The Sway and Slide of Love by Jean Song

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Hendrix eventually went on the date.

He was slightly surprised to see who his date was.

"Hello, Mr. Freeman," the woman said with a bright, dazzling smile. "I think you might remember me?"! "Yvonne Wright," Before Hendrix could respond, she extended her hand and supplied the answer. "We danced at the masquerade ball."

"Ms. Wright, a pleasure," Hendrix replied, shaking her hand briefly. He made no mention of what happened at the ball, keeping his response curt.

"Why did you leave so suddenly that night?" Yvonne asked.

"An urgent matter came up," he said smoothly.

"Is that so?" Yvonne's smile deepened, carrying a subtle undertone that Hendrix didn't care for.

It wasn't that her knowing look rattled him-he wasn't concerned about being caught in a lie. It was the she exuded-a kind of calculated playfulness-that made him uneasy.

energy

dealing with intelligent people, but he had

Yvonne gracefully changed the

Hendrix graduated from the same university. The Wright family and the Freeman family had also been close for generations, so there

his upbringing wouldn't allow him to show it.

without any

the check came, Yvonne unexpectedly placed two concert tickets in front of

if Mr. Freeman would care to join me?" she asked, her invitation direct and

a brief moment, he thought of Noelle. The two women were polar opposites. Noelle never made requests or invited him anywhere. Even when

bottled up her emotions, like him. That

hadn't been unaffected. She had simply stored all her anger and sadness away until it

"Mr. Freeman?"..

him back to the

the date. "Unfortunately, I have

"Oh?"

time," Hendrix added. "Shall I

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