The sun sets differently in Lower Parel these days. There’s a quiet warmth behind the tinted windows of an upscale apartment, a home that was never part of the plan. Not when she was 22, not when she eloped, not when she raised two sons in the constant shadow of stardom. But now, at 47, Seema Sajdeh has decided to stop explaining herself — and to start living on her own terms. With him.

Yes, that him.

Vikram Ahuja, the man she once left behind for a whirlwind love story with Sohail Khan, is no longer just a memory in the rearview mirror. He is the man she now shares a home with. And the most unexpected part? The world seems to be watching this reunion with open hearts, and open questions.

Their love story had once been the perfect engagement — two well-bred kids from respected families, heading toward a traditional wedding. Then Bollywood called. Literally. Seema chose Sohail. She eloped. And Vikram? He disappeared into the folds of a life never lived.

But the truth is, some stories never really end. They pause. They wait. And sometimes, when you least expect it, they resume — older, wiser, quieter, and infinitely more complicated.

When Fabulous Lives of Bollywood Wives dropped its third season, fans were braced for more glitz, gossip, and emotional chaos. But no one expected what Seema delivered: a soft confession wrapped in a reality-show smile. She was dating someone. And that someone was her ex-fiancé — the man she ran from before running headfirst into fame.

In the show, she doesn’t try to dramatize it. She simply says, “I’ve decided to give life a chance again. He was there. He still is.”

But life has a habit of not waiting for things to be simple.

Moving in with Vikram meant moving out of Bandra — the haven where her sons grew up, where Bollywood royalty lives, and where she built her entire post-divorce identity. Shifting to Lower Parel wasn’t just about geography. It was a declaration. A beginning that would leave something else behind.

Her son, Nirvaan Khan, had only one thing to say: “If you’re happy, we’re happy.” But the camera caught the flicker in his eyes — part pride, part concern. He knew this wasn’t easy for her. Nor for him. But above all, he saw the need in her face — the kind of need you stop denying when your children are old enough to understand that mothers, too, want to be loved.

Seema, for her part, has never shied away from vulnerability. After her divorce from Sohail Khan — finalized quietly after more than two decades of co-parenting and separation — she’d spoken openly about the silence that followed. “Something inside me died the day the judge signed the papers,” she said. Not because she wanted the marriage back. But because it marked an era ending, one where she was still a part of that family.

She tried, like many women, to build a new identity: strong, independent, single, fabulous. But she also admitted, “I’m not young. I have history. I have kids. He has kids. Dating again isn’t as glamorous as it sounds.”

And yet, here she is.

With Vikram, the man who understood her once and seems to understand her again, Seema says she feels “unjudged.” “He knows who I was, who I became, and what I lost along the way. And he still wants to be here.”

There is an unspoken bravery in returning to someone you once hurt. There is also grace in accepting someone back without resentment. It’s rare. But it happens. Sometimes, you get to rewrite the chapter you once tore out.

But not everyone has clapped along.

Social media — a cruel mirror to public perception — has not been entirely kind. While fans have showered her with supportive comments, trolls have not held back. “Desperate”, “Trying to stay relevant”, “Poor kids”, they’ve typed from behind fake usernames. Seema’s response? “Delete, delete, delete.”

Because she doesn’t owe anyone an explanation.

And maybe that’s the lesson in all this. That love after divorce doesn’t need to look like a fairytale. It can look like two people trying again. A mother moving apartments. A man forgiving the past. And two adult sons adjusting to a new version of their mother’s happiness.

It’s not perfect. But it’s real.

And Vikram? He’s not the flashy type. No long Instagram captions, no red carpet strolls. He works in finance, stays out of the headlines, and quietly loves a woman he once lost — and now has back.

They go out for dinner sometimes, but mostly, they stay in. They talk about their grown children, about how different life might have been if things had gone as planned. But they don’t regret the detour. Because that detour brought wisdom. Brought closure. And eventually, brought them back to each other.

As Seema said in one poignant scene, standing on the balcony of her new home, “I’ve already lived the dream. This… this is the reality I chose.”

And maybe that’s enough.