After having lunch, the two headed out hand in hand again. Meryl was so comfortable with Bim that she forgot that they currently looked like they were on a date. She laughed loudly at his jokes and didn’t mind that he was holding tightly to her hand. And how did Bim feel about it?
Bim, in the entirety of his life, had held on to the hands of only his mother, his teacher and his sister. His interactions with women were rare and he was the type to read a book rather than go anywhere.
Still, this man found himself wanting to touch the princess and used an excuse to do so. Unlike Meryl, he couldn’t hide his blush because he was as pale as a palm so he just kept shooting himself with his magic to make sure he remained ‘cool’.
The two went back into the market with stalls and started to loo
