Beautiful Lie
Chapter 1: The Message Request
Karan Malhotra
Hey… You probably don’t remember me.
But I could never forget you.
– Karan.
Kaveri Sharma
Wait… Karan?
Karan Malhotra from St. Mary’s?! 😳
Karan Malhotra
That’s the one.
KG to 3rd grade… then again in 9th.
You used to steal my lunchbox, Sharma. 😏
Kaveri Sharma
Oh my God… You’re that Karan?!
You’ve changed so much!
Karan Malhotra
Time does that.
And you? You look like poetry now.
Kaveri Sharma
Flirty already? 😅
Where have you been all these years?
Karan Malhotra
Building an empire.
Making money.
Thinking of the girl who once broke my heart 😌
Kaveri Sharma
Karan… don’t say that. I was just a teenager back then.
Karan Malhotra
I know.
Teenagers forget.
But I don’t.
Kaveri Sharma
This feels surreal. I’m smiling for no reason.
Karan Malhotra
Then I must be doing something right 😉
Can I take you out for coffee?
Kaveri Sharma
Hmm… Let me think.
Okay. Just coffee.
Karan Malhotra
Just coffee.
For now. 😈
Karan’s Private Voice Note – 10:27 PM
Step one. Hook her with nostalgia.
Step two. Let her feel special again.
Step three...
Make her fall.
Then break her.
Piece by piece.
Chapter 2: The Café Reunion
Karan Malhotra
Good morning, Kaveri. ☕
Still on for 6 PM today?
Kaveri Sharma
Morning, Karan.
Yes, I’m a little nervous actually
Karan Malhotra
Why nervous? It’s just your old friend...
The one you rejected 😏
Kaveri Sharma
Don’t.
Today, let’s just laugh about it.
At Café Lumière – 6:05 PM
Kaveri Sharma
Walks in, spots him
Kaveri Sharma
Wow… you look—different.
Karan Malhotra
Different good or different scary?
Kaveri Sharma
Good. Dangerous. Like a movie villain.
Karan Malhotra
That’s… oddly accurate. 😈
Karan Malhotra
So… tell me everything.
What’s Kaveri been up to?
Kaveri Sharma
Well… I work in publishing. Still live in Mumbai.
Single for over a year.
And somehow…
still looking for something real.
Karan Malhotra
What if I told you... I’ve been waiting for this moment for years?
Karan Malhotra
Relax. Just being honest.
Sometimes the past gives us the future we didn’t expect.
Later – Karan’s Office, Night
Karan Malhotra
Her eyes still trust too easily.
She believes in goodness. In love.
Perfect.
She has no idea what’s coming.
Chapter 3: The First Touch
Karan Malhotra
I haven’t stopped thinking about tonight.
Kaveri Sharma
Me neither…
It felt… nostalgic. Safe.
And something more.
Karan Malhotra
It was more.
You’re not just a memory, Kaveri.
You’re a temptation I never got to taste.
Kaveri Sharma
Karan…
Don’t say things like that.
You’ll confuse me.
Karan Malhotra
Good.
I want you confused.
I want you to question everything you feel.
And then look for the answer in me.
Next Day – Rooftop Lounge, Early Evening
Kaveri Sharma
I can’t believe you reserved the entire rooftop for us…
Karan Malhotra
You deserve more than crowded tables.
You deserve to be seen.
Only by me.
Kaveri Sharma
You always talk like you own the world.
Karan Malhotra
No, darling.
I just want to own yours.
He brushes hair from her cheek. She shivers slightly.
Kaveri Sharma
That’s not fair, Karan…
Karan Malhotra
Fair?
This isn’t a game of rules.
This is a game of emotions.
And I’m already winning.
Across the street – Someone watches through a tinted car window.
Alisha Sen
He’s back.
And she’s falling again.
Exactly what he wanted.
Stupid girl.
Later – Karan’s penthouse, Night – Private voice recorder
She held my hand tonight.
Her fingers trembled.
That was the moment I knew—she’s completely in.
Now the camera sees what I see.
Soon, the world will too
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