Chapter 4: A Dance with Lucien
“I can only think of one man who can beat Lucien at attracting the reporters,” Zak said teasingly to me. I turned to see that Zak was now standing close to my side.
“You mean besides yourself?” I teased back. I didn’t know what Zak thought, but to me his presence attracted as much attention as Lucien did and Zak’s interview responses were much harder to predict which has caused the family trouble more than a couple of times.
“Maybe...” Zak answered vaguely as he grinned at me.
After a short while, Lucien deemed that enough attention was given to the hungry reporters as his bodyguards parted the crowd for him to walk through. Lucien smiled at me as he elegantly strode towards us.
“Natalia...sorry that I’m late. Hi, Zak,” Lucien apologized to me in soft voice before turning to greet his nephew.
“It’s ok. I’m just glad that you’re able to make it,” I replied with a big smile. Now that Lucien was here, I just couldn’t believe it. Talk about a dream come true.
“You two enjoy, I’m taking my leave for the night,” Zak said to excuse himself.
“Are you sure that’s ok?” I asked Zak softly.
“Yeah...I was only intending to keep you company until Lucien turned up anyways. See ya,” Zak said briskly before turning to walk away. I watched after him until his broad back disappeared into the crowd of people.