Mr. Knight, A Billionaire in Love

Chapter 21

For the first time in my life, I was glad that I joined the London school of science. God only knows if my parents didn't agree to send me here then I would've never met Veronica. Apart from being an astronaut, now, I do have another dream and that's to be with Veronica.

She turned around wearing a satin maroon colour dress with her hair made up in soft curls and here eyes looked beautiful, because for the first time I saw them sparkling and I was instantly drawn to her beauty.

"Ve-Veronica?" I found myself stammering.

"What?" she laughed and it was when I took a hold of myself as I stood straight and adjusted my tie. She looked down at my shoes and then gradually up as she raised her eyebrow and made an eye contact with me which literally made me conscious, thinking if I looked okay.

"Someone is looking different today?" she said as she squinted her eyes with a sudden playfulness in her voice. "What's the occasion today?" she wiggled her eyebrows and that made med laugh as I shook my head and instantly, I was growing at ease. The consciousness within me long gone.

"You look amazing," I remembered that I didn't really complimented her look and that made her smile. A genuine happy smile as dimples that I had no idea, she had, formed on her cheeks, which looked absolutely cute as she replied: "Why, thank you! I'm actually surprised that you are actually complimenting me," she told me and that made me furrow my eyebrows, confused.

"What do you mean?" I asked thinking what she meant.

"Everytime, you either lecture me on what I do or tell me to study. Do you even remember any specific time when you actually complimented me for something?" she asked and instantly I opened my mouth to speak to my defense but suddenly and truthfully I couldn't really remember any compliments that I had given her from her side.

Alright! Noted! Compliment her more often then.

"See?" she said as she noticed the abrupt stop and knew that I failed to remember such time when I actually complimented her. "But that's alright," she smiled and looked back at the gate where the other couples were going.

"I think we should also head out," she told me and I nodded and it was when she gave me her hand and I took it and wrapped it around my elbow, utterly in bliss.

"Shall we then?" I asked and she nodded, looking excited.

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In our way, we saw lanterns and lights decorated on each tree in the campus. Music could be heard from the distance and people cheering and enjoying was seen as we headed to the open field which was richly decorated with flowers and lights.

"Smile!" the woman photographer asked us as we stood in the artificial lavender flower entry gate. Veronica tightened her grip around my elbow and posed for the shots while I looked down at her and then back at the camera, all the while smiling like a goof.

"Lovely!" she said and Veronica looked smiling at me as I realised I had grown little taller than her.

It was the perfect moment of my life. It was everything that I had always dreamt of. Veronica, my friends, having the best time of our life as we enjoyed all the moments from talking selfies, to dancing like maniacs and then the moment came for couple dance.

I was standing next to Jung near the drinks table when I saw another guy walking towards Veronica who was standing next to Lily, Jung's date. The guy looked like as if he was asking her company him for the dance and I looked back at Jung who looked back at me.

We saw Veronica politely declining him and the next moment she was searching for someone and then her eyes fell on me as she walked towards me from the other end of the field. The clock already read eight in the evening and while other were having dinner, some chose to dance and it was how the surrounding began. A romantic surrounding in which the lovers of our school took their time to have a last dance with each other because God only knew when they would have that similar opportunity again after graduating out.