Chapter 326 - 323: Ligetis Ball V (1/2)
Chapter 326 - 323: Ligeti’s Ball V
After the song 'waltz of the flowers' ended, Charlton led Serena back to the table where the rest of the ladies were So her in s at her dance card, Serena saw that her next scheduled dance was the Quadrille with Christopher but that's the 14th song for the evening and was slated as the 2nd song after the interlude Calculating the time, she approximately has an hour at least before that She looked around and saw Geoffrey as on the dancefloor occupied If she slips out of the ballroom now, he won't notice
She looked at Charlton as talking to some noblemen Their eyes met She blinked once and looked away She smiled as she excused herself from the other ladies
Charlton knew that Serena just slipped out of the ballroo with the daughter of Marquess Ligeti He excused hientlemen to follow
Geoffrey of course was not unaware He saw the two exiting the ballrooave theo about this?
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Serena was a bit familiar with the palace as she had been there before Not wanting anyone to see thearden where she knew a labyrinth (outdoor garden e maze) was The area was dimly lit by lamp posts that were situated far between However, the sky was clear and the full
Before entering the labyrinth, she turned to look at the door leading back to the palace which was about 30the door Careful so that no one else would accidentally see the one after the other, she quickly entered the labyrinth
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Charlton who just exited the ballrooht at the far end of the hall As he has been there before, he knew that she should be heading to the gardens
He was about to walk and follow her briskly, but before he could, someone called him "Lord Daniel!"
Charlton wanted to pretend not to hear but the person who called him was directly behind him Also, he just exited the door of the ballroom and people from inside can still see Thus, he had no choice but to turn
"Good evening, Lord Daniel!" Lady Annalys this tiave hireeted back "What can I do for you?" he asked
Annalys blushed as she shi+fted her weight froht Normally, she's very confident in front of other people, but since Charlton was the love of her life who saw so shameful about her last time with Emily, she felt a bit embarrassed Also, she felt shy about the words she wanted to say