Sorry to keep you wating for an update!! I've been busy with our school works since we just finished our exams. Anyways, enjoy the rest of chapter 21!

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I blinked my eyes, regaining my senses, what Ejikiel asked me made my mind blank. I could not even utter a word. As soon as everyone started clapping, I came back to my senses quickly and chuckled at him awkwardly.

Ejikiel smiled at me with those eyes that are still questionable, I looked away breaking our eye contact and cleared my throat. "The dance is over now, I had fun Ejikiel. Thank you so so much for dancing with me." I then again looked at him and smiled.

"I know that you are not ready yet to answer my question, I am asking for your apology that it was so sudden. I did not mean to make you feel uncomfortable." With that, we went away from each other. Smiling, I quickly turned my back around him and walked back to Lucas with a shaking smile.

Squinting his eyes, Lucas nodded his head and opened his arms wide open placing it on top of both chairs that were empty beside him–one of those chairs were mine.

"Something wrong?" He tilted his head the moment I sat back to where my seat was earlier. I shook my head and sighed, closing my eyes for a few seconds. I turned my head to my left where Lucas was, and smiled.

"Nothing's wrong really, oh you know what's wrong–not really wrong but weird to be honest." He blinked his eyes, furrowed his eyebrows, his forehead slowly creased I chuckled yet again for I received the reaction I wanted to see from Lucas. "Okay, try and guess what's weird today." I said, and was now turning my whole body to face him properly, obviously excited to what he was going to answer me. My eyes were beaming, the loud music did not even bother me, I was–I was actually having fun just sitting here quietly.

"Was it because of you dance with Ejikiel?" He quickly answers me back with a question, I chuckled out of suprise and shook my head quickly. "Then what? Stop playing games." He said seriously, I rolled my eyes and gave him my dumbest look.

"Seriously? You are spoiling the fun, old man." I gave him a cheeky smile, and I saw how his eyes widened a little with my response, I heard how he scoffed and saw how his hands swiftly took the glass of wine and took a sip from it before placing it back to the table and was once again–looking at me.

"I am not an old man, for you to say that you've got the guts don't you?" He raised both of his eyebrows at me, receiving a chuckle from me. I did raise my eyebrows too at him and gave him the same cheeky look he was giving me.

"Okay Mr. Ruining the fun, something is weird today and–it is not something, it is actually YOU! Don't you really think that I did not notice it? The fact that you said sorry to me, I am very very much worried for you! Are you feeling sick?" I furrowed my eyebrows together, smirki g at him. I was sure that this man will get annoyed by me.

"Oh stop talking Athanasia, you are seriously the most ungrateful–"

"I am grateful but you are weird!" I bursted out laughing lightly at him. "Come on, you? Saying sorry? Seriously, I really thought I was dreaming because of what you did!"

Lucas rolls his eyes at me before taking another sip of the wine, and did not give me another look making md laugh at him again. I was about to open my mouth and talk to him when he suddenly replies to what I said earlier. "I am seriously taking back that apology that I gave you." His lips were pouting a little, swirling the glass wine using his right hand, left crossed against his chest.

That's really kind of–cute. I widened my eyes the moment that thought landed inside my mind. I shook my head and tried to convince myself that he was not cute acting that way but–how can I ignore it!? I cleared my throat and tried acting like I was okay. "Stop acting like that, Lucas." I tried my best to never let him see that I was getting flustered.

"Hey..." he whispers beside me, yet his eyes did not look at me. "Look at them." With that, I glanced up to my left and saw him staring at someone. I quickly looked to where he was staring and saw Jennette and Ejikiel dancing, at first I chuckled but a sudden thought came and rushed inside my mind.

Does he like Jennette!? My heart beat felt like it was inside a race, beating loudly I gulped and pursed my lips together. Glancing at Lucas in a very secretive way and saw how his eyes went from a boring one to an amused one. I felt a ringing sound went inside my head making me close my eyes and hold my forehead.

"They–" Lucas continued to whisper but I could not hear anything due to the ringing inside my head, I was about to stand up when suddenly I felt someone's hand on my shoulders. I glanced up to who's hand it was and–"Tell me, are you feeling okay?"

"Yes, I am. I just need some fresh air." I stood up and he did the same thing, I looked at him with my creased forehead but Lucas just shrugged his shoulders at me. "I do not really need your help–" but before I can even finish what I was saying I once again lose my composure which Lucas did react very quickly and helped me stand up again.

"Yeah, right. Don't need my help. Athanasia, can you please stop being stubborn and listen? His Majesty might kill us the moment you get wounded when you accidentally fall from out of nowhere. I know that there's a balcony near us, we can go there and you can get your fresh air dummy."

"I am not a dummy."

"Whatever you say." He shrugs his shoulders and walks beside me.

As I opened the door of the balcony and felt the soothing yet cold night breeze hit my face, I closed my eyes and inhaled and held it for a few seconds before exhaling. I saw how the stars were twinkling beautifully tonight making me smile, but as soon as I glanced at Lucas we were both–

Looking at each other.