Chapter 232

232 Ball Dance

The moment guests in the ballroom saw the King, and the tall and captivating gentlemen with red eyes approaching the center of the dance floor, they all happily cleared the space.

Everard looked around at the crowd and went to ask a random but elegant-looking woman for a dance. The woman was standing with her partner. However, when the King himself asked her for a dance, she was more than happy to participate.

Hamilton and Alexander also immediately followed Everard’s lead and went to ask the ladies who were standing alone for a dance.

Vincent, on the other hand, wasn’t really into it. All he could think about was Tilla. ‘It would have been wonderful if she could also come here,’ he thought to himself and pouted.

Hamilton smirked as though he could read Vincent’s mind. Then he patted Vincent on his shoulder and whispered, “Just pick anyone. Don’t keep on standing there like a sore thumb.”

Vincent inhaled deeply and hesitantly looked around at the crowd. He saw a woman intently looking at him and smiling as if she was already enchanted by him. So, knowing that she wouldn’t say no to him, he walked towards that woman and asked, “May I have this dance with you.”

The women beside her almost went crazy when they heard Vincent’s manly voice that instantly roped everyone’s hearts. The woman who was asked was barely managing to hold herself together.

She still managed to give a soft smile to Vincent and then elegantly placed her hand on his palm. She then said in her most polite voice, “Yes. I would love to.”

Vincent was feeling a little uncomfortable because of all the hungry gazes from the ladies around there. “Great!” he mumbled and then quickly took that woman towards the center of the hall.

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Right when he reached the center, Everard gestured for the musicians to play a new song.

The hall immediately went silent. Everyone’s attention was now at the center of the hall which was filled with five couples.

Slowly, a piece of soft and melodious music began to float in the air and bless everyone’s ears.

Since it was Everard’s day, the others let Everard and his dance partner to start dancing first.

Everard looked at the woman in his arms and began to gracefully lead her. Although she looked very happy and danced beautifully, Everard couldn’t wait for the song to end so that the others would also start to dance and he could soon change partners.

The song ended after a few minutes. And everyone in the hall clapped and cheered for their King.

However, Everard didn’t look that happy about it. He turned his gaze towards Anastasia and then gestured for her to enter the dance floor.

Anastasia happily looked up at Caspian’s face and asked, “Dear Husband, may I have this dance with you?”

Caspian chuckled at the goofy expression that his wife was making when she asked that question to him. He held her hand and then said while making her face him, “Sure, my dear wife.”

Anastasia placed one of her hands on Caspian’s shoulder, while Caspian held his wife’s waist and pulled her close.

The next piece of music was already playing. It sounded even more beautiful than the first song.

And Caspian began to dance while elegantly leading his wife. After a while of dancing, he smiled and then whispered to her, “Dancing to the beats of music doesn’t sound that bad, does it?”

Anastasia giggled after recalling the time when they had danced under the moonlight with no music other than the sounds of nature. She looked into her husband’s mesmerizing red eyes and said, “I don’t think we can compare the two. That dance without the music has a separate place in my heart.”

Caspian smiled broadly and then planted a soft kiss on his wife’s forehead.”It’s very special to me as well,” he whispered.

Since Everard was dancing very close to the couple, needless to say, he was unintentionally hearing almost everything that Anastasia and Caspian were saying to each other.

And even though he could clearly hear how honest the two of them sounded, he was still unable to accept that it wasn’t just a fa?ade but the whole truth.

Everard gritted his teeth and then hoped for this piece of music to end soon. Since all the couples who were currently participating would have danced to one song with each other, he wanted to ask Anastasia for the next dance.

‘I need to ask her myself.’ He was being too bull-headed for his own good.

While thinking about Anastasia, Everard didn’t realize that he had increased the pace of his dance so much that the woman he was dancing with was having trouble catching up with his moves. Inevitably, she stepped on her gown and almost tripped to the floor.

Thankfully, Everard caught her by her arm in time and asked, “Are you alright?”

The woman awkwardly smiled and then nodded.

When Everard tried to continue the dance with her, she bowed her head and said, “I think I should rest, Your Majesty.” She grimaced and said, “I believe I have sprained my ankle.”

She lied even though she hadn’t hurt her ankle at all. She was clearly seeing how much the King was uninterested in dancing with her. She could tell by his constant gaze that he wanted to dance with the Queen of Sorvando. So, rather than being a pawn, she wanted to step aside and save herself from being humiliated on the dance floor.

Right then, the music began to fade and eventually came to a stop.

Everard didn’t waste a second in leaving that woman and heading towards Caspian and Anastasia.

He looked at Caspian straight in his eyes and then asked him as politely as he could, “I’m sorry, King Caspian. But could I steal my friend for a dance, please?”

Caspian wanted to say no to Everard’s face. However, he couldn’t do that since everyone in the hall was staring at them. And he didn’t want to make Everard look good by acting rude to him.

Thus, he pulled the corners of his lips upward and nodded. “Sure.” He let out a deep sigh and said as though he was joking, “Just one song though. Else, I will come and snatch her back.”

Everard forced a smile back and agreed, “Understood.”