[Pride and Prejudice] Sky Bookstore

When Anwen first informed her of the existence of this banquet, Skye decided to let Mr. Darcy be her male companion.In any case, going to a ball with one's own brother would only look bleak.

Georgiana also made an appointment early on with a man who was pursuing her——Wilson is a lawyer with a decent job and a very personable personality. As far as attending a banquet is concerned, he is a good choice.

Skye didn't know Georgiana's dance partner before, but there is no doubt that she would not be with Mr. Darcy, let alone consider Anwen's option.

In fact, before Anwen showed an expression of abandonment, Skye always thought that he had made an appointment with a female companion, no matter who it was.

In any case, Skye walked up to Mr. Darcy with his glass in hand.Skye knew the mother and daughter who surrounded Mr. Darcy—the family members of a minister, and their status was not low, otherwise they would not have been able to enter the banquet.

The other party was wearing a beautiful fur shawl made of red fox fur without any variegation.The only pity is that the lady in the clothes has a plump upper body, and after adding fur, she looks a bit strong.

Perhaps no one has ever told her about this problem, and she just hangs out at different occasions like this, thinking she is glamorous.

"Fitzwilliam." Skye walked in front of Darcy.The mother and daughter stood close together, surrounding Darcy from left to right, and Skye had to squeeze in with some ingenuity.She looked at Mr. Darcy sincerely, and said apologetically: "I wasted some time with my brother just now, I hope you are not impatient waiting alone."

Darcy looked at Skye in a daze.Compared with daily life, she showed more formulaic content, and all slack was restrained, leaving only vigilance and caution.There is no doubt that she can live well in the social circle, no matter whether she has such experience before... No one can see that she is still a blank slate for the upper class.The Holt family is good at this, and it is indeed not just a legend.

"No. Waiting is a virtue." Darcy nodded.He was also very grateful for Skye's rescue, after all, when he saw Skye just now, she also encountered a little trouble.

——Of course, she must have solved it well.

"How dare you step on my foot!" When Skye and Darcy said some quick polite words, the lady next to her cried out in pain.Skye did use a little gimmick to stand in Darcy's presence, and she could only secretly hope that her shoes would not be so rigid that they hurt the young lady's feet.

"I'm sorry, but you know, you lost your sensitivity just now." Skye smirked and explained casually.

If it wasn't for being polite and fruitless, then she would definitely not have done something like stepping on someone.Her previous tone was not low, but this young lady deliberately ignored it, which was also a kind of provocation.

"You!" The young lady's annoyed expression was slightly ferocious, which was really out of style.

Compared with the conversation with the newspaper owner just now, this paragraph obviously has no technical content, and it is just a meaningless declaration of ownership.Skye looked down at his red wine boredly. The wine-red liquid reflected a well-groomed face, like a mask. Who can say that the young lady's anger at this moment must come from being stepped on, not What about the chagrin that gave Skye and Darcy a chance to strike up a conversation?

But one thing is for sure, this kind of banquet is generally one of several ways to entrap people - "accidentally" pouring red wine on the other party's clothes, making people leave the table, or taking the opportunity to build relationships good.

The lady's mother looked very dignified, but at this time she chose to use this trick to force Skye to retreat for the sake of her daughter.

The madam was very surprised to help her daughter, and then when she turned her head, she spilled her own red wine 'in a moment of negligence'.

How careless it was.

—Skye stood beside Darcy, looking at the stains on the carpet.Dyed red wine almost meant that the carpet was scrapped.Of course, she didn't miss Madam's serious and fleeting astonishment. The victim didn't wait in place, so the drink was poured out.

Even Skye couldn't say for sure, if there was still liquid in Madam's cup at this time, whether she would not be willing to repeat the old trick.But it doesn't matter anymore.

After all, the loser has the self-consciousness of failure. After taking good care of her daughter, the wife expressed her gratitude that Skye's clothes were not stained, and did enough basic etiquette before leaving with her daughter.

Wait until they are gone.Skye shook the glass of wine in his hand at Mr. Darcy, and said slightly jokingly: "Looking at what happened to you today, I can more or less guess what it was like in the countless years before you entered the social circle. disaster."

Skye's evaluations have always been so harsh and serious.But Darcy had to admit she was right.Compared with other gentlemen, his status is of course not a problem, but looking at Mr. Anwen who has to hug him even if he doesn't have a female companion, he feels that he is indeed a bit desolate.

Therefore, Mr. Darcy nodded readily and admitted that he also had some experience during his long-term contact with Skye, and he said in a very serious tone: "So, I should have found you earlier. This way we won't encounter so many bad things situation."

Skye froze for a moment, she was drinking red wine, so she choked miserably.Again there were some wine stains on the expensive carpet, and even if it could have been salvaged before, it was completely useless this time.

Skye finally stopped coughing, and she looked at Darcy with a horrified look.This has nothing to do with her ability to accept, but to hear it too unexpectedly, the whole person is not very good.

Darcy was slightly better.On the surface, he maintained the expression he had spoken before, but his eyes did not fall on Skye's face, but on her red earlobe that was about to bleed.There is always progress, isn't it?

After being invited to the Skye Ball - frankly speaking, this invitation made Mr. Darcy very uncomfortable.Originally, it shouldn't be so formal when a lady invites a male companion. Skye even used a standard letter to formally invite her.

The letters interspersed among Mr. Darcy's regular papers.If it wasn't for his habit of dealing with letters on a regular basis, he probably wouldn't be so entangled.

Imagine being at work one second and receiving an invitation to a prom in an unremarkable envelope the next.Both the address of the ball and the names of the invitees imply that this banquet is very important to Skye.

Darcy was sure he wouldn't be absent, but was a little annoyed at Skye's playful invitation.

Skye should be more serious, which means whether she will be accepted by the Duke, right?

At last the sketch on the back of the letter reassured Mr. Darcy a little.He was a little bit dumbfounded to see his head portrait painted on the reverse side, it was just a random line, but it was enough to depict the basic charm.

Well, at least Skye has been paying attention to him.Only then can the portraits be drawn vividly.For a moment, Mr. Darcy also felt sad for his foolishness, that's really all he wanted from Skye...

"Fitzwilliam?... Fitzwilliam?"

Skye's voice called Mr. Darcy out of his contemplation.He realized that he was distracted because he had the upper hand for a while, and asked quickly, "What did you just say?"

Skye was helpless. "I haven't started to say anything yet."

She pointed to the violinist who had already started playing, and the gentlemen and ladies surrounded in front of the piano.The scene of this dance is grand enough, but the essence is still the same.

"The dance has begun. May I ask you to dance?" Darcy invited Skye.

"Reluctantly." Skye took his arm with a smile.

Seeing his younger sister walking into the dance floor with other men, Anwen, who was regarded as very happy by outsiders, actually almost collapsed in his heart.

The previous feeling of fighting side by side had not completely dissipated, and in a blink of an eye he was caught in an innumerable scent of powder and perfume.Fortunately, these expensive perfumes are not mixed in the perfumery.But at the ball, with the timing of the gathering of various ladies and wives, a mixed and strange smell has been achieved.

Although Anwen knows a little about perfume appreciation, it doesn't mean that he has lost his sense of smell.Such an environment is terrible, and... don't think he didn't see it, Georgiana was talking and laughing with that little boy!

What a disaster!

——And it all started when his portrait was circulated in the social circle.When the portraits were first circulated, Anwen thought it was not a bad thing.Adding to his fame, the paintings themselves resembled each other, something he admits he used to take pride in.

But all this was before he fell in love.Anwen now swears that he only wants his own portrait to appear on Georgiana's body, and he doesn't want to accept these girls who are in love, no matter whether they are true or false!

Anwen watched eagerly as Georgiana entered the dance floor with her male partner.He had to spend more time appeasing the ladies nearby.After all, a gentleman must be perfect, and a patient person will not have bad luck.

But hell!

Anwen looked at Skye, who danced deftly, and Mr. Darcy, who was smiling, on the dance floor.He suddenly had a flash of inspiration - when the portrait came out, it seemed to be when he lived in Skye's house.At that time, I saw Skye hanging his childhood oil painting at home, and later, Skye said that it was to commemorate the dead - such as their father and mother... She covered the portrait with a white cloth, and it was frequent for a while look at yourself.

Anwen tactfully rejected the hint that the lady beside him wanted him to dance with him.The only advantage of this kind of dance is that the gestures between each other are cautious enough. If it is like Miss Bennet in Meryton, the lady named Lydia almost justly asked him to dance with her... That would be a real disaster.

The more Anwen thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong.He quickly thought of more clues to prove that the portrait came from Skye.She had had ample opportunity to observe him and paint his portrait.

In addition, she still has enough channels to sell paintings, and even use novels to describe his stories implicitly, which is probably the main reason why his market has soared recently.

For a time, Anwen thought that Skye had forgiven him for kidnapping Elsie.

Now it seems that Skye is not forgiving, but that if she has revenge, she will take revenge on the spot.

If she hadn't reconciled with Skye, then she should have left behind, and it was because he was forgiven by her that the matter was controlled within the scope of a joke.

Although Anwen wanted to understand the cause and effect, he found that he couldn't be angry about it.He still had to continue dealing with the ladies in front of him.