The Jewel of Atlantis (Ateez FF)

Chapter 8

Glasses clinking, high heels hitting the floor, men drinking, a suffocating amount of perfume, and naval officers around the room. Those things were basically the first thing I took note of when Yeosang and I came into the party. The two of us had waltzed into the room about an hour after the party had officially started. Our excuse was to look fashionably late and possibly blend in more. Yet, in reality it was because it had taken a lot of work on my aunts part to get the outfits we were wearing, teach us some simple etiquette, and for the guys to quiz us on our nonexistent love life we made up. But all was worth it in the end because my aunt had gotten the two of us into nice outfits that made us blend in perfectly with the crowd of people around us.

Our outfits matched with colors of deep red, and accents of gold and white dawning my dress and his set up. We looked like a couple, and by the way I hung onto his arm when we walked in you'd probably think we were too.

Once we came to the mansion of a house that belonged to Harold we had been escorted to the party hall. There were people talking left and right, and I started to feel slightly out of my element as I walked through the crowd of people. You would think from the outside we were relaxed, but by how hard Yeosang was gripping my hand, and how hard I was squeezing his arm we were nervous. And once we were completely immersed in the crowd Yeosang had grabbed us both a drink to sip on from a man who was walking around with a tray in hand.

I grasped the glass from his hand and smiled up at him, "Thank you." I murmured as I brought the glass up to my lips. As the glass came closer to my face I took notice of how my hand was shaking. I just quietly put my other hand over it to try and steady myself as I glanced around the room with racing eyes.

Yeosang took note of my uneasiness and leaned down to my ear, "Calm down everything is just fine."

I took a deep breath, but the gosh darn corset my aunt had forced me into again made my chest burn. I cursed the darn thing that constricted my abilities, but I quickly covered up my pained expression and simply laughed. Taking another glance around the room seeing if anyone saw me, "Okay sorry. Just feels like the calm before the storm you know?" I asked under my breath as I gave his arm a little rub.

He patted my hand as he surveyed our surroundings, "Trust me when I say it's a feeling I get all too often with this job." He muttered as he offered me a smile like I said something delightful.

I went to open my mouth again when a voice from behind me made my whole body tense, "Skye!" They yelled.

Hesitantly I turned to find the women in question that just screamed my name. She had dark brown hair, curled into little ringlets around her head. She was flush against the side of a handsome guy who was in uniform. The two of them were standing in expectation across from us, and the girl was smiling a devilish smile as she watched me try to smile at her. "Ann." I gave her a small curtsy, "Fancy seeing you here."

Ann curled her lips up at me while another smile as she put a protective hand on the male next to her, "Ohh yes. We just came back from England not too long ago. Isn't that right John?"

At the sound of the name I felt Yeosang's grip on my arm so I gently grabbed his hand and tried to tell him it wasn't the guy we were looking for. The John in front of us sent a deadly glare our way as he said, "Yes."

I offered them a smile, "How was England? I haven't been in such a long time."

Suddenly I saw Ann's eyes flicker down to where Yeosang was holding me, "Oh? Are you married? Molly hasn't mentioned anything like that to me." She reached out with her hand to inspect the ring on my finger.

I hesitantly gave her my hand for her to look at as I tried my best to smile, "Well not married yet. Just engaged, we plan to have our wedding soon."

Ann let go of my hand and brought her arms to rest in front of her chest, "Ahh I see. Well I just got married about 6 months ago to John." She paused so glance up at the male before acting like she remembered something important, "Oh and did I mention that he is a naval officer. Commodore John."