Charles had called me a few times, until now I had proceeded to avoid him.

But now he was at my door. I look at Lena in guilt as I open the door and see Charles there.

"This is not a good time, Charles" I tell him softly and close the door enough to not let him see Lena's state.

"What's going on? You can't just leave" Charles says and I sigh.

"Pierre cheated on Lena. The idiot doesn't even remember it. He was so shitfaced drunk. We're going back to our apartment. I will stay there with her" I tell him.

"When will I see you again?" Charles asks and I sigh while getting more frustrated.

"Charles, can we cut the crap? Put the game on pause, I can't deal with this right now. Find another person for your entertainment" I say. Charles looks at me confused.

"You think this is for my entertainment?" Charles asks with clear hurt in his tone.

"Isn't it?" I ask. I feel so guilty. I feel guilty for going off at him.

"No. It's not, Daniella. I thought I made that clear already?" Charles says with a frown.

"You dry fucked a girl in front of me, Charles. In a club for everyone to see, that is the game. The dates were great and for a second I almost believed it was real" I say and whisper the last part.

"Dani?" Lena's scrabbly voice calls out. I sigh.

"I can't escape my job, so I will be back eventually. But let's forget everything once I return okay?" I say and close the door in his face.

I lean my back against the door. I fight the tears.

I did the one thing I wasn't supposed to. A month and a half later and I fell for him.

Here I am. Pretending I didn't, pretending that his words didn't convince me.

"Look at us. Both heartbroken" Lena comments from the couch. I look at her and release a sob.

She opens her arms with a matching painful expression on her face.

Tears were already running down her cheeks. I hug her and I try to control my feelings.

This wasn't about me. It was about Pierre and her.

"I heard him talk about you with Pierre. He sounded genuinely in love with you, he told Pierre he wouldn't hurt you and that it wasn't like the other times" Lena tells me.

I clench my jaw and breathe heavily to stop the tears. "He announced yesterday in an interview that he was dating someone. Did you know?" Lena asks me with a sob.

"H-He told the public that we were dating?" I ask surprised. He hadn't said anything about that.

"He didn't say a name, but it was you" Lena says.

"If he can make you happy, then go for it" Lena says and I stay quiet.

"I'm not leaving you" I tell her and hug her tighter. "But I need you to, I need you to go to the person who makes you happy, before you lose him" Lena says and smiles sadly at me.

"Are you really asking me to leave you?" I ask her in disbelief.

"Yes, go now. Find him" Lena says and nudge me.

I look at her in hesitation. Should I? Did I even want a relationship with Charles?

"Dani, you're losing time" Lena says and smiles softly at me.

"I can see the panic in your eyes, but do you like him? Not anymore of the game bullshit. Do you genuinely like him? Do you enjoy when he touches you, when he kisses you? When he flirts with you?" Lena asks.

"I guess I do" I admit shyly. "Then go" Lena says and nods at the door.

I hug her and get up. I did need to find out whether or not this could be something more.

I go to his room and let my hand almost knock on the door. I pause and sigh.

"Get the fuck out!" I hear Charles voice shout and I raise an eyebrow and take a step back.

I hear multiple footsteps towards the door and I take another step back.

The door opens and Charles stands there, he's not looking at me, but at the person inside his room.

"Get out! Now!" Charles half shouted. I froze and the person looked at me.

It was Pierre. "What are you looking at!?" Charles snapped and turned his head.

Charles eyes softened and his body relaxed a little more.

"Dani" Charles says and walks out to me, his hands cup my face and I lean into his touch.

"Did you come to say goodbye?" Charles asks as he scans my now dry tears.

I shake my head no, I then look at Pierre. He looks down and leaves without another word.

"Can we talk?" I ask quietly and Charles nods before releasing my face.

He guides me into his hotel suite. I noticed how big his suite actually was.

"Charles, I'm sorry about what I said before" I apologize.

"It's okay, as you saw I just talked to Pierre. He explained what is going on, he ruined his own relationship and proceeded to drag you away from me" Charles said and got angrier by the last part.

"He didn't, I just have to be there for Lena. But Charles...did you mean your words?" I ask him and take a step closer to him, I let him see my vulnerability by asking him this and taking a step towards him.

"I did, I do. I made a mistake that night, I thought I could pull jealousy out of you, I didn't succeed, she kissed me once, which I couldn't even return. She was just in my lap, doing her thing, I didn't even care, my eyes were on you" Charles says and took another step towards me.

Hoping that he didn't scare me away, hoping that I would let him touch me.

"You think I wasn't jealous?" I almost laugh. Was I really hiding it that well?

Charles nodded confused.

"Damn, maybe I should be an actress then" I say with a small chuckle. "I left early because of you" I say and he nods with a frown.

"I shouldn't have done it. I'm sorry" Charles says and I nod.

"Now that other thing you said...." I say and trail off hoping he got the hint.

Charles smiles slightly as he looks down, as he looks back up at me and lock his eyes with mine, there's a bright smile on his face, teeth showing and everything.

"That you aren't just for my entertainment? I mean it. I want more, I like you a lot" Charles says sheepishly at the last end.

I chuckle and bite my lip as I put my arms around his shoulders and lock my fingers around his neck.

"So, I heard something today" I say and Charles nods confused for me to go on.

"There was this interview, and I heard that you're dating someone" I say and smirk slightly.

Charles smiles sheepishly and looks back down. "Well, if you want to, I guess, I thought we were there, but earlier I found out we weren't" Charles says and I nod.

"We are" I say and Charles smiles once again. I crash my lips onto his and he holds me tightly, not letting one inch of space between us.