Some storms don’t howl outside—they rage within.

Jhanvi once stood at the altar with dreams in her eyes and hope in her trembling hands. She believed love would be her anchor, her shelter. But the vows turned into shackles, and the man who promised to protect her became the architect of her prison. Behind the grand facade of a perfect marriage, her world shattered like glass beneath a clenched fist—quietly, invisibly, dangerously.

Each day, she walked barefoot through the shards, bleeding silently, her screams muffled by fear. Her reflection in the mirror became a stranger—haunted eyes, hollow smile, a soul with edges too sharp to touch.

 And Arjun...

He knew loss intimately—the kind that leaves an ache no amount of time can dull. His wife, Ayesha, was taken too soon, her absence a shadow that followed him into every room. He wrapped himself in grief like a second skin, convincing himself that love only led to ruin. When Jhanvi once stood before him, her heart open, he turned away for his first love. And now after Ayesha's gone, he had built walls around his heart, convincing himself that grief was safer than hope. That silence was easier than love.

He didn’t know then what silence could cost.

 Years passed.

Jhanvi broke in ways no one saw. Arjun grieved in a silence no one touched. Two lives, shaped by sorrow, running parallel... until fate intervened.

Now, standing in the ruins of what once was—Jhanvi, bruised but unbroken, and Arjun, haunted but healing—they find themselves face to face again. Not as who they once were, but as who they’ve become.

She is learning to breathe again.

He is learning to feel again.

And in the spaces between their scars, something unexpected begins to grow.

Not quite love.

Not yet forgiveness.

But something achingly real.

A second chance.

Perhaps, beneath the ruins, there lies something worth rebuilding.

Perhaps, in the reflection of each other’s pain, they will find not just healing—but the beginning of something new.

Not a love story born of perfection.

But one forged in survival.

Note to Readers

The story is a slow-paced, mysterious and emotional one. So, the initial chapters will be slow and as you read, it will start becoming interesting in further chapters.

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