Chapter 21: What Only a Few Hearts KnewThe house was unusually quiet that night.Not the comforting kind of quiet that followed laughter or the tired silence after a long day—but the kind that settled in when something important had already happened, and the world outside had no idea.Suhani stood near the window of the Bandra apartment, the city lights blurring through the glass. Somewhere below, Mumbai continued breathing—horns, conversations, life moving forward without pause. Inside the room, however, time felt suspended.Dhruv sat at the dining table, sleeves rolled up, papers spread neatly in front of him. He wasn’t in his