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118: Tres Leches And Tender Moments

Author: Tarina
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[Arella]

Costa Rica is beautiful—so, so beautiful.

Vibrant wildlife, wonderful warm people… even if I only understood two percent of what they're saying. Lincoln does most of the talking, his deep, confident voice smoothing over every conversation like he was born to speak Spanish.

Still, this is the vacation of my dreams—being stranded in a warm country with my hunk of a husband, who was currently hurling up shopping bags like the macho man he is.

"You know, I can handle some bags, right, Linc?" I tease, rolling my eyes as he gives me a snort.

Seriously, how can he carry so many bags without breaking a sweat? If I wasn’t already pregnant with his child, my ovaries would be tingling right now.

Curbing my unhealthy thoughts concerning my ridiculously attractive husband, I point to a cute café by the road as we stroll back the short walk to our hotel—or should I say resort, owned by none other than Lincoln Sawyer himself.

"Let’s go in there! It looks wonderful!" I squeal, unable to co
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