CHAPTER 48 bonus chapter（ARYAN）
I opened the door and stepped inside.
"Everyone?"
No answer.
I frowned.
The whole house was unusually quiet.
Too quiet.
I looked around.
The lights were off.
For a second, I thought maybe everyone had forgotten.
A small smile appeared.
Typical.
I walked further inside.
"Mom?"
Nothing.
Then suddenly—
The lights turned on.
The entire room lit up.
And before I could even react—
"Happy birthday!"
I froze.
For a moment...
I just stood there.
Looking at everyone.
The smiles.
The decorations.
The people I loved.
But my eyes stopped on one person.
In the center of the room.
A little girl standing there.
Three years old.
Black hair.
Green eyes.
Holding the biggest smile.
My breath caught.
She was holding my cake with tiny hands while Vrishti stood behind her, making sure she didn't drop it.
And beside them...
Mahi.
And Alina.
Mahi looked at me.
And the smile on her face...
That was everything.
"Surprise."
Her voice was soft.
I couldn't move.
Because no matter how many times I imagined my future...
I never imagined something this beautiful.
The little girl looked at me.
"Dad?"
That one word.
It completely broke me.
I walked closer slowly.
My eyes never leaving her.
She smiled.
"Happy birthday."
I looked at Mahi.
My voice barely came out.
"Snowflake..."
Her eyes filled slightly.
She smiled.
"I thought you deserved a surprise."
I looked back at the little girl.
Our daughter.
Sheen.
The name Mahi chose.
Snow.
A piece of the place that held so many memories.
A reminder of where everything started.
A reminder that even after the coldest storms...
snow could still be beautiful.
I bent down in front of her.
"Hi, Sheen."
She giggled.
"You are late."
I laughed softly.
"Late?"
She nodded seriously.
"Birthday boy came late."
I looked at Mahi.
She was trying not to laugh.
"She got your attitude."
I raised an eyebrow.
"Mine?"
She smiled.
"Definitely yours."
I stood up and looked at her.
The same girl who once thought she had to leave me to protect me.
The same girl who thought love meant sacrifice.
Now she was standing here.
Giving me the one thing I never knew I needed.
A family.
I walked closer to her.
"You know something?"
She looked at me.
"What?"
I smiled.
"I thought finding you was the best thing that happened to me."
A pause.
"But I was wrong."
I looked at Sheen.
"Finding both of you was."
Mahi's eyes softened.
And for a second, the world became quiet.
No past.
No fear.
No running away.
Just us.
I looked at Sheen again.
My little snow.
Our little snowflake.
And I finally understood.
Maybe everything happened by mistake.
Maybe our story started in the most unexpected way.
But this...
This was never a mistake.
This was home.
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From strangers to a family, from misunderstandings to choosing each other, Mahi and Aryan's journey has been a rollercoaster.
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Maybe some things start by mistake...
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