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Chapter 36 - Flames and Roses
"You will still remain the Maharani, but I do need a wife, Ahankara. I can't live my life with someone who... Who already belongs to someone else," he said softly, causing her to go silent.
She blinked at him, as one last tear left her eye.
"I only belong to you, Yashvir," she said softly, causing Yashvir's eyes to widen slightly. A familiar emotion flashed in his eyes, but it was gone as fast as it came. An emotion Ahankara had missed seeing in his eyes since a long time.
"We both know that's not the truth," Yashvir said softly, and Ahankara gazed down at his hand, which was tightly gripping onto his sword.
"And yet somehow, you want to believe I'm telling the truth," Ahankara stated, looking him in the eye. Yashvir immediately looked away, clenching his jaw.
"I'm not," Yashvir replied.
Ahankara stepped closer to him, and for the first time ever, she cupped his cheek. He
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