Violet noticed Cyrus's gaze wandering and gently tugged at his sleeve. With a playful smile, she said, "Cyrus, don't forget, you're mine tonight."
Cyrus snapped out of his thoughts, returned her smile, and replied, "Why, are you getting jealous?"
At that moment, the music began to play, and the people on the dance floor started pairing up to dance. Violet took Cyrus's hand, leading him toward the dance floor, and said, "Dance with me."
Meanwhile, Josephine was busy handling rounds of toasts from the crowd, but a vague sense of unease weighed on her. She couldn't shake the feeling that a pair of malicious eyes were fixed on her, though she had no time to figure out where they were coming from.
Jennifer and Nolan stood off to the side, watching Josephine surrounded by people. Smug expres
