Chapter 638 How Did He Get Here?
Two days later, the Kensington Palace in Lumina Falls hosted the highly anticipated Queen Charlotte Ball as scheduled.
However, the media was not allowed inside the ball for coverage to maintain its privacy and mystique. The media could only wait outside the Kensington Palace.
Hayden, as one of the five invited debutantes from North America, stood out in terms of family background, personal abilities, achievements, as well as family's social welfare and charity contributions. Therefore, she was a rare and highly anticipated figure at the ball.
The ball was grand and magnificent, with noble debutantes from various countries attending in splendid attire, each one exquisitely dressed, making it hard to distinguish between them.
On the contrary, Hayden, the most prominent debutante from North America, wore a simple and elegant custom-made Elie Saab fairy dress in nude pink. With a fresh and natural makeup look, her long black hair was casually pinned up. Apart from a delicate handbag adorned with fine diamonds, she wore no other jewelry. Among the debutantes who were dressed a bit too extravagantly, she appeared exceptionally fresh and elegant, attracting more attention.
Before the ball even began, many gentlemen noticed that Hayden had no male companion by her side.
Although most men present today had their exclusive debutante partners, many of them were eager to approach Hayden, not only to make her acquaintance but also to dance with her.
Hayden attended the ball not because of its luxury and sophistication, but because she could network with more world-class debutantes and nobles, paving a broader path for The Smith's future development at this ball.
Since debutantes were the main focus today, and Hayden's main purpose was to network with debutantes from various noble families around the world, she would never offend any of them by dancing with another debutante's male companion.
Although some debutantes might be generous and not mind, she simply had no desire to dance, not even a bit.
Therefore, after everyone had been introduced and the ball's procedures had been completed, the ball officially entered its theme. Each debutante, accompanied by their male partner, elegantly glided into the dance floor in pairs to start dancing. Only Hayden, among all the debutantes, held a cup of wine, found a secluded corner, and sat down alone, quietly admiring the elegant dancing debutante princesses in the ballroom.
On the other side of the dance floor, about thirty to forty meters away in another secluded corner, the last to arrive, William, also held a high-footed cup. Tall and with long legs, he stood like a jade statue, dressed in a custom-made dark blue British-style suit, paired with a white shirt and a dark blue tie. Standing in the dimmest part of the room, he squinted his deep eyes, quietly observing a woman not far away.
In the corner, Hayden gazed at the dance floor for a while, suddenly feeling as if two very familiar gazes were fixed on her, burning with warmth and tenderness.
In an instant, she raised her eyes and followed those two scrutinizing gazes.
As her gaze passed through the dancing crowd, intersected with the man's gaze in the air, and intertwined, Hayden's breath suddenly caught, and she froze in place.
It was William.
Really William.
How did he get here? When did he arrive? Why did he come? What is he here for?
Across the entire dance floor, tens of meters away, as Hayden stared blankly, fixated on William without blinking, her mind was filled with question marks. Meanwhile, William, looking at her, his deep gaze bright and gentle, curved his lips into a smile, then took long strides, circling around the spacious banquet hall, step by step, walking towards her direction.
Watching him, watching the man approaching her step by step, Hayden suddenly felt like she was back seven years ago.
Seven years ago, they were together in Lumina Falls, deeply in love. He did everything for her. They made love day and night, embraced each other to sleep. She entrusted her entire body and heart to him.
As she watched, suddenly, Hayden's eyes couldn't hold back the tears, and tears welled up.
He was coming towards her, getting closer.
William was the one she deeply loved.
Watching him getting closer, the bright eyes shining like a galaxy, the woman reflected in William's heart, his heart, which had been sealed for a long time, was finally completely opened, like ripples on the water's surface, uncontrollable, one after another.
Watching the woman who had always been reflected in her heart, involuntarily, William quickened his pace, walking faster towards her.
Watching step by step, as if stepping on colorful auspicious clouds, facing the dawn of light, the man who walked to her in front of her, Hayden couldn't help but raise the corners of her mouth. The tears in her eyes gathered together and fell.
"Miss Bush, may I have the honor of inviting you to dance?" After taking the final step, William arrived in front of Hayden, gently and elegantly extending his hand towards her.
Looking at the well-defined and beautiful hand reaching out to her, Hayden raised the corners of her lips high, also extended her hand, placing it in the man's palm.
His large palm, warm and powerful as before, made her feel doubly reassured.
Raising her head, she looked at him, clear eyes falling into his shiny, gentle eyes, nodding heavily, "Of course."
