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“Ginger, this is Magnus.” I took a step closer to him, unable not to. “He’s in town for the wedding and stopped in for something sweet. This is my sister, Ginger.”
I shivered as his fingers brushed the back of my arm. “Good morning, Ginger.”
“Good morning to you too. Can’t say we usually get such handsome men in here this early.” She kicked that killer grin up a notch, making me lean just that much closer to Magnus. “Is there anything else I can do to make your day a little brighter?”
I was going to punch her.
But Magnus stayed cool. He also kept a solid hold on my arm. A possessive one. “Actually, I was just about to exchange information with your sister here. She’s agreed to have dinner with me tonight.”
Ginger’s eyes brightened, and her smile grew. “Oh, well, that’s just wonderful. She needs an evening out on the town with a handsome man. It’s been a while for her, if you know what I mean.”
“Ginger,” I groaned.
Magnus chuckled. “Well, I promise to show her a good time. I really should get to work, though. Coco?” His grin dropped, and his eyes grew heated when I turned and fell into his gaze. “I’ll need your phone number.”
This was so crazy—so fast and unexpected and not at all something I would usually do. But everything about this man felt right to me—everything drew me to him. I could sit back, not agree to the date, and forever wonder what had made me feel so much, so fast for a stranger. Or I could take a chance and see what happened.
As much as it went against my nature, I was ready to take a chance.
“Right. Of course.”
“And, Coco?”
“Yeah?” Oh my lord, he was so close. Practically surrounding me in his…mannishness. Was that a word? Did I care? Pretty sure it was a no to both.
Magnus leaned in enough to whisper right into my ear. “I’m hoping you’ll keep an open mind on the whole dad thing. Maybe not for tonight, but…”
But…and then nothing. Not that I needed him to expound on that but. The implication was clear. I’d be having sex with a dad if things went well. Just not Nico’s dad. I was more than okay with that.
I was also fighting hard not to simply say yes and ask him to take me home with him. Hard enough to babble, “You should really try the lemon donuts.”
He blinked. “I should?”
“They’re my favorite.”
“Then I will.”
Lemon donuts. What in the world was I saying?Focus, Coco. Fo-the heck-cus.“And, Magnus?”
“Yeah?”
I rose onto the balls of my feet to move closer, to breathe him in as I whispered in his ear, “I’m not anti dads in general.”
His hand brushed against my hip as if he wanted to pull me closer. “That’s good to know.”
“And, Magnus?”
Another throaty chuckle. “Yes, Coco?”
“I’m really looking forward to tonight.”
This time, he did grab my hip and pull me in closer. Close enough to press my breasts against his chest as he leaned in and said with a growl, “Me too. You have no idea.”
No, I didn’t—but I couldn’t wait to find out.
