where we fell apart - (Hearts In Scrubs - Book 1)

"Why didn't you choose me, Vir?" Nithya's voice was a whisper, but it echoed with the weight of every silent night, every unanswered question.Her eyes shimmered with tears she had buried for years.
"I chose you," she said, voice trembling.
Her gaze searched his face, looking for something-anything.
"But you..." Her breath hitched. "You chose only you, Viraj. Your career. Your silence."
Her voice broke, raw. "Was I not enough? Not good enough to be chosen by you?"
The world stilled. Her pain filled the space between them.
"I was a fool, Nithya..." Viraj's voice cracked. "I thought building a career would make me whole. I told myself it was for us-but I was scared. Scared your father would destroy everything I was building. Scared I wasn't enough."
He looked at her, tears in his eyes.
"I was a coward. I let fear win. And in doing so, I lost you."
He dropped to his knees.
"I'm not living, Nithya. Just surviving. Only you make me feel alive. Please... one chance. Let me prove I can still be the man you believed in. The one you deserve."
He held her hand, trembling.
"I'll choose you now. Over everything. Even over my own life."
Nithya had built a shell around her grief. In a family of doctors, she never felt enough. While they chased journals, she escaped into romance novels. But now, She drowns herself in studies-not out of passion, but to forget him.
Until he came back.
And now, all her calm began to unravel.
Would she risk it all for the love she once knew? Or hold on to the strength she'd fought so hard to become?
Viraj, raised by a single mother, dreamed only of becoming a great surgeon. Then came Nithya. With her, life felt lighter. Like home.
But between love and ambition, he chose ambition.
Years passed.
Until one ordinary day, he saw her again-and everything made sense.
Now they stood at a crossroads.
Had too much changed?
Or did their story deserve a second chance?
Sometimes, that's all love really needs.
-A beginning. Again.