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Lines that caught my attention:

A tall, handsome, mysterious Terran colonel...
Daughter of a coffee baron...
He looked like you were supposed to lick him
I acknowledged this by lowering my eyelashes.
she is 1500 light years away
Every seventh son of a seventh son
His smile could have melted the ice caps
Yes, you have been boring me.  So if you would kindly free my skirt, I will leave now.

The small talk taking place in the Great Hall, comparing guests to funny animals. Well it really reminds me of a piece I have written with some correspondences to your plot.

Dancing is a big deal in my life - but what you got here is some surrealistic dancing. Sort of throwing her in the air at the level of the heavy chandelier... or having her float and levitate in space... I like the place the man's lips are positioned - it gives him an unique appearance. I love the coffee theme, this beverage melts our hearts... The whole work  has this surrealistic flair to it, it looks illogical in an imaginative way - it reminds me a little of the cubism in art. For some reason I was hooked while reading it, probably because of all the unexcpected changes that take place in every other sentence. 

The dance reminds me also of this wonderful video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7aPwOC7cZCo

It's really amusing how they converse during a dance.
It feels this piece of writing is heavily based on personal experience... with a very extraordinary man, who makes you feel challenged intellectually  in an abnormally exotic manner.
Dialogue is wonderful.

What I would love to see is your characters getting hot for each other...and disarming themselves.
Like in this scene:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-RO_Q3NkD8

Thank you for your work!