310 Feeling Uneasy (2/2)

She slightly bowed. With right hand on her chest, she reached out her left hand, which was a typical manner of men.

Lucien was a bit amused, ”I'm the man, Your Highness. I shall be the one to invite. Seriously, I've never been there for your birthday either. So please allow me to be the one inviting you for the opening dance.”

Then Lucien followed the same manner.

Natasha grinned and slightly lifted her eyebrows. Then she stood up straight, reached out her right hand, and put it on Lucien's left hand.

There was no music but only quite strong wind and clouds. But both Lucien and Natasha were good at music. And their dance steps were neat and elegant.

Although Lucien was still a bit shorter than Natasha, he had grown quite taller in the past several years. When they were dancing, they could look directly into each other's eyes, and their breaths were also very close.

Looking into Natasha's silvery-purple eyes and gorgeous face, feeling her sweet breaths and soft body, Lucien suddenly felt very uneasy. Although this was not his first time dancing with the princess, he felt very different this time—his heart was beating very fast.

Seeing that Lucien's eyes somehow started to look away and his face slightly blushed, feeling that his steps were getting slower and his hands stiff, Natasha also sensed the difference. When Lucien's breaths started to get heavier and heavier, Natasha was sure that the atmosphere was not normal—in fact, it was very strange, and she somehow felt nervous.

”Are you alright?” asked Natasha directly. ”Are you worrying about something?”

Lucien was very embarrassed. He shook his head and answered, ”Not really. Just my first time dancing in the air surrounded by clouds…”

”I see. That's true.” Natasha grinned, ”The wind is quite strong.”

Trying his best, Lucien finally finished the dance with Natasha relatively perfectly.

”Lucien, happy birthday.”

”Happy birthday, Natasha.”

They said it at the same time when the dance was over. Then they smiled at each other.

...

After saying goodbye to Natasha, Lucien was now flying toward the Dark Mountain Range with his eyebrows slightly frowned. After a while, he murmured to himself, ”That wasn't true. I just haven't been that close to a woman for a long time. I can't have these thoughts with Natasha, and she doesn't even like men!”

...

Flying back to Aalto with Camil, Natasha slowly stopped in the air and put on the violet-petal earrings. Feeling a bit strange, she slightly shook her head.

Then, she noticed that Camil was looking at her ears carefully, so she asked, ”What? I have to wear them, or I might miss Lucien's signal.”

”Nothing. You have beautiful ears,” answered Camil casually. ”Even better with the earrings.”