Author's pov :

A week passed in a blur, the days folding into one another with a strange mix of routine and quiet decisions. Somewhere between shared breakfasts and unspoken thoughts, Arshad brought up the idea—calmly, almost practically—that Anjali consider getting an IUD. He spoke of it as a solution, something that would lift an unspoken weight from both of them: no constant calculations, no lingering fear of an unplanned pregnancy, no pressure to step into a phase of life neither of them felt ready for.