After the conversation where Aashika had given me the challenge, things took an unexpected turn. We had started talking regularly, exchanging small greetings like “Hi” and “Hello” almost every day. The conversations were brief at first but grew in length and depth as time passed. What I didn’t know at that time was that behind the scenes, Aashika was having another conversation—this time with her best friend Moni. Moni, whose real name was Sanjana, was the one Aashika shared everything with. Moni was skeptical. She didn’t trust the idea of Aashika meeting me on July 15th. She questioned everything. She started telling Aashika things like, “He’s the founder of a company. You never know, he might have so many other girls in his life. You should be cautious.” Moni was trying to create doubt, suggesting that I could be manipulating Aashika, or that I might be someone who could easily...
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