Take it away whenever you want.

Okay.

"Have you learned nothing?" his wife said, without rancor, which was a relief.

"You've no right to dismiss my ladies maid, Your Grace" "Are you complaining?" If she did not want him here, then he would honor her wishes, of course.

"That depends," Rachika said.

"On?" "On why exactly you're here." "I'm here because I want you." He paused.

"I believe you want that, too.

Sri, since this was part of the inspiration, can you talk about what you love about Diwali and why you wanted to write about it?

But it just, it's everything about what we love.

Yeah.

It's everything, and I think, I think that the things I was really craving, like I just love sort of those like small gestures that are big things, those things that are like so heightened.

Like, again, that internal angst around, you know, it ju- it's just very human behavior.

And I wasn't, I think romance really does that better than other genres.

Like, you get so up close and personal with each character, especially if you've got dual POV.

I don't feel like you're really attached to the characters in the same way.

Yeah.