54 Engagement Party 3 (1/2)
Ci-ci talked and laughed with the Patterson couple. Every once in a while, Milana would make some clever remarks as well. It was clear by the glint in Mrs. Patterson's eyes that she was quite found of this doll-like girl.
Milana's light laughter seemed to brighten the already gorgeous day, uplifting even the late summer winds that carried it across the garden. To say that she had attracted attention was a definite understatement. However, what warmed Ci-ci's heart was seeing how hard she tried for him.
It was at that moment, when the ambiance between them had reached peak levels, that a voice that made one's skin crawl interrupted the four.
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”What a beautiful young woman!” A sound akin to roaches crawling across dead wood infiltrated their happy atmosphere. ”I go by Amancio Ivanriche, might I ask what your name is?”
To describe the man who spoke as pale wouldn't do him justice. His skin had the consistency of dried glue, his brown eyes were narrowed in an unnatural way for a Caucasian male, his black hair seemed to be sleeked backward by an oily gel and his body was tall and lanky. Even Ci-ci, who stood at almost 6'2, was a few inches shorter than he was.
'Ivanriche?' Ci-ci's eyes flashed for a moment. 'That's Nicholas' family…'
Hearing that name, Ci-ci couldn't help but remember his Petrov Technologies colleague, Nicholas. Before he joined, he had done research on each one of them and Nicholas had led a hard life because he refused to change his last name from Ivanriche.
When Milana heard this name, she too displayed a reaction because she remembered Nicholas as well. However, Amancio took this as her being impressed by his family's stature. After all, even among the thirty-six sub pillar families, the Ivanriche family was ranked in the top four.
However, Milana's surprised reaction was soon replaced with a frown. There were clearly four individuals here, yet he ignored them and only spoke to her. Although he spoke his name aloud, he was clearly only introducing himself to her. Not only was this a breech of proper etiquette, it was rude beyond belief.
Not noticing her reaction, Amancio stretched out his long, snake-like fingers to grasp at Milana's hand. To him, providing his family name was more than enough to take advantage of almost any woman.
Milana panicked slightly. She didn't want another man to touch her hand, but at the same time, angering someone of such a family was not a good idea either. She was here to help her Lucius network and also make his future prospects wider. Her throwing a fit here would ruin all of that.
At the same time, though, she was deeply germophobic. Although she could suppress it for a man she loved in Lucius, doing so for someone else, especially one as snake-like as Amancio, was too much for her.
Milana's chest began to heave as an uncontrollable anxiety welled up within her. Her hand trembled, but in the end, she made the decision to not move it for the sake of Lucius. Still, this decision was eating her up on the inside.
”What do you think you're doing?” A deep, murderous aura filled voice stopped Amancio in his tracks. He had come here, planning to ignore this man entirely, but some deep instinct within him didn't seem capable of doing so.