To the Max by Elle Aycart

Author:Elle Aycart [Aycart, Elle]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Contemporary Romance
Publisher: Loose Id LLC
Published: 2015-04-15T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

Max headed for the library, which on Monday evenings, due to the popularity of the romance book club and the book-swapping-day program, was the busiest place in town. When he entered, the women from Annie’s CC meetings were just finishing. Story time was in full swing. Parents were scattered around, and the tables holding books to trade were brimming with people.

Mrs. Wilkinson was in hell.

The second Annie saw him, he recognized the distress in her eyes. She took a step back. Nope. That wasn’t going to fly with him anymore. On Halloween, she hadn’t removed the mask once during the time he’d been at her place, not even when she was taking a breather. All to keep people from finding out it was her whom he’d been kissing. That was probably why she’d also refused to go out these past few days, always coming up with an excuse for them to stay home—which he didn’t mind. Hell, he loved being alone with her. But her reasons bugged the shit out of him.

At least in the library, she couldn’t yell at him, right?

He marched to her, brought her into his arms, and kissed her. Not a short kiss this time, but a long, possessive, and very public one. He felt her reticence for a second; then she softened.

“Hello, Ace,” he whispered against her lips. “Ladies,” he greeted the group.

Lucy was fanning herself. Several women at the back were looking at them and whispering. This was going to spread through town like wildfire. Good.

“Hi, Max,” Holly said, a knowing grin on her face. “What brings you here?”

He put his arm over the shoulders of a very red, anxious-looking Annie. “Picking up my woman to take her to the movies. Then we’ll go eat out.”

Christy smiled. “Have fun.”

“We will,” he assured his future sister-in-law. “Let’s go, baby. Or we won’t make it to the theater in time.”

He took her hand. When she tried to withdraw it, he tightened his hold.

“Max, let go,” she whispered, fretting. “People are watching. What will they say? I’m starting to show.”

He snorted, kissing the top of her clueless head. “What will they say? That you’re the most gorgeous pregnant woman in the world and that I’m a lucky bastard for being allowed to walk beside you.”

She seemed as much in panic as at the beginning, but she followed him to the car. “Max?”

“Yes, Ace?”

“I don’t go to the movies without checking the IMDb reviews, ranking, and awards. Opening weekend box office.”

That was his Annie, lover of reruns. “Well, now you do. We’re living dangerously, remember? And after that, we’re eating out.”

“We going for some lobster?”

“Why? You have pent-up frustration to take care of? Because sex works wonders for that. I’ll show you tonight.”

She laughed softly, shaking her head. “You’ve shown me plenty. I’ve had more sex in the last days than in the last decade.”

“You complaining?”

She blushed. “No.”

“Good. We can go to the Crabby Lobster another day. Today we’ll eat somewhere in Alden. In a restaurant,” he specified as she was already opening her mouth, no doubt to suggest they’d stay home.

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