❝Are you blackmailing me, Billard?❞
❝Yeah, if that's what you prefer calling it, King.❞ I could feel the irritating, conceited smug forming on his lips just from his voice with mischief lurking on his face. I abruptly looked away before that look of his spread, i swear his exuberance for trouble is a contagion. But before i could strengthen my resolve to be aloof, I had already glanced back. The edge of his upper lip was now pushed up, his mouth parted a centimeter, making it seductive to many but to me the smirk on his pristine face made him appear intimidating. Lord, give me patience or an untraceable handgun. ❝Fine, if you want me in, then forget what you saw that night.❞
❝What night, principessa?❞ He feigned confusion, his eyes blazing with devilment. What had i gotten myself into? And as if it wasn't unnerving enough to his arrogant triumph, the conceited smug was back on his lips.
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As if crushing on Dante Ackerman, her player of a best friend, all her life isn't atrocious enough. Adelaide King finds herself being blackmailed by Archie Billard, the school's badboy, into doing whatever he wants after he accidentally saw her confessing her undying love for his arch-enemy.
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✦ RITVIKA KAPOOR ✦
A girl who carries the sun in her smile and storms in her silence.
She wasn't raised in riches, but she's richer than most-in love, in softness, in strength. A single mother at 24, her heart beats not just for herself, but for her little girl who calls her "Mumma."
𝙎𝙞𝙡𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 is her language and 𝙩𝙤𝙪𝙘𝙝 her comfort-she loves quietly, endures deeply. Every scar has a story, but she chooses not to tell them, only to live past them.
She dreams of love, but doesn't expect it.
She hopes for a miracle, yet walks through life with calm acceptance.
She is a - ❝ Khud se zyada kisi aur ke liye jeene wali ladki. ❞
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✦ VIDYUT RAJVANSH ✦
His presence demands silence.
A man built from shadows and steel. Cold eyes, sharp suits, and a reputation darker than the night. He's the kind of man who doesn't flinch at loss, and never looks back once he walks away.
A CEO, a name whispered in fear, a heart hidden behind layers of pain and pride.
Commitments? He avoids them.
Emotions? He shuts them out.
Children? He doesn't do soft things-until Tara calls him "Dadda."
He doesn't believe in second chances,
but somehow, Ritvika feels like the home he never had.
He is a - ❝ Mohabbat se door bhaagne wala, lekin mohabbat mein doobta hua aadmi. ❞
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