22 parts Complete As Sujatha finished reading, her hands trembled. Tears streamed down her cheeks. She placed the letter on the table and broke down completely.
The guilt was unbearable. A thousand questions stabbed her mind-
Why didn't I check properly?
Why didn't I ask clearly?
Why did I trust so blindly?
But beneath the guilt was another storm rising-confusion.
If she truly loved Ravi Chandran, why didn't her heart break thinking about him? Why was the image of Chandran's eyes haunting her instead? Why did that tingling sensation from moments ago still linger, refusing to leave her body?
She hated herself for it. No, no, I can't think like this. I loved Ravi, not him. How can I betray my own heart?
Yet her heart whispered something different. It whispered about the way Chandran looked at her today, the way his eyes softened with unspoken emotions, the way his letter-yes, his letter-had made her feel seen in a way Ravi never did.
The way he said,"You are the light in my darkness, the happiness in my sadness..."
Each word was dripping with sincerity, with a love so raw and pure that it made her chest ache. He had lived for her letters, cherished them as if they were treasures.
Tears blurred her vision again. She buried her face in her palms.
Why me, God? Why me? Why did I send those letters blindly? Why did my heart let me feel this way for someone I never even named?
Her mind screamed Ravi Chandran! but her heart whispered Chandran. And between the scream and the whisper, she broke down completely.
That night, she couldn't sleep. Every time she closed her eyes, she saw his letter, his eyes, his smile. She tried to think of Ravi Chandran, to recall the admiration she once felt for him. But strangely, the feelings for him had already dimmed like a candle losing its flame.
Instead, the fire now burned elsewhere-burned for the boy who had unknowingly become her Moon.