Chapter-58

As they were about to set off, she heard a wild growling and she looked around. She got up agazing at him and smiled lightly, " Lord, I am hungry now. Let's drop the plan for a walk."

He understood her reasons and suddenly tried to tackle it, "It's fine."

She smiled and continued, "Then let us do this; on the next rain, I promise I won't be hungry."

The downpour ended within the next morning. The dawn broke with a pleasant smell of earth after the first rain. She woke up early and was practicing her ribbon dance. She moved the ribbon wrapped around her hand like a music wave hitting the branches with the tint of dew drops left around her resulting in a subtle flower rain. Amidst it; she swung in a spiral and ended in a goddess posture. As Yuvan was preparing

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