Ajay Dhar Bhardwaj
Some love stories wait. Others shatter. And a few return only to break open the truth.When Kavya first met Arjun by the quiet lake in her hometown, she believed life had finally offered her something pure - a love that felt gentle, steady, and destined. Their days were stitched together with laughter, stories, and promises whispered into the wind. Until one night, Arjun vanished without a trace. No explanation. No goodbye. Nothing but a single handwritten line left behind: Someday, I’ll come back for the rest of the promise.For years, Kavya tried to outrun the emptiness he left. She buried herself in work, routine, and unspoken grief. But some silences echo too loudly. And Arjun’s absence followed her everywhere - in the smell of rain, in unfinished dreams, in the parts of her heart she no longer touched.When an anonymous message summons her back to the lake after all these years, Kavya goes - not because she forgave him, but because she needs to know why he disappeared. What she finds is a man changed beyond recognition: older, slower, walking with a stick, carrying a secret that has lived in the shadows as long as she has lived with questions.And then the truth comes crashing down.Arjun wasn’t just the boy she loved.He was the man behind the accident that killed her father.A moment of chaos. A turn gone wrong. A life lost. And a guilt so consuming that Arjun chose silence over confession. The revelation tears through Kavya’s world, shattering every memory she ever held sacred. The reunion she once longed for becomes a battlefield of grief, blame, and unanswered forgiveness.Set against the backdrop of rain-soaked streets, forgotten promises, and a lake that has witnessed every rise and fall of their story, A Promise Without Tomorrow explores the delicate space between love and loss - and the courage it takes to move forward when the past refuses to let go.As Kavya confronts the truth, she must decide:Is love still love when it’s built on a wound that never healed?Is forgiveness a gift - or a surrender?And can two people who broke each other ever find a path that doesn’t lead back to pain?In a tale where every chapter holds a whisper of 'what could have been,' this book dives deep into the fragility of human choices, the brutality of fate, and the kind of connection that lingers long after it ends. Ultimately, it is a story of a woman who learns that closure is not always a door closing - sometimes it’s simply the strength to walk away.A haunting, intimate journey about love, guilt, and the promises we keep even when tomorrow never comes - A Promise Without Tomorrow leaves you questioning whether some endings are really beginnings in disguise.