Chapter 201: So The Goddess Made Us Mates

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‘I used fresh tomatoes and minced beef—just the way you like it, sweetie.’ Daddy’s voice rang above me as a huge plate of bolognese spaghetti slid into my view. ‘Bon appetit, my little one!’

Oh God.

Tears damped my fleeting lashes.

‘Sweetie, what’s wrong?’ Immediately, he sat down beside me. ‘Why are you crying? C’mere.’ The warm arms of protection and love enveloped me once more. ‘Hush, hush….’ The same hands rubbed my back.

Somehow, they felt like feathers.

Through my blurred view, I faced him with seriousness across my face. ‘I’m dead, aren’t I?’

And he froze. His eyes blinked thrice. Then, he glanced at his wife—my mother—who’d been watching me, elbow propped on the dining table and chin resting on her hand, and smiling gleefully.

‘Should we tell her?’ he asked.

And she widened her smile. ‘Of course. She didn’t say we have to hide it from her.’

‘She?’ I pouted as worried thumbs brushed below my eyes, wiping gently. ‘She who?’

‘The Moon Goddess.’

My eyes bounced be