Chapter Twenty Two

The room was all echoing my name. That was all I could hear from left to right. Just as I planned to escape from this spotlight, Reuben wouldn’t let go of me… He continued to hold me tight but to my surprise, the queen didn’t make a move to come close to me in any way. I was expecting her to come and pull me out of the ball and maybe embarrass me with a slap but all she did was stare back at me with a frown and anytime the cameraman's attention was on her she smiled like everything was perfect.

“Wow, I guess I made a really good pick..it is none other than my wife who ended up being my dancer on my birthday night,” Reuben said into the microphone which was handed to him after the dance ended, I looked up at him in surprise to why he was suddenly acting so nice to me but all he did was whisper to me.

“Smile to the camera, the world is watching and I am more than sure you won’t like them to see a frown on your face.” After those words, I immediately had a wide smile on my face as I wave