When the music started playing, couples started heading to the dance floor, and Tristan had the same idea, he wanted to dance with Ava.

"Ava, let's dance," Tristan asked as he stood beside Ava.

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"Let's dance later," Ava said, "there's usually a crowd when the music starts." She doesn't like dancing on a packed dance floor. 

"No, you promised me a dance before, and I'm collecting," he said.

"When was this?" she questioned him

"When I first met you at Nina's wedding, don't you remember," he said.

She remembered it now. When they first met in the garden, she was so scared of him and tried to avoid him, but Tristan still came to talk to her and asked her to dance, which she had reluctantly agreed to.

But luck was on her side because the band had stopped playing by the time they got to the dance floor, so she promised him to dance next time.

She thought she would never see Tristan again after that day, but look at where they are now.

"You still remember that?" she asked.

"I remember everything about you," Tristan said as he extended his hand to her. Ava was flattered, so she smiled as she took his hand and followed him to the dance floor.

Ava was not a good dancer, but Tristan was an excellent partner, he matched her steps and led her across the dance floor like they've been dance partners for a long time.

The aristocratic heirs were trained in the arts as well as fighting to make sure that they did not miss out on anything, but among the heirs, Dmitri was the worst dancer.

Surprisingly, Ava enjoyed dancing with Tristan, and everywhere around them people were switching partners. A few of them wanted to get a chance to dance with Ava but backed off when they saw Tristan's glare.

"Tristan, everybody's switching partners," Ava said looking around.

"Do you want to dance with other people?" Tristan asked as he narrowed his eyes.

"No," she said as she looked into his eyes.

"Me too, I only want to dance with you," Tristan said, smiling at her.

Mr. Wesley was talking to a few businessmen when someone asked him, "So have you planned who your daughters are going to marry?" Mr. Melton asked.

"Oh no, not right now. Sara is busy right now, she's concentrating on her career, and Ava is too young to get married," Mr. Wesley said.

Getting married for convenience and business deals was common in the upper class. Mr. Wesley was a rich businessman, so a lot of people were interested in marrying their sons to his daughters.

Mr. Wesley's daughters were not only rich but also very beautiful and educated. So marrying them would be like hitting the jackpot.

He loves his daughters a lot and wanted them to marry good guys, not someone who married them for money.

He pampered and took very good care of his daughters and made sure that their future would look bright. His business was successful enough, that he didn't need to compromise his daughter's happiness to improve the business. 

"This is my son Charles, he just finished his studies and joined my business recently," Mr. Melton said. 

Charles was the only son of Mr. Melton, he was a very good looking guy but led a very carefree life, he planned to take over the business from his father so he can use the money however he wants. His father controlled him a lot so they clashed a lot.

"Congratulations on the success of your project Mr. Wesley," Charles said.

"Thanks a lot, good luck in joining your dad's company," Mr. Wesley said.

"I was thinking of marriage between my son Charles and your youngest daughter Ava," Mr. Melton said. Charles was younger than Sara so Mr. Melton suggested Ava.

"But I just said…," Mr. Wesley said.

"I know you said that your daughter is still young, and I am not saying we should get them married right away. Let them get to know each other for some time, and then later we can decide, who knows they might even fall in love," Mr. Melton said.

He wanted to grab this opportunity and make sure that his son Charles marries Ava. He knew that Mr. Wesley had two daughters and no sons, so all of their property will be divided equally into two and Mr. Melton has had his sights on Mr. Wesley's property for a long time.

Tristan overheard Mr. Melton's marriage proposal, and he got very angry. That was preposterous, his son was not going to marry his little one. Ava was his, and she was going to marry him. Nobody loves Ava as he does, and he will destroy Mr. Melton if he continued his stupid idea. He will not tolerate Ava associating with any other men except him.

Ava belongs to him.

Mr. Wesley did not like Mr. Melton's suggestion. He had heard that Mr. Melton was not a good person and did a lot of shady things to make his business prosper.

"I'll think about it later, let's just enjoy the party today," Mr. Wesley politely rejected. But Mr. Melton was not satisfied, so he looked at his son and sent him the signal. His son nodded and knew what he had to do.

Tristan was a very attentive person and saw the exchange between Mr. Melton and his son. He saw that Charles headed for Ava and went and followed him. He will make sure that Charles does not get near his little one.

Mr. Melton instructed his son on what had to be done. He already planned it out, if Mr. Wesley did not agree with his suggestion, then Charles would go and flirt with Ava and have her slowly fall in love with him. And in time, Mr. Wesley will obviously agree to their marriage.

"Hi Ava, I'm Charles," Charles said, introducing himself to Ava. Charles was a playboy and dated a lot of girls abroad, and he never committed to anyone. 

He once dated a girl seriously, but one day she just suddenly broke up with him, her reason was that her parents opposed their relationship, they said he was not worthy of their daughter. This broke his heart, so from then on, he just used women.

Charles did not want to marry Ava, but he agreed because his dad pressured him, his dad promised him that he would be given full control of the business after their marriage. 

He was ready to do anything to get the business.