Arjun was 27. Tall, confident, and successful, he lived alone in a modest but stylish apartment in Chennai. A structural engineer by profession, he was smart, efficient, and charming. The kind of guy people looked up to at work and liked to invite to parties.

Yet despite the constant swirl of activity in his social life, there was always a part of him that felt untouched. Alone. One late evening, he was lounging on his bed, lazily scrolling through Instagram, when a WhatsApp notification popped up.