But it seems like there's something different...
Before Selena could make sense of it, she heard Osvaldo continue, "I long to place you in a safe and careful haven, to cherish you, to tenderly hold you, to keep you from fear, from pain, from drifting alone, and from having no one to rely on."
Selena's heartbeat gradually lost its rhythm, beating so fast that it felt like it might jump out of her chest.
If she didn't know that this was a love letter a man had once written to another girl, she would almost think that these words were meant for her.
But precisely because she knew that it was written for another girl, Selena couldn't help but feel a sense of disappointment and bitterness rising in her heart.
Yet that sense of familiarity was even stronger.
But it still felt like there was something different...
Selena widened her eyes and blushed as she looked at him. "It's... really beautiful."
Osvaldo chuckled softly and gazed at her with a tender, almost loving look. "I refuse the stars and the seas, I refuse all creatures great and small, but I don't refuse you. I would travel a thousand miles for you with my whole being."
Selena's cheeks rapidly turned red, her heart completely out of control. She shifted her gaze uncomfortably and asked, "Can I ask who this love letter was written for?"
Osvaldo fell silent for a moment before replying, "A swindler."
Selena was puzzled. "What?"
Osvaldo looked at her with a sly expression in his dark eyes. "Someone who tricked me into saying these words and then ran away."
"That's terrible!" Selena was indignant, an unusual emotion for her. "What a despicable girl!"
"You got it wrong," he corrected her.
Selena was confused. "What do you mean?"
The man chuckled softly and whispered in her ear, his hot breath falling on her skin. "It was a... boy."
Selena was stunned.
All her guesses had been shattered by those three unexpected words.
She was certain that she had heard those familiar words with her own ears.
But how could a pretty girl turn into a boy?
So was she just overthinking things?
And why was Osvaldo reciting a love letter to a boy?
Seeing her thoughts, Osvaldo laughed softly. "He was a crybaby, afraid of pain, and very stubborn. He looked so..."
He hesitated for a moment, and his lips unconsciously curved upwards. "Very cute," he said.
Cute... enough to soften his heart.
So, unexpectedly, he kept crossing the line and coaxing, fulfilling all of his unreasonable demands and tantrums, afraid that he would actually cry.
If Luke and Lady Lauren were here, they would probably be scared to death by this statement.
The word "cute" had once been associated with this man, but the object of his affection was someone no one knew about except for Osvaldo.
Selena's last hope was completely shattered.
She never cried!
But at the same time, she breathed a sigh of relief.
Since the other party was a boy, he wasn't a rival.
"Osvaldo, you're so kind," Selena said with a smile.
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