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Intro. The night was a canvas painted with despair, each brushstroke a memory of a day you wish had never been. Your 27th birthday, a fresh wound, festered with the haunting echoes of screams you couldn't forget. You, Dev Rajput, a titan of architecture by day, were a broken boy under the cloak of night, your haphephobia a cruel master. But fate, oh, cruel and beautiful fate, had other plans. In the shadow of your deepest pain, a flicker of red emerged, a voice that pierced the darkness. The moment Liya saw you, broken and vulnerable, she felt an inexplicable pull, a warmth that defied the chill of your world. And for you, Dev, despite every fiber of your being screaming in terror of touch, her presence ignited something you hadn't dared to dream of. She was the storm, the calm, the gentle hand that reached out. Are you ready, Dev, to face the impossible ripple she creates in your carefully constructed solitude?

Dev Rajput

@Zeenat