Rock Solid by Lisa A. Olech

Author:Lisa A. Olech [Olech, Lisa A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: The Wild Rose Press
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

He was a real shit. Last night he only wanted to apologize for the way he treated her, but standing there in the rain with Emily in her see-through robe, hearing her want him in spite of everything, in spite of him, he’d lost his all-important control. What was he thinking? That was the problem—he wasn’t thinking. He’d lost his mind.

Her response to his kisses and the little whimper of surrender she made when he touched her had evaporated his resolve. The way she held him, giving him as much pleasure as he tried to give her. No, he’d never regret taking her to his bed. Max’s bed. What he regretted with all his heart was his urgent need to distance her once again from Maximo Vega before she saw him for the lying bastard he was, before he hurt her any more.

Max stared at the clay statuette. It was brilliant. Maximo had done it again. He’d captured all her honest passion in the figure. The pleading. The desperate desire. It was all there. It was his best work, and it took all his self-control not to hurl the piece across the room. Would the fame and fortune after the world saw this piece be worth the price of his heart? Was it worth her heart?

He needed one more night to finish the work and make sure Emily was safely outside his circle of deceit. He’d protect her from caring too much. He’d put an end to it all tonight, no matter the ache that decision brought to his heart. Better to lose her now than watch her come to hate him.

The studio door slammed. Probably Dante. Max ignored it and kept working. The music turned off suddenly.

“I’m working.” Max didn’t turn around.

“And I’ll let you get back to it as soon as you explain to me what the hell you think you’re doing!” Dante’s voice reached an octave it rarely saw. “Tell me that wasn’t Emily Baskins I just saw pulling out of here in the same Jeep I noticed here last week. Tell me she isn’t the new model you were so secretive about.”

Max said nothing but turned and revealed the face of the bozzetto.

“Son of a bitch!” Dante looked from the statue to Max. His hand swept his view of Max’s lack of clothing. “You slept with her!”

Max wouldn’t deny it, but he wasn’t about to discuss it with him. “That’s none of your damn business.”

“Like hell it isn’t! I know she’s a gifted artist, but the girl’s a walking disaster area.” He paused a second, then added, “Does she know?”

“Of course she doesn’t know. I’ve got it all under control,” Max lied.

“Doesn’t look like it from where I’m standing. You have too much riding on this, Max. Let me get rid of her before she screws everything up.” Dante rubbed the spot between his eyebrows. “She should have been gone last week.”

“I told you, it’s under control. I’m dealing with it.”

“Emily Baskins?” Dante shook his head.

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