Anna Jadwin's heart pounded, her face lowered in panic.
She thought he would avoid her until the end of the banquet...
Wayne Bailey cut through the crowd and walked towards her, the twinkling chandeliers casting dazzling light at his feet.
The big screen continued to play the scene—
[Everything that is best in the world should belong to me, including you!]
They descended with parachutes, as Wayne Bailey went down on one knee to propose to her...
"Ms. Jadwin."
Wayne Bailey stood before her, offering his white-gloved hand, the corners of his lips lifting slightly: "May I have the honor of asking you for a dance?"
Anna Jadwin looked up at him in a daze, staring into his cerulean eyes.
She suddenly realized that this man she had always rejected, thinking their worlds shouldn't intersect, they had already done all the intimate things that belonged to couples.
Anna Jadwin's lips moved: "But..."
