He dragged the woman by her wrist, tugging her roughly away from the other man. Wordlessly, he left the man. They stalked past the ballroom’s center floor, the two of them passing countless people without even much of a single glance.
Alice felt her cheeks burn, this was embarrassing. “Blake.”
The man didn’t look like he heard her, continuing to walk with his back turned away from her. Or maybe he heard her and chose to ignore her.
“Blake.” she tried once again and tried to pull back her wrist.
His grip only tightened, squeezing her tightly that it almost hurt. She bit back a wince and stared at the man’s back, getting dragged along by him. His shoulders looked a bit hunched, his usual posture gone. Her heart throbbed at the sight, she brushed her fingers against his skin. Was he truly
