That evening when it was time to head to dinner Erza looked at her mother with some concern.

"Mom, are you alright?"

Eileen smiled, a weak one at her daughter.

"I'm fine."

They went to the door and to their surprise Rhonith was standing there.

"Mr. Rhonith, what a surprise."

Rhonith gave a nervous smile.

"I came to escort you ladies to the Grand Diner. My brother and I have made reservations."

Eileen blinked and Erza smiled.

"Thank you, we are so honored."

With that Rhonith gave his arm to both of them and they made their way to the Grand hall.

As they were walking Rhonith couldn't help but look at Eileen's dress.

It hugged her figure and was from her neck to her calves. She also wore black heels and earrings.

To Rhonith the dress was beautiful and perfect on her. He was even happier to see that the dress didn't have a slit and didn't have a part of her breasts showing. To be honest he hated that type of style in dresses.

When they arrived to their table it was on the fortieth floor with a view of the city. Erza was amazed and Nyxiah arrived with the food.

"Greetings, Ladies. You both look amazing."

"Thank you. Dinner was then served and they all enjoyed themselves. After dinner music began to play and Rhonith looked at Eileen and extended a hand.

"May I have this dance?"

Eileen was a little nervous but she wanted to talk to him, she then nodded as she accepted his hand. Erza almost let out a gasp but smiled when she saw her mother agree to Rhonith's request. She then looked to see that Nyxiah had stood up and smiled at her.

"Shall we?'

Erza smiled then they stood up and began to dance together.

The music that was playing was a slow pace of tango and waltz. To Eileen it was very relaxing then without thinking she leaned her head onto Rhonith's shoulder and closed her eyes. Rhonith siled to himself then whispered for only Eileen to hear.

"Sorry, I only dance tango and salsa."

She opened her eyes.

"So do I. It's nothing to be ashamed of."

"Thank you."

"Mr. Severin, I-"

"Rhonith."

"Pardon?"

"Just Rhonith."

"I'm Eileen."

"Pleasure."

"I was wondering about something."

"Yes?"

"It's about what you said earlier, did you mean it?"

"About willing to kill a man if he harms a woman?"

"No, about some women being faithful but they're afraid to love again because of how the past relationship was."

"Yes."

He stopped dancing then looked at her.

"Would you like to talk?"

"No, I don't want to worry my daughter."

Rhonith glanced to see his brother dancing with Erza. They seemed to be in a world of their own then he looked at Eileen.

"Alright, if you want to talk, here."

Eileen felt him put something in her hand then they went back to dancing.

"I sensed that you nervous about something so anytime you want to talk, I'm all ears."

She nodded then leaned her head back into his chest. Rhonith was holding one of her hands while his other hand went to her mid back. He figured that she wasn't comfortable enough with his hand on her lower back so he wanted to play it safe. But goodness, it sure did feel nice to have her head on his chest and he smelled her scent. He blushed when he guessed that her scent was cherries.

"You smell so sweet like cherries."

Eileen smiled.

"And you smell like milk chocolate."

Eileen closed her eyes and used her free hand to rest on Rhonith's chest.

'So warm.'

As for Erza and Nyxiah they were dancing as well.

"Erza?"

"Yes, Mr. Severin?"

He looked at her.

"Just Nyxiah. I'm not as old as I look?"

She blinked and he smiled.

"Believe it or not, I'm in my mid 20's. So in a way you're my peer."

"I'm a minor."

"Hmmm, okay then."

"Thank you for earlier. I haven't seen my mother so scared like that."

He blinked at her.

"has that happened before?"

Erza looked away.

"As far as I know my mother has always been afraid of men. She grew up abused so when she thought she found love it wasn't the case, at all."

Nyxiah looked at Eileen and Rhonith then looked back at Erza.

"Well, knowing my brother he seems to like your mother a lot so far. To be honest, this is the first time I ever seen him like this. At peace, dancing with a woman."

"Is he afraid of women?"

"Yes but that was before prison. I'll share that story with you another time."

"So if you're in your mid 20's how old is your brother?"

"Early 30's."

Erza nodded then she glanced at her mother.

'She looks so peaceful.'

After dinner and dancing they took Eileen and Erza to their room. When they got there Erza looked at Nyxiah.

"Thank you, I enjoyed myself tonight."

"You're welcome."

Rhonith smiled at Eileen.

"See you again tomorrow?'

Eileen smiled at him.

"I'll think about it."

He nodded then took her hand into his and kissed it gently. Eileen blushed while Erza and Nyxiah just stared at her.

"Goodnight ladies."

With that they left then Erza looked at her mother who sat on the bed.

"Mom? What's the connection I'm seeing between you and Mr. Severin?"

Eileen looked at her daughter.

"Hopefully a good one."

Erza smiled then sat next to her mother.

"You're really giving him a chance, Mom?"

Eileen lowered her head.

"I can't stay scared forever."

Erza smiled then hugged her mother.

"I'm proud of you, Mom."

Eileen smiled at her daughter then she looked to see what it was that Rhonith handed her.

It was a phone. She figured that it was to stay in touch with him if she ever wanted to talk to him.

That night as Erza slept Eileen thought about Rhonith's words then she got the phone out and sent a message. After sending the message she smiled and went to sleep.

Penthouse

Nyxiah was sleeping in his room and Rhonith was still up. He was just wondering if there was a chance that Eileen would accept his offer. He then blinked when he heard his phone vibrate and looked at it. He smiled when he saw that it was a message from Eileen.

Hello, sorry for waiting this long to message you. I want to be able to talk freely again but I know that it will take time. If you're still willing, I'll meet you at the lobby of the hotel at 9:30. Just you and me. Erza told me that she was going to go back to the ski resort.

P.S. Thank you

Rhonith smiled softly then layed on his bed and closed his eyes.

'Yes.'

AN: Hello! I finished packing early and I don't have to leave until morning so I just began typing away! I hope that you all liked the chapter! NOW I can say that I will post the next chapter on Monday! Until then!