Chapter 19: In the Way He Held Her

The pag phera rituals passed smoothly, filled with warmth, blessings, and quiet happiness, but for Poornima… something else had already taken space in her heart.

Him.

Every day felt different now.

Veeresh would come to the hospital without fail, sometimes to drop her, sometimes just to see her for a few minutes, standing there casually as if it was nothing, yet it meant everything.

And on nights…

He would come.

Sometimes with a message first, “Not coming today, Noor… study,” but even then, something would feel missing.

Because when he came…

He never forgot.

“Noor.”

A soft call.

A peck on her lips.

And her quiet response… kissing his forehead.

It became their rhythm.

Unspoken.

Natural.