Love Seduction
Chapters 3. Dance

Lucius frowned when he came to Cecilia. The girl also looked not too happy.

"You know, it's starting to make me sultry" Lucius said with a frown.

"My feelings are the same, it feels like I'm going to kick everyone" Cecilia said.

"I'm sorry .. somehow everything went like this" Lucius said.

"Don't apologize Lucius, we were just herded by them, and we love them too much to go straight to the fight,"

"You are absolutely right .. but this is getting outrageous" Lucius said.

"Yes .. frankly I like you as Lucius' friend. But our family seems to be hoping for more. I just want to go home ..." Cecilia stared around, looking for her father's figure at the dinner hosted by Derek at the star-rated hotel that was able to accommodate the entire family members of the Langton clan.

"Who are you going home with?" ask Lucius.

Cecilia shook her head, "I'll call my driver," Cecilia was just about to open her phone when Uncle Noel's voice came to her ear.

"You're here apparently, Cecil. You're a young man too. We're looking for you everywhere" he smiled. Cecilia put on a polite smile and moved to kiss the cheek of the old man who was like a father to her.

"What's Uncle Noel? Why lookout for me?"

"I haven't seen you go down to the dance floor ... Lucius, ask Cecil to dance, my little girl loves to dance" Uncle Noel told Lucius, who had a friendly and smiling face. Lucius immediately nodded politely.

"Of course, Uncle Noel ... Come on Cecilia, come here." Lucius extended a hand. Cecilia looked at him with a questioning look. Then the blink of Lucius' eyes made Cecil finally obey, he reached out to welcome Lucius' hand.

"Take my little girl dance until she's satisfied, Lucius. He loved to dance ..." said Uncle Noel as he patted Lucius on the shoulder.

"Come on, Uncle, that was ..." Cecilia denied.

"Don't lie, honey. You still like it up to now." With a blink of an eye, Uncle Noel pushed Lucius' shoulder, until the man was forced to step with Cecilia in his arm.

On the way to the hall, they waited for the music to stop and dance signs to end, and decided to dance to the music they would play next.

"Just smile at Cecil. Let's just say we're having fun."

"I actually love to dance, Lucius. But in a capacity not to be betrothed," the girl murmured.

Lucius let out a crisp laugh, "You realize their eyes are staring at us, right?"

"Yes ... Do you think we should pretend to dislike each other?"

"Then there will be others who are substitutes to be paired with each of us. Is that better?"

"Just the same. If not you, then there will be another man introduced to me, as if I really can't find myself."

Lucius raised his eyebrows, "you're right, just like me. I'm not disinterested, it's just that I haven't found the right person."

"Fright! I feel that way too!"

"Then let's just go through this, Cecil. Smile and please everyone. As we search for what we really want, or wait for someone we've been looking for all this time" Lucius whispered his words to Cecilia.

Cecilia turned her head after the whisper ended, the girl frowned.

"Do you think it's safe to lie to everyone?"

"We don't lie to Cecilia, we carry out their plans and make good friends. I like you as a friend, you're the other way around, right?"

Cecil nodded, Then his hand was suddenly pulled by Lucius.

"We talk while dancing" Lucius whispered again.

Cecilia complied and placed her hand on Lucius' shoulder, Lucius hugged Cecil's waist with one hand and one hand clasped the girl's hand. They started to follow the music and dance.

"So, do you think we should just follow and perform?" ask Cecil in a soft voice.

Lucius nodded, "Right, so everyone will stop undermining us."

"But that means giving them hope .. Although I'm also happy if they stop being matchmakers, it doesn't mean I'm happy to make them disappointed on purpose."

Cecilia nodded her head repeatedly.

"Your plan seems to work."

"Of course .. So you agreed to pretend?"

"Yes, let's do it."

Lucius and Cecilia shared a smile as they reached an agreement.

In the distance, several pairs of eyes stared at the dancing couple.

"Wow ... Cecilia and Lucius ...." Eve looked up at the dance floor, Uncle Damario and Uncle Eloy did not waste time, was the provocation at that time the cause of this progress?

"They're compatible" Alex responded.

Amy frowned, trying to peek at Lucius' face spinning on the dance floor. Want to know how the man's expression when with Cecilia.

"Why is your forehead wrinkled, Sweety?" derek asked while hugging his wife's waist.

"See, it's just ..." Amy's speech was interrupted.

"What, Sweetheart?" Derek pecks Amy's head.

"Geez, can you just talk without touching Amy, Derek?" Eve looked at Derek while sneering.

Derek chuckled, "Dear Evangeline, if you want to be treated like Amy, you just tell your unromantic Alex" Derek sneered at Eve.

Eve turned her head towards Alex whose face was the same as before, expressionless. Then suddenly Eve held onto Alex's shoulder and tiptoed to kiss the man's lips at a glance. Afterwards Eve winks at Amy and Derek who laugh amusedly.

"Quite I know what this guy could be as romantic as if he were with me, don't you think, Alex?"

This time Amy and Derek's laughter grew louder, as Alex was unable to maintain his expressionless face. A hint of reddish hue flashed across the man's face, Alex looking embarrassed.

"Ivy ..." Alex's hiss was met with a crisp laugh by Evangeline who instead went back on her tiptoes to kiss the man's cheek.

In another corner, Reggie rested his head on Mike's shoulder. Watching her dancing sister spinning on the dance floor.

"I love to see them ..." sighed Reggie as he tightened his hand grip on Mike's arm.

"Hmmm," Mike just nodded. From the beginning of the show, with his observant eyes, Mike has noticed the behavior of Lucius and Cecilia, then without realizing it, he also pays attention to Lance's behavior.

In Mike's eyes, Cecilia and Lucius were kind and familiar like friends, although to some who looked at them at the moment, the couple were friendly by dancing and whispering to each other, their judgment was influenced by the desire to see the couple become lovers.

But for Mike's eyes, the interaction was just familiarity like a friend. What made him curious was even a strange flash in Cecilia's eyes when he met Lance's eyes. Is that a dislike? hate it? or something else like curiosity? While in Lance's face, he did not catch or can get any guesses. The man, as usual, tightly shut his whole mind through a face set flat with no expression.

"What are you thinking?" reggie asked, looking up at the face of her husband who was just silently looking at the hall.

"Hm..? Oh, no .. Just a little thought about your brother," Mike said.

"What happened to Lucius?"

"Of course .I'm just surprised, he just complied with my father's desire to start approaching Cecilia,"

"Maybe because he really likes Cecil?"

"We all love Cecil, honey. But does Lucius seriously want to make an approach?"

Reggie just kept quiet, he looked back at the dancing couple.

"Either Mike, I wish only the best for my brother, have a girl who loves him, bandage her all the way, give her happiness .. Her suffering is enough ...."

"Because of that I want your sister to really find the right person, Gina. Instead of undergoing something forced, he needed a girl who was able to bandage his entire heart and wounded body. Oh. .. The wound is healed, thanks to you, Honey. But still he hasn't opened a new page, has he?"

Reggie nodded after Mike's words ended, "I pray the girl will come Mike.. as soon as possible ...."

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