect me to care for you and your baby because all this means nothing to me" he glanced at me before walking out of his office. Tears run down my cheek, feeling of embarrassment, and lost claws in my heart. I lost everything my family, my self-esteem, I feel lost and worthless. Most of all I lost love.

this story is the sequel of Arranged marriage to a cricketer. This story revolve around two couples who got married secretly without anyone notice. Will the couples say to there family about their marriage? What will be there family reaction? Will arjun and ved friendship break after knowing the truth about there marriage? Why arjun and tara got married? How ved and shivani endup getting married? Will the couples find there love in this marriage? Are you all ready to join the rollercoaster journey of arjun, tara, ved and shivani with fun, laughter, love, hate, trust and friendship.

Rehan's mother is a typical Indian mother, who wants to get her son married before he turns 28. And also she doesn't want him to marry his cunning aunt's daughter and that made Rehan to go for an arranged marriage as he does not believe in love or hasn't anyone. Aadhya Mehra is a college going girl whose life turned upside down when her father misunderstood her with her cousin and thought that she's having a relationship. So to save the family name and honour her father decided to get her married. Check out the stand-alone sequel, STITCHES, if you have time. •editing. inline comments, you will be missed. • i have tried my best to avoid writing cringe so some scenes will be rewritten during editing. • also if you think the beginning chapters are too cringeworthy trust me, later it gets better as the beginning chapters were written two years ago.

Gabriella White is a 14 year old girl who's had to face more tragic events then a 14 year old should. At the age of 12 her mother was brutally murdered in a home evasion, which after closer investigation the police closed the case, so now stuck with her abusive stepfather, John for almost 2 what happens when her stepfather just picks up and leave, and Gabriella learns that she isn't a only child and that her mother has been lying to her, whole life, and that she has 6 older brothers that her mom took her away from them and her father when she was only 3. Join Gabriella on this journey as she deals with 6 older brothers that are hiding somethings from her. And how she deals with the demons of her past.

Alexandrianna Hawkins wasn't expecting to dislocate her knee during cheerleading practice. Once she's wheeled into the hospital, she's welcomed with quite the surprise. Rian Peterson is a young, very irresistible man who's devoted to being a doctor. He's never fallen for any of his patients, but when Alexandrianna arrives, that changes quickly. The doctor and his patient are possessed by infatuation. Will the high school cheerleader and the percipient doctor fall for each other? Or will Alexandrianna's past stand in the way?

Nobody can forget their first kiss. Even if you were only 6 years old. Especially when the person who kissed you was your older brother's bestfriend. After Blair's father died, she became distant and her brother Blake has become very overprotective over his younger sister. His bestfriend, Aiden, was overprotective too. 10 years later, they're having a normal college life. After a few incidents, Aiden begins to look at Blair under a new perspective. But isn't there an unwritten rule about staying away from your bestfriend's sister?

Priyanka -> Priyanka is 22 years old and is in the process of completing her masters in Buisness administration.Since a very young age Priyanka had a fixed set of dream and in the process of going after her dreams priyanka never thought about marriage (she has never dated anyone as well in her life). Priyanka's father is also a business man (He is called Prakash), he is the owner of Prakash industries, his wife name is Sunita (priyanka's mother). They are a very happy couple. Priyanka's has one brother and he is called Rohit, recently he got married to Rithu who he was in love with for the past 4 years. Priyanka also has a younger sister called Divya, she is currently in Banglore completing her degree. Vijay - Vijay is 27 years old and after studying business he has now taken over his father's buisness. Vijays mothers name is Preetha and fathers name is Prabhu. Vijay has one brother called Vikram who is one year older than him and one younger brother who is 25 years old he is called Adi. Most people see Vijay as a very cold person , however, he is a very calm and is soft towards his family and friends. Vijay dated Sakshi for 7 years but she died in a accident 2 years ago. So lets see how fate brings Priyanka and Vijay together I don't any of the pics used in this story .... the pictures are all from google