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May I Have This Dance?
The venomous glare that Ivy was giving them would have caused lesser men to run away screaming. Fortunately for them, Mordecai and Viktor were not lesser men. Instead, the two simply stood before her in stony silence. Realizing the two dangerous rumrunners were not cowering before her wrath, the girl grew even angrier.
"What exactly were you two doing?"
Mordecai gave her a bored look. "I am certain that Viktor and I haven't the slightest notion as to what you are referring to."
Growling, Ivy gave him a sharp poke to the chest. "Oh yes you do! I was having a perfectly nice time with Charlie, and you two jerks went and scared him off!"
Viktor snorted. "Boy was already vydesený králik, we did nothing."
Redirecting her wrath, she turned her full attention to her bodyguard. "Oh really? Then why did he run off like that right after you two asked to "speak" with him?"
"We simply wished to get to know your…date a bit better. In doing so, he was reminded of a rather urgent appointment that he had to attend." Mordecai said, nonchalantly inspecting his nails for dirt.
Ivy could feel a headache coming on. Did they really think she was that stupid? Rubbing her temples, she growled, "An appointment. At 2 am?" She snorted in a most unladylike manner. "Who schedules appointments for 2 in the morning?"
"Never said králik was bright," Viktor said snidely. There was even the faintest hint of a smirk on the Slovak man's face.
Ivy wanted to scream in frustration. This was the third time they'd scared away her date, and they wouldn't even admit to it! Honestly, it wasn't like she was getting married or anything, she just wanted someone to dance with and have fun! And now the band was playing one of her favorite songs, and those two overprotective, inconsiderate jerks had left her no one to dance with! Why, she had half a mind to—
An evil grin slowly slid across her normally sunny and sweet face. Viktor blinked in surprise while Mordecai looked nonplussed. Quickly, before the triggerman could react, Ivy grabbed Mordecai's wrist and started dragging him onto the dance floor.
"Ms. Pepper, what do you think you are doing?" he asked, attempting to twist out of her grip with as much dignity as possible. Unfortunately, Viktor had taken it upon himself a few months ago to show her some self-defense moves, so her hold was surprisingly firm, and there was really no way out without hurting her. So before he knew it they were among the swarm of dancers with no way out.
His captor gave him her most honey-sweet smile. "Well Mr. Heller, since you and your partner have taken it upon yourselves to deny me my original dance partner, I've decided that it's only fair if one of you take his place. And since Viktor can't dance, I guess that leaves you by default!" With a mischievous grin, she put his hands on her waist. "Now, you do know the Charleston, right?"
And expression close to horror made its way into his eyes, and he desperately glanced across the room to his partner, silently willing Viktor to rescue him. To his dismay, the large Slav was presently indisposed, being too busy bent over himself laughing at his predicament.
Muttering to himself that he'd make Viktor pay dearly, he turned his green eyes back to Ivy. Sighing, he grumbled, "May I have this dance?"
After all, there were worse fates than dancing the night away with a pretty girl, even if he did vow to get her back for this.
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Thanks for reading, please review! I hope to have the next one up soon! Oh, and vydesený králik means "frightened rabbit," while králik just means "rabbit."
