𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐝𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧

❝𝑰 𝒔𝒘𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒂𝒚 𝑰 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒑 𝒇𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒚𝒐𝒖, 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒂𝒚 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒓𝒖𝒊𝒏 𝒎𝒆❞ 𝐊𝐢𝐚𝐫𝐚 𝐌𝐞𝐡𝐫𝐚 and 𝐈𝐯𝐚𝐚𝐧 𝐁𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐭 weren't enemies by choice. They became enemies because it was easier than admitting the truth: they got under each other's skin in ways that felt a little too dangerous. But rivalry has a strange way of blurring into something else. So when Kiara's name echoes across the auditorium, announcing her as the Best AI Developer, the world stands still for a heartbeat. She takes the stage. Cameras flash. The crowd erupts. And the last person she expects to be looking at her like she hung the stars... is Ivaan. It should've been his moment. Instead, her win hits him in the one place he can't defend - the part of him that's been slipping, slowly, dangerously, every time she opens her mouth. From hate-sharpened stares to moments they can't explain, their war starts turning into something messier, softer, and far more terrifying. Because somewhere between the fights and the victories, they become each other's favorite loss. But when a death turns into something far more twisted than it first appeared, the two people who can't stand each other become the only ones who can survive what's coming. 𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒎𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒏'𝒕 𝒔𝒖𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒚. 𝑫𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚?