Chapter 26

The conversation with Nazir swirled inside Shanaya’s mind long after he left with Shaheer.

All through the day as she sat through meetings and walked around her office, she pictured how things would’ve been had Nazir found the courage to confess his love for her grandmother, Suhala. If fate had favoured him, Shanaya would not exist. And if Suhala had indeed rejected him, it would have likely ruined their friendship.

Shanaya was more baffled than sorry for the old man. Not once had she sensed even the hint of unrequited love from Nazir despite seeing her grandmother with him for several years. He did a great job hiding his feelings, and she could only imagine how heavy it weighed on him.

She realised how lucky she was to get a second chance with Dhruv. Where would she be had he not stormed back into her life?

Everything was better with him.

And she had missed that feeling for all these years never knowing she had been craving it.

She sighed, an audible cue for when she was do