#Chapter 71: Just One Night

Aria The soft strains of the orchestra filled the grand ballroom as William led me gracefully into a dance, his hand resting on my lower back. We began to chat about various topics, everything from my own questions about the modeling world to pointing out interesting masks around the room. But in the span of a second, everything changed. We were talking about the modeling industry, and William was leaning close to hear me over the loud music. Then, suddenly, the strongest scent I had ever smelled hit me like a freight train. It was like cologne, but something… more. Something heady and intimate, like a first kiss or that feeling you get from dancing in the rain. It felt like I’d been thrust into a tunnel filled with nothing but that scent, that feeling. The strangest thing about it, though, was that… I knew that scent. It was as if I knew it like the back of my hand, no, more than that. I had never smelled anything in my entire life except for that