Desire in the Devil's Arms

summary

He kidnapped a girl to escape a marriage.
He never expected she'd be the one to rewrite his fate.

When ruthless, emotionally frozen mafia boss Riaan Malhotra is forced by his powerful parents to marry a manipulative heiress, he does the only logical illogical thing his brain offers-
He kidnaps the first "harmless" girl he sees.

Enter Aanya Sharma.
College girl. Sunshine wrapped in chaos. Soft cheeks, bright eyes, laughter like a festival... and a personality straight out of Shaitaan ka personal assistant. She looks innocent, but her mouth? Weapon of mass destruction.

Before Aanya can process why she woke up in a mansion with armed guards, she's already in wedding attire, sindoor in hair, mangalsutra on neck.

"So you are now my husband?" she asks seriously.

Riaan nods.

"Then what the fuck will happen to my baby boys?!"

Silence.

Riaan freezes.

Mafia men stare.

His second-in-command bites his tongue because what "baby boys"??

From that day on, Riaan-feared by governments, respected by criminals-has to deal with:

He tries to stay detached. Cold. Fearsome.

But she laughs. She scolds. She cares.

And the walls he built for years begin cracking.

Months later, chaos continues.

One day his second-in-command rushes in, panicking.

"Boss, aapki wife ne ladki ched di!"
(Your wife flirted with a girl!)

Riaan almost drops his gun.

"She did WHAT?!"

He storms to her.

"Tumne ladki chedi?"

Aanya blinks innocently.

"Maine chedi nahi... woh khud chid gayi! Bohut sundar lag rahi thi, so maine bas-"

Riaan's jaw clenches.

"LADKI ched di?" he repeats, suddenly sounding like a jealous 15-year-old and not a mafia overlord.

The mafia, dreaded by nations...
Now terrified his wife might steal a girl instead of loving him.

Possessive jealousy sparks.
Aanya just laughs.

And Riaan realizes she isn't just chaos.
She's comfort.
She's warmth.
She's home.

He kidnapped her to save himself from a forced marriage.
He never expected she'd save.