Chapter 19: Diamond ball (3)

"That was a close one," Ian said, keeping his arm around Scarlet's waist to keep her against him.

Scarlet placed her hands on Ian's chest to put some space between them. The dance had come to an end and in the middle of parting from him, Ian had pulled her toward him. 

Rather than push him away, Scarlet became distracted by the sight of Beth sitting on the ground less than an arm's length from where she stood. Jack was by Beth's side seconds later.

Scarlet was missing a piece of this puzzle as everything had happened too fast for her to understand what happened.

Did Beth approach her and fall?

Ian looked down at the woman putting on a poor show of acting like she had hurt herself. If not for his quick thinking, Beth would have touched Scarlet's shoulder.

Scarlet was in a good mood after their dance so he couldn't allow anyone to ruin it.