Chapter 396

Eliana naturally felt the man’s restless hand, and she felt extremely disgusted in her heart. She quietly

avoided his touch.

The man didn’t succeed the first time, but he didn’t give up. He even tried to touch her bare back.

This time, Eliana was in a panic.

“Sir, please behave yourself,” she said in a low voice.

The man thought that Eliana was just trying to play hard to get, so he said in a frivolous tone, “Miss

Pierce, sometimes it’s not good to act too much. Aren’t you wearing this dress to attract men?”

He didn’t restrain himself. Instead, his hand continued to slide down.

The man’s rudeness made Eliana furious.

Maybe he thought she was a pushover.

She lifted her foot and stepped hard on the man’s foot with her four-and-a-half-inch stiletto.

“Ahhh!” the man growled, immediately withdrew his foot in pain, and let go of her.

Eliana took two steps back to escape from his control.

“How dare you!”

The man’s face turned pale, and his voice was filled with anger.

But Eliana just ignored him. She turned around and ran away.

At this moment, the dance music suddenly changed. Then a big hand pulled her away irresistibly.

Eliana was dizzy for a moment. Then the next thing she felt was that she slammed into a broad chest,

immersed in a warm embrace, and a fresh woody scent penetrated her nostrils.

There was only one person she knew, who owned this scent.

She raised her head and exclaimed in surprise, “Eli! What are you doing here?”

Eli looked handsome and elegant in his Armani white printed suit. And there was a playful smile on his

face.

“Of course, I’m also invited to this banquet.”

The music went on, so Eli held Eliana, and they danced trippingly on the dance floor.

He noticed that she was so skilled in dancing, so he couldn’t help praising her, “I didn’t expect you to

dance well. But your dress…”

Eli wanted to say something but stopped on second thought. However, Eliana blushed with shyness,

although he did not finish his sentence. “I’m sorry. My dress is too revealing today. And I met some bad

guys. Thank you for helping me just now.”

“Eliana, why are you so embarrassed? You look great in this dress. Even though you met some people

with bad intentions, it was their problem. It has nothing to do with your dress.”

His words made her feel a lot better.

As they danced, Eliana accidentally caught a glimpse of Eli’s left hand wearing a plain gold ring.

“This… This is the lucky ring I gave you. I didn’t expect you to really wear it.”

She was moved.

As soon as she got the ring, she immediately sent it to Eli. When Maurice found out about it, he was

quite unhappy. But she was still very happy to see Eli wearing it.

Eli smiled brightly and said, “Thank you for giving me this lucky ring. I’ve been really lucky since I

started wearing it. There are so many brands asking me to shoot commercials for them.”

Eliana secretly breathed a sigh of relief when she heard this.

It seemed that Maurice didn’t make things difficult for him anymore.

She then said playfully, “You are just so lucky to have escaped from Maurice.”

And when she thought of her current situation, she couldn’t help curling her lips.

The dance music became more and more intense. It was Eli and Eliana’s first time dancing together,

but they had very tacit cooperation. Their dance steps amazed everyone around. The handsome man

and beautiful woman in the middle of the dance floor were so eye-catching that the light was directly

focused on them.

When the dance was over, Eliana was tired and panting. But most of the sadness in her heart seemed

to have disappeared after such a hearty dance.

She politely bowed to the crowd and ended the dance with Eli.

The crowd suddenly burst into thunderous applause.

Looking at Eliana cutting a dash on the dance floor, Harriet was shocked and angry at the same time.

How did things turn out like this?

She should be the one in the spotlight. Eliana was supposed to be looked down upon by everyone.

She could no longer bear such humiliation, so she turned around and left angrily.

At this moment, a young woman walking over didn’t notice Harriet and bumped straight into her.