Chapter 49: The Verbal Spar (1/2)

As the slow song began, the audience began to pick a partner. Some even fought for their partners.

The atmosphere slowly turned into a romantic and warm scene, as the adults had left the hall following the King.

Now, the young nobles felt free. Without the watch of their parents, they could go wild.

So, some of them delved into their respective lecherous activities. They grouped together, male and female, at corners, and flirted, while some of them went even further.

Of course, the lecherous group belonged to the minority. The majority of them picked a partner, just for dancing.

It goes without saying that some of them were turned down by the ideal partners.

However, for Jake, he didn't have the option to choose. He had politely asked Cheyenne for her hand.

It was not an impulsive decision. Jake wanted to get information from their conversation, and Cheyenne possibly felt the same.

Meanwhile, Nico, being the handsome guy he was, got multiple invitations from the female nobles, but he turned them down.

He opted to dance with his twin sister, Lola. He could not let any noble put his hand on her. He was her brother, after all, so he had to protect her.

Lola didn't mind. Although she wasn't interested in the event, she put on a happy face and danced with her enthusiastic brother.

They proceeded to move closer to the stage, so they could hear the beautiful music, forgetting that they left Jaya behind.

Jaya looked around, not comfortable with being alone, she picked a noble who was checking her out.

All this while, the noble kept looking at her, she didn't like it, as she could see him, and even a few times, she caught him, but the noble still kept looking like a simp!

However, now that she was alone, she could use the attention.

So, she went to the noble, ”Hi, my name is Jaya. what's yours?”

”He--Heath Ashstone. The name's Heath, Jaya,” stammered the noble.

As he was in the presence of his just-found crush, he found it hard to talk well.

Jaya noticed it, but she didn't comment, instead, she thought it was cute.

She grabbed his hand, ”Let's dance.”

Dragging him to the front, and Heath never felt luckier.

Like that, Jaya found--no, grabbed her partner.

Slowly, the remaining nobles got their partners and by the time the song had just reached its first peak

...…..

Jake didn't know the dance style of Aztec nobles, so he followed the tempo of Cheyenne.

It was a little bit silent between both of them, as Jake held Cheyenne's waist.

To the outside world, they made the perfect couple, but the two of them were far from that.

Both of them were currently struggling with a murderous urge for one another.

For example, the usually cool-headed Jake kept thinking of what would happen if he dug his sharp fingernails into her skin.

He entered his psycho mode as he dreamt of ways to kill her, all the while outwardly smiling.

Cheyenne wasn't also spared from this bizarre experience.

She murderously thought, 'How do I kill him? I have a knife in my heels, but before I reach it, he might react. My nails are laced with poison, but it's not deadly. Hidden in my hair is an explosive, I could shove it deep in his mouth. Wait! He wouldn't just take it in. What do I do? Think. Think. Think!'

Jake was the first to regain control of his thoughts.

He spoke to Cheyenne, ”You look beautiful.”

The words managed to bring back Cheyenne, who was unhinged, ”Oh please! I bet you say that to everyone you see.”

”Hmm, is that what you think?” Jake quipped.

”Aren't I correct?” smiled Cheyenne.

Her youthful smile reflected in the eyes of the males who were spying on her, even though they could not hear the conversation.

”Perhaps you are,” replied Jake, tightly closing his lips in an effort to reduce the hidden tension.