Dedication

Author's Note

Characters

Prologue

Family time

1. The Announcement

2. The Girl He Kept Seeing

3. Not My Kind of Story

4. The Meeting

5. Calculated Silence

6. The Stillness After the Stir

7. The Words Between Silence

8. His Calculated Calm

9. Dinner

10. Dinner (cont.)

11. The Stillness Between Them

12. The Man Who Sees in Silence

13. A Visit Without Warning

14. Of Daughters and Decisions

15. An Invitation, and a Coincidence Too Perfect

16. The Drive to Somewhere Quiet

17. Of Warmth and Little Scars

18. Of Morning Light and Almost Moments

19. Normal Days, Not So Normal Hearts

20. Of Families, Laughter & Roots

21. Of Lanterns, Laughter & Little Looks

22. The Heart, Catching Up

23. Of Brothers, Sisters, and Silent Confessions

24. Wheels, Whispers & Wedding Whispers

25. The Conversations They Forgot to Have With Her

26. Of Pings, Presence & Pending Promises

27. When the World Sleeps, the Heart Speaks

28. Before the Rings, There Was This

29. The Day the Silence Spoke Louder Than the Words

30. After the Ceremony - Play, Pause, and 'Soniye Ve'

31. When the Lights Dim, the Heart Speaks Louder

32. Under a Sky of Diyas and Unspoken Things

33. 30 Years of Them (And a Glimpse Into Us)

34. The Space Between Us, and Within Us

35. The Strength That Shows Up

36. Where You Least Expect, There You Are

37. What We Return To

38. The Calm She Wears, The Power He Wields

39. Tiny Fingers, Big Feelings

40. The Art of Holding

41. Little Steps, Brave Hearts

42. Silks, Stitches, and Stillness

43. Guardians in Disguise

44. The Sister's Oath

45. Ladies' Court of Karma

46. Justice, Srivastava Style

47. Mind, Law & Heart

48. The Words That Stayed

49. The Old-School Vow

50. In the Arms of Legacy

51. Unspoken Hearts, Unstoppable Festivities

52. The Night Sings in Secret

53. The Unseen Kind of Love

54. The Circle She Chose

55. The Yellow That Shines Back

56. Daughters of Her Fire

57. The Look That Shook Them

58. The Reveal: Her Truth Out Loud

59. A King's Silent Fire

60. Nights Before Always

61. The Day That Knows Everything Has Changed

62. The House Where Laughter Lives

63. The House That Carries His Name

64. The Roots That Hold Them

65. Where Everything Begins

66. When Goodbye Becomes a Doorway

67. Where Silence Wears Vermillion

68. The Morning She Became Ours

69. The Days Between Us

70. Something Like Love, Maybe

71. The Color Between the Lines

72. Of Shivers and Silence

73. Conspiracy in Plain Sight

74. Reputation Has No Rearview

75. Echoes You Can't Unsend

76. Peace Doesn't Ask Permission

77. The Fire Doesn't Apologize

78. Terms and Conditions

79. Terms and Conditions Not Applied

80. Where Silence Feels Like Touch

81. The Space Between Breaths

82. Even the Sun Took Its Time

83. And Then, The Doorbell Rang

84. New Year, New Paths

85. Shadows and Counters