"Romance?" he asked, moving closer.

Veena Menon, 32, was the kind of woman who made silence look elegant. As the senior graphic designer at Creative Buzz , her life was a grid of deadlines, coffee mugs, and the soft click of her mouse. But tonight, the office wasn't silent.

"Idiot," she muttered, deleting a stray line. The client wanted "more curves."

Across the cabin, a shadow moved. It was Arjun, the new intern. Twenty-three, tall, with the nervous energy of a puppy. He had missed the last metro.

"Someone locked the fire exit from the inside."