“Oh?” Kris challenged skeptically, as if she had just made up a husband out of thin air. “Where is he, then?” For all he knew, she might’ve done. She had been standing with other women just now, and no man had marched up to save her from this dance with him, had they? “Because it doesn’t look like he has much interest in dancing with you.”
Better to attack on this front than acknowledge her latest comment – mostly because inebriated, he couldn’t really argue; the sea lion bit was just cruel. As the early notes of the music struck, Kristoffer tried exceedingly hard not to lose his balance or miss even the slightest step in leading her, despite the fact they had scarcely moved and his head was already swimming.
Better to attack on this front than acknowledge her latest comment – mostly because inebriated, he couldn’t really argue; the sea lion bit was just cruel. As the early notes of the music struck, Kristoffer tried exceedingly hard not to lose his balance or miss even the slightest step in leading her, despite the fact they had scarcely moved and his head was already swimming.
