Velvet and vice

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Summary

In a world where power is earned through pain and loyalty is rarer than love, two souls walk parallel paths—unaware that their destinies are already intertwined. Dr. Sania Mehra, a brilliant cardiologist by day and an untouchable queen of the underworld by night, is a woman shaped by betrayal. Once a soft-spoken girl who believed in love, life taught her otherwise—turning her into someone who trusts no one, feels nothing, and destroys anyone who dares to cross her. With an empire built from broken promises and silent rage, she rules with a presence that even the most powerful fear. Yet beneath the armor she wears so effortlessly lies a past she never speaks of… and a feeling she never truly buried. Somewhere else in the same world, Dr.Saksham Singhania rises as a man of brilliance and contradiction. A genius scientist with a mind sharp enough to understand life itself, he walks the thin line between creation and destruction. Calm, calculated, and dangerously composed, he lives a double life—one of intellect and one of darkness. But behind his control lies a quiet guilt, a past decision that cost him the only person he ever loved. Years ago, they were just two people standing at the edge of something real—until fear, fate, and silence tore them apart. Now, without knowing where the other is, they both search. Not loudly. Not openly. But constantly. As their worlds grow more dangerous.🩶

Status
Ongoing
Chapters
22
Rating
n/a
Age Rating
18+

Chapter 1


Dr. Sania Mehra is not someone the world understands—she’s someone the world fears. A name spoken carefully, a presence that silences rooms without effort. But she wasn’t born this way.

Once, she was gentle. Soft-spoken. A girl who believed in healing more than hurting. Avi and Siena had been by her side since Class 1—her constants, her safe place in a world that still felt warm back then.

Everything changed in Class 9.

Her parents’ divorce didn’t just break a family—it exposed the truth behind every relationship around her. Left with immense wealth and properties inherited from her dadu, Sania became the center of attention for all the wrong reasons. Relatives came forward with sweet words and false promises, offering her love and shelter—but only in exchange for control over what was hers.

But Sania saw through all of it.

Even at that age, she refused to bend. She walked away from every single one of them, choosing loneliness over betrayal. From that moment, she learned that trust was a luxury she could never afford again.

Her world became small—just Mucci, her loyal Persian dog, and Lucci, her quiet, watchful cat. In their silent presence, she found the only kind of loyalty that never asked for anything in return.

Avi and Siena never left her side either. From the very beginning, they stood with her—silently supporting, never forcing, never questioning. And when Sania finally built herself up, when she turned her pain into power, they stepped fully into her life again, becoming her strength in a world where weakness meant destruction.

Now, the three of them stand unshakable.

Avi, a brilliant surgeon, her brother in everything but blood.

Siena, her best friend, her PA, the only one who understands her silence.

And Sania… the queen.

A cardiologist by profession, she still saves lives with calm precision. Her patients see a soft-spoken doctor, someone who heals with care and patience. They don’t see the woman who rules from the shadows—the one who breaks anyone who dares to betray her, who feels nothing, who expects nothing.

She wears black like armor. She trusts no one. She needs no one.

…except—

There is something she never truly let go of.

Not a name. Not a memory she allows herself to fully revisit. Just a presence… a feeling that lingers in the quietest parts of her mind. Something unfinished. Something that was never given a proper ending.

She doesn’t chase it. She doesn’t speak of it.

But sometimes, in the stillness between chaos and control,

it feels like she’s still searching.

And somewhere… unknowingly,

someone else is searching too.

Not close enough to find each other.

Not far enough to forget.

Just bound by a distance that feels less like coincidence…

and more like destiny waiting for the right moment to strike. 🖤Our Dr. Queen 🩶( Italian mafia queen )

Lets. Introduce the king

Dr. Saksham Singhania was never the kind of man people could easily read. Born into the prestigious Singhania family, he was the ideal son—the quiet, obedient child every family takes pride in. Raised in a peaceful neighborhood under the disciplined values of the Rajavita household, Saksham grew up in silence, not out of weakness, but out of observation. He listened more than he spoke, noticed more than he revealed. To the world, he was calm, composed… predictable.

But beneath that silence lived a mind that refused to stay confined.

Something changed—no one ever knew exactly what, but it was enough to pull him away from the safety of his home and push him into the vast, unpredictable world beyond. And once he stepped out, he didn’t just explore—he mastered it.

Exceptionally brilliant, Saksham rose to become one of the most respected scientists in a renowned laboratory. His research, his theories, his experiments—each one carried a depth that made people admire him… and fear him just a little. Because Saksham didn’t just study science—he studied life. Human behavior. Emotions. Weakness.

And once you understand how something works… you also learn how to break it.

That understanding led him somewhere darker.

The underground world didn’t scare him—it intrigued him. His entry wasn’t reckless; it was calculated. And in no time, he transformed. The silent boy became a man of presence—tall, muscular, sharply built, standing just under six feet, with a controlled strength that showed in every movement. A licensed gun rested in his hand as naturally as knowledge rested in his mind. Even within the dangerous networks of an Italian female mafia, Saksham wasn’t just another name—he was influence, strategy, power.

He dealt in shadows—illegal shipments, hidden operations, dangerous experiments that blurred the boundary between creation and destruction. He saved lives when it served a purpose… and ended them, indirectly or directly, when necessary. Because Saksham understood one brutal truth—

everything in this world has a breaking point.

And he knew exactly where to press.

Yet, for all his control, all his intelligence, all his dominance… there’s one thing he could never fix.

His past.

There was a time when he was just a boy—standing in front of someone who felt too strong, too intense, too overwhelming for him to understand. She wasn’t fragile. She wasn’t easy. And instead of standing beside her… he stepped back.

Not because he didn’t care.

But because he was afraid.

And that fear cost him everything.

He lost her without a fight, without a goodbye, without even realizing that he would spend the rest of his life trying to find what he let go of so easily.

Now, no matter how powerful Dr. Saksham Singhania becomes, no matter how many lives he influences through science or controls through the underworld… there’s always a quiet guilt within him. A constant echo of what he failed to hold onto.

The only person he ever truly loved.

He doesn’t speak her name.

He doesn’t let anyone see that part of him.

But behind every decision, every risk, every step he takes in this dark, complex world—

he’s searching.

Not loudly. Not desperately.

But relentlessly.

Because somewhere out there… she exists.

And even if destiny keeps them apart for now—

even if the world keeps pulling them in opposite directions—

Dr. Saksham Singhania knows one thing…

The only thing he ever ran away from…

is the only thing he’s still running back to. 🖤

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