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"Did you actually think I might say no?" I asked.
"I am a notorious exhibitionist, and I abandoned you for two weeks."
"We talked about all of this. I love you the way you are." I knelt in front of him, looping my arms around his heck. "As for the ditching-me thing, I'm way over it."
"Glad to hear it." He nuzzled my nose. "No one will believe I'm getting married."
"The bad boy bachelor settling down. Yeah, that might make news all around the world." I held up my left hand, wiggling the third finger. "Aren't you forgetting something?"
His grin disintegrated. "Fuck. I forgot the ring."
Val scooped me up and carried me all the way back to our towels, where he set me down on my feet. He unzipped a small pocket on my laptop case, a pocket I never used, and dug around inside it. With an "ah-ha," he brought out a small velvet box.
When he started to kneel, I said, "No need to do that again."
He did it anyway. "I'm doing this the right way."
"Nude on a beach? Not sure that's the traditional method for proposing."
"For nudists it is." He plucked the ring out of the box and held it toward my left hand. "Your finger, please."
I stretched out all my fingers.
He slipped the ring onto the correct one, kissed my palm, and rose. "Now it's official."
"Time to meet your sisters and make the big announcement, eh?"
"Yes, it is."
We drove back to his parents' house, which perched on the side of a hill and overlooked the coastline, though it had no beach access. Val's parents had neighbors who owned a private beach, but nudism was not allowed there. Val had put his clothes on before we left the beach since he couldn't go nude at his parents' place. They had no problems with his lifestyle, but their house featured many large picture windows that their neighbors could see. Not all of them were okay with nudism, and he understood that.
His sisters were already there when we got to his parents' place. Both Maria and Aline hugged me and oohed over the gorgeous diamond ring Val had given me. Thankfully, he hadn't bought a ring with a diamond so large it might blind astronauts in space if the sun hit it right. He'd chosen a tasteful yet beautiful ring.
Over dinner, I got to chat with Val's sisters. Maria laughed with gusto and loved to tease her brother affectionately. Aline was more subdued than her sister but also loved to tease Val. Both his sisters and his parents were thrilled he was getting married, and they didn't mind at all that he planned to live in America for good. They knew he and I would visit Brazil as often as possible. They also vowed to visit us often.
When we said goodbye to Maria, she pulled me into another hug and whispered in my ear, "I've never seen Val so happy before. Thank you, Eve. Now have some babies, would you?"
She kissed my cheek, winked, and left.
Babies? Val and I hadn't talked about that yet.
Once Val's parents had gone to bed, he and I lounged on the sofa. With his arm around me, I nestled into him and sighed with pure contentment.
He kissed the top of my head. "Exhausted?"
"Yes, but in a happy way. I love your sisters."
"They love you too." He hugged me a little tighter. "Maria and Aline both asked me when we'll start having babies."
"Yeah, Maria mentioned that to me too." I bent my head back to look at him. "Do you want kids? We never talked about that."
"I would love to have children with you, Evie. But if you don't want that, I understand."
"Oh Val, you really are the most unbelievably sweet and considerate man." I spread a palm over his cheek. "I would love to have kids with you."
"Should we wait a while to start a family? We do have all the changes at the resort to deal with."
"Do you want to wait?"
