Chapter 6: Million Dollar Silence
By twenty-four, he hit his first million.
He sat in a San Francisco penthouse, staring at the seven zeros on his screen. They felt as cold as the blue light of his old smartphone.
Success fed a darker obsession.
To Aryan, Meera was the only thing that made the numbers real. He started "optimising" her life.
He bought her galleries and hired security to shadow her.
He was building a diamond-encrusted cage.