23. Everything comes with a price

“Wow,” Roberto was filled with overwhelming surprise as he dragged his hawkish gaze to Bianca, who strides slowly in her black dress accompanied by black heels and black lipstick. Her beauty amazed Roberto at every glimpse he had of her.

Roberto walked up to her, stretching his opened palm to her, with a bow.

“Your beauty is undefinable, my love.” Roberto softly proclaimed her magnificence as she let her hand on his.

“Thanks” Bianca giggles, she kept a distance from him, and his peek drives her to discomfort. She slightly grumbles, resisting eye contact with him.

A smirk leaked on his face as he got a grip of her hand, and walks through the paseo with her left hand in his right clenched palm.

In the dining hall…

Her blackberry fragrance reached for Henry as he steps into the dining hall.

“Where is he?” Bianca pursues the sea of faces in the hope to see the man of her dreams.

A mysterious blush plasters on her face as her eyes glimpsed Henry in a black cool coat seated beside Alice,