It's you

"no" Eder replied simply.

"so you totally forgot about me. We had such a beautiful relationship"

"yes, until you became nosy and demanding"

"yeah right. That's the excuse you used. But this can change. I am willing to take you back" she said as if she was doing him a favor. Eder scoffed. She pushed her hair behind her ear and leaned closer to his ear. "remember everything we did. How exiting and mind blowing all this was" she tried to turn him on with this.

Eder remembered all this with no particular feeling. All this to him was pure sex, nothing more than body friction and tension release. He thought he enjoyed it back then but he realized now that it was all meaningless.

He closed his eyes and drew in a deep breath. Elena smiled thinking, her seduction was making its effect.

Unbeknownst to her, it was just Eder inhaling her unique scent. She was back in the room. Eder looked at Elena.

" it was.." he started and Elena smiled "just on your part. To me it was nothing more than a body friction" he said and left her with her cracked smile alone. Her expression cracked and turned into an angry scowl

Eder walked over to the table where this man was trying to lay his paws on his goddess. He picked two wine glasses on his way. Now he took her away from him and they were going to dance.

Eder held Dahlia's hand gently. She placed her hand on his shoulder and he placed his second hand on her bare back. Dahlia felt a jolt of tingling feeling run through her body and she shivered when he pulled her closer to his warm body.

"relax, Dahlia" Eder whispered in her ear as they gently started to sway to the sweet music rhythm.

"I am…" she replied trying to distract herself from his closeness. Eder chuckled sexily near her ear, releasing a warm breath that made her shiver again. "stop doing that" she told him.

"what?" he asked but she didn't reply. What would she say anyway? "why are you so tensed?"

"I am not" she replied. Eder looked into her eyes.

"why are you always on your guards with me?"

"why should I lower them?"

"because I am not your enemy"

"we are not friends either." she retorted

"we can be"

"No, we can't"

"why not?"

"what if I want to be your enemy?"

"why would you want that?" he frowned slightly.

"because I don't want you near me"

"why? What is so wrong with me?" he asked curiously.

"nothing" she said simply. "it's just me"

"you are a real enigma to me, you know"

"I thought you were a specialist with women"

"I also though that, until I met you. Now I am curious about you" He admitted truthfully. Dahlia didn't say anything and looked down from his eyes.

"just.. curious?" she finally asked, her ears reddened a bit. Eder found her adorable.

"also, madly attracted" he said pressing her closer to him, igniting a small hot feeling in the pit of her stomach. He put her second hand around his neck and held her waist with both hands. Pulling her even closer to himself. Their bodies were so close that heat and tension rose between and around them. Their faces came inches closer to each other. "I have never been so attracted to a woman, in my life" Eder admitted. They held each other's gaze.

"so.. it's just an attraction. For that you have your harem" She said. Eder chuckled.

"I dismantled my… harem, as you call it, the day I met you"

"yeah right" she said unbelieving

"I know it's a bit hard to believe." he chuckled still swaying gently with her. "I had a hard time to believe it myself."

"why would you do that?"

"because I have found the only one I have eyes for"

"Anna Mills? Elena Martins?" she raised a brow at him. Eder chuckled.

"are you ...jealous?"

"think again" she rolled her eyes.

"you are right. None of them are at your level" He leaned in closer and ran the tip of his nose along her jaw. Dahlia didn't reply, she couldn't. The feeling of the contact of their skins made her close her eyes. "so do you want to know her?" Eder asked again, pulling away and holding her gaze intensely.

"who is she?" she asked.

"let me give you a description" She felt her heart starting to beat wildly into her rib cage when he bent forward. "she is the smartest and most intelligent woman I have ever met, she can be as ruthless as the devil but she is as beautiful as a goddess" Dahlia just blinked at him with her lips slightly parted to help her breathe. The tension was thickening,heated. "do you… finally understand who I am talking about or you need more hints"

"I.. I need more hints" she said.

Suddenly, he did the last thing Dahlia expected him to do. He took in her lower lip with his an pressed his lips against hers.

...

Dahlia froze completely and her body tensed up. Her mind was shut down and fluttering feelings rose in her stomach. She felt a feeling of spark run through her body, the only thing she could feel was his soft lips pressed against hers. She couldn't think anymore and just stayed unmoving in his arms with her arms wrapped around his neck, until he pulled away. Dahlia stayed with her eyes closed and body tensed in his arms.

"Breathe, babe" Eder whispered to her and she suddenly gasped back to reality. Her eyes stretched

wide at him and her breathing cut into short pants. He held her gaze and gently caressed her face.

"it's you, Dahlia" he said. Before Dahlia could even process what happened and think of a way to respond, the calm room became filled with applause. They both snapped out of their daze and remembered they were not alone.

"le… let's leave" Dahlia told him, avoiding his gaze.

"yes" Eder said. He grabbed her hand and they left the dance floor. He picked her purse and then they walked out of the party room, passing by Mr Leni and Elena, who watched them leave with a glare.

The atmosphere in the car was tensed. Dahlia didn't say a word after they left the hotel. Eder kept glancing at her and she seem to be in a daze.

"Dahlia" he called but she didn't reply. "Da-"

"stop the car" she said suddenly and Eder immediately obeyed.