
"For all the items that will be at the auction, Ladies and Gentlemen, you can see them in the glass box on the left right where the Master and Madam are sitting. We'll open the auction today with a dance before the auction starts. Ladies and gentlemen are welcome to enjoy the banquet that we have prepared as well as to attend this event." The auction host gave an announcement.
Ornado took Cladia around looking at various items on display for auction, ranging from antiques and jewelry from world-famous designers.
"If there's something you want, just say it, I'll win the auction for you" Ornado said softly to Cladia who was only greeted by a soft bracelet by Cladia. Ornado only smiled at Cladia's rejection, but without Cladia realizing it, Ornado had noticed the changes in Cladia's face and eyes once he saw one of Buccellati's jewelry on display.
(Buccellati \= This luxury jewelry brand is from Italy, famous for its engraved jewelry design overlaid with gold and platinum. They are bandaged with gemstone accents of the highest quality such as diamonds, sapphires, emeralds and rubies. Buccellati is a big name not only in Italy (where it first started) but in all other major cities such as New York, London, Paris, and Hong Kong. With a strong heritage and culture, Buccellati is known for its unsurpassed quality and design in gold and silver-robed jewelry as well as the shape of stone-encrusted insects and animals beautifully crafted into exquisite pieces).
A soft sound of music playing in the middle of the party room, several couples began walking towards the dance floor room, including Dave and Laurel, Jeremy and Niela, among others, while Ornado still faithfully accompanied Cladia around looking at various items to be auctioned.
Ornado and Cladia stop the rush when the party host approaches them both.
"Good night Mr. Ornado Xanderson, Madam," Orando nodded in response to the host's greeting.
"Master, if Mr. Ornado doesn't mind if you and the lady get down to the dance floor, your presence at the party attracts a lot of attention. Of course you as the representative of the Xanderson Group are already anticipated by many," Ornado glanced at Cladia.
From the sound of the song they can immediately know if they are dancing, they have to dance a type of slow waltz which of course requires them to touch each other physically, he said, starting from just handrails or movements with hands hugging the waist of his partner with the body close to each other. For Ornado who used to attend this kind of party in Italy, dancing for him was no big deal, as was Cladia who was a ballerina, too, but with Cladia's phobic condition, of course, Ornado did not want to risk taking Cladia to dance.
"I'm sorry, my wife is less than one..," Uncompleted Ornado said, suddenly Cladia pulled up the sleeves of Ornado's soft suit.
"We're just going to dance to one song" Ornado was quite surprised to see Cladia's actions. With a faint smile Cladia nodded towards the host and took Ornado to the dance floor.
"Cla, you don't have to...,"
"Al, I'll try to hold him back, please help me deal with it," Cladia directly interrupted Ornado's words. Ornado looked at Cladia's face deeply, looking at Cladia's eyes, she could see that Cladia was serious about what she said just now. Finally Ornado took a deep breath while smiling.
"Ok, we'll try, if you feel uncomfortable you can stop whenever you want, don't think about what others will think," Ornado pulled Cladia's arm gently, Cladia flinched a little, trying hard to keep his hands from reacting by shaking Ornado's hands or his feet moving to kick Ornado.
Ornado's left hand gently pulled Cladia's left hand, placed Cladia's palm over her right palm, then clasped Cladia's left hand. Then Ornado's left hand gently pulled Cladia's right hand and placed it on her left shoulder, then slowly slid her left hand toward Cladia's waist to hug her. Ornado stopped his movements as soon as he saw Cladia's face that looked terrified.
"It's okay Al.... I want to.. try it," Cladia said softly. Ornado's left hand moved back to embrace Cladia's slender waist, Cladia's right hand on Ornado's left shoulder squeezed the suit on Ornado's shoulder, his teeth clenched tightly to control his fear.
The groove of a soft song had just walked in half, cold sweat began to drench Cladia's forehead which began to bite her lower lip to resist her urge to run from before Ornado. Wordlessly Ornado made the dance move by staying away from the dance floor. Upon reaching the outskirts of the dance floor Ornado hurriedly released his hands and moved away from Cladia's body which seemed to be slightly wheezing, trying to regulate her breathing and her chest that was racing with fear.
"Sorry Al, I can't yet..." Ornado shook his head slowly, his eyes looking at Cladia gently, trying to give her some calm.
"No one will blame you, calm yourself. There I am, all will be well" Ornado picked up a drink from the tray of a bartender who happened to pass near them.
"Drink," Ornado gave a glass filled with drink to Cladia's hand that was soaked in cold sweat that she immediately drank it a little to calm her down. Cladia pulled a tissue from her bag and dried up the cold sweat that was soaking her forehead.
I won't let you continue to torment that man Cla. You said you decided to be with her while you looked so scared when you were with her. Robi who had just observed what Cladia and Ornado were doing whispered in her heart.
"Night Mr. Ornado" Ornado turned to hear his name called. A beautiful woman wearing a fiery red dress approached towards him with a smile. Ornado frowned, he clearly knew who the woman was, one of the daughters of one of the nobles from England. Ornado nodded slowly to return the woman's greeting. Ornado had met the woman several times.
"Can I dance with Mr Ornado?" Ornado looked at the woman with a smile.
"I'm sorry, I'm not very good at dancing, a dance partner who can compensate for my poor dance is just my wife, but right now she's not well, I have to accompany her," Hearing the subtle rejection from Ornado the woman nodded with a smile on her face. The woman knew that Ornado was clearly just looking for a reason to reject her.
Who is not familiar with Ornado Xanderson, a great man who has been the target of single women. He had attended some lavish parties where he met Ornado, and several times he saw Ornado dancing beautifully on the dance floor. It's just that he's also heard rumors that it's hard to get Ornado to dance. From the stories of some people he had heard, Ornado did not dance with just anyone, he only wanted to dance with women who still had family relations with him, he said, and tonight he's convinced that it's not just a rumor to see how Ornado rejects it.
"Ok, thank you, it's great to say hello to you Mr. Ornado," The woman glanced at Cladia at a glance before leaving them.
"A very beautiful wife, it was fitting that Ornado was protecting her so much," The woman smiled and immediately stepped away, joining the other guests.
"Sorry Al," Ornado looked towards Cladia.
"Sorry for what?" Cladia looked up at Ornado who was standing beside the chair she was sitting on.
"No, it's okay, why did you refuse to dance with that beautiful woman?" Without answering Cladia's question, Ornado gave Cladia a hand code to shift her seat so she could sit next to Cladia.
"Dancing is just me doing it with people who have a close relationship with me, that was before, before I got married. I never let anyone touch me. And now, I only want one person who can accompany me to dance." Cladia looked down a little at Ornado's words.
"You know, someone once told me jealousy a wife can turn your paradise into hell in just seconds. And I am the one who wants to always enjoy heaven with my wife, not hell. I'm not a man who has the courage to make my wife jealous." Cladia instantly raised her already calm face back, looking towards the smiling Ornado with a seductive face.
At a time, like this you can still joke, Cladia said in her heart, while Ornado still looked at her, this time no longer with a seductive face, but with a gentle and friendly look, but with a gentle and friendly look, making Cladia hurriedly shift her gaze to cover up her nervousness. Cladia was confident that hearing and seeing what Ornado had said and done to her just now, it would be very difficult for a normal woman not to fall in love with Ornado, and she hopes that in the future she can become a normal woman who falls in love with Ornado.