The First Stillness (When her ego met his silence)
Woh duniya ke liye ek naam tha. Aur uske liye—ek raaz. Sanskar Agnihotri. Ek cold billionaire jise log power ke naam se jaante hain. Shaant, composed, aur itna control mein ki uski silence bhi logon ko dara deti hai. Par duniya jo dekhti hai… woh sirf ek chehra hai. Uski zindagi kai identities mein banti hai— kuch legal, kuch dangerous, aur kuch aise jinhe jaanna matlab tabahi ko invite karna. Phir woh milti hai. Ankita Agarwal. Khoobsurat—par sirf chehre se nahi. Attitude hai, ego hai, aur dimaag itna sharp ki woh bina awaaz uthaye boundaries draw kar deti hai. Woh jhukti nahi. Woh chase nahi karti. Woh sirf decide karti hai. Unki mulaqat love story jaise shuru nahi hoti. Na hi attraction ka shor hota hai. Bas ek stillness— jahan ego composure se takrata hai, aur control curiosity mein badalne lagta hai. Sanskar uske attitude ko todta nahi— woh usey samajhta hai. Woh uski ego se ladta nahi— woh usey handle karta hai, calmly, intelligently. Aur Ankita? Woh uske power se impress nahi hoti— par uski silence usse alert rakhti hai. Jaise-jaise kahani aage badhti hai, raaz layer by layer khulte hain. Uske naam badalte hain. Uski duniya dangerous hoti jaati hai. Aur Ankita ka past… shayad usse bhi zyada dark hai jitna woh dikhati hai. Yeh kahani sirf pyaar ki nahi hai. Yeh kahani hai do dimaagon, do egos, aur do aise logon ki jo jhukna nahi jaante— par ek-dusre ke liye rukna seekh jaate hain. Kyuki jab power ego se mile, aur mystery loyalty se, toh jo banta hai… woh sirf pyaar nahi hota. Woh ek empire hota hai.


