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Unheard promise  by unknowauthor827
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Saanvi grows up in a house where no one values her. She learns to stay quiet, obedient, invisible. At 18, her only dream of happiness is marriage - she believes a husband might give her the love her family never did. __________________________________________ Aarav, 30, is a widower. His heart belongs to his first wife, Radha, whose memory he worships like a deity. He agrees to remarry only because his family forces him. He enters the marriage with a closed heart. ___________________________________________ Saanvi enters the marriage full of hope. Aarav enters the same marriage full of silence. Their wedding night is cold. He sleeps on one side of the room, barely acknowledging her. She spends the night crying quietly, realising marriage isn't the dream she imagined. ___________________________________________ Saanvi tries - talking, smiling, making little efforts. Aarav tries - to stay distant, to remain loyal to a memory. Their attempts never meet. Saanvi realises she is married to a man whose love died before she arrived. __________________________________________ She moves to Pushkar. Starts working at a small school. Becomes "Saanvi Teacher". For the first time, she belongs somewhere. Children give her the love she never received. But some nights, she still sits by the lake, wondering what she did wrong. She did nothing wrong. ___________________________________________ Years later, in a Pushkar market, they meet by accident. No blame. No tears. No promises. Just two people who once broke each other, finally meeting with peace instead of pain. Aarav realises he still feels something. Saanvi realises she no longer hurts. And they walk away... ___________________________________________ Saanvi lights a diya near her room in Pushkar. "Thank you... for letting me grow." Aarav sits alone in Jaipur. "Be happy, Saanvi. Wherever you are."