Slwburn Stories

In the small village of Rampur, Uttar Pradesh, Prisha Verma was not just a girl-she was hope. Eighteen years old, academically brilliant, and the village topper in her 12th boards, Prisha dreamed of college halls, independence, and a life shaped by education. But fate had other plans-plans sealed with sindoor instead of degrees. She is married off to Shivansh Rathore. At twenty-eight, Shivansh Rathore is Everything rampur fears and worships- CEO of Rathore Industries, outrageously rich, powerful, untouched, and devastatingly handsome. A man who trusts no woman. A man who believes love is a transaction and women are gold diggers, scarred deeply by a past betrayal he never speaks about. Their marriage is not celebrated. It is hidden. To the world, Shivansh Rathore is a ruthless bachelor. To his empire, there is no Mrs. Rathore. And to society, Prisha Verma does not exist as his wife. She lives in the shadows of a palace she cannot claim, wearing a relationship she cannot name. Bound by a marriage that gives her a surname but steals her identity. While Prisha struggles between her lost dreams and silent sacrifices, Shivansh battles emotions he refuses to feel-for the girl who was forced into his life yet slowly begins to unsettle his cold, controlled world. Secrets, power, misunderstandings, and an invisible marriage- What happens when the world finally discovers his secret wife? And what if the girl he never wanted becomes the only one he cannot afford to lose? A story of forced marriage, hidden love, shattered dreams, and a wife the world was never meant to know. Tropes~ - CEO x village girl - Slow-burn - hot male lead - Possessive husband - Strong girl - Age gap - Arrange marriage - Rom-com - Dark romance - Forced marriage - Forced proximity