She was taken in by surprise when he had asked her to dance with him, and by the time she had recovered from it, they were at the centre of the dance floor. Unlike most of the ladies in the room, she had never been to a dance etiquette class. It was not because she didn't want to. She never found the time and money for it. Dance etiquette was held for the elite women, and she wasn't one of them.
"I don't know how to dance," she whispered only for him to hear.
"Is that so?" Alexander replied with a grin as he placed his hand on her waist, "then now is a good time to learn."
Katherine was glad that the music that was being played right now was soft and slow, which didn't require too many hand movements. Her mind was too occupied with minding her steps to make any conversation with him. She stamped on his feet twice by mistake and felt her face flush red with embarrassment.
