Chapter 21

Dinner went on calmly until Richard, the butler, appeared to check the final details and help serve dessert. Patrícia chose a chocolate bavarois, and Augusto, distracted, spent a few seconds watching her eat.

Her lips closed softly around the spoon, and a small sigh of satisfaction escaped when the rich chocolate flavor melted in her mouth. The scene was so natural and yet so… provocative that he found himself staring without realizing it.

Then, without really thinking, he simply sai