Single-parent Stories

After fleeing her abusive ex in the middle of the night, Chloe Dawson arrives in a small coastal town with nothing but a duffel bag, a crying six-month-old baby, and the last of her savings. She rents a tiny apartment where the walls are paper-thin. Next door lives Sergeant Mason Kane, disciplined, exhausted, emotionally closed off, and currently on leave between military assignments. After years in the army, silence is the only thing that helps him sleep. Then the baby starts crying every night. At first, Mason is irritated. Chloe is terrified of him. Every knock on the door reminds her of the man she escaped.

Everyone knows Roman Winters. The cold, intimidating businessman with a permanent frown and a reputation that's rapidly falling apart. After his ex-girlfriend abandoned a three-year-old son he never knew existed, the rumours spread faster than the truth. Overnight, Roman went from respected CEO to the man everyone called a deadbeat father. Belle Beaumont knows better. For the past six weeks, she's been Roman's personal assistant, and she's discovered that beneath his grumpy exterior is a man who works too hard, sleeps too little and cares far more than he lets anyone see. Then Arlo arrives. Shy, dinosaur-obsessed and clinging to Belle from the moment they meet, the little boy turns both of their lives upside down. When Roman's damaged reputation begins affecting his company, he asks Belle for one impossible favour. Pretend to be his girlfriend. It should be easy. Smile for the cameras. Attend a few events. Convince everyone that Roman Winters isn't the man they think he is. But pretending becomes complicated when Arlo starts asking for Belle every morning, Roman begins looking for her before he realises it, and their fake relationship starts feeling a little too real. Because somewhere between bedtime stories, shared coffees and a three-year-old determined to keep them together, they stop acting like a family. And slowly, without meaning to, they become one.

Saranya Rao has always believed in justice. A successful lawyer with a huge, loving, and slightly chaotic family, her life revolves around courtrooms, family dinners, and endless arguments with her cousins. Love? She doesn't have time for it. Ranveer Oberoi, one of the country's most successful businessmen, doesn't believe in love anymore. After his wife cheated on him and walked away, he was left with a broken heart and a seven-month-old baby boy. Since then, his entire world has revolved around his son. He isn't looking for a wife. He isn't looking for romance. He only wants to be the best father possible. Everything changes when a legal case brings Saranya and Ranveer together. What starts as a professional relationship slowly turns into friendship. Then late-night coffee conversations. Then family dinners. Then baby cuddles. Then something neither of them expected. No misunderstandings. No secret babies. No hidden identities. Just two mature people healing each other while a tiny baby boy plays matchmaker. Can a woman who believes in justice and a man who has stopped believing in love find their happily ever after?

Kritika Sharma-just a school teacher... or something more? A life that looks normal but hides a mystery no one has solved. As her story unfolds, secrets, drama, and emotions take center stage. Will anyone uncover her truth? And will she ever open her heart to someone new? Important note: All pictures are taken from Pinterest.

This is my first ever book. It contains so many loopholes as the editing wasn't done nicely when I rephrased the story. So a genuine sorry to the readers to picked up this up and anyhow faced disappointment. 💛 #top 2 on 3.09.2025 #top 2 on 10.10.2025 #top 5 on 14.10.2025 #top 4 on 15.10.2025 #top 6 on 16.10.2025 This is republishing of the previous book with many changes and new additions read on your own risk .. Has been earlier rated as... MT: multiple times #1 in adult themes (MT) #1 in maturecontent (MT) #1 in romance #1 in couple #1 in arranged #2 in single parent #2 in Indian #2 in desi romance

Krutarth Raichand - is a man of logic, cold hard cash, and iron-clad discipline. In the boardroom, he is the "Ice King"-formidable, untouchable, and entirely devoid of sentiment. He built his empire from nothing, and he has no intention of letting "messy emotions" compromise his fortress. Preksha Mehra - was born into the lap of luxury, but she didn't stay there. Cast out by her elite family and forced to trade her diamonds for double shifts, she has transformed from a pampered princess into a woman with a "spine of steel." She doesn't want charity, and she certainly doesn't want the mercy of the family that abandoned her. She only wants a future for her son. Then there is Anay. At five months old, he is the only person on earth who can make the great Krutarth Raichand freeze with a single tug on his expensive silk tie. With his chubby cheeks and soulful eyes, Anay is the silent bridge between two guarded souls-one who refuses to love, and one who is afraid to trust again. ​In a world of corporate wars and family betrayals, can a cold billionaire and a resilient mother find common ground? Or will their pasts tear them apart before they realize that their hearts now beat for the same tiny human? Kya hoga ​Jab inhe milawayegi ek nanhi dhadkan.

𝔀𝓮 𝓪𝓻𝓮 𝓪𝓵𝓵 𝓹𝓪𝓻𝓽 𝓸𝓯 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓾𝓷𝓲𝓿𝓮𝓻𝓼𝓮 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓼𝓸𝓶𝓮𝓽𝓲𝓶𝓮𝓼 𝓸𝓾𝓻 𝓭𝓮𝓼𝓽𝓲𝓷𝓲𝓮𝓼 𝓮𝓷𝓽𝓪𝓷𝓰𝓵𝓮 𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓱 𝓮𝓪𝓬𝓱 𝓸𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓻𝓼.

Amara Park : Independent small bakery owner. She is obsessed with watching movies and TV shows. She can't go a day without some chicken nuggets. She's mixed and love her family more than anything in the world, but that will soon change once a certain 3 year old who always goes to her bakery... Walks in with someone she's never seen before... Stefano Ricci : A single dad. He is the Ceo of a corporation company. He owns multiple hotels and hospitals. He's a chilled guy around his family and friends, but in the office... Not so much. He loves his son and he'll do anything for him. When his son's mother left him, she made him cold. He doesn't trust easily and he hasn't seen interest in any woman for 3 years. It all changes when one day his son wants to go to his favorite bakery. He wanted to know why his son loves it so much. For his son, it's the cookies and the kind pretty lady behind the counter, for him... It's just her. When these two meet and stare into each other's eyes, will they fall in love, will she be able to take on being a stepmom and one of the most handsome bachelor's girlfriend? Or will she get overwhelmed and give up... Story cover by : @_navyblueee_

Livia Throne needed a job. She didn't expect it to come from her professor. Ronan Sterling is everything she should avoid, cold, disciplined, and completely untouchable. A man who lives by rules and never lets emotions get in the way. But when Livia steps into his home as his son's babysitter, distance becomes impossible. Because for the first time... Ronan Sterling is starting to feel something he can't control. And Livia might be the reason everything he's built begins to slip.

Siddharth Mehra - A Single dad who is living only for his daughter and lost his light. Saanvi Gujral - A doctor who fixes brains but is in need of fixing her heart. . . . What happens when fate brings them together? One, who is deeply lost to live the life. And the other, who heals people's mind and gravitates them towards her soothing presence. How will this collision turn their lives? Will this turn out to be the happy ending they desired or does the universe draws the wicked cards of its play?

During a school shooting, a single mother hides in a library and is saved by a cop and his partner. They continued to meet up and develop a romantic and friendly relationship. One night a home invasion occurs. What happens next will leave you shocked. *Don't be a ghost reader. Please like and comment!! WARNING, If you dislike cops or are sensitive to specific topics, then this story may not be for you! Twitter: @WattpadAuthorML

She was supposed to marry the successful brother. Instead, she married the forgotten one. What starts as a decision made to save her family's dignity slowly turns into something neither of them expected. Because he may not have money, status, or approval - but he has loyalty. And a heart no one bothered to see. Before fame. Before success. Before recognition. She stood beside him. But when the world that once ignored him comes back for him - will love be enough to survive it? 18-4-26 : #398 out of 547k stories in fiction 19-4-26 : #2 out of 15.6K stories in wife

Book 2 of wounded series. Niyati Ahuja never dreamed of becoming the woman she was today. Once, she had imagined a home filled with laughter, love, and quiet Sunday mornings. Instead, she found herself trapped in a marriage that became a prison. Behind closed doors, her husband shattered her spirit with years of physical violence, sexual abuse, and relentless control. Things took a turn when she found out about her pregnancy and the only thing she ever wanted was to never let her husband's shadow touch her child. After his death, Niyati rebuilds her life brick by brick. Cold, distant, and feared by her students, she becomes a professor at one of the country's most prestigious colleges. She has stopped believing in love. Happy endings are for other people. Then walks in Shivam Rajvanshi. The charming heir to one of India's largest business empires is everything Niyati isn't, warm, patient, ridiculously optimistic, and determined to spread sunshine wherever he goes. The moment he meets Niyati, he knows she's the one he's searching for. But winning over Niyati is a battle. As Shivam slowly breaks through the walls around her heart, buried secrets begin clawing their way back to the surface. Because Niyati's husband didn't simply disappear from their lives. Together, Niyati and Shivam made a choice on one horrifying night that changed everything forever. A choice born from terror, desperation, and the instinct to survive.

Lyra Mitchell is the owner and operator of 'The Sweet Spot', a local bakery in New York. One day, when a little girl walks in, Lyra's life changes forever. Brandon Cole is the CEO of Cole Enterprises. Rich and young, he is any girl's perfect man. And while Brandon had a wide selection of girls to choose from, he wasn't interested. The only girls who had a place in his heart were his mother and his daughter. But one little phone call changes it all.

A single mom on her own till she meets a kayvon but will he hurt her like the rest ?

**THE GRIEF OF ALMOST** Ada masa ketika hidup terasa sederhana. Ketika persahabatan terasa abadi. Ketika cinta pertama terasa cukup untuk menghadapi seluruh dunia. Ketika masa depan masih terlihat jelas di depan mata. Jessica, Rafael, dan Dion pernah berada di sana. Tiga anak muda yang tumbuh bersama, bermimpi bersama, dan percaya bahwa waktu akan selalu berpihak pada mereka. Namun kehidupan memiliki caranya sendiri untuk mengubah arah. Masa muda yang indah perlahan berganti menjadi kenyataan yang tidak pernah mereka bayangkan. Impian berubah menjadi tanggung jawab. Cinta berubah menjadi kehilangan. Dan waktu membawa mereka ke jalan yang berbeda. Ada yang pergi terlalu cepat. Ada yang menghilang tanpa penjelasan. Ada yang bertahan sendirian menghadapi hidup yang tidak berjalan sesuai rencana. Tahun demi tahun berlalu. Sampai pada suatu titik, kehidupan yang terasa berantakan itu mempertemukan mereka kembali dengan pertanyaan yang sama, Apakah kita benar-benar kehilangan jalan atau kita hanya sedang berputar cukup jauh untuk menemukan jalan pulang? **The Grief of Almost** adalah kisah tentang indahnya masa muda, tentang mimpi-mimpi yang pernah memenuhi langit malam, tentang proses menjadi dewasa yang tidak selalu berjalan lembut, dan tentang orang-orang yang terus hidup meski berkali-kali dihancurkan oleh kenyataan. Karena pada akhirnya, hidup bukan hanya tentang orang yang ingin kita miliki. Bukan hanya tentang cinta yang ingin kita perjuangkan. Melainkan tentang bagaimana kita bisa melangkah setelah kehilangan hampir segalanya. Dan bagaimana, setelah semua luka, penyesalan, perpisahan, dan waktu yang terbuang... bisa tetap menemukan jalan pulang. Sebab terkadang, rumah bukanlah tempat. Rumah adalah orang-orang yang tetap hidup di dalam hati kita. Bahkan ketika dunia telah mengubah segalanya.

The frameworks tried to break them, so they built a better fortress. Naina Joshi is running from a deceptive family legacy. Ananya is a fierce single mother who walked away from a toxic compromise to raise her daughter, Isha, on her own terms. Together in a quiet Mumbai apartment, they have built a life centered on absolute safety and mutual survival. But when the corporate grid of Malhotra Industries brings them face-to-face with two of the most powerful men in the sector-the calculating CEO Armaan Malhotra and the brilliantly charming consultant Vivaan Kapoor-the boundaries between professional strategy and personal healing begin to blur. Over a high-stakes fortnight of shared deadlines, legal battles, and innocent baby babbles, four guarded hearts must decide if they are willing to open their archives. A deeply emotional and heartwarming tale of second chances, ultimate triumphs over past injustices, and the modern families we choose to build for ourselves.

❝𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞'𝐬 𝐚 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐞❞ Billionaire Fabian Murphy is the golden child who was raised to follow his father's footsteps as the new CEO of their family business. To make his parents even more proud, he also proposed a woman they had chosen for him. He finally got everything he has worked so hard for and nothing could ruin it. It all changes when his brother introduces him to a pregnant, pink-haired single mother Charlotte Idler who helps him forget all the pressure at least for a while. But when it's time to turn words into action, Fabian isn't sure if he can let down everyone he has been trying to impress for so long. Because of that, he could lose the best thing that has ever happened to him.

Parmita's teenage love turned fiancé is dead. And she wants to resurrect him as an AI version. But the CEO of Tech company behind this AI project, Mahaswin Goswami is less than thrilled to make her a part of the ambitious pilot project of his company. Why? Good question. For starters, Parmita is Mahaswin's old classmate and the grieving fiancee of his elder brother figure Dev. And Mahaswin is a single father who has his hands already full from running the top technology company, handling his adolescent brat daughter, and weaving the web of revenge for his cheating ex-wife. And most important, Mahaswin is developing feelings for Paro who has only deceased Dev in her heart. But why does his dark-as-a-stone heart full of revenge start beating for Parmita all of a sudden?

" I won't get rid of it.. not now , not ever " LEGATUM ; (A beaquest paid in blood. ) The Child She Left Behind In my village, they called her "spoilt" before her belly swelled. They called her "cursed" after. She was Sixteen when she made a mistake, deceived by a man who took what wasn't his. While her mates rejoiced for the success in their WAEC examinations. Seventeen when the village took her name. Used as bad example and an epitome of shame. Seventeen and some months , when her water broke on a church floor, and nobody would touch her. She died with her teeth sunk into a wrapper, screaming for a God that kept quiet. But her story didn't end there. The man who married her shame raised her daughter like his own blood. He taught her to read by lantern light. Braided her hair with shaking hands. Told her every night: "Your mama was a lion. Not a mistake." For ten years, he was her sun. Then in the hands of leukemia, he closed his eyes too. Now the girl is ten. Alone. Carrying two ghosts and a name the village still spits at. Her mother died giving her life. Her foster father died giving her a chance. Who will die to give her a future? Some legacies are written in wills. Hers was written in blood, breastmilk, and borrowed time.