Every Step You Take... by Liz Jarrett

Author:Liz Jarrett
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2013-12-15T00:00:00+00:00

7

“YOU LOOK LIKE a happy man,” Tim observed when Max walked into the Sunset later that day. He narrowed his eyes, and then looked at Paige. “Hey, you look happy, too.”

Max went to walk past the other man, but Tim stopped him. “Oh. My. God. You two have been consenting adults.”

This wasn’t good. The last thing he needed was for Tim to broadcast the news to the entire world.

“Don’t go there,” Max said firmly.

Not surprisingly, Tim didn’t drop the subject. In fact, he seemed as delighted as a toddler on Christmas morning.

“This is fabulous.” He gave Paige a hug, and when he looked like he might give Max one, too, Max growled. With a laugh, Tim backed up.

“Okay, I get it. No touching.” He looked at Paige, then Max, and laughed again. “I knew this was going to happen.”

Before either Max or Paige could say anything, Tim hollered, “Emilio, you won’t believe who’s involved.”

He said it in a singsong voice that made Max groan. “Drop it,” he told Tim again, and just like before, the other man ignored him.

Emilio wandered out from the kitchen, looked at Max, then Paige, then laughed. “The salt worked. I told you it would.”

“You were right,” Tim said. “As always.”

“Salt always works.” Emilio grinned at Paige. “Congrats, sweetheart.”

Then with a wave to Max, he disappeared back into the kitchen and promptly started to tell everyone very loudly about the new couple.

Max looked at Paige. She seemed partly amused, partly annoyed by Tim’s and Emilio’s reactions. He winked at her, which made her laugh.

“I have to get to work,” Paige finally said.

“Me, too,” Max said.

“What? No details?” Tim sighed.

“No details,” Paige told him.

“No fair. And here I was all set to tell you about the phone call you received today even though you did absolutely nothing for me.”

Max froze, his gaze immediately going to Paige. She seemed to pale before his eyes. Obviously she didn’t get phone calls at work.

“What phone call?” she asked. Max could hear the anxiety in her voice, but obviously Tim didn’t. He went on and on about the call coming in right in the middle of the lunch rush and how difficult it was to understand the man on the other end.

“I mean, cell phones are great, but you shouldn’t call other people unless you’ve got a strong signal. That’s simple common courtesy. People should—”

Paige cut him off. “What did this man say? Did he give you his name?”

“Naw. In fact, he didn’t even know your name. He just asked for, and I quote, ‘the hot blond babe.”’

Paige was nibbling on her bottom lip. She was obviously scared, but if Max had to guess, he’d lay money on this guy being someone who’d stopped into the bar and now wanted to ask Paige out. He wanted to reassure Paige and tell her he didn’t think this had anything to do with Brad, but he could hardly do that when as far as she was concerned, he knew nothing about what was happening.

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