After the Wedding – Chapter 6
Anand had always believed that silence was safer than confrontation, but that morning the silence felt deliberate, almost prepared. Divya sat across the dining table, scrolling through her phone, sipping her coffee without looking at him even once. The house felt settled, as if decisions had already been made overnight and the day was merely expected to follow them. Anand waited for her to speak, for instructions, for irritation, for something—but she finished her coffee calmly and finally looked up at him with a steadiness that made his stomach tighten. “I think it’s time we stop pretending,” Divya said, placing the cup down carefully. There was no anger in her voice, no softness either—just certainty. Anand straightened instinctively, already sensing that this was not about chores or clothes or routines. This was about something much deeper, something he had been avoiding since the wedding night. Check of my new series: She Wore the Uniform. I Wore the Saree She didn’t wai...