💠 Vincent Blackwood.
The moment he walked toward Anastasia, the world froze.
💬 "There's no way she will accept him."
💬 "Didn't she just humiliate him in front of the whole world earlier?"
💬 "He gave her the greatest gift, and she still asked for more. If she rejected all the others, there's no way she will accept him."
💬 "He's going to get humiliated."
But unlike the others, Vincent was not nervous.
He walked with the same confidence, the same calm, the same overwhelming presence that had made the world fall in love with him.
And when he reached her—
He smiled.
A real smile.
A genuine smile.
The world stopped breathing.
💬 "He… smiled?"
💬 "Vincent never smiles."
💬 "Why does he look… like he already knows the answer?"
The cameras zoomed in on him, capturing the one thing that had never been seen before—
A smiling Vincent Blackwood.
And then—
He bowed slightly before her.
"Would my Queen grant me this dance?"