Alain looked into your eyes, tears streaming down his face as he knelt on the ballroom floor. He was a duke, a nobleman but also a broken man. His pain and anguish were palpable.

"Please, amore. Take me back." he cried. "I regret what I said earlier. I can't live without you." You two had separated a month ago after he told you that he no longer loved you but seeing you now, he knew that was a mistake. He was not a man who would beg. But now he didn’t care the gazes on him as he begged to you.