I sat frozen in the cafe, my mind swirling in chaos after Ram’s abrupt confession. The words I had longed to hear for years had finally left his lips, but they came too late. Or did they? I wasn’t sure anymore. My hands trembled slightly as I lifted my cup to take a sip, but the tea had long since gone cold.
I had waited for this moment. Dreamed of it. Prayed for it back when I was still trapped in our loveless marriage, back when every cold glance and cruel silence from Ram had chipped away at my heart. I had given him everything, hoping that one day, he would finally see me, and love me the way I had loved him. But it never happened. Instead, I had walked away, believing it was the only way to save myself from drowning in the pain of his indifference.
And now, just when I had found the
