Leaning close to Brad, she whispered, ‘Wow that was quick!’
‘Always at your service, mademoiselle,’ the young man joked and kissed Lana’s hand in a mock serious manner.
As they passed Hayden, Lana smiled at him and gestured towards Brad, indicating that he was the whimsical cousin she had mentioned earlier. Hayden smiled back at her, and after they disappeared from sight, with a sudden resolve, he asked one of the young women around him to dance with him, and she agreed gladly.
In the middle of the room, Robert and Veronique were already dancing the waltz with some elderly couples around them. Brad spun Lana in front of him with a theatrical gesture and led her among the dancers. Under normal circumstances, she would have laughed at this, because Brad was her favourite cousin and he oft
