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  • KASAK - The Gangster's Claim  by Simmiiwrites
    Simmiiwrites
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    "𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐨... 𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐦𝐞 𝐠𝐨! 𝐈 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞!" 𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐫, 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐬 𝐛𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐞𝐚𝐫- "𝐒𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐲, 𝐏𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐞... 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐚𝐬𝐤. 𝐇𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐬. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐈'𝐦 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮- 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐟𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲, 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐟𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐞." 𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫... 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐏𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐞. 𝐁𝐫𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐛𝐲 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞... 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐜𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐚 𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫.
  • 𝐈𝐒𝐇𝐀 - 𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐀𝐑𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐄𝐃 𝐁𝐑𝐈𝐃𝐄 [COMPLETED] by Dee_writes_
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    𝘼𝙣 𝙖𝙧𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙙 𝙗𝙤𝙣𝙙-𝙙𝙚𝙫𝙤𝙞𝙙 𝙤𝙛 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚, 𝙛𝙧𝙚𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙢𝙞𝙨𝙚𝙨. 𝙅𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙩𝙬𝙤 𝙨𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙨 𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙 𝙗𝙮 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙙𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣, 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙣 𝙖 𝙫𝙤𝙬 𝙣𝙚𝙞𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙨𝙚, 𝙮𝙚𝙩 𝙨𝙞𝙡𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙡𝙮 𝙮𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙤𝙡𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙞𝙨𝙩. . . . . . 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐓 - 𝟏𝟐/𝟎𝟑/𝟐𝟓 𝐄𝐍𝐃 - ......
  • The Billionaire's Unwanted Bride (Completed) by velvet_evelyn
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    🥇 #1 in Wattpad 🥇 #1 in WattpadIndia 🥇 #1 in WattpadRomance 🥇 #1 in WattpadFiction 🥇#1 in WattpadFanFiction 🥇 #1 in FirstStory 🥇#1 in Firstloves 🥇#1 in Wedding 🥇 And so many more rankings that still feel unreal to me! (13.06.2026) On the day of his wedding, Dhruv Malhotra was left at the altar. Humiliated. Betrayed. Enraged. And somehow, Riya ended up paying the price. Now trapped in a marriage neither of them wanted, Riya becomes the target of a man who looks at her like she ruined his life. Dhruv hates her. Riya fears him. But behind closed doors, hatred slowly begins to blur into something far more dangerous. Because in a marriage built on revenge... someone is bound to fall first.
  • A VERMILLION MISTAKE. One Moment Changed Their Lives Forever  by Jummiewrites
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    ◍•༻• A Vermillion Mistake ◍•༻• ◍ One moment changed their lives forever ◍ Riddhant Raizada grew up in the United States, far from the traditions of the country his family belongs to. Returning to India to take over his family's legacy, he never expected a simple temple visit to change his life. During a sacred ritual, a misunderstanding leads a priest to hand him vermillion and ask him to place it in the hair partition of the girl standing beside him. He does it without hesitation. Moments later, shocked whispers fill the temple. Because the girl beside him is not his wife, she is a 12th-grade student who only came to pray for success in her exams. But according to the village's traditions, the moment he applied the vermillion... They were already married. ✧ Tropes ✧ •Romance •Accidental Marriage •Billionaire Romance •Slow Burn •Age gap Romance •Strangers to Lovers •Opposites Attract •Love After Marriage •She fell first, He fell harder •Emotional Romance
  • ﮼جوانترین ﮼گەڕانەوە by o_afsaneyshin_o
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    سوڵتان «پێش ئەوەی ڕێگای هەق بدۆزمەوە، دڵم وەک شەوێکی بێ مانگ بوو؛ بەڵام کاتێک باوەڕ هاتە ناوم، سپێدە لە ژیانم هەڵهات» کچێکی نیقابی جوانی قەشەنگ توشی چەندین ناخۆشی بوە چی بەسەر دێت کاتێک بەزۆر هاوسەرگیری لەگەڵ پیاوێکی بێ دین دەکات بێ ئەوەی بزانێت کە ئەوکەسی هاوسەرگیری لەگەڵ دەکات موسڵمان نیە ئایە ئەوان دەتوانن پێکەوەبن؟؟ ئایا کە کچەکە بزانێت چی دەکات؟؟ ئایا هاوسەرگیریەکەیان بەردەوام دەبێت؟؟ ئایا عایلەی کورەکە ئەو قوبوڵ دەکەن؟؟ بۆ زانینی ئەمانە چیرۆکەکە بخوێنەوە ئیمان&سوڵتان یەکەم چیرۆکمە لەهەر هەڵەیەک ببورنن مافی تەواوی بۆ خۆم دەگەرێتەوە
  • His mistaken Fiance|18+ by jininsir
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    "He thought I was his fiance when he pushed me in his bed". She was just the quiet florist girl-delivering roses, not trouble. But when she stepped into the mansion with that bouquet, he mistook her for his runaway fiancée. And when the city's most feared mafia lord makes a mistake... he never lets it go. But was she really mute or pretending, it's still a mystery.
  • My Color In The Dark GP by lili_nini_jl_
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    ماذا عن ظهور شخص في حياتك لينتشلك من العتمة إلى النور حين كنت تقبع في العتمة وعدم الاستقرار يظهر أملك المتبقي والوحيد في الحياة ليمنحك النور الذي كنت بحاجته Top : Lisa Bottom : Jennie ⚠ GP ⚠
  • HIS SWEET OBSESSION  by sweetheartanju
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    My first wattpad story
  • ගඟසර වලව්ව ( completed ) by NilasiyaAnumandakini
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    "මුළු විශ්වයේම තියෙන රළු හඬවල් ඔයාගේ හදගැස්ම මැද නිහඬ වෙනවා මහත්තයා... මම හොයන එකම අහසත්, මම නතර වන එකම පොළොවත් ඔයාගේ ඔය ආදරය විතරමයි මහත්තයො..." අශිර්ව ඉදුවර ජයකොඩි "මගේ මේ හෙවණැල්ල යට ලස්සනට, හෙමින් හෙමින් ඔයා පිපෙන හැටි දකිද්දී මගේ පපුවට දැනෙන්නේ මහා ආඩම්බරයක් ඉඳු... සින්නක්කරේටම ඔයා දැන් විසුන් මිනුර ගඟසරගේ නමට ලියවිලා ඉවරයි." විසුන් මිනුර ගඟසර
  • Throne and Thread by emptyyourfeelings
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    🖤 Vritant Vardhan & Adhrita Adani 🖤 He was born in the shadow of the national emblem - a son sculpted by silence, not slogans. She was sent away before legacy could stain her - a daughter raised to heal, not to belong. 🕊️ Vritant wears restraint like armor. Adhrita folds softness into silence. 🕊️ They meet at a wedding neither chose. No past. No plan. Just two names that were never meant to matter to each other - but somehow, they do. 👑 Because history pulls strings. And sometimes, the thread remembers what the throne forgets. 🧵 🖋️ Legacy wrote their last names. ❤️ But it was love that underlined them. Tropes: PM's Son x CM's Daughter Businessman x Doctor Chaos x Calm Rich x Rich Sarcastic x Quiet Delhi x Newyork Heir who hates it x heiress who escaped it Reluctant heir x Hidden heiress Emotionally guarded x Emotionally grounded Slow burn! No cheating!
  • 𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐀𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐖𝐢𝐟𝐞 || Complete ✅ by Authorreeva
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    𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐀𝐋𝐎𝐍𝐄 𝐍𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐋 • 𝐀𝐑𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐄 𝐑𝐎𝐌-𝐂𝐎𝐌 • 𝐕𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐡 𝐌𝐚𝐥𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐫𝐚 - is a man built on control-ruthless in business, feared in boardrooms, and impossible to challenge. Anger runs in his veins, and love has never been part of his equation. • 𝐑𝐞𝐞𝐯𝐚 𝐀𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐥 - is everything he is not-soft-hearted, brilliant, and full of light. A student stepping into a world far too cold for her warmth... until fate ties her to the one man she should never cross paths with. An arranged marriage binds them together. Two strangers. Two completely different worlds. One roof. He believes emotions are a weakness. She believes even the hardest hearts can learn to love. But between his temper and her sunshine, between distance and closeness, something dangerous begins to grow-something neither of them planned. Because sometimes, love doesn't arrive gently. It arrives when two opposites are forced to stay... and slowly learn not to let go.
  • 𝗔 𝗩 𝗔 𝗡 𝗬 𝗔 : 𝓣𝓱𝓮 𝓜𝓲𝓼𝓼𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓦𝓪𝓻𝓶𝓽𝓱 by Anuvae
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    ❝ 𝐒𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐬. 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫. ❞ ✦ ✦ ✦✦ ✦ ✦✦ ✦ ✦✦ ✦ ✦✦ ✦ ✦✦ ✦ ══════════ ❖ ══════════ 𝑨 𝑽 𝑨 𝑵 𝒀 𝑨 𓂃 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑴𝒊𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑾𝒂𝒓𝒎𝒕𝒉 𓂃 ══════════ ❖ ══════════ She grew up knowing care. Gentle hands. Quiet protection. A presence that felt like home when the world felt too sharp. She was loved. But love does not erase everything. And being protected does not mean being untouched by pain. Some silences stay too long. Some truths arrive too early. Some burdens are never meant for a child. So she learned to endure. To smile softly. To speak less. To carry hurt without letting it show. Warmth became her instinct. Quiet strength, her shield. Then she stepped into a house ruled by power. A family built on authority and discipline, where emotions were controlled and warmth was never taught. At its center stood a man shaped by shadows- respected in light, feared in darkness. His past was buried deep, But it was never gone. Around him stood sons who had been raised to command. Composed. Unyielding. Dangerous in their silence. She did not arrive to change them. She did not come to heal anyone. She arrived carrying love and loss, warmth learned from care, Strength born from survival. And sometimes- That kind of warmth is the most dangerous thing of all. ✨ Can someone who has known both comfort and cruelty survive a world built on control? ✨ Will softness last where emotions are considered weakness? Dive
  • Aarohi: The Unloved Daughter by Riyaa_Universe
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    They called her a burden. They called her unwanted. Aarohi grew up feeling like she did not truly belong anywhere. She learned to stay quiet, to not argue, and to not expect too much from anyone. Love was something she saw from a distance, not something she felt. One night, everything changed. On a stormy evening filled with loss and chaos, Aarohi's life takes a sudden turn. At the same time, the powerful Singhania family is dealing with a tragedy of their own. A family known for strength, discipline, and power suddenly finds their world shaken. When Aarohi's path crosses with the Singhanias, nothing feels simple. She is a stranger in a house filled with strong personalities, strict rules, and unspoken emotions. Six brothers with different natures. A father who believes responsibility comes before feelings. A home that feels big... but unfamiliar. Aarohi must learn how to adjust in a family that is nothing like the world she came from. Will she always feel like an outsider? Or will she slowly find a place where she is accepted not out of duty, but out of choice? This is a story about family, healing, strength, and finding a home in the most unexpected place. Because sometimes, the people who are not related by blood... become the ones who matter the most.
  • His Healer Her Wound  by _lostbwriter_
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    Follow me on Scrollstack for early and further updates. Suryansh Ahuja A 26 year old man CEO of ahuja enterprises. Famous for his ruthless and emotionless nature, he only cares for his family. Doesn't have any belief in God, had vowed not to marry anyone ever because of his dark past. But his vowed broke when his knot got tied in compulsion and for the sake of his family. Not aware that his life will change after the ingress of her young wife Ishvika Mehra. Ishvika Mehra A 18 year old young girl studying in class 12th belongs to a reputed family who lives with rules, regulations and rites. A cheerful and sunshine nature girl who just wants to live everyday spreading love but despite her lovable nature if somebody messed with her she can show them the living hell. She is a hopeless romantic girl and wants a perfect man to love her the way she reads in her books. But a tempest changes her life when her family ties her knot with Suryansh Ahuja for their own benefit. Both HATE each other to the CORE. But destiny has some different plans for them. Move further into the book to know more about suryansh Ahuja and Ishvika Mehra. Their relationship and their journey. Tropes: ° Enemies to lovers ° Age gap ° Student × Ceo ° Slow burn ° Forced Proximity ° Dark Romance ° Sunshine × Ruthless ° Arrange marriage
  • SOUl OF MEWAR  by aditirites
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    a pure developing bond between brother and sister
  • Ang Mutya Ng Section E Book 3 -Lara Flores English Translation -Pearl by Pearlyy_3
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    "Ang mutya ng Section E" is a notable work originally authored by Lara Flores. This English translation aims to make the story accessible to a wider readership, bridging language gaps. Translated by [pearl], the book invites readers to explore its narrative, catering to those unfamiliar with the original language. Details - *Original Author*: Lara Flores - *Title*: Section E - *Translator*: pearl - *Language*: English translation Announcement Regarding Availability Interested readers may indicate their interest in accessing this translation. As of 17 October 2025, if a minimum of 50 expressions of interest are received via comments, consideration will be given to sharing the translation, acknowledging the effort involved. The original work, _Ang Mutya Ng Section E_ by Lara Flores, has garnered significant attentions. I repeat this is just an English translation,no fanfiction kindly acknowledge. *All credits to Lara Flores (eatmore2behappy)*
  • 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐀 𝐌𝐚𝐬𝐤  ✓ by pastelpearl_
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