“ Oh God, thanks for pulling me away,” Eloise whispered the moment they were left alone to dance.

“ You look so stiff when dancing with him,”

“ I was holding back from throwing up, that's probably why,” she replied and they both chuckled.

“ How was your dance with her?”

“ Couldn't get any worse,” Antonio mumbled, “ Moreover, my mind was somewhere else.”

Her heart skipped. Heat radiates from the bottom of her stomach.

With their eyes locked, and their breath even, she asked.

“ Where was your mind?”

“ With you.” His voice, hoarse and deep.

And with that, he turned her around in her swift movement....