Evil Duke, Please Be Gentle!

Chapter 68 - The Turmoil

Was she really a gifted person to learn everything perfectly so easily or had she been concealing what she was! What if she was not a commoner but a spy and all this was a facade to infiltrate in his house? Who was she and what was her purpose? 

Oblivious of the turmoil Leo was facing, Evan was on cloud 9. She was smiling ear to ear as the dance continued. She was enjoying the rhythm and her body was reacting instinctively to the rhythm. She had an innocent yet a goofy smile on her face as she giggled a few times like an excited child. 

She was so immersed that she did not realize she was dancing the toughest steps of the performance. In fact, the twirl she had taken just now was completed so fabulously that even he was not able to keep up to her. He did not get a single chance to remind her of any twist or turn.

"I think we are about to win. My lord, do not forget your promise of paying all my jewels then. Come to think of it, you can pay me in gold coins so that I would not go through the hassle of selling them." she whispered as he held her high in the air and her head leaned close to his face. 

It felt like the lovers were whispering sweet nothings in each other's arms. The whole ballroom felt in an uproar when she smiled like a fool after whispering while Leo's gaze flickered with something indescribable. 

Leo, who was lost in his thoughts, came back to reality when he listened to her words. The dumb girl was still thinking about money when they were dancing this closely. He shook his head and tossed all the thoughts to the back of his head and looked at the fuming Olivia in the distance, his shocked sisters whose jaws were touching the floor and his proud father who was smiling from ear to ear and shook his head.

He decided to concentrate when the tone changed. The traditional dance of Thawyne family was not only slow waltz but a mixture of old slow waltz and current waltz that have high tempo. It had slow moves at the beginning and then faster pace in the middle reaching to the fastest pace and then transitioning to slow again. For those transitions, it required strong coordination between the partners and a few intimate moments. That was why he did not dance at any occasions. He did not like to share the close proximity with any woman before. 

Whenever they come close to him, he could smell the greed in them. The lust in their eyes made him nauseous. They all were full of pride and hungry of his status. He did not even realize when he started feeling repelled from the woman because of that. But the woman in his arms were different

Though she was thinking about gold when she was dancing in his arms. But he was not trying to covet it. She was trying hard to earn it. She did not dream of having his whole treasure as his wife, even when she was chosen by his family. Her eyes were not filled with lust when she looked at him, but with glasses and apprehension, that never ceased to surprise him. She was not like them. She had the innocence of a child, the ferocity of a knight and the wit of an adult but at the same time she was dumber than all three when she was left loose. He chuckled at that thought, making her look at him with curiosity.

"The music is changing." she nodded and his reply, she had noticed it too. But surprisingly, completely opposite to her nervous and confused state, she was feeling confident to pull off the dance now. Like she had heard this tune and danced on it before. She was not confused or nervous at all.

As if she had completely transitioned into a dancing fairy, she continued to waltz under his guidance like a pro. Her movements were breathtaking, with every twirl her dress swirled in the air. 

He held her wait tightly and raised her high in the air again. He took a twirl as she moved her upper body high in the air while bending her head and her dress swirl like stars twinkle and dance in the air. 

It was so mesmerizing that the readers could not help but applaud again and again for the enchanting fairy goddess.

Olivia tried hard to concentrate on her dance steps as she wanted to win and threw away the thorn between her and Leo but she could not. The way Leo only had Evan in his eyes was burning her. She was fuming badly. The applause and praises of the nobles were not helping her at all in recovering her senses. 

She wanted to run to them and split them apart. Evan's was holding what belonged to hers! Only hers. And leo! How could he cheat her in front of her eyes? Did he not feel ashamed at all!? They have been taken as couples since they were children. No one had ever had the courage to even give him a look as she would have taken the eyes out of that person.

But now! Both of them were making her a joke! Such audacity! Did they think that they could trample on her and she would not say a word? No! She would show them what she was and what she could do!

"Owwww look at your steps Olivia!" screamed the man. He was trying so hard to control his anger. But she was not paying attention at all. It was more than ten times that she had trampled his feet or missed the beats.

She had even left Chester behind when it came to clumsy dance. How could she even think of winning the competition with this level of dancing.. He sneered at that thought.