Chapter 1 - The Marraige

Thu, 19 Feb 2026 13:41:33 +0000

The Mumbai skyline was blurred by a relentless monsoon downpour, but inside the Taj Lands End, the air was crystalline, scented with the suffocating sweetness of a million imported white lilies and the sharp, metallic tang of expensive champagne. This was not a wedding; it was a merger. It was a funeral draped in gold zardosi.