Chapter one

Mon, 24 Nov 2025 09:01:39 +0000

Aanya Mehta adjusted the thick files stacked on her desk, exhaling slowly as she glanced at the clock. It was just past 8 p.m., and she was still in her office cubicle, the faint hum of computers and the distant chatter of a few colleagues keeping her company. Work had become her refuge—numbers, presentations, deadlines—everything she could control when life outside these glass walls had spun wildly out of her grasp.