Luke grinned, ―Nice analogy.‖
She shrugged, ―Who can blame him, your sister is gorgeous.She practically knocked the socks off of every male who caught sight of her. That‘s why he kept her so close for the past few weeks, not to give any one of them the chance of asking her out.‖ She sighed, ―It‘s such a relief really because he‘d been giving her all of my errands, now I‘ll get my job back.‖
Luke stared at the older woman with admiration, ―You are a rare gem Nancy.‖
Finally smiling, she nodded in agreement, ―Don‘t I know it. However, one of my boys is getting married, that only leaves you.‖
―Whoa.‖ Luke practically jumped off her desk, ―Not interested. Not for awhile at least. I like women too much.‖
―Uh-huh, that will last until the one show up that‘ll spin your world around. Beware Luke, not everyone is immune.‖
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―Thanks for spoiling my day mom.‖ He added in an endearment and tossed the magazine on her desk.
She actually laughed, ―Anytime.‖ Watching him turn and head back to Max‘s office.
At that time Nancy thought it was a time for celebration, but when the couple returned from Greece something had changed, and Nancy didn‘t ask. Although Max still looked at Lily like she was still the last woman on earth, Lily looked sad.
Something had happened between them to call off the engagement.
Now Max looked genuinely worried as he gathered his things to leave the office. In turn it made her concerned because his expression never faltered—ever, so this had to be serious.
Max didn‘t seem to hear her question a moment ago.―Mr.
King?‖
He stopped and looked at her trying to recall what she said. Then he spoke obviously distracted, ―I don‘t know yet. Just call me when Oscar is here.‖ He said picking up his briefcase and tossing things in it absently.
Nancy quickly left the office and did as he asked.
The ride to the clinic must‘ve been the longest in his life.
His angst built the closer he came. If Luke called him, it had to be serious. He didn‘t wait for Oscar to open the door of the car for him as he practically bolted out of it and headed through the front doors of the clinic with a long determined stride.
Max was led into an examination room by a nurse and saw Luke sitting in a chair next to the bed. Lily was sitting on the side of it with a hospital gown on and her legs bare from the knee down. She looked so vulnerable to him it was all he could do not to gather her into his arms and ask for her forgiveness for the past month.It was hard enough for him to keep the pained expression off his face.
Lily was stunned at the sight of Max walking in the room.
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What was he doing here? She darted her eyes back and forth between the two as he Max strode in. That caused more anxiety to creep in knowing that it was Luke‘s doing, so something more was going on than she realized.
―Max—Luke did you call him?‖ she accused her brother while gesturing her hand toward the Max, who couldn‘t look more devastating in a dove grey suit striped tie and white shirt.
It seemed like she hadn‘t seen him forever even though it was just last week, but the memory was not pleasant. She wanted to weep at the sight of him and apologize for yelling at him then, but somehow she couldn‘t find the words.She missed him terribly and seeing him made a flood of emotions resurface. She clenched her jaw and pressed her lips together to prevent them from reaching her expression.
―I did.‖ Luke admitted.
―What for, it‘s just the flu!‖ She argued, ―You two are so overprotective!‖Her eyes searched her brother‘s expression looking for any indication that Max told him what had happened between them in Greece, but he didn‘t give anything away even if he knew.At times his demeanour could rival Max‘s on how he presented himself.Hopefully Max kept his promise.The only reason she thinks he did,
