Next morning Naina woke up determined to fulfill her resolution of winning Sameer back. It shouldn’t be difficult at all, she was confident of that. She just needed to apologize properly, tell him repeatedly that she loved him, and he would melt within minutes giving in to her. And…

Number 18 was said to be denoting the emotion of sacrificing self to fulfill a larger vision; a number in some mythology representing slavery and bondage. Sameer Maheshwari didn’t know all this, and never even thought about meaning behind numbers but Naina’s 18th birthday had rocked the very foundation…