Baby Be Mine(Spinsters & Casanovas Series Book 1)(125)

CHAPTER 30





What was he doing? Clarice couldn’t breathe with Hunter and Fern this close to her. She tried to concentrate on Anton’s steps as he swayed her around the dance floor to the voice of Michael Bublé, but Hunter was too distracting. When she tried to motion Anton away from him, he came swaying their way as well. Then she saw Hunter whispering something into Fern’s ear, which made Fern turn to look at her and then smile before turning back to nod at Hunter. A stab of jealousy robbed her heart, and before she knew it she was mad.

You want to play this game, Hunter? Clarice thought angrily. Well, so be it. So she held Anton even closer, hugging him even tighter to her body, and even pretended to laugh at something Anton said, which she hadn’t a clue as to what it was.

She was enjoying her charade, especially when she saw Hunter eyeing her like he wanted to eat her alive with those molten sky-blue eyes. No, she didn’t want to see Hunter. Seeing Hunter only made her condition worse, so she turned back to Anton, but he was no longer looking at her. Who was Anton looking at? Surely not his own cousin dancing with Fern… Unless… Wait… Fern? Could Anton like Fern?

As she couldn’t contain her curiosity, she asked him. “Anton, are you—”

“I’m taking over!” Hunter declared darkly, then went ahead without letting Anton or Clarice voice their permission, by wedging Anton to the side and taking hold of Clarice, slamming her body toward his.

What? Clarice asked herself after her sudden change of dance partner.

When she realized Hunter had literally kicked his cousin to the curbside, Clarice wanted to utter her disapproval and terminate the dance, but those words didn’t come out of her lips because Hunter just glared at her like he wanted to gobble her alive and then said, “Dance.”

Anton was quite surprised by this so he just smiled at his cousin and left to go back to his seat, when Fern stood in his way. His heart did another jump. God, the Emerald Queen. She was so beautiful he couldn’t stop blinking. But he must stop this foolish act. Anton’s cool demeanor was in charge tonight, not the man who melted into a puddle whenever Fern was around. So with that thought, he pasted on his usual cool, unaffected bearing and tried bypassing her, but Fern kept blocking his path.

“Anton. Would you do me the honor of dancing with me?” Fern spoke in first person.

And before his brain could tell his body what to do, he’d already took action and pulled Fern into his arms and glided her around the dance floor, passing Clarice and Hunter, who still held on to each other like lovers embracing for the first time, standing in the middle of the dance floor while everyone else danced around them.

Oh dear, Clarice thought. And oh dear it was when Hunter grabbed hold of her. Hunter literally mashed his whole body to hers, embracing her so tightly she almost couldn’t breathe.

“Could you at least move back a bit? I can’t breathe.” Clarice voiced her discomfort.

“This dance is supposed to be like that,” Hunter said, happily squeezing her even tighter within his hold.

God, it was perfect. Gone was the furious fiery dragon who breathed fire, only to be replaced with a kid that had received his prize candy, Clarice in his arms. He couldn’t believe having his avocado like this could make his heart swell up with this much happiness.

“Anton didn’t dance like that, though.” Clarice struggled to speak as she tried pushing him back a bit.

“Anton doesn’t know how to dance,” Hunter remarked.

Clarice was about to retort when Hunter swayed her so fast it knocked her breath away. Her head was getting dizzy and her heart rate was now at full speed.