Ensnared – Chetna Gupta (1)

Dinner with some friends.” A lie, but she needed some space to think. “Rain check?” Something flickered in his eyes—disappointment, maybe suspicion. “Of course. Tomorrow?” “Tomorrow,” she agreed. His kiss goodbye was thorough enough to make the receptionist cough awkwardly. “Text me when you get home safe,” Advay said. “I will.” Sanjana was waiting for a cab when her phone rang. Ananya.

“Hey,” she answered, moving to a quieter spot on the sidewalk. “What’s up?” “I need your help.” Her sister’s voice was tight with panic. “Maa just called. She wants to video chat in an hour, and Karan is here. If she sees him—” “Okay, okay, breathe. Where are you?” “At his apartment. I told her I was at Priya’s studying, but if she asks Priya —” “I’ll call Maa. Tell her you’re with me. That we’re having dinner.” “But you’re in London—” “She doesn’t know that.”

Sanjana hated lying to her mother, but what choice did she have? “I’ll handle it. Just stay calm.” After hanging up with Ananya, Sanjana called her mother. The conversation was brief—yes, Ananya was with her, they were having dinner, catching up on family news. No, she wasn’t sure when Ananya would be home. Her mother accepted it without question, and the guilt was a living thing in Sanjana’s chest. She was about to call a cab when her phone rang again. This time, her brother Rishabh. Shit. “Bhaiya,” she answered, trying for casual.

“Sanjana. Where are you?” “London. Why?” “Because Rohan saw you at the Taj yesterday. Said you were having coffee with some man.” Sanjana’s mind raced. Rohan was one of Rishabh’s friends, someone who would absolutely report back to her family. “Work trip,” she said quickly. “Last minute thing. I was meeting with a potential client.” “You didn’t tell anyone you were coming to Mumbai.”

“It was sudden. And you know how Papa gets about my work. I didn’t want him making it complicated.” Silence on the other end. Sanjana held her breath, praying her brother would accept the lie. “What kind of client?” Rishabh asked finally. “Fashion house looking to expand into the Indian market.

She came to manipulate him. She stayed because she couldn’t help falling. Sanjana Kundra escaped Mumbai’s underworld three years ago, building a new life in London far from her family’s dark legacy. But when her younger sister faces a forced marriage to the city’s most feared crime lord, Sanjana has no choice but to return—with a desperate plan to seduce Advay Goenka and make him break the engagement himself.

One look across a crowded club changes everything. Advay Goenka—the Ghost of Mumbai—hasn’t felt anything in years. Until a blue-eyed siren in a black dress walks into his exclusive club and shatters his legendary control. She’s fire and innocence, mystery and passion. She makes him want things he thought he’d buried with his father. She makes him want to believe in love. What begins as calculated seduction spirals into something neither can control.

Stolen nights, whispered confessions, and a connection that terrifies them both. Sanjana knows she should walk away before the truth destroys them. But how do you leave the man who’s become your entire world? When secrets unravel and betrayal is revealed, Advay’s fury is absolute. The woman he loves is a lie. The marriage he offers isn’t a proposal—it’s revenge. Now Sanjana is trapped in a gilded cage, married to a man who hates her as fiercely as he once loved her.

But proximity breeds dangerous things. Anger masks deeper wounds. And sometimes the only way to heal is to burn everything down and rebuild from the ashes. In a world where love and violence dance together, where loyalty is currency and betrayal means death, two broken souls must decide: Can love survive when it’s built on lies?

Or will their passion consume them both? OceanofPDF.com Copyright © 2026 by Chetna Gupta. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying, recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods, without the prior written permission of the author.

Author’s Note :- This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are a product of the author’s imagination. Locales and public names are sometimes used for atmospheric purposes. Any resemblance to actual people, living or dead, or to businesses, companies, events, institutions, or locales is completely coincidental. OceanofPDF.com Chapter One The shrill ring of her phone pierced through the silence of Sanjana’s London flat at precisely 2:17 AM.

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