Spring lovers: We who are inseperable

Chapter 158: The Masquerade (3)

But to her despair...

Li Wei not only asked her to dance but also didn't even cast a glance at her.

She stood frozen on her spot. Her face became red with so much embarrassment. She could only grit her teeth and observe Li Wei's actions. 

With her hands balled into fists and her nails digging deeper in her palms, in her eyes there was hatred in them, for the person to whom Li Wei was approaching. 

But suddenly, as if she had a mood swing, her hateful face changed into a crazy smirk. Taking her phone, she went to the corner of the hall and made a phone call. 

"Hello," she said. 

After looking here and there, confirming that there was no one noticing her, she started, "Bring it after the first dance."

"Yes, Miss," a voice came from the other side of the call, after which it got disconnected. 

Yang Sying with a winning smirk on her face observed Li Wei. 

Li Wei, who ignored Yang Sying's existence, started walking in a certain direction, more precisely towards the bar counter. 

From the moment Li Wei had seen that women, a sense of belonging crept into his heart, even though he had known that in no sense that woman can be her, but still. 

This sense of familiarity made Li Wei a little curious about the woman. He had never felt this way about anyone but Wang Yu Yan.

And in this one year, he had not been curious about anyone as much as he was now. This curiosity was responsible for forcing Li Wei to walk to that woman. 

Yang Sying, he had no intention to dance with her as well. Accepting the engagement with her was just because of his mother's wishes. And he was pretty sure, that Yang Sying would leave on seeing that he had no interest in her, that was why he accepted this arrangement without much denial. 

But today, seeing the woman name Eliana, in his heart that was emotionless for a year, a feeling was awakened. 

He just could not hold himself from going towards the woman who was leisurely sitting on the bar counter. 

Whereas everyone's eyes were now fixated on Li Wei with only one question in their mind,

'Who was the lady that could steal Young Master Li's first dance for the night?'

Ethan, who noticed him approaching the bar counter, tensed up immediately.

His eyes lingered on the woman sitting on the stool, sipping wine, observing the figure approaching figure.

He eagerly waited for the scene to unfold.

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Li Wei walked towards the counter and stood in front of Elaina in a gentlemanly style.

"May I ask if Miss Elaina will agree to have her first dance with me?" he asked.

Elaina, who had already drowned two more glasses of wine, smirked.

"Sure, Mr. Li," she stood up from her seat and grabbed his extended hand towards her.

This voice. This voice was too familiar to Li Wei except for a tinge of an American accent to it.

Eventually, in his mind, he started confirming many things.

As they walked towards the dance arena, the eyes of all the guests were fixated on them.

The man looked like the devil incarnate, and the woman beside him could be considered as his phoenix queen. This couple looked especially enchanting to one's eye.

Reaching the dance floor, Li Wei immediately took Elaina in his arms.

He slipped his one hand around her waist tightly while the other curled up with her fingers.

In the background, a soft french song had started to play, and seemingly their dance also started.

The people around watched the dance wide-eyed. The couple's dance was beautiful yet (very)passionate. It seemed as if they were ready to pounce on each other and eat the other one alive.

The dancing ended. The hall echoed with loud applause of appreciation.

But Li Wei didn't plan to leave Elaina yet. He continued to slow dance and patiently gazed at her eyes.

At this point in time, everyone's focus was on Elaina, with only one question in their mind. 'Who is this young woman?'

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"It looks like Miss Elaina just came to the capital," Li Wei straightaway showered with the very first question from his list, on Elaina.

Elaina squinted at him. Still as sharp as ever.

"Yes," she affirmed in a low voice.

"Are you from America, Miss Elaina?" Li Wei probed further.

"Los Angeles," she said in a quiet voice.

A glint flashed past Li Wei. The very place where his Yu Yan was spotted.

He was about to pose some indirect questions to her when Ethan suddenly emerged out of nowhere and quickly pulled Elaina towards his side.

"I am afraid that I have to interrupt Mr. Li, but I want to introduce Elaina to other guests. I'll take her with me for some time," he said with a calm voice. 

After excusing himself, Ethan quickly fled, not forgetting to take Elaina with him.

Ethan on taking Eliana to another side of the dance floor, he handed her a bottle full of water and said, "Are you ok?"

Taking a small sip from the bottle, Eliana nodded, but her head felt like it was spinning, probably because of the three glasses of the strongest wine she had gulped. 

After sighing, he said, "Let's go back then. You do not look ok to me."

Even in her tipsy mood, Eliana had a cold aura around her. She said, "No need I am ok." 

"But you seem drunk-"

Ethan was cut off by Eliana, who said, "Are you questioning my drinking ability?" 

Listening to this, Ethan wanted to facepalm himself, but instead of that he took a deep breath and said, "I am not. Now that we are here, can I have your second dance?" as he bowed and extended a hand towards Eliana, emphasizing on the word, 'second'. 

Eliana rolled her eyes, but with a nod, she gave her hand into his, and they both proceeded towards the dance floor once again. 

At the dance floor, as they were slowly dancing, Eliana felt a familiar gaze on her. 

On turning her head towards the bar counter, she saw Li Wei's gaze on her. 

His vision was sharp as if he could see deep into her heart. 

She averted her gaze for a second and then continued to notice his movements. 

As she was doing so, suddenly her vision was blocked by someone, probably a woman and none other than Yang Sying. With her sparkly dressed, she stood in front of Li Wei, being a hindrance between the vision. 

Seeing this, Eliana felt a little pissed, but not a trace of this shown on her face, instead, she squeezed Ethan's hand that was holding hers.

Ethan who was enjoying the dance did not saw it coming, and thus he flinched in pain but did not say anything. 

It would be wrong to say that Eliana's force was too much, but it is not safe to say that the force was low as well. 

After a moment, as Eliana calmed down, the grip of the hand loosened making Ethan relax. 

Finally, the music ended and so did the dance, Eliana started to feel a little tipsy, not only that, a strange emotion awoke in her, she started to feel a little hot, it was also because of the closeness she had with Li Wei while they were dancing. Having no choice, she excused from the crowd, she went towards the washroom. 

In the washroom, she washed her face with the cold water after taking off her mask. As she did, instead of wearing off the effect of the wine, it looked as if her eyes were becoming heavy. 

Her gaze fell on the face that was shown in the mirror. The face had a jade white skin, not even a single fault to be seen. The cheeks had a rosy tinge to them, which made the face admirable. However, except for the adorable face, the aura was the opposite, which was seductive. 

Slowly a wry smile formed on the face, balling her hands into fists, Eliana started to give a touch of makeup and when she felt that she was ready, wearing her mask, she proceeded towards the hall, outside the washroom. 

As the washroom was on the floor above the hall, Eliana had to take the elevator to reach the hall. 

Getting into the elevator, Eliana pressed into the button for the floor above.

After a moment the elevator door opened, Eliana was all ready to get out of the elevator, but as soon as the door opened, another person came rushing into it. 

Eliana was pushed back as the person, to be more precise a young man dashed inside it, his face was hung down almost making it impossible to identify him. 

He seemed familiar, and also looked drunk. Eliana raised an eyebrow at this, but she was too busy to pay attention, and so she decided to get out of this elevator, but as soon as she reached the entrance, a hand pulled her back.