Bab 244: Chapter 244: Now, for that dance

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Content warning: No rape ahead. But there is a bit of struggle. Please skip this chapter and the next if it bothers you. 

Elize followed him through the whispering crowd and out the ballroom. The steady grip of his hand on her forearm made her anxious though she tried hard not to show it. The moment he had appeared in front of her, asking for a dance, she had melted, for heaven knows what reason. It must be the heat, she tried reasoning with herself. What else could it be?