- No...not on the mouth.

Alexandra Eames placed her hand over Robert Goren's mouth, stopping him from kissing her on the lips.

Goren removed his hand from her lips, keeping it in his.

- But why...

Alex knew that if his lips touched hers...she would never be able to keep the promise they had just made.

She wouldn't be able to face her feelings.

She could no longer hold back her feelings that had been buried for too long in the depths of her heart.

She was also afraid that she would burst into tears, and that if he saw her crying he would stop everything.

And she would have to say goodbye to this night.

The only night they spent together, before saying goodbye.

Why did it have to end like this...

Was there no other way...

- Alex...Why can't I kiss you on the mouth?

She shook her head in denial, refusing to answer, and buried her face against his chest.

Robert Goren wanted so much more than a purely sexual act.

He wanted to touch her everywhere, kiss her on every part of her body.

He wanted to show her that he was madly in love with her.

And that even without words, he could show her by his caresses.

He wanted so much to keep her near him.

But how to tell her...make her understand...

He had ruined her life, her career...

She would never accept to be with him.

And yet...

She had accepted his proposal.

One night of sex between them, and the next day everything would be over.

It was a promise.

But how to keep it...

While he had only one desire, to keep her close to him.

But why Alex refused to kiss her...

It did not engage him in anything.

He would have wanted so much to taste once the taste of his lips.

But Alex refused him.

Should he insist...

Especially not!

Or she would stop everything.

And it would not have even more this night of farewell.

The body of Eames was intermingled with his.

She let out small moans.

Moans, which made him crazy.

He was not going to be able to hold on much longer, if it continued like this.

But he did not want...Could not rush things.

He wanted to keep the memory of that night forever in his mind.

Goren wanted her pleasure above all.

He wanted to feel her surrender completely.

Gently, he caressed her satiny skin with his fingers.

He inspected, analyzed each small detail of her body.

Alex had a perfect body.

She had small breasts, small buttocks, which would have damned a saint.

- Alex, please…

Why did he insist?

Could he not understand that if she refused it was to protect herself.

She put her hand over his mouth again.

She wrapped her arm around his neck, clinging to him.

She moved her intimacy on his member, accelerating the back and forth.

Alex arched her back, clutching at Bobby with all her might, losing control, and screamed.

Alex's scream, made him mad.

He grabbed her by the buttocks, and pushed his member deeper into her, accelerating the rhythm.

He couldn't take it anymore.

Making love to Alex was...so...

He felt himself go.

He let out his cry of release, and delivered his seed into her.

Goren rolled onto his back and pulled her to him, holding her tightly in his arms.

He had never felt like this.

It was so wonderful...magical.

Alex had been the only one.

But he was saddened.

Why hadn't she let him kiss her on the mouth.

That was his biggest regret.

He would never know what the lips of the woman he loved tasted like.

The head posed against the chest of Bobby, Alex listened to the beats of his heart.

Sound how melodious to his ears.

She let her fingers wander over his chest, caressing him.

It had been...

She could not believe it!

She had never felt that, even for Joe.

And she would have put the lid back on.

But they had said it one, and only one, time.

Her thoughts darkened.

Her heart sank.

Bobby was leaving her, and forever.

She wanted so much for him to stay with her.

But how to tell him?

Goren was a tortured man, she knew him too well.

And maybe he would freak out even more if she asked him to stay with her.

But would he accept?

Would he be ready to move on?

Sadness in the soul, and after dark thoughts, she managed to close her eyes.

Bobby had waited until Alex was well asleep to leave.

Because if she were to wake up, he would not feel able to leave.

He gently lifted Alexandra's little blonde head that was resting on his shoulder from Alexandra's body, and gently placed it on the pillow.

Slowly, he got up.

Dressed in his clothes, Bobby went one last time to the bed, where Alexandra was asleep.

He squatted down.

Slowly and gently, he stretched his hand towards her face.

He stopped his gesture.

His fingers were trembling.

This was not good.

He took a deep breath.

He grabbed a golden lock of hair that was wandering alone on his face between his fingers, rolled it up, brought it to his lips, and put it behind his little ear.

Alex jiggled his lips.

He was startled.

Damn it...

He had almost woken her up.

He had to be more careful.

With softness, he brought his hand to her face, caressed it.

Her skin was so soft.

His blood boiled in his chest.

He pulled himself together.

No... This was not the time.

He took something out of his pocket.

He gently opened Eames' fingers and slipped a small silver ring, set with a small diamond, onto her left ring finger.

This ring was his mother Francès Goren's ring.

And he wanted her to have it back.

Alexandra was the most precious thing to him.

- Alex ... If I could have... He caressed her forehead, brought his lips together, and kissed her.

With his heart in a thousand pieces and tears in his eyes, he got up and left.

He stopped one last time, throwing a last glance at Alex.

- I loved you...Alex...

With sadness in his soul, he left the room.

Alex woke up, putting her hand by her side, hoping that Goren was still there, and that he had given up the idea of that promise.

But her heart sank.

The place was alive, and cold.

So he had left just after...

Tears welled up in her big hazel eyes, blinding her.

She brought her hands to her face, bursting into tears.

She had to be strong.

But it was so hard.

Bobby was gone...and forever...

She could never tell him how she felt.

She tried to wipe the tears from her eyes, but they wouldn't stop.

She noticed that there was something on her ring finger.

What was it?

She brought her face close to her finger.

A ring...

And not just any ring...

It was Bobby's mother's ring.

The one that was passed down from mother to daughter.

So why...

Why had he left it to her?

It was too precious for him.

Why would he...

- Oh...Bobby...

Eames burst into more tears, and threw himself on the bed.

- No!