In the quiet hours between emergencies and dawn, dreams often bloom in secret.

Dr. Ananya Reddy has always known the cost of ambition. As a gifted obstetrician, she’s spent years balancing life, loss, and triumph inside the hospital she helped build. But when exhaustion drives her back to her parents’ home—where flowering gulmohar branches once shaded her study breaks—Ananya finds herself pulled into memories she thought she’d left behind.

Years ago, she was an earnest intern determined to earn her place. He was her calm, brilliant senior surgeon whose kindness and quiet authority left an imprint she never dared admit. Between referrals, shared night duties, and the unspoken bond that grew stronger every day, their connection was something neither of them could name.

Now, as she looks back on late-night rounds, farewell ceremonies, and the gentle discoveries of first love, Ananya must face the truth she buried under her...