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Serena Voss has never questioned the life she's been given-quiet, controlled, and carefully contained. Adrian Cole has spent years carrying something he was never meant to forget. When they meet by chance in a secluded botanical garden, it feels like nothing. Just a conversation. Just a moment. But some meetings are not accidents. And some connections were never meant to happen. As their paths begin to cross again, truths buried deep in the past start to surface-truths that could change everything. Because not every love story is meant to last. And some things... are better left kept. A slow-burn psychological romance with underlying mystery and thriller elements. ⚠️ Copyright & Disclaimer © 2026 Ishita Iyyer. All rights reserved. This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and events are either the product of the author's imagination or used fictitiously. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental. No part of this story may be reproduced, distributed, translated, or transmitted in any form or by any means without prior written permission from the author.

"Who are you?" she asked me exasperated. Her breath uneven, features frustrated. You know me I want to say, I don't reply. I watch her. "Where the hell did you come from?" she staggers in her steps. Tilting sideways, going off balance. I catch her in my arms. Breaking her fall, steadying her. A faraway land of another time, I want to say. Her frustration builds up and my silence only fuels it. With angry tears in her heavenly eyes, she grasps on my shirt. "You haunt me. I close my eyes, I see you. You are always there, but never quite in reach. I can't stop thinking about you. Look at what have you done to me? You made me insane" "Laura" is all I say and she collapses. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Never in all these years, she thought she would see her again. But the beautiful thing about history is, it repeats. And when it does, it is so hauntingly perfect. Then it plays the cards. Same people, Same setting A tale long lost, repeating

When Pravit Khankaew was twenty-three years old, he drove too fast on a wet road in Chiang Mai and killed a seven year old boy named Korn. He never forgot it. Neither did Korn's family. Twenty years later, Pravit walks into his eldest daughter's London flat on her twentieth birthday with a bakery bag and a confession that rewires her entire life. His debt to the Pornprasert family is due. And the payment, whether Namtan likes it or not, is her. Namtan Khankaew is broad-shouldered, brilliant, and completely blindsided. She is an architecture student who builds things carefully and trusts almost nobody. She did not ask to be handed to a stranger as settlement for an accident she wasn't alive for. Film Pornprasert is soft-faced, devastating, and furiously against every part of this arrangement. She is a medical student who fixes broken things for a living. She did not ask to be handed to a stranger either. She was already in love with someone else quietly, privately, in the way that costs everything when it ends. They are twenty years old. They are strangers. They are now, legally, each other's problem. What follows is not a fairytale. It is something messier and more honest than that two girls navigating a marriage built from guilt, learning each other in the spaces between resentment and reluctant admiration, falling apart and toward each other in the specific way of people who were handed the wrong inheritance and somehow made it into a home. Narrated by Airwin Buakaew Pornprasert household maid, fifty-three years old, employed since 1994, and absolutely nobody's fool.

𓆩♡𓆪 Too Close To Leave 𓆩♡𓆪 Kavya was never the kind of girl who let people stay. Not because they left but because she never gave them enough access to hurt her. She feels everything. Too deeply. Too quietly. And maybe... a little too much for this world. Then there's him distant, unreadable, and somehow always out of reach. He doesn't believe in getting attached. He doesn't stay. He doesn't let anyone get close. But somehow... they keep finding each other in the same spaces, in the same silences, in the same unspoken moments. She starts caring. He starts noticing. And somewhere between almost and never things begin to change. But love isn't always enough when one person feels too much... and the other feels just enough to walk away. ❝ He stays away. She feels everything. ❞

Rain-soaked and restless, Nyrielle stands alone in the palace garden, confronting the quiet cruelty of how she sees herself-scarred, useful, and never truly chosen. When Kaelith enters her space, his presence shifts the storm without force, creating a fragile stillness where unspoken understanding replaces words. Through small gestures and careful touch, he sees her not as a weapon, but as something worth knowing, worth choosing-and for a moment, she lets herself believe it. Drawn together by something deeper than intention, they hover on the edge of something real, something dangerous. But reality presses back in-the trial, the princess, the future already closing in around them. And just before that fragile connection can become something undeniable, Nyrielle pulls away, leaving the moment suspended between what almost was and what can never be.

Tavish and Zian are two college best friends united by one painful truth: Nithya, the girl who promised they were special, played them both. Now, their broken hearts have fueled an elaborate, strategic plot for revenge. Their plan requires an accomplice: Dia, the magnetic and effortlessly cool new girl on campus. Dia is recruited to shake Nithya's world, but she's got her own focus: landing the attention of the elusive senior, Prayaan. The moment Dia agrees to the mission, the game is on. But in a campus full of secrets and calculated moves, the boundaries of the plan start to crumble When every relationship is built on a lie, who wins the game of hearts?

Leo Silva destroyed the world in seven seconds. All it took is one moment of lost control. One surge of unstable power. Now the world is ash, his family is gone, and the survivors aren't human anymore. Leo did this. And he can't take it back. But Alphabet, the syndicate that gave him this cursed power, isn't done with him yet. They call him: Subject S3. Hunted by those who want to weaponize him. Haunted by the faces of everyone he killed. Leo must master the very power that destroyed everything, or watch it consume what little remains. Some mistakes can't be undone. Some can only be survived.

In the kerosene-lit lanes of a city that forgets its margins, three women orbit a single, unspoken truth: childhood is a luxury none of them could afford. Maya screams at her husband with the fury of a wounded animal, then packs his lunch with surgical precision. Her violence and her tenderness are the same gesture-a desperate algorithm written in a two-room flat in Dharavi, where her father's mill-dust lungs and her mother's abandonment taught her that noise is the only shield against disappearing. Priya catalogs trauma like a statistician. She knows the ACE scores, the stunting rates, the 4.7 times higher likelihood of household chaos. She defends Maya with data, yet she blocked her on WhatsApp. She forgot that behind every data point was a girl who shared a single chapati with her behind the schoolyard. Anita polices morality from a tidy home her husband's firm built on the very labor structures that break women like Maya. She calls poverty a character flaw. She mocks the "poverty mindset." But she carries a single, buried memory-a funeral, a clenched fist, a child holding herself together-that threatens to dismantle everything she believes. Watched by a narrator who calls herself the Interrogator, these three women collide in a lane behind a school. What begins as a public shaming ends in a confession that rewrites the ledger. Because sometimes the difference between contempt and compassion is a single missing datum. A gritty, psychological literary fiction exploring the franchise of deprivation, the neurobiology of survival, and the stubborn human anomalies that data cannot predict.

Ashes of Men is a raw, unflinching journey into the fragile bond between two lost souls-Reed, a calculating loner with a haunted past, and Leo, a fragile young man grasping for safety in a world that's almost entirely indifferent. Set against the bleak backdrop of a city that mirrors their fractured spirits, the story explores themes of survival, trust, and the invisible contracts that bind us all. As Leo clings to hope through his art and Reed wrestles with control and compassion, their uneasy alliance grows into something fragile and volatile-one misstep away from collapse. Ashes of Men is a psychological drama that questions the price of belonging, the cost of kindness, and what it means to find home when everything else burns away. With a thank you for Jonathan for the inspiration

Amara, a breathtaking beauty, is forced to sacrifice her freedom to save her family from financial ruin. Her arranged husband? The nation's most powerful CEO-and the same man who once rejected her coldly in a job interview. Now trapped in a loveless marriage filled with tension and fire, Amara must face a battle between hate and desire. Can enemies become lovers... or will their past destroy everything? Note: This story is filled with slow-burn romance, enemies-to-lovers tension, and emotional twists that will leave you breathless.

In a tale of love and betrayal, Lila Monroe's life is intertwined with two men from her past. Jaxon Mercer, who was raised by Lila's parents as family, harbors a secret affection for her, while Lila is captivated by Julian Hayes. When Julian's feelings for Lila become known, Jaxon's jealousy takes a dark turn, leading to unforeseen consequences. As Lila grapples with the aftermath of Jaxon's tragic sacrifice, questions loom: What drove Jaxon to such extremes? How did his actions shape the fate of those he loved? And what truths about friendship and sacrifice will emerge from the shadows? This story weaves a complex tapestry of love, betrayal, and the search for redemption.

Weekly Updates ✨ An heiress in hiding. Two royal brothers. One crown that changes everything. As an heiress living in disguise, she never expected to fall in love with a man who belonged to a throne. When secrets unravel and royal duty demands its price, she must choose- a love that feels like home or a crown that could destroy them both. Because loving a prince was never the plan... and becoming a queen may cost her everything.

In "Twisted Witness," a seasoned psychiatrist grapples with a shocking mix-up between two clients: one a shaken man who witnessed a brutal murder, the other tragically killed due to a fatal misunderstanding. As the psychiatrist delves deeper into their cases, they unwittingly become entangled in the web of crime, eventually becoming a witness to the very murder at the heart of the mystery. As reality blurs and danger looms, the psychiatrist must untangle the truth before it's too late.

"You think you know me, Mira? You don't even know half of what I'm capable of." Ruthless billionaire Raghav Sharma doesn't take no for an answer. Cold, calculating, and obscenely wealthy, he rules his world with an iron fist and a merciless heart. His eyes are set on a new venture that demands the best - but Mira Sen, the fiery, free-spirited architect he just hired, is anything but what he expected. She's everything he despises: chaotic, unpredictable, and blindingly stubborn. Yet he can't deny the magnetic pull between them, an exhilarating urge to push her to the edge of sanity just to see if she'll fall... or stand against him. Mira's loathing for Raghav is almost as intense as her attraction. His arrogance, relentless demands, and the way he seems to toy with her for sheer amusement are infuriating. Yet, beneath his steely facade, Mira glimpses something raw - a shadow of hurt that both pulls her in and terrifies her. As she fights to resist the dangerous allure between them, Raghav is determined to claim her, mind, body, and soul, stopping at nothing to make her his. When a dark secret from Raghav's past surfaces, threatening everything he's built, Mira finds herself ensnared in a web of deceit, obsession, and forbidden passion that could either bind them together forever - or tear them apart. As their hate morphs into a dangerous attraction, they're forced to confront their deepest fears and wildest desires in a world filled with luxury, power, and peril. In Twisted Desires, prepare for a high-stakes, high-heat journey where love and hate blur, and surrender could mean the ultimate victory... or their complete undoing.

She had her life calculated to the last decimal. SHE DELA CRUZ: top of her class, architect of her future, engineer of her heart. Emotions were variables to be controlled. Love was a risk to be assessed. Then he died. And the equation broke. MARCUS RAMOS - the misunderstood boy from the wrong side of perception, dressed in the armor of a "bad boy" to hide a soul too vast for this world - did not leave. He became a condition of her reality. A ghost visible only to her. Not a shadow to fear, but a truth she could no longer ignore. This is not a ghost story. This is an autopsy of a misunderstanding. A film ready novel where every silence is a line of dialogue, every glance is a revolution, and the most haunting love affair begins after the last heartbeat. Witness a love that defies time, a regret that rebuilds a soul, and the terrifying beauty of being truly seen by the one person you never took the time to see back. Prepare for absolute cinema.

Where brilliance attracts power and power attracts danger. Diamond reads the room. Coal controls the storm. The Dialect Series explores the minds that cross their path. Every encounter leaves a mark.

Sera has a system for everything - her thesis, her mornings, her feelings. Neat categories, correct conclusions. It has worked perfectly for twenty-two years. Then she meets Professor Elena Reyes. Elena is brilliant, composed, and exactly the kind of person Sera should not find herself thinking about at two in the morning. She is also religious, careful, and very good at performing a life she has almost convinced herself she wants. They are a graduating student and her thesis adviser at a university in Manila. They are nothing. They should remain nothing. But Sera, who has never had trouble naming things, finds she cannot name this - and Elena, who prays every night for clarity, finds that her prayers keep going quiet before she reaches the part about Sera. In the Silence Between is a story about two women in a country where some things are still spoken only in silence. About faith that costs something. About a choice that neither of them can quite bring themselves to make - and the question, at the end, that only one of them is brave enough to ask.

*Qaid-e-Ishqam* is a dark and captivating tale of love, vengeance, and emotional turmoil. Ayat, a 22-year-old college student, finds herself trapped in a web of political conflict when Zaryab, a cold and ruthless businessman, kidnaps her to use as a pawn against her powerful father. In the beginning, Ayat is terrified of Zaryab, a man driven by revenge, whose cold demeanor and intense presence send chills down her spine. But as the story unfolds, Zaryab's emotions begin to fracture, revealing a side of him no one expected-vulnerability and care. Despite the trauma, Ayat starts to see glimpses of his humanity. Torn between duty and his growing feelings for her, Zaryab's internal conflict deepens, making him question everything he thought he knew about love and revenge. As Ayat struggles to trust him, the lines between hate and love blur. Will their bond be shattered by the darkness of their pasts, or will love, as unexpected and painful as it is, find a way to heal them both? In this slow-burn political romance, secrets, betrayal, and hidden desires weave together, making *Qaid-e-Ishqam* a powerful and unforgettable journey of emotional growth, redemption, and forbidden love.

Human beings have the tendency to daydream and fantasize of a world that they think doesn't belong to them. What they don't know is that what they wish was true and believe is a fairly tale, is actually real. It's not make-believe. Brookley "Lee" Lebanon is a fairly normal seventeen year old girl-loves her sleep, hates school, despises society as a whole, and has a weird obsession with heartthrob boy bands. She likes routine and predictablility but has a wish for something more within her. Something... Well, more. More than the popular jerks at school, more than her parents' constant bickering on the brink of divorce, and more than the deep sense of self-loathing she holds inside. She doesn't like her life, and once her parents finally decide to call it quits, she's forced to go live with her aunt Kate for the summer. Tempest Kennan is quite the mysterious nineteen year old young man. Has a strange hatred for human outsiders, a knack for building things by hand, and a non-existent love life. He's the son of an ancient werewolf tribe leader, deep within the unexplored forests of Alaska, and has never found his mate. Unheard of by tribe standards, usually being mated before the age of eighteen. Perhaps he wasn't meant to be someone's mate to begin with. Something within him was broken, and it had been broken for many years. Fate could be cruel. Cruel, indeed. Most humans have never ventured far enough into the forest where the near last of the werewolves lived, and the shifters preferred it that way. None have been mated with humans. But what happens when a girl wanders too far off in the woods after a heated argument? She gets lost. Then, found. By a giant wolf, clearly unhappy with her presence and strangely, with no obvious intent to hurt her. More strange, she feels an unexplainable pull towards the large creature, a feeling of bitter longing and sweet home all in the same. Can two mixed up individuals straighten themselves out with the help of the other?

Amid the crumbling echoes of Rome and the rise of new faiths, a young farmer in the Kingdom of the Suebi must navigate love, loss, and belief in a world shadowed by plague and war. When ancient gods linger in the woods and new doctrines divide villages, people must choose between their homeland and the spreading chaos. A sweeping tale of faith, family, and survival, this is a story of one man's quiet defiance in the face of history's storm. Accompany Aderico, who never asked for more than peace and a path of his own-until he met her. In a valley where rivers whisper forgotten prayers and faiths collide in silence, Aderico finds love that defies his world and a destiny he never sought. But when plague arrives and fear turns neighbor against neighbor, can love survive where legends die?