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Chapter 6-
Cold Turkey
“You don’t remember?” he asked in disbelief. Liz shook her head no before looking around in her surrounding, and then she noticed the empty packets of condemns on the bedside counter. She also noticed that she had no cloths on under the deep red sheets. Pulling the covers tightly against her breasts. “Oh God, tell me we didn’t…” She stammered at him while meeting his unbelievably hurt eyes.
Max started to breathe heavily, because he couldn’t understand how stupid he could have been. Here he was hopping she wouldn’t regret last night, and now he was just hopping she would remember it. “Tell me what happened last night, Max…please,” she begged in confusion. It was at that point realization hit him, and it hit him hard. ‘She really doesn’t remember any of it,’ he thought with his broken heart.
‘This is what happens when you let your feelings get to you,’ a voice whispered in his head. He had let himself go and had forgotten about the rules completely. Just look where it had gotten him. Immediately his wall of bricks started to build themselves up again. His defenses had been down last night, and this morning it had grown to Fort Knocks. “You went to the bacheloret party last night. You were a little drunk and we came back here,” he shrugged like it was nothing at all.
“And?” she asked for more. “And…you asked for my services to you last night,” he stated distantly. “What does that mean? Did we sleep together?” she almost shouted. She was completely confused and hysterical right now. “Yes, that is what I’m here for, to please you in any way,” he stated coldly. Max’s eyes, even though they were directed at her, had no emotion in them whatsoever. “You don’t think that MAYBE I was too drunk to ask for that,” she exclaimed. She’d only known Max a few days, but she expected more than this from him. He had never, and she meant never, been less than a gentlemen to her.
He snarled and let his eyes do a double take on her body before speaking again, “You seemed pretty sure of yourself last night.” Max had no idea where these crud remarks were coming from. Even when they had met at the airport, he hadn’t been this guarded towards her, but it was better than getting hurt. He was mad at Liz for not remembering, and he was even angrier at himself for letting this happen.
Before Liz could yell a razor remark that matched his, the door flew open suddenly, and all hail Maria for her perfect timing as always. “Liz… Oh my G…” she gasped as she saw the extremely tall, dark, and hansom man standing right next to Liz’s almost naked form. “Sorry…I… sorry,” she stuttered as she grabbed her bags and slammed the door shut.
“Shit,” Liz whispered cursedly. She forgot that today was when Maria arrived for the wedding. She carefully wrapped the dark material around her body self-consciously as she walked into the bathroom. “Better hurry up Princess. We got to go to another brunch this morning,” before she slammed the door hard. She was trying to block out his annoyingly calm and steady voice. She had once thought that he was distant. Well, she was wrong… he wasn’t distant like a mile is, he was practically across the fucking universe.
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“So Liz how was the bacheloret party last night?” Kivar asked across from the massively long table. The brunch was once again outside on the patio, blessing everyone with its green scenery. Kiv saw Max flinch at his comment, and he smiled to himself. “Oh yeah, Liz how was it. I wished I could have been there, but those dame undependable air flights had me at the air port for almost two days,” Maria sighed, “Tess said something about elevators and men? I wasn’t really listening to her,” she finished while rolling her eyes.
Maria and Tess had never really gotten along; they were almost complete opposites. Maria spoke her mind and believed that truth was the best one could do. Tess, however, put a plastic smile on to everyone she met. She wanted everyone to think she was the dutiful daughter.
“Oh, it was just…uh,” she stuttered. How the hell was she suppost to tell Maria about the party when she couldn’t even remember it. “It wasn’t that great,” she down casted her eyes while speaking. “Come on, there must have been a few juicy details,” Maria persisted while studing her face. Ever since she had gotten here, Liz seemed to be somewhere else. Which brought her to her next point. Who was the hottie sitting next to Liz as her date? She usually had met whomever she was dating, and yet she’d never seen this stud before.
“Liz, honey, I forgot the wine. Can you go get it from the cellar?” Thank God, saved by the mom. “Sure, I’ll be right back,” she smile politely to everyone before getting out of her seat, even though she could feel Max’s heated eyes penetrating over her.
She finally breathed when she got to the cellar on the side of the house. Liz was just happy to get away from the heat of that table. Enjoying the breeze that came through the doors, she took her time and studied the wine labels. Finally, she had decided on Tatenger. Turning wistfully around, she squeaked when she fell into a hard chest. Liz looked up to find a pair of soulful eyes watching her.
“Find what you’re looking for?” he asked in a smooth voice that sent chills through her body. She only nodded and then sighed out, “Max, look I don’t want our friendship gone. Let’s just call last night for what it really was: an honest mistake, and try to forget about it, ok?” His eyes immediately turned back to ice after her words. “Whatever you say Liz. Just don’t forget about the extra payment.”
Liz’s eyes scrunched in confusion, “Max what are you talking about?” He smiled slightly while walking her right into the edge of the open door, “I’m talking about last night, Liz. You’re paying me to escort you to the wedding. That amount doesn’t include me sleeping with you. It costs extra for that babe,” he spoke while getting extremely close to her.
“You’re…you’re kidding right? You want me to pay you extra for having your way with my last night?” she spat back. ‘Dame it, he’s close,’ she thought as his body came into contact with hers.
“Uh uh, correction: what you did to me Liz,” he smirked when she froze every muscle in her body. “I let you do whatever you wanted to me, baby,” he breathed heavily while letting his hands caress slowly down both arms. “Trust me Princess, if it had been me doing things to you, it would have been triple the price, and you sure as hell would have remembered it in the morning,” breathing every word in hot puffs. “ That’s a promise.”
Liz was shaking from his heat, his cold words, or the breeze in the room; she wasn’t sure. Before she even had time to think about a response, he was gone. ‘What the hell was that?’ Liz asked herself stared after him in shock. Why did she care about how cold his voice was to her, or why he seemed even more distant than before?
‘Get it the fuck together Maxwell,’ he commanded himself as he walked back to the table. His heart clenched and ached in such a way, because of that look on her face. It was a look with a mixture of confusion, hurt, and maybe even longing. It was a face of an innocent child’s that just didn’t understand what she had done wrong.
Max took a deep breath before sitting back at the table. Kivar was giving him a look that was completely envious; he probably thought Max had followed her into the cellar to have a quickie or a make out session. Max mentally slapped himself over the head for only wishing that had happened instead of the cruel teasing he had given her.
“So, Max what do you do for a living?” Maria asked questionably. She had a similar idea of what Kivar had imagined what Liz and Max were doing in their absence. “I’m in sails,” smiled shortly for Liz’s best friend. He wasn’t lying about his job; he was in sails just not in a way she would have thought. Sails were a term meaning selling his body. He unconsciously flinched at those words; it was nothing he was proud of, and it wasn’t like this is what he dreamed about doing when he was a kid. It's just what happened and he had to live with it... everyday.
Max eyed Liz from the side when she returned from the cellar. He also noted how beautiful she looked in her yellow sundress. It had strapped sleeves and was low cut. She looked like an angel. ‘Stop Dame It,’ he yelled at himself.
“Liz your just in time; we were just talking about Max’s line of work,” Maria smiled. Liz however almost choked on her water from her comment. ‘Oh no, he wouldn’t tell them would he?’ she panicked. Max tried to hide his smirk, so he turned the other way while covering his mouth. “…Yeah, sails. He’s in the same line of work as I am,” Maria spoke cheerfully. “Oh, yeah,” she nodded her head and took a deep breath.
“You know Liz your Max had quit a few girls at the party disappointed that Max was already taken. Max you sure did fit in well with the rest of the boys. If I didn’t know you were taken by my sister, I might have just taken you for myself,” Tess winked at him. Max smiled politely while rolling his eyes inwardly. This girl was getting married in a few days, and she’s flirting with him. Thank God, Kyle wasn’t at the table. Speaking of Kyle.
“Hey, everyone. I’m sorry I’m late,” Kyle said while kissing his mother-in law on the cheek and sat next to Tess, “So what’s on the topic of discussion?” Everyone looked around and quickly spoke at the same time, “Nothing.” Each person had a different motive for changing the entire subject.
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Carnival, who the hell thought going here, would be fun? The majority of the younger side of the family had grouped together and sought out rides and cotton candy for the rest of the night. “Lizzie lets go to the Farris wheel,” Tess insisted while dragging Kyle with her. The last thing in the world Liz wanted to do was to get on childish rides with Mr. Max Even, but she still had to put up the couple act for everyone.
Once they were on, one cart above Kyle and Tess, Liz didn’t say a word to Max. She was so confused about him that she just didn’t know what to say. Trying to enjoy the view, she sat back and took in the city lights. The breeze felt so good against her skin, not to mention her hair not blowing in her face because it was pinned up.
‘Jesus she looks beautiful,’ Max thought when he momentarily looked upon Liz’s face. He hair was up in a loose bun, and little pieces fell around her face that was filled with bliss. Her eyes closed as she took a deep breath and exhaled. She couldn’t look more beautiful at that second if she'd wanted to.
“Liz?” he spoke softly before she turned her head towards him. His breath was caught in his throat when he saw her glazed and glowing eyes. “Yeah?” she spoke softly back. “I…” he paused for a minute before returning, “Never mind,” he said as he turned his head the opposite way.
“Alright crazy kids, where do we wanna go next?” Tess said as she jumped off the Farris Wheel. “Tess, why don’t we let Liz and Max have a little alone time, while I’ll take you to the haunted house,” Kyle said suggestively. Tess got the picture, and before Liz and Max could object they were already gone.
Liz huffed and glanced back at Max until she saw the drink cart and started heading towards it. When Max saw that Liz was buying a beer, he walked up to her in protest. The last thing she needed to do was get drunk again. He didn’t think he could take it again.
“Liz, you shouldn't drink,” he insisted sternly. She turned her body all the way towards Max and raised an eyebrow before taking a sip defiantly. He looked at her heatedly and said, “You drank it any ways,” he said in disbelief. He thought she would at least consider what she was doing. “What are you going to do, Max, spank me?” she replied defiantly once again with heated eyes meeting heated eyes. Max put on a cocky face and smiled wickedly from her suggestion.
Neither of them noticed Maria smirking at their conversation behind them, because they were too caught up in each other’s heated stares. She made a sound to let them know she was there, but neither looked away. “Well, I walked over here to see if you two were alright, but I guess that answers that question,” Maria said in amusement.
Maria could tell that they were already falling for each other, and they were falling hard. The way they looked at each other was enough to convince a stranger that they were in love. Yes, Maria could see it clearly; it was just too bad the couple in front of her didn’t see it as well.
TBC