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His gaze flicks to mine. “It says,Eu te amo sempre.”
Watching Magnus doing manual labor and swimming is attractive. But nothing prepared me for hearing his deep, woodsy voice speak a romance language.
I blink a few times.
“Eu te amo sempre,” he repeats. “I love you always.”
Unlike when he called himselfdaddy, referring to the dogs, and I usedmommy, this one doesn’t fly under the radar. The air is suddenly close, the room smaller than ever. The sun brightens and my heart tumbles in my chest.
A long moment passes before I ask the obvious question, “I wonder who it belonged to?”
“A Brazilian. Maybe even someone in my family.”
“Your mother?”
He shakes his head. “No, her ring was silver. But it could’ve been my grandmother’s or anyone’s really.”
“I like the idea that it belonged to your grandma, though. How do you say that in Brazilian?”
“I called heravó.”
“Do you speak Brazilian?”
“I’m a little rusty.”
“Say something.”
Magnus grins and his dimple peeks out from the stubble across his cheek. “I did.”
“Say it again,” I whisper, moving closer.
“Eu te amo sempre.”
His eyes flicker as they dip toward my lips.
I lean in close, once more inhaling his manly scent.
Magnus tips my chin toward his and our mouths fuse together.
As always, the current between us is strong. It sends sparks everywhere, like little stars blistering the space behind my eyes. There’s no need for the bright light overhead. We’re illuminating the room, could probably supply the whole town with power.
His rough stubble reminds me that I’m still on Earth and not floating in another galaxy, but we may as well be in Magnus-Lallyland.
Magnus
CHAPTER 16
If I weren’t as disciplined as I am, I’d be thinking about Lally twenty-four-seven. Instead, it’s just twenty-three-six and a half.
I told her,Eu te amo sempre.
This is it. She’s my future.
There’s no going back.
And as I spin the ring on the table, I realize all I want is to go forward.
“Yo,” Ryan says, entering the kitchen at the rental.
