"If you want, you can dance with him, Alderic. I won't mind." I said softly and he froze for a second and gazed at me. His lips curled up in a warm smile that always managed to melt my insides into a puddle.
"I meant what I said, Theo. I want to dance with you. And not out of obligation but because I want to share this dance with you. Even before Flynn arrived, I was planning to ask you for a dance. So, will you, Theodore?" He asked me and I pressed my lips together nodding my head.
"Yes, I would love to." I said and he leaned closer to my face and whispered in my ear, making me flush red. Oh, dear God, have some mercy on your child.
"And I'd make sure of that." He promised before he grabbed my palms and shifted to the available space in the crowd, making me look at him with nervousn
