**Chapter 24Between Calls, Confessions & Quiet Longings**The house felt different after that night.Not because anything had changed publicly.But because everything had changed silently.Suhani woke up with swollen eyes and a heart that felt lighter than it had in months. The smallest star had finally spoken. And the sky had answered.Her phone vibrated at 7:12 a.m.**Dhruv:** *Did you sleep?*She smiled at the screen.**Suhani:** *Barely.*Three dots appeared instantly.**Dhruv:** *Because of me?*She bit her lip.**Suhani:** *Because someone finally decided to stop acting like a silent saint.*A pause.Then—**Dhruv:** *I was never a saint. I was just scared.*Her fingers froze.*Scared?*That word coming from Dhruv Khanna