“They have a lot to talk about.” Grace sighed, turning away.
“May I take both of you to a table?” Victor asked, extending his arm to Frid.
“Knock it off. You freak me out,” Frid hissed.
“Yes, you may.” Grace placed her gloved hand into his, catching him off guard.
Frid smirked, watching Victor leading Grace to the table with refreshments.
“Shall we?” Frid offered me her arm and I took it, forcing myself to look straight ahead.
It was about an hour later and all the noise and the suffocatingly sweet scent of the flowers brought me a pounding headache. I took a sip of my sparkling wine, the bubbles went up my nose and somehow burned my throat.Tynan and Gabrielle were still talking, and not a nod or a look came from the former who seemed to be engrossed in his companion.
“What do you think is going on there?” Victor glared at Tynan and Gabrielle.
“I don’t know, but she sure didn’t miss any of us,” Frid muttered.
At that moment Sol joined our group, looking like he had just stepped out for a moment.
“Sol, I didn’t know you were here,” Victor said.
“I just got in. Where’s Ty?”
“Right over there,” Frid pointed.
“Is he with Gabrielle?” Sol raised his eyebrows.
“As you can see,” Victor added.
“I thought he was done with her. It took him over a year to get over the breakup. I’m not even sure he is completely over it,” the giant man continued.
My heart cracked into multiple pieces, bringing me pain I never knew before. I looked down, picking up my glass. The blood rushed to my face and for once I was happy that my companions would not be able to see it in the dim light. I took a deep breath, looking down at my dress. It was getting physically difficult to keep it together when I knew that I wanted to do something crazy.
I was contemplating if I could leave without being noticed. The evening had proven to be one of the most miserable evenings I have ever experienced. It was truly ironic, because for the past two years I thought that my heartwas completely spent, incapable of any strong emotions. I thought that the death of my fiance broke me in more ways I could ever fully comprehend, but here I was, dying inside while watching Tynan talking to a girl. Somehow he had become so important that seeing him with someone else felt like inhaling poison.
“Shall we dance?” Frid offered.
I looked at her confused.
“Sol, would you like to dance with me?” Frid asked.
“Sure, if you want.” Sol stood up offering Frid his hand.
I could not help glancing at Tynan, whose eyes moved in my direction and lingered on my face for a long moment.
“Do you think she likes him?” Victor asked.
“What?” I returned my gaze to the young man but quickly saw that he was looking at Frid dancing with Sol.
“No, I don’t think so,” I sighed, picking up my glass.
“You’re a girl,” he continued.
“Yes?” I blinked.
“She’s a girl, too. Do you talk about...?”
“What?”
