Who Gets to Marry Max? by Neesa Hart

Author:Neesa Hart
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin Enterprises
Published: 2013-07-27T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

“This is great.” Max twirled another forkful of the fettucini. His eyes gleamed with appreciation. “What is it?”

She watched him with barely concealed amusement. “Pesto fettucini. I’m glad you like it.”

“I was starving.” Still wearing the white shirt and suit trousers he’d worn to work, he looked relaxed and comfortable at her table—remarkably so, she mused, for a man who’d dined with royalty.

“I noticed.” He was on his second serving of the heavy dish. “Did you eat lunch today?”

Max shook his head as he swallowed his mouthful. “Too busy.” He leaned back in his chair where he’d casually slung his double-breasted jacket and silk tie.

“You shouldn’t skip meals, you know.”

“Trying to take care of me, Sidney?” The teasing light in his eyes turned them an extraordinary color.

“No. That’s Uncle Philip’s job. I just nag.” She idly toyed with one of the daisies in the huge bouquet Max had brought her that evening. No telling where he’d gotten them. They weren’t in season. He’d probably had them flown in from Holland.

Max laughed. She liked the sound. “Actually,” he said, “don’t let Philip fool you. He nags worse than an old woman.”

“I can believe that.” She rose to clear the dishes. Max scooped up his plate and followed her to the sink.

“But today, I don’t think even your uncle could have saved me. Fitzwater is making my life hell.”

“Edward or Lauren?”

“Edward. Lauren’s a peach.”

“How’s Greg?”

Max shrugged. “Brooding. He’ll get over it.” Sidney decided not to argue. Max handed her his plate. “You want me to load the dishwasher?”

“Depends,” she said, rolling back the cuffs of her green silk blouse—the one concession she’d made to Kelly’s badgering. She began stacking the rinsed plates on the counter.

“On what?”

“Are you a dishwasher despot or not?”

“Excuse me?”

“If you promise not to rearrange the dishes in my dishwasher, then yes, you may load. If you’re going to give me a lecture on the space efficiency of stacking things in certain places, then you can sit down and wait for your dessert.”

Max titled his head to one side. “Can’t we just throw them away and buy new ones?”

She flicked him with a towel. “No. I like these plates.”

He wrapped his arms around her waist and buried his lips in her hair. “Then I have a confession to make.”

“I knew it.” A shiver traveled down her spine as his fingers traced the line of her ribcage. Sidney swallowed. “You are a dishwasher despot.”

“Actually,” he muttered, turning her to face him, “I was going to tell you that I don’t think I’ve loaded a dishwasher in fifteen years.”

With a laugh, she turned in his arms. Placing her hands on his shoulders, she rose on tiptoes to drop a soft kiss on his mouth. “You’re very cute. Did you know that?”

“I’m awfully glad you think so.” His hands traveled up her spine, smoothing the silk over her flesh.

Max dipped his head to kiss her again. Sidney leaned into him with a soft sigh of capitulation. As his lips moved over

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