Status Updates From Nero (Portuguese Edition)

The gold charm is circular, but not a circle. One half is an anatomically correct heart, the other half is a bloomed rose. The two halves meld perfectly with each other, and I press my hand over the metal, letting my skin warm it.
He’s my heart. I’m his rose.

Awwwwwwwwwwww so sweet <3

I let my eyes slide closed. “I’d give everything for you.”
Her palm presses over my heart. “But I’ll never ask you to.”

My lips purse. “Are you saying I shouldn’t trust you?”
His arms tighten around me. “You shouldn’t trust me but I’m asking you to anyway.” Nero presses his nose to my hair and inhales. “I’ll lie, and cheat, and steal, and kill, and do whatever I need to do to protect you. But I’ll never lie to you about who I am. Okay?”

Note: previous note was page 133

“It’s a little loud,” I say, facing forward.
“What was that?”
I sigh since he’s proving my point. “I said”-I turn my head to look back at him-“it’s-
His lips seal over mine.


I can’t put this book down.

Unknown: Did you seriously just give that man your phone number?
I swallow, my mouth feeling suddenly dry.
Not a ticket.
Unknown: Who the fuck is he?


Oh my. Nero texting her in the cafe she works pretending not to know each other.

My hand lifts. “Are you real?” I whisper the question. Not meaning to, but not able to stop myself.

…

I watch the hand that picks up the money, putting it back in his wallet. But before he closes the black leather, he pulls out a hundred-dollar bill, setting it down between us
“I’m real, Sweet Girl.”


I’m dead. Omg. ASDFGHJKL