He waits for her on the edge of ballrooms and in the shadows of parties.
He waits to dance with her, to spin her in his arms, to be the one she laughs and smiles with.
He thinks he is doing the right thing, allowing time to pass them until they are ready.
So he waits.
But it seems he made a misstep.
He's waited too long, now she's slipping through his fingers.

A Misstep Of Fate is a historical, arranged marriage, childhood friends to lovers romance.