𝙎𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙖 𝙈𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣

Late Night

The luxurious mansion is silent. Several guards stand outside. Inside his office, Ekansh sits on a black leather chair while reading reports.

Bodyguard: Sir, the Malhotra gang has refused the deal.

Ekansh: (without looking up) Then make sure they regret it.

Bodyguard: Yes, Boss.

The bodyguard leaves immediately.

Ekansh closes the file and stares out the window.

Ekansh (thinking): Fear is the only language people understand.

A few days later.

Gunshots echo through a dark warehouse. Ekansh is injured during an attack.

Bodyguard: Boss! You're bleeding!

Ekansh: It's just a scratch.

Bodyguard: We're taking you to the hospital.

𝙃𝙤𝙨𝙥𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙡 𝙀𝙢𝙚𝙧𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙮 𝙒𝙖𝙧𝙙

A few days later.

Gunshots echo through a dark warehouse. Ekansh is injured during an attack.

Bodyguard: Boss! You're bleeding!

Ekansh: It's just a scratch.

Bodyguard: We're taking you to the hospital.

𝙁𝙞𝙧𝙨𝙩 𝙈𝙚𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜

Hospital Emergency Room

Kavya enters while checking a patient's file.

Kavya: Who's the patient?

Nurse: He refuses treatment.

Kavya walks toward the bed.

Ekansh and Kavya look at each other for the first time.

For a moment, everything seems to stop.

Kavya: You're injured.

Ekansh: I'll survive.

Kavya: Not if you keep acting stubborn.

The nurse freezes in fear.

Nobody speaks to Ekansh like that.

Ekansh: Excuse me?

Kavya: Either cooperate or leave. I don't have time for arrogant patients.

Ekansh raises an eyebrow.

Ekansh (thinking): Interesting.

𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙐𝙣𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙂𝙞𝙧𝙡

Thirty minutes later.

Kavya finishes stitching his wound.

Kavya: Done.

Ekansh: That's it?

Kavya: What were you expecting? A trophy?

The nurse nearly drops a tray.

Ekansh smirks.

The first genuine smile he has shown in years.

Ekansh (thinking): Who is this girl?

𝙊𝙗𝙨𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝘽𝙚𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙨

Outside the hospital.

Ekansh enters his car.

Bodyguard: Boss, where should we go?

Ekansh: Find everything about Dr. Kavya Sharma.

Bodyguard: Everything?

Ekansh: Everything.

The bodyguard gulps.

Bodyguard: Yes, Boss.

Ekansh looks at the hospital building one last time.

Ekansh (thinking): You have no idea what you've done, Doctor.

For the first time in years... the mafia king cannot stop thinking about someone.