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Jhanvi finally returned home at 10 PM after a long evening with Shourya. Their fourth date had been pleasant yet, as usual, she felt a strange distance between them—a hesitation that she couldn’t quite place, still she liked spending time with him. After freshening up and changing into her comfortable nightwear, she lay down on her bed, her mind clouded with questions about him. Just as she was getting lost in thought, her phone pinged with an incoming video call from her best friends, Naina and Parth.

“I want deets, Madam ji. And if you leave anything behind, then see what I will do” She scolded jokingly, and continued, “So? Fourth Date, hmm? I can expect that you two have kissed?”

Jhanvi’s eyes widen in shock, her mouth forming a small “O.” She gasps, clutching her heart dramatically. But her cheeks turned a faint shade of pink.

“Kisssssssss— Are you kidding me? Woh toh badi baat hai! Humne toh ek hug bhi nahin kiya hai!" she murmured to herself.