13-10-2026, 05:39 PM
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The saree lay in a heap on the leaves. Nothing covered her now except the sleeveless blouse and the petticoat.
Her underarms were fully open. The sleeveless blouse cut high on her shoulders, leaving the soft hollows completely bare. The skin there was smooth and pale, almost luminous against the darker tone of her arms. A light sheen of sweat made them shine in the filtered sunlight—soft, warm, and delicately curved. The skin looked tender, almost delicate, with no harsh lines, just smooth, feminine softness that moved slightly each time she raised or lowered her arms. When she had spun, those underarms had flashed again and again, glossy and exposed.
The petticoat sat low on her hips. It was a simple cotton one, the same colour as her saree had been, but now it had slipped badly. The top edge rested a clear two inches below her navel. The cloth clung lightly to the round of her hips and the upper curve of her thighs, but above it her midriff was completely open. The waistband had loosened during the struggle and the spin; it no longer sat at her natural waist. Instead it hung lower, framing the bare strip of her stomach.
And at the centre of that bare strip was her navel.
It was oval—neatly oval, deeper than average, set in the soft, flat plane of her lower belly. The shape was clean and elegant, a gentle elongated oval rather than a perfect circle. The skin around it was smooth and warm-toned, slightly flushed from the fight and the sudden exposure. A faint shadow gathered inside the oval hollow, making it look deeper and more pronounced. Because the petticoat sat so low, the entire navel and a small crescent of soft skin below it were fully visible. Every time she breathed, the oval shape moved just a little—rising and falling with the tight muscles of her stomach.
Kavya’s hands hovered near the waistband. She could feel the air touching the bare skin of her underarms, the open midriff, and the sensitive oval of her navel. The exposure was complete in those places: shiny soft underarms, low-slung petticoat, and that neat, deep oval navel left completely uncovered for Balraj’s eyes.
She stood there for a second longer, the details of her own body suddenly sharp and unavoidable in the quiet forest light...
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The forest ranger’s footsteps came closer through the trees. Balraj let go of Kavya just a little. She quickly bent down, grabbed her pallu from the ground, and wrapped it tightly around her body. She covered her sleeveless blouse and pulled the cloth over her shoulder. Her hands moved fast. One edge of the pallu was still a bit loose, and a small part of her chest showed for a second. She pulled it higher and fixed it properly.
Balraj stood close to her. His chest was bare. At fifty-five he still looked strong—broad shoulders, flat stomach, hard muscles. He wore only a white dhoti. Sweat shone on his skin.
He leaned near her ear and spoke in a low, teasing voice before the ranger could hear.
“You cover yourself so fast, Kavya madam. As if the forest did not already see what is under your saree. One pull and everything changes. Now the officer will only see a proper woman… not the one who stood with both hands covering her body, eyes full of anger.”
Kavya’s face burned. She kept looking forward but her heart beat hard.
Balraj continued softly. “Your navel is still warm from the open air. Did you feel the breeze when the pallu was gone? Soft skin. Open. Helpless for those few seconds. And you—high-rank IPS officer—could only stand and cover yourself while I looked.”
She gave him an angry look.
But at the time The ranger stepped into the open space. He looked at Kavya’s saree, then at Balraj’s bare chest, then back at her. Something looked strange to him—a high-rank woman and a half-dressed older man deep in the forest—but he stayed polite.
“Hello… who are you? Why have you come here?”
Kavya answered at once in a clear, strong voice.
“I am a security officer. High rank.”
The ranger stood straight and saluted her.
“Madam. Please leave this area. It is dangerous. Many tigers and elephants have been seen recently. You must be careful.”
“Okay, officer,” Kavya said. “We can take care of ourselves.”
The ranger’s eyes moved again to her pallu and to Balraj’s strong, bare upper body. He cleared his throat.
“All right, madam. Why did you come here?”
While he spoke, his eyes stayed a moment on the place where her pallu had slipped a little earlier. Kavya felt it. She coughed and pulled the cloth higher so nothing showed.
“He is my uncle,” she said. “We are looking for some Ayurvedic plants. And we came to visit an old temple. My uncle is… devotional.”
Balraj’s eyes shone with fun. He put one hand on his chest like a respectful man and spoke in a warm voice.
“Yes, sir,” he said. He looked first at the ranger, then slowly turned his eyes toward Kavya. “I am so devotional towards the Goddess.”
Kavya’s eyes became wide at once. She understood the double meaning. For one second the word “Goddess” pointed only at her—the woman whose pallu he had pulled away, the woman he had held, the woman he had looked at with hungry eyes. Her lips opened a little in shock.
Then Balraj changed the meaning smoothly. He pointed toward the path that led to the old temple deeper in the trees.
“There,” he said, “my Goddess is present. The temple goddess. We have come to pay respects… and to look for some plants that grow near the holy place.”
The ranger’s face relaxed.
“Ohhhh… okay. I got it. You are talking about the temple goddess.”....


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