Cuddle-bear_7
Summary
Shubman Gill is the underworld's most feared name-cold, ruthless, disciplined, and terrifyingly controlled. His marriage was meant to be nothing more than a strategic alliance with the influential Kishan family... until his bride ran away on the wedding day.
To save their reputation and their lives, the Kishan family makes a desperate, unforgivable decision. They force Ishan, the younger sibling-sweet, shy, unbearably adorable, and far too innocent for the world Shubman lives in-to wear the bridal clothes and take his sister's place. Before Ishan can even process the betrayal, vows are exchanged, rings are tied, and his life is no longer his own.
On their wedding night, Shubman discovers the truth. The woman he married doesn't exist. Instead, standing before him is a boy nearly ten years younger than him-legal, but naïve, untouched by cruelty, and painfully honest. Someone who should have never been dragged into blood-stained mansions and shadowed corridors. Someone who flinches at gunshots, cries silently in locked rooms, and still tries to smile.
Shubman should have destroyed him. Instead... he hesitates.
Bound by marriage, pride, and the vow he never intended to make, Shubman decides one thing-
He will never touch Ishan.
He will never force anything on him.
He will give him a room, protection, and freedom within the gilded cage of the mafia world... but no emotions. No attachment. No place in his heart.
But Ishan, with his stubborn kindness, clumsy innocence, unexpected courage, and the ability to talk back even while terrified, slowly begins to melt the ice around the feared mafia boss. He brings warmth into cold hallways, laughter into a deadly mansion, and softness into a life built on blood.
Meanwhile, the underworld whispers. A boy-spouse. A mafia king who suddenly shields someone with his life.
And Shubman realizes the cruel truth-
Ishan is no weakness.
He is the only thing Shubman will kill for.
And the only thing he will die for.