Bound by Silence: Some vows are spoken. Others are enforced. | 18+ | Book 3.
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Vaani Desai never imagined her life could be traded like a debt.
At twenty-one, with her uncle's collapsing business threatening everything she loves, she is forced into a marriage with Kairav Raghuwat, a ruthless, untouchable billionaire who wants control, not love.
Inside their marriage, she is a stranger.
Outside, she is the perfect wife: admired, polished, untouchable... a figure of obedience.
Bound by silence, every glance, every command, every unspoken word reminds her that in Kairav's world, power is absolute and submission is survival.
Yet beneath the cold restraint, a dangerous, forbidden tension begins to rise. A slow, relentless pull neither of them can ignore.
Can Vaani endure a life dictated by fear and possession?
Can a heart that was never asked to consent survive the man who never intended to love her?
This is not a story of instant passion or fairy-tale endings.
It is a story of survival, dominance, and the slow-burn desire that grows quietly, fiercely, in the shadows of fear, control, and obligation.
Tropes: Forced marriage | Billionaire CEO | Enemies to lovers | Dark romance | Slow burn | Power and control | 18+
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