Breaking the Cycle by Tricia Andersen

Author:Tricia Andersen [Andersen, Tricia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: MMA Romance, Sports Romance
Publisher: Hartwood Publishing
Published: 2016-06-02T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

Max followed Chloe toward home. He thought about the appointment and Chloe’s revelation. His heart broke. This is why she’s skittish around men. Who could blame her? After the nightmare she lived through. I have to make it so that she can trust me.

He smiled to himself. She said she loves me. He pondered harder on his situation. Suddenly, an idea came to him. He took the next turn and headed for the nearest store. His cell phone rang. He slid his finger across its face to answer it.

“I thought you were coming home,” Chloe pried.

“I am, baby,” he answered. “I just have to stop for something. All right?”

“Sure.” Her voice was uneasy. “See you in a bit. Love you.”

“Love you, too.”

Max hung up then turned into the parking lot. It took a while for Max to find what he wanted. Once he gathered the five items in his hands, he directed himself toward the card and party section. It didn’t take long for him to find a baby pink gift bag with mauve flowers and rope handles. He shook the bag open and dropped the things he held inside. He strode to the check out to pay for everything.

He set the bag in front of Chloe as soon as he stepped inside the house.

“What’s this,” Chloe questioned as she examined it. She crossed her legs beneath her on the sofa.

Max sat next to her. “Now that we’ve pretty much admitted we want a relationship with each other, things will eventually heat up between us. But I want to go at your pace.”

“You have high hopes,” she scoffed. “If I’m dictating the pace, we won’t get anywhere.”

Max shot her a dirty look. “There are five items in this bag. When you’re interested in that step of our relationship then you hand them to me. Take a look.”

Chloe stared at him uneasily then reached inside the bag. She pulled free a tube of cherry-flavored lip balm. “Lip balm?”

“When you’re ready to kiss me.”

“We’ve already kissed.”

“Not a sneak attack kiss, hoping I don’t set off your CVS. Long, slow kisses. Anytime we want. I want to kiss you good morning. I want to kiss you good night.” He could have sworn he heard her moan at the thought. His smile held a hint of evil.

Next, she pulled out a teddy bear. “And this?”

“When you want to cuddle with me. And before you protest that we cuddle, we don’t cuddle. We hang out together like buddies. We don’t hold each other for hours for the sake of being close.”

Chloe set the bear next to the lip balm. Next came a pair of stretch, woven, winter gloves. “Let me guess. Holding hands?”

“Exactly. Accompanied with letting the world know we’re Max and Chloe. Together. Lovers, not friends. By the way, do you know how hard it is to find gloves in the summer in Minnesota? The girl had to get them out of the back for me.”

“This all seems pretty innocent to me.” Chloe set the gloves next the other two items.

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