[By the Sea 06] • Dancing by the Sea

In his wildest dreams Armand Vargas never imagines Zamira Caballero walking through the doors of his new dance studio. After a year of shared passion in Argentina, she’d chosen her ex-dancing partner instead of marriage and so Armand had returned broken-hearted to the states, leaving Zamira in the arms of another man.

Zamira realized her mistake immediately, but for two years Armand has refused any contact. She can’t heal, because he holds her heart. When she reads Armand’s advertisement for auditions to his dance company in the US, Zamira leaves everything she knows behind for a second shot at love. She knows Armand won’t want to see her, but Zamira has the talent he’s looking for. She and Armand used to set the dancing world on fire. Together, they can achieve anything.

Armand wants to send Zamira packing, but unfortunately, she’s the best. Armand’s rivals claim that he’s a two-minute celebrity with no talent and doomed to failure. He has more at stake than anyone knows, and must hire only the top talent for DanceFusion. Hanging up his dancing shoes, his goal is to create a legacy his family would be proud of. He tells himself that so long as he keeps Zamira at arm’s length, and remembers she can’t be trusted, his heart will be safe. But he’s never stopped loving her, and each moment they are together in the dance studio is torture.

Zamira claims to want another chance to be with him—Armand does not believe in second chances. And yet, for all his talk of trust, Armand is the one keeping a secret.

Zamira doesn’t give up on Armand, despite injuries, slander and sabotage. When she discovers he’s been hiding a one-year-old child from her, Zamira waves the white flag of surrender.