Love On The Line by Lucy Darling

Author:Lucy Darling [Darling, Lucy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-12-11T16:00:00+00:00

13

Mia

He really is a smooth talker. I find myself falling under his spell and enjoying myself. We talk about anything and everything for a good hour. I feel like I know so much about him. Even his nephews. His whole face lights up when he talks about them.

“Do you want to tell me why you have millions of dollars in lingerie debt?” I think I already know it’s his sister messing with him.

“You have any siblings?” He gives a small smile thinking about his sister. It’s sweet and I can tell from his face they are close. I’ve never had that. Not with family at least. Amelia is the closest person to me and our friendship is somewhat on the newer side. Not that it matters. She is ride or die. One wrong move and Max will be meeting his death.

“No, my parents were one and done.”

“Not close to them?” He reads me easily.

“You can’t force people to love you. Even if you’re related to them.”

“You can try.” He gives me a playful wink. I’m not sure if he’s teasing or not but I find myself laughing. I have no plans to force my parents into a relationship with me. I’m not so sure Max isn’t going to try his best to have one with me. That thought should scare me about him but it doesn’t. I find it endearing that he wants to try to get to know me.

“You’re not what I thought I would be getting.” I look him over. I was sure he’d be rich and cocky. I don’t know a ton about Kim, only the things I’ve heard from Amelia. I knew she came from money. I think she’d gone on a double date with Kim and ended up enjoying her company more than the man she’d been set up with. They’d struck up a friendship. Amelia is always good like that. It is easy for her to make friends. She could talk anyone into anything. That’s why she is the best collector at Remex.

“That so?” He takes a sip of his coffee. I do the same, lifting the hot chocolate to my mouth to take a giant sip before putting it back down. He reaches over, wiping the top of my lip to get some of the marshmallow off of it. He brings his thumb to his mouth and licks it clean. My stomach turns over with excitement at the small intimate act.

“What did I say about the hands!” Amelia shouts again from across the coffee shop with her mouth full of muffin. I think I’m the only one who really understands what’s she saying but that’s because I speak Amelia. She often talks with her mouth full of food.

“She always so protective?”

“Little bit.” I shrug. “She’s harmless.” I fiddle with my mug. “For the most part.” She could attach to you like a spider monkey if need be. I’ve seen it happen before. She’s quick, too, so she didn’t get arrested for the incident. The one I’m not allowed to ever bring up again.

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