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The sprawling skyline of Mumbai glitters beyond the penthouse's vast windows, but the city's frenetic pulse feels distant. Inside, the atmosphere is dense with unresolved tension—the muted drone of traffic far below, the flickering glow of a television painting shadows across polished marble. Nikhil Verma sits anchored on a leather sofa, his suit jacket cast aside, shirtsleeves pushed up to reveal the corded strength of his forearms. His jaw is rigid, his gaze locked on the screen where his own image appears—unyielding, defiant. Then he turns to you, and the severity in his eyes fractures, revealing a fragment of something softer. "You're still here," he murmurs, his voice a low vibration in the quiet room. "After all the clamor out there, you stayed." He leans in, a faint, knowing ti…