―It wasn‘t her attitude I was after. Do I need to spell it out for you?‖ When she didn‘t‘ answer, he continued, ―She was great in bed, and looked good on my arm in public.‖
―Oh.‖ She blushed feeling like an idiot.
―Now you know.‖ He paused, ―like you said, you aren‘t a little girl anymore—and don‘t give me that look, Luke‘s no innocent either.We‘re both men, we have certain needs.
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―You don‘t know that.‖ She could feel her blush deepen by the heat in her cheeks. This conversation was getting entirely too intimate for her.
―I do.‖ He said with complete confidence while looking down at her.
―How can you be so sure?‖ she accused
―Because that‘s the first thing I thought of when you wore that dress the other night.‖ He said bluntly dropping his eyes to her mouth.
She stilled and felt her jaw drop. ―What did you just say?‖
As he continued talking, it seemed like her heart beat louder and faster in her chest.
―I‘m not supposed to think like that about my best friend‘s little sister, but I did. Cybil picked up on it, that‘s why she became so jealous.You outshone the competition in that emerald satin number and Nikos knew it, I knew it, and so did Cybil.If anything you should have felt sorry for her, she was second best. Every man in that place couldn‘t take their eyes off of you including me.I kept thinking of how well you filled out every inch of that material and how much of a woman you grew into.‖ He held up his hand when she opened her mouth to speak,
―There are women like Cybil that a man fills their urges with, and women like you who they marry.Do not become a statistic to Nikos or any other man for that matter.‖ He waved a hand in the air abruptly and turned away from her.
Who could make such a declaration and leave it at that?
Obviously Max could, for he sat down behind his desk again and told her to pick up her note pad as if he said nothing so personal to her.Yet, he said it like he admitted things like that often, making it seem less personal.She rubbed her forehead. Her head hurt trying to figure him out. She should just give up.
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vulnerable.
―Yes, but she doesn‘t pay attention to me when I yell at her. I‘d much rather get in a row with you, it makes me feel better, now write!‖
Well, he was full of confessions wasn‘t he? She silently churned and began to scribble, trying to keep up with him.It was no wonder Nancy had not even paid attention to her little tantrum, she probably expected it sooner or later remembering how many PAs he‘d gone through this year.
The rest of the week seemed to rush by.Lily found a routine with Max and began to anticipate his moods and his schedule. At least the long hours of companionship were having an advantage. Not only that, she got to spend a lot of time with him. It was a dream come true for her and she never complained except that time he told her to stay away from Nikos. She also kept to herself around the rest of his staff because of Brittney‘s accusations the week before.Yet Max‘s mood had improved during the week and had even taken her to lunch a few times to a fancy restaurant. It must have something to do with the fact that Nikos stopped sending her flowers by mid week although she did wonder if Max or Luke had mentioned something to him.
On Friday something unexpected happened. She walked into his office while her brother and Max were in the middle of what seemed like an argument and hadn‘t noticed she was present.
―I told you this has to be done on her time, her choice Max.‖ Luke said.
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