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I arched a brow at hiThe hed "In a way I could tell by looking at you that you were having doubts about us About e my past, Bianca All I can do is be honest with you, and I’ve done my best"

I tried toand feeling okay with it aren’t always the same Your past, all of the other women…intimidate me There’s no way I can coot a little wild at er when he spoke "I’ve never asked you to You have no competition for ht, but even as I had the thought, I kneas petty

He studiedhio dance," heme in the direction of the ballroom

"I really don’t kno," I said to him, voice pitched low so I wouldn’t be overheard

"It doesn’tCome"

He led me purposefully into the ballroom, and onto the dance floor without further ado He pulledin the world And it turned out to be just that He led, and I followed He held me close in his arh we’d practiced a thousand tih the steps that turned out to be easy and natural "You may not like my experience But it has it’s uses It made me see very early on that you and I are different

This thing we have is different Take this dance, for exa, because you and I are so perfectly matched And I kneould I had no doubts, and I was correct That’s how it’s always been with you, Bianca You are not experienced And perhaps that’s why you can’t see how perfect we are together Not how I see it, anyways That’s why you need to learn to trust me I’m sure of this, sure of us I will endeavor to convince you as well, h the dance, and it felt like a dreaic A heavy violin added a thread of melancholy to the dance, but it added emotion as well I looked at him as we moved, but I could have closed my eyes, it came so naturally There were times when I could let hiht that effect could only work in the bedroom, but apparently he dominated the dance floor as well

"Oh, Ja what to do with him He was a force of nature "This is all so fast

You overwhelm every part of me"

I hadn’t meant to ruin the moment, but I felt him stiffen instantly at my words

"That sounds o an almost imperceptible hitch I wondered sadly if I had put the vulnerability in his eyes If I was the reason for his oh-so-careful de ht made me feel both sad and reassured

He led nored thein the instru I just knew that I had darkened his mood

"I need to use the restroom, James," I told him quietly Mostly I needed a moment to myself I had only spoken the truth I was utterly overwhelmed by him Still, it hurt me to displease him, as I knew my constant reluctance did, and I needed a moment alone to compose myself A wave of sadness rocked me

I was supposed to be the innocent one here, but I simply couldn’t trust James in the way he seemed to trust me The very idea was is Every emotion he made me feel was met with my reluctance, and my skepticism, and my doubt I felt like half of a person, the part that could trust other people so from my soul

"Of course This way," he said, his voice just as quiet as ripped just above e to reassure hiize, for what, I wasn’t quite sure In the end, I was silent

He leddown the hallway as we parted "I’ll be waiting in the antecha hall" He walked away

Even the restroo the floor, and thick columns that seemed out of place in a bathroolass that frosted over from transparent to opaque as you clicked the lock into place I’d seen the trick before in a few hotspot Vegas clubs, but I was still vaguely impressed with the effect