Chapter 6: Sneha’s Secret

"Why? Weren’t you the one who liked him the most?"

Sneha, who sat next to me, couldn’t hide the gloating in her eyes.

She was always a rather inconspicuous classmate.

Her grades were average, just barely making it into college.

In my previous life, five years after I married Arjun, she became his secretary.

Back then, she liked Arjun—honest and straightforward.

I like you, but that has nothing to do with you.

Don’t worry, I won’t get in the way of you and Ananya.

"I just want to stay by your side. Looking up at you is enough."

Once, while I was working from home, Sneha stood at the study door, twisting her dupatta, eyes red from crying. She came to report to Arjun.

After hearing her confession, Arjun just glanced at her, his face unreadable.

Then, in a chilly tone, he continued talking about work.

And I, holding my coffee, stood outside the study, not knowing whether to go in or leave.

All I knew was that Arjun didn’t send her away.

He even gave her opportunities again and again, letting her prove herself.

When I questioned him, he replied impatiently—

"I see my own shadow in her. I want to help her."

She’s not like you, born into such a good family.

"Ananya, stop being unreasonable."

By then, the comments had disappeared.

The comments stopped abruptly when we got married.

They thought marriage was the happy ending.

But they didn’t know that sometimes, marriage is the beginning of unhappiness.

Like a Bollywood film that ends at the wedding mandap—no one wants to watch the daily grind after the shaadi, the politics, the loneliness between two people under the same roof.