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Chapter 3 - Episode 3: “Love, Friendship, and the Betrayal of the Heart”

Scene: Deep inside the jungle, beside a small lake. The boys are sitting by the water, beers in hand — full-on boy talk mode.

Ankit (a bit sentimental):

"Guys, remember my college girlfriend 'Priya'... the one who always gave me gifts?"

Harsh:

"The same Priya who ran away with your brother?"

Ankit (awkward smile):

"Why are you diving into the painful details, bro?"

(Everyone bursts into laughter.)

Kamal (in a calm tone):

"There was only one girl in my life... Anjali. She left me to chase her career. Now she's a CEO... and I'm drinking beer in the middle of a jungle."

Ajit (shouting from a distance):

"At least you experienced love. All I ever got was betrayal."

Harsh (taking a big gulp of beer):

"Honestly, I could never fall in love... Every time a girl said yes to me, I got confused if she actually meant it."

Ankit:

"With your face, girls don't say 'yes,' they say 'yikes.'"

(Everyone laughs again. Nexus is quiet, lost in thought — a bit more serious.)

Nexus:

"I met Sakshi... and just kept falling for her. After that, I never looked at anyone else."

(Just then, Sakshi walks in from a distance — wearing a flowy dress, a soft breeze in the air, sunlight dancing through her hair. The boys watch in slow motion, mesmerized.)

Ankit (whispering while staring):

"I thought you were a ghost hunter... but looks like you caught a fairy."

Harsh:

"If I had a wife like that, I'd never fall in love with a bottle."

Kamal (respectfully):

"Looking at Sakshi makes me believe everyone gets a soulmate... everyone except me."

(Sakshi greets everyone with a graceful smile. There's a unique charm in her eyes — confident, poised, but hiding something deeper.)

Sakshi (softly, walking up to Nexus):

"What were you all talking about?"

Nexus (smiling slightly):

"Just some old stories... memories now."

Ankit (internally burning with envy, crushes his beer can a little too hard):

"A wife like that... and luck like Nexus's... tch!"

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Scene ends with:

The boys take a selfie — captioned "Reunion in the Wild."

But in the background, in one corner of the photo, a blurry shadowy figure can be seen — the first quiet step of mystery entering their lives...

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