You promise?

Madhu's eyes widened subconsciously. She was baffled from his reply. After all, she was actually preparing herself for the worse. But most of all, it was the vigor in his voice as he said the last few lines… it was almost as if he was angry that she even entertained such thoughts while he would obliterate all hell if she failed to believe in them now.

So, she did not dare to argue. She just agreed to him like a very obedient little kid and said, "Okay…" She then quietly took the towel from beside them where she had dropped and started drying his hair.

Akash's lips spread all the way from one ear to another while his eyes gleamed staring at her.

That was all it took for Madhu's cheeks to heat up again. Not that she had much of a time to cool it down in the first place. But his eyes just inches away from her face… staring as if she was the most beautiful thing he had ever laid eyes not…