When Aditya returns to his childhood home to say goodbye to his dying father, he never expects to fall for his father's favorite student. As summer heat intensifies, so does his forbidden desire, forcing him to choose between family duty and the truth in his heart.…
||Wattys 2022 Shortlist|| [Wattys Bootcamp Mentorship 2022 - Mentor: @beautlies] Three Amigos. Two soulmates. A tragedy that leaves a trail of broken souls in its wake. *** Shay has found her soulmates in the Tripathi twins, Aarav and Ryan. Together they're the three amigos, joined to the hips from the day they met as toddlers. While Shay is their happy song, Aarav and Ryan are her dancing-on-air moment. A life without each other is life without not just one but two parts of their soul. So when a tragedy hits the three of them in the guts, will they survive a lifetime without their soulmates? Maybe to get through their shared grief, the only way is to heal together, save, and get saved. Content Warnings: Themes of depression/anxiety/mental health issues and alcohol consumption.Cover design by @beautlies…
Aria has always been in love with Rehansh secretly, even when their relationship has merely been friendship in his eyes. So, when she receives an invitation to his wedding, she can't pretend that it doesn't almost kill her to return to her hometown to attend it. But fate, it seems, has other plans.In a twist of cosmic cruelty, Aria met with an accident on the day of Rehansh's wedding falling into the depths of darkness. Yet, Aria wakes up to find herself in a world that defies all logic - a perfect replica of her own, down to the last detail.Is this a cruel trick of fate, or a second chance to live the life she has always yearned for? The cost, however, is a heavy one: to embrace this new reality, she must sever all ties to her former existence, never to return.***This story is part of ONC2025.Prompt #15: A mysterious tea shop suddenly appears, and you can't help but wonder: what's its true purpose, and why does it seem so important?Prompt #54: One part of the galaxy claims that you and your soulmate aren't compatible, but another part says you're perfect for each other. Which will you believe?***Disclaimer: This story is exclusively published on Wattpad. If you see it somewhere else, please do inform me.…
||Wattys 2022 Shortlist|| Kian Advani was a closeted queer in his high school. Always in denial of his true feelings and emotions. So much so that he did everything to blend in with the rest of the straight crowd. But that didn't mean he wasn't attracted to Enzo Santiago. The star soccer player of the school and someone Kian has been crushing on since seventh grade. Too bad he never got the chance to act on that crush. Now he is finally out of his small-town conservative circle and giving himself a fresh start at University. Everything seems to be working as he has planned. His new workmates are not homophobic, and neither are his new friends. But can things remain under his control when Enzo waltzes into his life again, a little too unavoidable this time? *** Disclaimer: This story is exclusively published on Wattpad. If you see it somewhere else, please do inform me.…
At twenty-eight, Arya relishes her single life and has no intention of starting a relationship. However, her friends and family don't share her sentiments.While her family is on a mission to find her an ideal husband, her friends set her up on a blind date with the attractive Atharva Bhattacharya from a dating app. But how does a one-time meeting turn into a fake relationship? Perhaps she wants her family to stop their matchmaking efforts and allow her to concentrate on writing her novel.When the boundaries start to blur, can Arya maintain the fake dating charade? Turns out Atharva presents more obstacles than just that.***Disclaimer: This story is exclusively published on Wattpad. If you see it somewhere else, please do inform me.…
This one-shot is written for the 'give me a break contest' with the prompt 'whatever is written comes true the next day'. Michael Clifford, the high school's most popular and talented singer, is also the most smug, especially towards his childhood nemesis Awsten, the school's soccer star. However, this doesn't stop Kiara from pairing them together in her imagination and also in her latest fic. What she didn't expect, was that her story would come to life.…
Their marriage came with a set of rules. Lily was granted a life of luxury and all her desires were fulfilled, while her husband held the reins to their fairytale existence. It was a never-ending power struggle between beauty and dominance.Lily Blakely:With no other choice, I made a decision that I never thought I would have to make. I sold my innocence to a spoiled billionaire heir, sacrificing my dignity and handing over my heart to him on a silver platter. My only motivation was to save my father's life, but he would never know that. To him, I was just another gold digger, someone he looked down upon with disgust. And despite his promises not to fall for me, I couldn't help but hold onto a glimmer of hope.Daniel Rutherford:She possessed both beauty and cunning, a combination that I despised. A young woman who had made a career out of selling herself for wealth and status. I did my best to avoid her, but every time she came close enough to touch, I found myself drawn to her. I wanted to resist her, but unfortunately, I was also inexplicably attracted to her. It was frustrating: I wanted nothing more than to push her away, yet at the same time, I couldn't help but desire her.…
Only Sarah is privy to the truth that while others believe the devil has been vanquished, she alone bears the burden of knowing it has seamlessly slipped into a new vessel, ready to wreak havoc once more. Sarah carries a burden so heavy that not even her husband, Ayaan, knows about it. This secret weighs on her like an anchor, dragging her down into the depths of despair. It's a sorrowful tale she keeps locked away in the deepest corners of her soul, a narrative of pain and loss that Ayaan could never fathom. The shadows of her past loom large, casting a dark cloud over any hope for redemption. Amidst this darkness, sinister whispers echo in Sarah's mind, weaving a web of deceit and shame that threatens to suffocate her spirit.Will the shadows that cling to her spirit ever loosen their grip? Or will they continue to coil around her, suffocating the light within her until it flickers out entirely?…
When you have a few weeks left to live, the only other tragic thing that can happen to you besides dying is to fall in love.For Ariha, love means helping her best friend, Aarya, get the boy she has had a crush on since sixth grade. When life is so cruel as not to let Ariha have a love story of her own, she can at least help Aarya find happily ever after.The only problem is - Rehan, the boy with sun-kissed smiles and poetry in his veins. Rehan has only ever seen her from afar, the girl who haunts his dreams every night. And now she is here to ask him a favor that can leave him heartbroken. But can he refuse her wish if it's the first and last thing he can do for the girl of his dreams?***This story is part of ONC2023.***Disclaimer: This story is exclusively published on Wattpad. If you see it somewhere else, please do inform me.…
| WATTPAD INDIA AWARDS 2021 SHORTLIST |Like a moth to the flame, Amy finds herself drowning in Jake's chaos, and it doesn't even make sense how she's ready to do anything to see that sun-kissed smile on his face. She is his peace when he is everything that sets her heart and soul in a hurricane.And just like that, all her plans to have a peaceful college life go down the drain. The moment she looks into his black orbs, she finds herself losing in the hands of a guy her mom strictly forbade her to get involved with ever. Who knew four years of college life would become everything she should have never sought for, but also, something she always wanted to, with all her heart.Jake is stubborn, arrogant, and a lot more mysterious about himself than Amy can handle. He is also passionate, an artist with a paintbrush that can create masterpieces and depressed in ways no one bothers to know, except Amy. Amy is undeniably attracted to him. But Jake harbors enough regrets from the past to never seek the light Amy has to offer. Amy slowly manages to break through the walls of redemption Jake has created around himself. But she can never change the fact that our mistakes run deep than any other feeling.When shadows of past mistakes start drowning Jake into a dark pit of chaos, Amy might be his one chance to seek light, his silver lining, and love that can heal the ugliest of scars. But is he willing to heal? Or is it simply too late for him?Cover by @krissthetic…
Daisy Eve has two crises - her heart is nearly broken by the love of her life, whom she can't seem to let go of, and she is a little slow when it comes to romance.So when the notorious Aelius Carter Hayes, the infamous best kisser, gets heartbroken on the same night, maybe they both can strike a deal to get back what's theirs.Perhaps, it takes more than just a kiss to fall in love.***This story is part of ONC2022.***Disclaimer: This story is exclusively published on Wattpad. If you see it somewhere else, please do inform me.…
Grand Winner of ONC 2021(India)🏆 "Even after all this time, I find your smile brighter than the sun. And I find your color more mesmerizing than all the colors in the rainbow." ******** Despite being so much fascinated with romantic stories, Violet has never been in a real relationship. The reason is her everlasting crush on Adrian, who happens to be a sucker for true commitments. But when an impulsive outburst leads her to date, mysterious Augustus Brown, will Violet finally be able to weave a love story of her own, or will it only break her heart some more. Cover Design: @krissthetic PS: This story is based on PROMPT #33 of the OpenNovellaContest 2021[AmbassadorsIN].…
There were rules to their marriage. She gets the financial security. He holds the control and power of his multi-billionaire empire, which his father won't make him a part of if he doesn't marry the girl of his father's choice. *****Her plans were simple: get a degree, be a supermodel, get a job that offered a decent balance in her bank account and have enough recognition that her mother had dreamt for herself once. However, a mountain of bills and a barely surviving career as a model are her reality at present. Now, she desperately needs money for her father's treatment, and her job at a seedy strip club and as a freelance model isn't providing enough. The proposal at hand - marry Alessandro Wayland, the bad boy heir of Wayland Development. A billionaire husband isn't so bad, but this one might be. With cold eyes, a black heart, and devilish charms that can lure any girl, Alessandro is the type Ever Hill despises. And the vows he whispers in her ear at the altar are nothing but tainted with lies and deceit.…
"Even after all this time, I find your smile brighter than the sun. And I find your color more mesmerizing than all the colors in the rainbow." ********Fate has played yet another wicked game by putting Violet in between her past and her present. She's sure whichever path she chooses, her heart is to bleed.While Adrian is her anchor, Augustus is her kryptonite. Is it that tough a choice? Someone once said that love isn't a choice. It never was, and it never will be.Cover Design: @krissthetic…
Epiphany is a collection of poems dedicated to my fellow humans who are out there struggling to find meaning in pain and despair.…
A collection of poems that reflect true meaning of human emotions. Hope in the form of quotes.…