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"Dance with me," he said.

It wasn't even a question. He is telling me to dance with him!

I was stunned when he held out his hand in front of me.

"Hold my hand now," he said. I panicked with his firm and baritone voice commanding me to hold his hand. I have no choice but to reach for it.

He held it tightly and led me to the dance floor. I wrapped my other arm on his shoulder.

"What the heck are you doing Braxton? Everyone is looking at us!" I said as I tried to smile even though I'm freaking panicking.

He is supposed to dance with Monica! Not with me!

What is he trying to do? Trying out new shits?! Damn you, Braxton. You are making my job more difficult than it should be.

"Don't look at them, look at me."

"How the hell can I do that? Everyone is probably looking at us! Can't you even see that? The attention is on us!"

"I know."

"What are you doing? Your ruining your chance with Monica, you are supposed to dance with her not me."

"I don't know how to dance."

"What?"

"I don't know how to dance."

"So?"

"How's that affect the—" I cut myself off.

"You don't want to make a fool of yourself."

That's it. Of course that is the only thing why he wouldn't ask her to dance!

Damn it.

After all these years?

He is the biggest CEO in the country and the handsome bachelor yet he doesn't know how to dance?

And that is his problem right now?

"You should have hired a dancing coach rather than a flirting expert." I whisper to his ear.

He smiled. "Yeah, I should have but you are all I got now."

"Tsk." I said as I shook my head.

"Teach me how to dance," he said.

"I don't have to teach you, Braxton."

"Come on now, Ms. Vena. I won't ask you for more just this one."

I sighed.

"Alright, just move your body, go with the flow, follow mine. That's it. You don't have to make complicated moves; this wasn't a dance battle. It's a romantic dance." I gulped as I stared into his eyes.

Do you really have to say romantic dance Artemesia?

Does it look like I'm suggesting something?

Damn it.

"Okay." He said.

"Y-yeah just follow my footsteps." I stammered.

"Even if you are dancing with someone else, I mean Monica. You can just do that. Let your body loose." I said as my hands traveled to the back of his nape.

I immediately removed my hands from there and let it rest behind his back. Damn it Artemesia. What the heck are you trying to do?

"You are getting it!" I told him.

He nodded and smiled. "Yeah I do."

We stayed silent while dancing, but our eyes remained gazing at each other. Why do I feel like we are having our kind of own conversation with just our eyes?

I don't know why but suddenly our environment became blurry and all I could see was Braxton, and his handsome face, his deep eyes staring into my soul.

I took a deep breath as I tried to hide a grin. Why is my face like this? I don't want to grin or smile at him but it has a mind of its own.

I look behind his back. I was stunned to see Monica staring at us.

My eyes remained on her. I can't read her face, she's simply staring at us with her hands crossed against his chest. Her right hand holding a wine. She took a sip and squinted her eyes at me.

I'm the one who avoided her gaze. I swallowed hard. Why do I get a feeling she's thinking about something?

I flinched when a man grabbed my waist from behind, making me lose a grip of Braxton.

I turned around and saw a smiling Colton.

"I shall take this dance," Colton said with a grin.

"Wait, Colton." I said and leaned over to Braxton.

"Now ask her, you know what to do." I whispered.

He threw a glance over Braxton. "If you don't mind."

Braxton didn't say anything at all. I smiled at him and danced with Colton.

Braxton finally asked Monica to dance with him and she gladly accepted. I know that Monica wanted to smile so bad but she had to keep it in. She can't show too much affection for him yet. Seems like me.

Wait, what?

Did I just say, it seems like me?

Hell no. Of course not. I don't hide my affection for anyone. Im just happy that Braxton decided to ask for my help so he won't fuck everything up.

I spent the night watching Braxton and Monica dance, talk and flirt with each other. I don't know why I can't keep my eyes off of them. Maybe I'm just invested in a way that I'm helping Braxton to get her, to impress her.

He never threw a glance in my direction, even once because I know that he is smitten with Monica's beauty.

Well she is really beautiful. I even catch Colton stealing glances.

"Damn, Braxton is really trying to reel her in," Colton said.

I asked him as I played with the champagne glass. We are sitting together on an empty table trying to bore each other. "Reel her in? Isn't that kind of weird way to say it?"

"Well I'm sure there is no reason that Braxton is talking to a girl for nothing. It is for business."

"Well maybe you don't know your friend at all."

His head tilted as he looked at me. "Hmmm…"

"What?" I asked him.

Damn it. Now he looks suspicious!

"What I mean is, why can't a man approach a girl because he is interested? Maybe he likes her, you don't know."

"Yeah, I like you and you keep saying I'm just a friend." He shrugged and chugged his champagne.

My eyes widened.

Does he like me?

"What?"

"See?" He rolled his eyes playfully.

"Hey! I don't know what you do. You always keep on joking and I'm sure this is one of your jokes. You like to tease, don't you?"

"Nevermind Artemesia." He chuckled, shutting down the topic.

I sighed in relief.

Good thing he was the one to drop the topic. I don't know how to entertain anyone anymore, aside from being friendly of course.

I didn't wait for the whole event to be finished. I went home early. Luckily Braxton's car was still there and the driver was patiently waiting for me.

I got home and didn't notice it. I was too busy thinking of that night. I thanked the driver and went inside my house. Changed into comfy clothes and lay in bed. I didn't even take my phone out of my purse bag.

I took a deep breath and closed my eyes but all I can see is Braxton's eyes whenever I try to close it.

What the heck is wrong with me?

I tried to slap myself a little but that didn't help at all. I felt more than ever.

I tried to count sheep but it didn't work as well.

Damn it. I couldn't sleep. I tried every position but I couldn't sleep! What is wrong with me? It feels like my mind is excited for something and my body won't shut up and rest.

I grabbed a book and read it. I didn't care about the title. I just grabbed it and read it.

Ell incorporates an affluent and excellent life, she is the daughter of the wealthiest businessman within the nation, all her extravagances are allowed, particularly since she is a child.

Ell was born wonderful, indeed when she was a youthful individual venerated her, she had numerous significant others, but she as it were, paid attention to one man, Andre.

A child of the lawmaker who includes a part of criminal cases and unlawful exercises, he is right now included within the illicit transaction of guns.

Indeed in spite of the fact that there was proof around Andre's father's terrible behavior, it didn't alter the way she looked at Andre.

Rather than remaining absent from him like his father needed, he took him as a mentor, Andre continuously prodded him and he treated her uncommonly.

Well, it appears like Ell's life is sorted out as of now, not at all like mine. I'm in a gigantic chateau with these two good looking twins but I have no flexibility at all. I was not permitted to leave.

Do you truly need to live in spite of the fact that. Closed up, enough about herself.

I proceeded to peruse.

Not until Selly came into their lives, a modern house keeper within the Manansalas house, she was contracted to observe over Adrian since his guardians were active with the case.

Ell isn't utilized to bring the moment needed. When Sel arrived, Adrian continuously put her aside.

Out of her outrage when Mariyah hindered their guide session, she accused Sel of taking her costly pack after Sel insulted her.

She was prohibited from their chateau but nothing’s gonna halt Sel from clinging to Andre who is a fair adolescent at that time similar to her.

Andre didn't proceed with his mentor session with Ell, which was a reason for her to be suspicious since he never canceled a guide session with her.

So she took after him out of the house. She found herself within the woods.

Adjacent her eyes landed on Andre's car stopped on the darkest side of the trees.

She took note of a head swaying on his masculinity.

At that point it hits her.

Sel is manhandling Adrian’s interest and guiltlessness.

She’s corrupting her.

Ell is in seethe, she couldn't think straight and she dragged Sel out of the truck.

Out of stun, she couldn’t accept how Sel is certain and not indeed frightened about her planning to imprison since she’s a pedophile.

Sel as it were taunted her which made her raging frantic.

She grabbed her neck and choked her.

The final thing she knew Sel was lying on the ground, dead and defenseless.

Everything went so quick, her swooning issue made it more regrettable. All she can think about is whether she slaughtered Sel or not.

Damn, she never thought that her life would go down that hill where she murdered the young lady!

Damn it. I don't know it's this crazy stuff! This is freaking real! Thriller to the bone!

I thought it was just a cute story about two people meeting. You know, romance.

If you think about it, Monica was kind of like Ell, she was rich, she had it all but she blew it all because of one guy.

A guy would take it all and ruin a girl's life. That's what it all takes.

Damn it. Why am I even comparing it all to Monjca.

It's so weird. I continued reading.

Presently this story is much more exciting than the other suggestive books that I perused.

Andre saw everything and told her to clean the wrongdoing scene and cover it up.

To begin with she was reluctant, she needed to educate the specialists but she’s frightened of progressing to imprisonment.

Indeed in spite of the fact that she's a ruined brat she's not a killer.

Andre persuaded her to cover up their wrongdoing, he's too an accessory to it since he was there.

Ell doesn't have a choice when Andre puts a few sense into her almost the state of their family and social status.

She is frightened to lose everything because of a pedophile so she follows his orders.

They buried Sel's inert body within the woods.

After days of their wrongdoing police are beginning to search for Sel.

She didn't tell anyone about that night, since that's what Andre said.

It's the mystery that will tie them until the end of time.

They have to be more cautious and Ell's guardians choose to send her to America to consider and secure her from the terrible folks of the town who are accepted to be suspects of the disappearance of

Sel, without them knowing that they can’t secure their girl from the terrible folks since she is the terrible fellow.

Presently, Ell's notoriety is destroyed. Typically awful.

Five a long time afterward, Ell got to be a fruitful and celebrated worldwide demonstration.

She came back to the Philippines for a mold appearance, where she is the star of the runway.

On the other hand Andre got to be a leader.

Ell and Andre saw each other once more for five long times.

Rather than a cheerful night, celebrating their effective life, A criminologist went to the design to capture Adrian and told them that they found a body meters absent from his house.

Ell knew the criminologist was recognizable to him but she shrugged it off.

She is concerned about Andre so she went to his chateau.

Rather than embraces and kisses from Andre she was welcomed by none other than Selly. Sel's more youthful sister.

Andre enlisted her to be her housekeeper.

Ell challenged but Andre did nothing about it, saying he's blameworthy approximately what they did which is the way he may offer assistance to the destitute young lady.

Before long, she found out that the analyst who captured Andre the night of her mold show was really the analyst who dealt with the case of Sel five a long time back.

Selly and the criminologist appear to have a relationship as well.

Not long after that Ell kept on getting past dangers, she was assaulted at her home.

The trespasser isn't caught. Ell security is at stake so they chose to go back to her hometown Riqueza.

On the celebration of her Dad's acknowledgment award in their chateau, the trespasser called her to meet with him.

It turns out that he's Sel's boyfriend.

He saw what happened that night. He’s looking to offer assistance from Sel but she doesn't know why.

Startled of what he will do to her as the injury of her past blazed some time recently.

She didn’t know what to do until Andre showed up and shot them as they were witnesses of their wrongdoing.

For the second time she's included once more in wrongdoing.

No matter how difficult she runs absent from inconvenience it continuously finds ways to demolish her.

Andre requested her to go back to the party and not let somebody take off the party however for he required more time to clean the proof and blood stains.

She was trembling, her heart crashed fiercely.

She was misplaced once more within the dim.

Her faculties came back when Leeroy appeared.

He addressed her for meandering around without her bodyguards but she contemplated it.

Some time recently she may indeed have a conversation around something else Sel appeared with him.

She attempted to keep her cool.

To halt Leeroy from clearing out the party, he asked her to assist her into her room and lay on the bed, her head resting on Leeroy's lap.

She was appreciating his ravishing confrontation but she couldn't keep center since of the things that happened.

She needs to disregard everything indeed in one night.

And she did it with Leeroy.

Days afterward Leeroy and Ell got closer and he chose to re-open the case a long time back, considering it may well be associated with Ell passing dangers.

Someone is still sending her passing dangers indeed in spite of the fact that Sel's boyfriend is dead. He can now not see what is happening as her life is falling separated.

She can now not be a show and go to mold.

So she chose to run absent but her car was disrupted and the car brake was not working.

Great thing Leeroy is watching in their chateau and he spared her.

He put her in a secure put, their rest house to avoid her from running absent.

Ell is gradually falling for him but it gradually blurs when she sees Mary and Leeroy locking lips behind the region.

She was broken and sold out.

She cleared out Leeroy's rest house. She ran to Leeroy put but her guardians told them to go home.

Leeroy goes up against her almost the DNA he found on the dead body of Sel's boyfriend.

She doesn’t need to implicate herself so she stands up to him back with what she saw.

The contention includes fire to their burning and breaking hearts.

She was out shopping attempting to calm herself from the stretch but at that point she saw her confront the news.

It was all out, she's a criminal in everyone's eyes.

She attempted to go domestic but the police were there so she ran absent and went to Andre, trusting he may offer assistance to her but he as it was harmed her.

She caught Andre and Selly having sex. Selly confessed that it's all her doing, she was playing all of them.

Ell attempted to put a few sense into Andre but he couldn't offer assistance with his franticness for her.

She has no place to go, she falls down from beauty.

Everythingwas misplaced and she couldn’t acknowledge what happened.

She knows she’ll never survive in jail with all the judgment and disgrace of the individuals so she chose to conclude her life and drove the car on the edge of the cliff.

Letting the sea take all her torment absent.

Two a long time afterward, she is lively, opposite from what other individuals accept.

To them, she was dead after that suicide endeavor on the sea.

She was constrained to turn into a life of wrongdoing.

She was spared by an ancient lady but she cleared out her care, frightened that she would turn her to the police but she ended up being involved in a pack of cheats who utilize her excellence to bait men so they may take from it.

She needed to be induced out of the group but the group pioneer told her she seemed as if she were to get out once she concurred to victimize a house.

She doesn't have a choice but to concur, fair to urge out of her miserable situation.

She was stunned to discover Leeroy within the house so as he, the lady she loved who he thought was dead was before him, turns out it's their cousin's property and let him utilize it to capture the pack of cheats in Salsalota.

She gravely needed to run from him but she harmed herself and he caught her, persuading her to remain.

Ell tried to sneak out of the mansion and arranged to car rest a car within the gasoline station fair to induce absent from him but the car she stole was his.

They both accommodated and pardoned each other for all the lies and heart breaks they caused.

But this time Leeroy is enthusiastic to turn her in to search for the genuine suspect, he immovably accepts that Ell is guiltless since of her blacking out issue.

As he says, anything can happen in a flicker of an eye.

Ell doesn't need anything to do with the police since the proof is all pointing at her, so she persuades Leeroy not to bring her to jail.

As a developmental birthday blessing, Leeroy welcomed her guardians to visit the rest house without knowing their girl was there.

Ell was stunned to see them, and so were her guardians.

They share an enthusiastic gathering after a long time of torment and enduring.

Her guardians proceed to visit the rest house each week.

On the supper date with her guardians, she was befuddled as to why Selly is calling Leeroy so she replied to it only to listen to a frantic young lady asking for his consideration and adoration.

That minute she knew that Sel is in truth silly.

Insanity is running through their blood and veins, rather like her pedophile sister.

On her birthday, her guardians came to the rest house, they didn't have any thought that an undesirable guest was taking after them.

Whereas they are chatting and getting a charge out of the dinner, the doorbell rings and Ell opens it without indeed knowing who is before the house.

Selly eyes broadened and she solidified right where she stood when Ell opened the entryway, she got to be insane.

She brought the media along with her to demonstrate that Ell is lively.

She keeps on insulting her and suspecting her of slaughtering her sister.

Ell couldn’t take any inspiration any longer so she snatched her hair and cautioned her that she would be right next to her sister in case she didn't close her lying mouth.

Ell doesn't care any longer.

Her notoriety is as of now recolored, nothing more regrettable that seems to demolish it.

She was sent to prison, her cousins found out around it and flew to assist her, particularly her companion, Taylor, one of the finest legal counselors within the nation.

Indeed in spite of the fact that the issue around the Ell case debilitated their company's still endeavoring, they still have sufficient cash to contract four lawyers for me.

Whereas Leeroy misplaced his work since he stowed away the suspect, he yielded his enthusiasm calling for cherish.

The chance of Ell winning the case is outlandish than anything but Leeroy devises an arrangement to capture Andre from telling the truth.

He accepts that it was Adrians doing not hers, he as it were, put the fault on her.

So Leeroy devises an arrangement to capture him.

One night he captured Ell within the jail and when the watches were alarmed, he was cornered.

He took her as his prisoner, saying he was blinded by cherish to the point that she got to be the reason why he misplaced his job and his enthusiasm.

Selly on the other hand came to the scene and encouraged Leeroy to murder Ell before each police officer within the range.

Andre, who happens to pass the road trusting to visit the ancient stop where he and Ell utilized to spend their time, saw the police hurrying to the stop.

Inquisitively, he went and saw Leeroy holding a weapon under Ell's throat whereas Sel was shouting to conclude Ell's life whereas she argued.

His heart broke as he observed the woman who adored her argue and fight for her life attempting to demonstrate her guiltlessness within the wrongdoing.

Ell met Andre as tears began to pool in his eyes.

For the primary time in two a long time usually the as it were time he saw her and she was stunned at how troubled he was.

On the edge of the strong scene where the police are planning to shoot Leeroy to free Ell, fear emerges.

Selly confessed that she murdered numerous so she can be alongside Leeroy in jail in the event that she murdered Ell.

On the skirt of everything Adrian yelled, tossing the words of truth that set free Ell from the cage and demonstrate her guiltlessness.

He uncovered that he slaughtered Sel.

He concurred on going with her within the woods to murder her so she couldn't talk sick of his father in court.

He knew how eager she was and he knew that the other party advertised her greater cash so she may put his father in jail.

He didn’t need Ell to be a part of his wrongdoing but he didn't have a choice, he took advantage of Ell's swooning issue and put the fault on her, making him blameless and chaining Chantrea on his side, keeping her until the end of time.

But it didn't go as well as he arranged. His conscience is slaughtering him for a long time.

Blameworthy of destroying lives, especially those who are blameless.

Selly and Andre are sent to jail.

Whereas Ell cleaned her notoriety, Leeroy is suspended for his act that turns out to be his arrange to spare Ell for he knew that Andre adores her until presently, he saw how he went insane for Ell when they thought she passed on.

He argued for him to bring her back and spare her the way he couldn’t.

Ell is still charged for the burglary and taking she did when she was still part of the wrongdoing group.

After she safeguarded it.

She made a difference and her guardians got back on track with the trade.

Rather than going back to where mold appears, Ell chooses to live within the rest house, at peace with nature and the man he cherishes.

For she promises to never adjust to the law, but she will let herself be covetous for peace and adore her as if it were man who adores her more than herself.

Who accepts in her indeed on the off chance that the world didn’t.

And for anybody who would break their confidence and union, she wouldn’t waver to battle and commit a one final wrongdoing

Damn that is a book worth reading. Now I finally feel sleepy. My eyes went dark and woke up in the morning full of energy.

After that night when we danced at the charity ball I couldn't help but feel this sudden high level of serotonin.

Maybe it's the thought that we dance and I felt at ease because it was genuine.

We talked genuinely and stayed silent in the car as he drove me home. It wasn't a weird awkward silence but it was amazing. I like the silence and the tension between us.

That night I couldn't sleep so I decided to read a book. It was actually a book that I bought before that I forgot. I liked to collect a lot of books before. I never really read them but I just love to put them on stack together with the other books. Because they look precious and organized in my eyes.

I had so much energy and I finished dressing and fixing my makeup. I went to Braxton's office with a smile on my face.

I was greeted by the other employees. I feel like they are getting used to seeing me now. It's crazy how I'm also getting used to this kind of job. I'm thinking I might get a real job, being a secretary. I mean it wasn't that hard.

I walked inside Braxton's office with a smile. He was sitting on his swivel chair writing something on a pile of paper. He raised his head and looked in my direction. Our eyes met yet to eye.

"Hi!" I greeted him.

He only nodded.

"I mean, good morning sir!" I said and close the door.

I sit on the chair in front of him.

"Well?" I asked him.

He threw a glance at me then went back to his papers.

Why is he so cold? I mean I don't expect him to greet me so much you know. Like a little greet back would be nice. Besides he is always arrogant and annoying but not like this. It's just cold.

What happened to him? I guess it didn't go well with Monica alst might. I didn't see him before I leave at the charity ball and I didn't look for him because I know he is busy flirting but to my disappoinment, it didn't even go well.

Maybe that's the reason he is acting this way.

Damn a broken Braxton hits different.

"Should I make you coffee, tea or what?"

"You are relieved today."

My brows raised. What does he mean relieved today? Can't he just say it like a normal person? Like you are free today. I mean that's some old shit he is saying.

"Huh?" I asked him.

"You can leave now." He said.

"What, why? Aren't we suppose to have a flirting session today? If you want to reschedule it I'm not free on–" he cut me off.

"We both know you have a lot of free time Ms. Vena," he said.

"Come on tell me what happened Braxton, why are you cranky all of a sudden? Did the meet up went horrible? Did he reject you?" I asked him but he continue writing on the papers.

"Don't take it too personal. Take it lightly Braxton it's just a rejection it would hurt that bad. You can always try you know—"

He cut me off. He finally drop his pen on his desk and look me straight in the eyes.

"We have a date."

"What?" My forehead creased.

"Monica and I will go on a date."

I gulped at the news he told me.