Some marriages don't shatter all at once.

They fray—thread by aching thread—until even silence starts to feel loud.

Suhani doesn't remember the last time Abhay truly looked at her.

Not with the softness he used to. Not with the quiet awe she still carries for him.

She loves her husband. She always has.

But lately, love has started to feel like reaching for someone across an ocean no one admits is there.

And Abhay?

He's present. He's kind. He's a good father.

But sometimes, she catches something in his eyes—a shadow of someone who isn't her.

A past he never speaks of. A warmth she hasn't felt in years.

Into this delicate, unspoken grief comes Mahira.

Their daughter. The light between them. The bond that still pulses with meaning.

She doesn't understand adult silences, but she sees everything.

And maybe, she's the only one who can remind them both what love once felt like—and what it still could be.

This isn't a story of betrayal.

It's a story of what happens when longing lingers too long.

Of how the past can reappear in the middle of your present.

And how sometimes, love has to break in order to bloom again.

Welcome to Suhani and Abhay's story.

It won't go where you think it will. But it will stay with you.

— Kiara Gilbert ❤️