The Devil's Due by Eve Vaughn

Author:Eve Vaughn [Vaughn, Eve]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-07-29T22:00:00+00:00

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The Devil’s New Plaything. The Devil’s Next Lady. The Devil’s Angel. The headlines had been filled with ridiculous plays on Max’s nickname and had dredged up photos of him and his previous companions. More recently, the gossip sections had posted pictures of Olivia and Max dining and smiling at each other, the image of the kiss they’d shared in front of Chez Monet a couple of weeks ago a virtual staple. Somehow, someone had even unearthed a picture of them dancing at the Valentine’s ball, although in that particular photo she looked as though she were in a trance.

If Olivia had known how getting involved with Maxwell Sterling would irrevocably change her life, she would have fought harder, would’ve made it undeniably -- albeit falsely -- clear that she didn’t want a relationship with him. Instead, she’d caved under her body’s wicked clamoring. Hell, if she was honest, Olivia did want to know him better. He intrigued her, she enjoyed his company, and she found herself wanting to be around him.

In two weeks, he’d somehow managed to insinuate himself into her life to the point where they were actually labeled a couple. At her insistence, they’d kept their meetings discreet -- after all, Olivia didn’t want to rush into anything -- not that it had done much good, if the papers were any way to judge. It was a miracle that no was parked out in front of her place. Yet.

Max visited her at night after Tiffany was in bed. They’d sit and talk or play silly board games, do something completely mundane, but she looked forward to those times. He was the perfect gentleman; he kept his hands to himself and never pressed her for anything more than a goodnight kiss when he left.

Olivia might have begun to believe that she and Max could try to make things work, were it not for the complications of dating such a prominent man. The gossip columns were having a field day concerning their relationship, random people were popping up wanting to interview her, and she was getting phone calls from strangers. She’d been forced to change her phone number.

Worse, her coworkers had started treating her differently since her lunch with Max. Lola gave her nasty looks whenever she walked by Olivia’s desk, no one wanted to talk to her -- even when they did, it was to ask what it was like to date Max -- and the bosses had become completely unrecognizable. Mr. Phillips himself couldn’t seem to do enough to make sure her day was going well.

The people in her office were becoming unbearable to deal with, and it was all Max’s fault. The friendship she’d been developing with Chris had come to an abrupt halt. The other woman was still pleasant, but now there was a distance in her eyes and tone that hadn’t been there before.

Then, there was her family. Her parents were dying to meet him, and Alex wouldn’t stop teasing her. Even Tiffany was being affected by this.

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