Married to a Stranger
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MatureComplete Mon, Jul 14, 20254h 49m
Arranged Marriage AU
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"ℳ𝒶𝓎𝒷ℯ 𝒸𝒽ℴ𝒾𝒸ℯ 𝒾𝓈𝓃'𝓉 𝒻𝓇ℯℯ𝒹ℴ𝓂. ℳ𝒶𝓎𝒷ℯ 𝒾𝓉'𝓈 𝓈𝒶𝒻ℯ𝓉𝓎 𝒾𝓃 𝒹𝒾𝓈ℊ𝓊𝒾𝓈ℯ. ℳ𝒶𝓎𝒷ℯ 𝒽𝒶𝓋𝒾𝓃ℊ 𝒶 𝒸ℴ𝓂𝓅𝒶𝓃𝒾ℴ𝓃 𝒶𝓉 𝓎ℴ𝓊𝓇 𝓈𝒾𝒹ℯ 𝒾𝓈 ℯ𝓃ℴ𝓊ℊ𝒽."
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Tara Carpenter never wanted to leave Woodsboro like this: old into a marriage she didn't choose, sent to New York under her mother's cruel arrangement. But if this deal means tuition, a future, and freedom from the home she hates...she'll take it, even if it means becoming the wife of Amber Freeman.
Amber Freeman is the quiet heir to an old-money empire, with whispers of mafia ties clinging to her family name. But she isn't what Tara expected. No cold commands, no threats. Just silence. Distance. A marriage of convenience with carefully drawn lines...and a wife who keeps her promises. Tara has freedom. Her own room. Her own life.
But something stirs in the quiet spaces between them. Soft tea in the kitchen at midnight. Thoughtful gifts left without a word. Amber watches without speaking, guards without touching. And slowly, Tara wonders what lies behind those guarded eyes. And why the most dangerous woman in New York treats her like something precious.
What started as survival becomes something neither of them planned. Maybe even something real.
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Tied in Red
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Signed, Sealed & Loved? [WLW]
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❝𝑰 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖, 𝒘𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒚 𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒓𝒕-𝒎𝒊𝒂 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒂.❜❜ She is a brilliant gynaecologist but mute since childhood trauma stole her voice. She doesn't get attached neither to people nor promises. For her, life was about control-of her career, her choices, her emotions. She didn't want to be fixed. She just wanted to be left alone. While he is the youngest of the Kapoor clan. A surgeon by profession, a charmer by nature. Never serious. Never still. He wanted admiration, attention and a girl who could worship the ground he walked on. A narcissist in denial, and proud of it. ❝𝐒𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐏𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐬❜❜ "𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒂𝒚 𝒘𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒅, 𝑰 𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒔 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒆... 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑰 𝒅𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕'𝒔 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒆." "𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒄𝒍𝒂𝒊𝒎 𝒎𝒆, 𝑴𝒂𝒉𝒊𝒓... 𝒊𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒅𝒂𝒓𝒆." "𝑫𝒂𝒓𝒆? 𝑲𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒌𝒂... 𝑰 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒓𝒖𝒊𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒚𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒆𝒍𝒔𝒆." ╰┈➤𝐀𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 🏅 #87 in forcedproximity out of 5.07k stories.(4.08.25) #15 in hefallsfirst out of 1k stories. (6.08.25) #35 in adultthemes out of 12.9k stories.(23.08.25) #10 in emotionalhealing out of 1.02k stories.( 7.09.25) #19 in pasttrauma out of 3.04k stories.(24.09.25) #18 in slowburnromance put of 5.54k stories. (9.11.25)
It was supposed to be a marriage. A contract marriage. A simple deal beneficial to two families. But she hated it, she hated objectifying herself for the greed of her father. She hated the feeling of losing from a bunch of strangers who didn't consider her say in her own life. So, she turned the tables. What she didn't know was, he only agreed to a deal thinking she had a say. He didn't want a marriage yet agreed to one for the benefit and name of his family. He wasn't a man to mess with but she took her chance and he let her. And it might be her biggest mistake. Taking her chances with him. He got obsessed with everything about her. Her fragrance. Her voice. Her very presence. She came into his life with all the intentions to leave. Now the question is, would he really let her go? Would she want to stay?
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