The Soulless Souls
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"I'm fine."
"You always say that, even if it's not true." Suddenly he removed his arm from me and sat up.
I looked at him. "You too."
"What?"
"You always say you're fine. I think mostly you're lying to me."
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Chicago, 1980s
Edith had only deficits. There was nothing she could do that she wouldn't mess up. She was a high school drop out, a coward and, all in all, futureless. And she knew that.
Swinging between being satisfied with her boring and pathetic life and sliding into harsh episodes of self hatred and harm, she simply existed day by day.
Until she did something unusual:
Saving a man called Aryan.
And Aryan did something even more unusual:
Blackmailing Edith to marry him and to move with him to Chicago.
Forced to leave her hometown behind, she learned that there was one person she could hate even more than herself.
And she learned that she shared with Aryan more similarities than thought, because even he had his very dark secrets.
⚠️TW: story includes self harm, mental illness, suicide
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Two souls. Alike in ways that only make them clash harder. Same arrogance. Same stubbornness. Same burning egos that refuse to bend. And yet... bound together in a relationship neither of them truly chose. She is a mystery-quiet, guarded, carrying a past she refuses to let anyone see. Every smile is measured, every emotion locked away behind walls built from pain. He is power-cold, controlled, a man the world admires as a successful businessman. But beneath the surface lies something far darker... something even he doesn't fully understand. When fate forces them into a marriage of convenience, it isn't love that blooms. It's war. Words sharper than blades. Silences heavier than confessions. A constant push and pull between hatred and something neither of them is ready to name. But the past they share... refuses to stay buried. Memories haunt them. Truths threaten them. And destiny-cruel and relentless-keeps dragging them back to each other. Will they heal together... or destroy each other piece by piece? Because sometimes, the person you're running from... is the one you're already tied to. And sometimes, love doesn't save you. It consumes you. He wasn't meant to love her. She wasn't meant to trust him. But fate had other plans-and it never plays fair. ❃.✮:▹ ◃:✮.❃ " With you beside me, even the hell feels heaven to me!" NAKSHISH AGNIHOTRI. Her wallman and her peace! " I am ready to get destroyed a thousand Times if that path leads me to you!" AKRITI MEHRA. His crackhead and his jaan! ❃.✮:▹ ◃:✮.❃
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