128 scrooge, miser

"It is because I want you to show how hard a competition could be," said Cassius as he walked towards me with a band in his hand.

"May I have the pleasure, my lady," he asked me to forward his hand for me to take, I just wanted my hands on his cheek, giving him a slap, nowhere in between, but there were a lot of people and enough drama was already done.

So I gave a sweet smile and forwarded my hand, which he held gently, his touch was soft and his smile was so warm. If I did not know any better I would have thought he was actually happy to hold my hand and put the bracelet on my wrists.

"It was just a game, not war, you could have taught him about the competition any other day," I said as he tied the strings of the bracelet.

"I would keep that in my mind next time, my lady," he said with the same tenderness or was I hallucinating.