Chapter 75 - Dancing Freely (1/2)
As the music began to play, couples greeted their partners with a small tilt and bow.
Chen Mu extended his hand out with his palms facing upwards, ”May I?” Susu hesitated and warned, ”I'm not one bit close to being a decent dancer.” He chuckled and grabbed her hands, ”All fine with me. Dance is not about how great you could do it, but who you're dancing with. Let go of your nervousness and concentrate on feeling me. We can go as slow as you want to.”
She nodded as their arms circled around each other and went their own pace. Whenever Susu would try to fasten up their moves, Chen Mu would remind her, ”No need to dance like others. Do it at your comfortable pace. We have all night.”
Every sense of nervousness diminished as she relaxed and followed the beat of the music better. With his eyes locked to hers, they exchanged a sweet smile with only each other in their eyes. As if this was a dream, it felt magical like a prince matching a princess in their own castle. Their steps matched each other's pace. As they circled around the room, everyone's attention was focused on them.
”Chen Mu,” Susu whispered, ”Everyone's watching us.”
His hand gave hers a gentle squeeze. He let out a soft chuckle, ”Oh? I haven't noticed.”
”You're going to say that your eyes are filled with me, aren't you?” She was quite used to his sweet lines to the point where she could predict the next.
He spun her once and pulled her to his embrace as they continued dancing, ”Oh? Seems like our hearts are connected, my dear. Don't you think I deserve a kiss?”
”Pfft, only you can say these things without being shy. Even if I say no, you will still get it your own way.” She naturally moved along his pace and danced the way he guided her to.
Meanwhile, Lin Que and Lily were dancing in their own way as well. ”With this fierce flaming hot dress, it's too soft to dance our regular ball dance, hmm? Don't you think?” Lily said at the beginning of the dance.
Lin Que pinched her chin and lifted her head slightly, ”Then shall we go with the flow?”
”Oh? Not going to try fighting me for a regular dance?” Lily asked as she took off her heels.
”Heh, too late to discuss that now right? Since the first day that I've met you, the word, normal, never existed in your dictionary. It's exactly because you're like this that I fell in love with you. The difference made you unique and one of a kind. What more can I ask, wifey?”
His voice held the same type of doting as it always did when speaking to her. ”You..You always make me speechless hahaha, alright then. Shall we dance? I don't have my ballet shoes, so I can't do much.”
”Who says you don't?” He snapped his fingers, and a waiter brought a chair over with a shoebox in his hands.
”Sit down,” Lin Que helped her sit on the chair and opened the shoe box to bring out a pair of ballet shoes that matched with her dress.
”Y..You..” Lily was caught between her words as she watched him slip the shoes on her feet.
”I could do it myself,” She blushed slightly, but his hands refused to let go.
”Nu uh, is our Lily feeling shy now? Not the first time this happened. Not everyone could wear this pair of shoes, but you definitiely can. Dance as you like, my queen.” After putting her pair of heels into the shoe box, he stood up and held out his hand to invite her for a dance.
”May I have the honor?” He smiled meaningfully at her, reminding her of how they first met. ”Always.” Her hand felt his as they got themselves in their position and waited for the waiter to bring the chair and shoe box away from them before they started to dance. While everyone danced professionally to the music being played, only Lin Que and Chen Mu went accords to what their partners wished.
Karen gritted her teeth when she saw Tian Yuo's eyes on Susu once again. This time, she saw how his arms were placed in mid-air, clearly in a dancing position. Her eyes teared up as she followed his gaze towards Chen Mu and Susu where they were smiling sweetly together and parted once in a while to talk.
”Hate! I hate you all! Every single one of you!” Karen's white knuckles surfaced the skin of her tight fist as she looked around and found kids playing with a bag of marbles. She snatched the bag of marbles impulsively and scattered it onto the dance floor, aiming at Susu and Lily's direction.
Since other couples grew tired of dancing or wanted to have chats with other guests, they only danced for the first few minutes and separated. Therefore, only Chen Mu and Lin Que were still dancing with their girls.
”Let's see how you'll get out of this one.” A grin appeared on her face as tears dripped down her face. Lily stepped onto a marble and lost her balance, but with years of ballet experience, she quickly adjusted her position and naturally wrapped her leg around Lin Que's. Noticing a change in her movements, he reciprocated and matched hers perfectly. Her body was leaned against his as her arms circled backwards around his nape.