Ginevra
“Hey, hi. Could I steal you away for a minute?”
Ruggerio continues to play his part phenomenally, gracing me with a cold expression while the people standing around him look at me with wide eyes. I clear my throat committed not to lose my courage.
“Don’t worry, it’s strictly business related.”
He clicks his tongue despairingly and turns to give his glass to a beautiful woman standing next to him. She is still mustering me puzzled with her blue eyes, as he talks to her.
“Can you hold this for me, ma? I’ll be right back. Thank you.”
I steer him through a long hallway at the side of the hall and into a small room that seems to be a boudoir of some sort.
Turning around, I see him looking at me expectantly, wearing a wide grin.
“No, Ru. My family is about to leave the party and
