Hate, another way to love (AU/ML/ADULT)) Complete 5/22/05

martine · Post by **martine** » Thu Feb 03, 2005 9:59 am

Hello everyone, I'm back with a new chapter. I hope you'll forgive me cause Max is the same than lately with Liz. Once again, he'll change but you have to wait and read the next chapters to see that. But Liz will have to bear some hard situations again before....and some 100% dreamer too. I'm not such a devil!

Anyway, I want to thank you for the amazing fb you left. I was very impressed. I count on you to continue, it's like oxygene for the writer

begonia9508- of course it will, I'm a 1000% dreamer Eve, I can't be otherwise, patience...
Emz80m- whaou! I think that you're going to be really furious with the next part,

but Emma, Max will never rape her even in my fic!
dreamer19- I understand what you feel, but keep faith
icequeen- I'm back but Lis is far from the end of the story
extingman- I give you a taste: Serena never knew about Liz, but she had a good intuition, I can't add more, but Max didn't kill her. You know my goal was not to make you hate Max in this fic. I think that for once he had the bad role. Sorry

Lizza- Yeah, I know....
anonymousarfan- Do you want to bet?

Dreamersworld - Hope you'll continue to read that fic, cause it's not going to change before long....
roswellluver- I know, he learned to be like this.
lizzy3686- Whaou! poor Max...
CherrFlavoredChica - Yeah, i know..

And a special thank for Sandra (Bixie) who help me when I can't translate in English what I want to say. Thank you to for the banner, I love that black and white.

Before I post the chapter I'd like to say something important, I'D NEVER BE ABLE TO PUT A RAPING SCENE IN ONE OF MY FICS, I CAN'T BEAR IT, WHEN I HEAR THAT A MAN RAPED A WOMAN, I WANT TO KILL HIM BUT MAKE HIM SUFFER 1000 DEATHS BEFORE. SO NO, MAX WILL NEVER RAPE LIZ OR ANYONE ELSE, AT LEAST IN MY FICS.

Some publicity for my others fics: I've updated "Behind the scenes" and "A time to forgive", Tess's haters will surely be happy

and I'll update soon "Revenge..." just the time for Bixie to rest a little....

OUF! NOW THE CHAPTER...SORRY FOR THE LENGTH.....

Previously.....

"Okay, now that I have let you think about the situation, do you still think that I'm a liar?" Max asked.

"No," she answered with a bitter tone. "But tell me, since when do you think that you can force me to marry you?"

"Make a guess." Max said.

"I see... Since my dad announced my wedding to Sean to you."

"Bingo, right on the money!!" he confessed. "I couldn't let you get married to that loser who calls himself a man.

You will be my wife, end of story!"

Chapter 10

Seeing that Liz kept quiet, Max got impatient and asked. "So?"

"Do what you want Max! I don't care. All that you will gain out of this is a new cabinet." she added confident. "I think that you underestimate the situation. I'm sorry that my dad will lose his cabinet, but he is getting old and I would prefer if he stopped working. He can start his retirement early.'

"He still has to pay his bills even if he is retired." he replied.

"Sean is not poor."

Max bursted out laughing. "Do you really think that Marlowe will pay his ex-finacee's fathers bills or the wages of his nurse? You're even more stupid than I thought Liz, I'm disapointed." he said sarcasticly.

"First I'm not stupid, you asshole! And let me tell you that Amy won't leave us. She is part of our family." she retorted.

"Even though, she'll have to make money."

"If I don't get married, I will take care of the bills myself. I'll find a good job..."

"That job will have to be a very well paid one."

"Why?" she asked.

"Because you will have to find another appartment. I own your house too. I've told you Liz, I'm the MASTER!"

Liz was in shock, unable to talk, and almost unable to think. It was already hard to believe that Max had lent her father a lot of money, but now he owned her house too? The house where she was born, where she had grown up and lived happy times with her parents. She felt like she had just run a thousand miles. She felt...empty.

"So?" Max asked again in a sarcastic tone.

Liz tried to gather her thoughts. She needed to think about the things differently. She looked at him and he seemed to enjoy to see her completely devastated. The anger and rage overwhelmed her. She straightened herself. "Let's say that I agree to sleep with you every time you want me to....." she began.

Max cut her off roughly. "If you think that I will be satisfied with a secret affair, than you've got it all wrong, Liz!" he said.

"Okay! I will move in with you and then everybody will know. Satisfied?" she yelled.

"Don't you think that your father would be disapointed? He is far from narrow-minded, but I'm sure that he hopes to see his only daughter live her life with some principels." he paused and looked at her and then added treacherously. "That's the reason why you didn't tell your father about our little affair, isn't it?"

"HOW DID YOU KNOW THAT?" she screamed.

"Shhh. You don't want to wake him up, do you? If he knew that we are having a dispute, he would be worried. And I'm sure that you want to spare your father. I told your father about us when I found out that you had kept it a secret. But most of all, I was angry that you were so determened to avoid me at all costs."

"You are just punishing me. What did you tell him?'

"The truth. I told him the whole truth." he said looking at her ironically.

"YOU HAD NO RIGHT TO TELL HIM!" she screamed and then lowered her voice. "Why? Why did you do it? What has my father done to you that gives you a reason for being so cruel to him?" she asked on the edge of tears.

"Liz, I have no reason for being cruel to your father. I haven't been cruel, I just told him the truth... WAIT! I had a right to tell him. I'm involved in this and seeing the way you were acting I thought that it would be worth it to tell him about us."

"I...." Max put his finger on her lips to stop her and continued.

"I thought that you could be pregnanat and desperate enough to commit an fatal act." he finished in dismal.

"Abortion? You mean... I would never do such a thing!"

"I wasn't sure. You were.. you are so hard to read sometimes. And as I was compelled to stay in Boston..."

"With your fiancee, I presume!" she cut him off sadly.

She saw him tense up *bingo! Serena* she thought bitterly. Max continued his explaination. "I couldn't stay away from Boston for too long this time. So I wanted him to know. We talked over a couple of drinks, and he wasn't even too shocked, if you were wondering." he said with a smirk.

Liz felt the tears sting in her eyes. Her poor father so diapointed in his only daughter. She betrayed all the principels he had taught her. And yet, he was still the same when he was around her, he still acted like her beloved father. That's why she never doubted that he knew.

"I'm sure you don't want to disapoint him again, so that means a marriage or nothing." he stated firmly. 'Nothing! Nothing' she wanted to scream, but instead she asked. "And if I refuse to marry you?"

"Do you really need to ask?"

So he was able to get what he wanted without any remorse, she knew that. And she was sure that he wanted her, more then anything else. She could try to make him change his mind.

"Maybe you are just trying to scare me! she said staring at him.

"Maybe?"he said with an iced tone.

"You can't be sure, so you have to take that risk."

Liz was not ready to take that risk. Max was able to presure her and was just restraining himself, she could see that. There was only one more reason for him to behave this way. He was sure he would win, and that he didn't lied. She bent her head and asked softy.

"What will you do if I marry you?"

"I will make love to you for hours until you......"

Unconsiously she felt her body heating up. She cut him off sternly. "I was talking about my dad!"

"As soon as we are married, the cabinet and the house will be his again."

"You're very generous." 020she said slowly.

He just stared at her, "Oh, you're worth it."

"How long.....?" she stopped unable to go further.

".....will the marriage last? I don't know. We'll see how long it takes for me to be satisfied by you." he responded smilling.

"You don't have to think that this is fun for me. If I understand it correctly it's an life time sentence."

"If you want to see it that way, that's your problem, Liz." he retorted coldly.

"How do you want to see it? You don't really want to marry me, you just want to use me as a....a....a sexual object. To get rid of your obsession." she began to cry.

"Would you prefer if I would declare my undying love for you?"

"NO! I wouldn't believe you. I prefer that you are honest with me. At least then I will know where I stand with you." Then she thought that maybe he would want to live in Boston, and she didn't wanted to stay in a place where Serena had lived. "As you said my father is getting old and I want to stay by his side. Boston is too far...."

"Who said that we are going to live in Boston? If everything goes like I have planned, I will stay here in Roswell, and I will be happy to live here in this house if it's easier for you."

Liz felt as if a weight was lifted of her shoulders, but could she agree to marry him? He didn't love her, he just wanted to use her, to sleep with her because his desire turned into an obsession. In the past she thought that to be loved by Max felt like being in heaven. Now it was just the opposite and she was expecting that her life would turn out into a living hell with that man. She thought about Serena, the woman he loved and tragically had lost, and she felt even more depressed. But she had no choice.

"Max, I need time to think about all of this." she said firmly.

"No problem, I can wait until tomorrow morning. Until then......" before she had time to react he took her engagment ring off her finger and put it in his pocket. "What? What do you think that you are doing?"

"I don't like to kiss you when you are wearing the ring of another man." he said huskily.

"Don't touch me!" she panted in agony. "I hate it when you toch me!"

"You've already said that earlier, but I doubt that it's true. Your head might not want my caresses but you're body welcomed them, desired them. Do you want me to proof it?"

No, he didn't need to proof that. She felt her heart starting to race and her body heating up and she cursed herself for being so affacted by this monster. Max was looking at her quietly.

Trembling she asked. "Can you leave my room now? I'd like to rest and sleep a little."

"Sweetheart! You look terrified."

"Max, please!"

Without giving her a chance to react he pulled her into his arms and held her tight. When he turned her face towards him he saw the tears in her eyes, with fear and excitement. "You don't have to be scared Liz. I've no intention to do anything under your fathers roof. I don't want to make love to you quickly, when I'll take you I will make love to you for hours. I will seduce you and you will love it. But for now..."

He brushed her lips with his finger. "..... I only want to kiss you."

"Nooo..." she said weakly.

Without listening to her, he swooped down on her lips. Liz stifened and closed her lips, trying to resist. He looked at her, "Kiss me." he said huskily.

And without knowing it Liz opened her mouth alowing him to slide his tongue inside. This time they shared a deep kiss and she felt her body quiver under his hands. Or maybe it was his body tying to keep control. She didn't know, she didn't knew anything when she was in his arms. Maybe later she will push him away, but for now she wanted to enjoy the kisses.

Max was kissing her everywhere. Her temples, her eyes, the soft skin of her throat. When his hand slid under her top and teased one of her nipples, she put her arms around his neck and pulled him down to her and moaned. Suddenly she was aware of what she was doing. "No,... I don't want you to touch me anymore!"

"You want it and you need it." he said breathing hard.

"Not like this. You are wrong."

She hoped that she would never feel that violent sensationn again when she was in his arms. That sensation that would let her feel ashamed and humiliated. As if he had read her mind, Max murmured. "Please don't do this. Don't let your sensuality scare you and hold you back from feeling these emotions. You don't want to live your life through a mirror Liz....."

"I wish that I was dead." she desperately cut him off.

"Look at me." he said worried. "Are you really that desperate?"

She looked at him, trying to find something in his eyes. Actually there was a glimmer that she couldn't define, like if he was sorry for hurting her this way.

Instead of trying to find out the meanig of that glimmer, her pride took the best of her and she retorted proudly. "Don't worry about me, tomorrow I will have found my strength again."

"Okay, so I better take advantage of you tonight now that you're still weak." he said attacking her again. He kissed her wildly and she forgot everything but not him. When he pulled away she was panting and felt feverish but Max was totally the opposite and seemed unefected by the kisses. "I said one or two." and he let her go off of him.

Liz felt the loss of the warmth of his body and began to shiver. Then she got so infuriated for being so weak, that she rubbed her mouth trying to erase Max's kiss.

"Was it that awful?"

"I prefer to kiss a toad." she whispered.

Once again Max bursted out laughing and brushed her cheek with his thumb. "I've always been told that you had to kiss a lot of toads before you find your prince."

She didn't answer. She stood frozen and felt a grudge for him. How could he be so cheerful while she felt so bad and digusted. "I want you to leave my room, Max."

"Okay, I'm leaving."

As soon as he had left the room, Liz collapsed on her bed. Unable to move or think, wanting nothing more then to find some peace in her sleep.

TBC.... IF YOU WANT IT............................

martine · Post by **martine** » Fri Feb 11, 2005 2:11 am

hey, I'm back with another chapter. I hope you'll like it.

I've been really amazed by your fb and I'm going to respond as honestly as possible without give away the following. You'll excuse me if the answer for extingman will be long, by respect for her fb.

A SPECIAL THANK TO BIXIE FOR HER HELP, I'M SORRY TO HAVE PRESSURED YOU.

icequeen- I knows what Jeff told him. And if you read well, you'll see that Max has some looks that she can't define herself...He's not completely heartless. You'll see that in the next chapters.

extingman- whaou, I have to re-read your post to answer well. But I'm not complaining...So, first Serena was not pregnant, and she didn't die in an accident. That's all what I want to tell you about this....
NO! Jeff never thought that his daughter slept around, he has educated her with strong principles. And Jeff presumed that Max was her first lover, but he's the father...
about Max, sorry but I can't tell you more, if you agree, you'll have to read that fic till the end...
and don't worry THIS IS A 1000% DREAMER FIC, I swear.

anonymousarfan- I'm back and I'll wait to read your next fb

CherryFlavoredChica- for Sean, read this chapter and you'll see, for Max, as I said to extingman, you have to come and read this fic to the end.

begonia9508- Please don't lose your hope! I swear to you it'll end 1000% dreamer's way.
And if Serena would be alive?....DO you have some patience and wait until the end to find out?

extingman- really thank you for your fb, I'm completely amazed and I would answer with pleasure BUT I can't for the moment, or it'll be over.
Let me tell you that Serena knew the real Max and he treated her like a princess. I hope you'll continue to read that fic, a lot of thing will happen to Max and Liz before the story will come to end.

roswellluver- Thank YOU for you faith.

Lizza- ha! when a woman loves Max, it's forever

lizzy3686- Lizzy as I said to the others, I hope you'll continue to read that fic to find out everything about Max and Liz...

FOR THE FIRST TIME, I WANT TO DO AN ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT THAT FIC: THE NEXT CHAPTER WILL BE ABOUT THEIR "STRANGE" WEDDING, IF YOU WANT TO KNOW???

And for those who are interested, I've update all my fics for the moment. Don't forget that "Behind the scenes" is coming to the end in the next chapter. And if you want to know what happened to Max, Liz , TESS, and the others, you'll have to read the fics.

here is the new chapter.

Chapter 11

When Liz woke up the next morning, she felt sad. She cursed herself for her own weakness and pride. She thought that she could be in control of her emotions and she completely failed as soon as Max had touched her.

She was shocked to see that she couldn't resist him. She was angry because she has no defense against him, and most of all she felt ashamed because she had to admit that he could have made love to her if he wanted to and she would have agreed with all her heart. And he knew that, that's why he was so sure of himself when he was with her. He came back into her life at the worsed time for her.

She was thinking about Sean too. She knew she had to accept the marriage proposal from Max, and break up with Sean. Poor Sean, he will be surprised to hear that she is breaking up their engagement, and will be furious, but Liz knew from the bottom of her heart that she really didn't love him, and Sean wasn't in love with her.

In this case, she had no choice. If she didn't take the first step to break up with him, Max would do it with pleasure, and he would tell him how intimate they were. Because of that, she refused to let him tell Sean.

What about her father? If she doen't marry Max, he will ruin her father. She didn't understand how that was possible but she couldn't allow herself to ignore that fact. Max had the power to ruin her fathers life and she loved him too much to let that monster do that.

She was certain that if her father knew that she would get married without wanting it, he wouldn't accept her sacrifice.

Oh, what did she have to do to get out of this mess? And Max.....okay let's forget about Max for now. She had to get up and get dressed. This was not the time to let her imagination start to wander.

She showerd and got dressed and walked downstairs to see her father. She walked in so fast that her father who was reading his paper looked up at her surprised. "Honey, what's going on?"

"Sorry, I didn't want ot disturb your reading. I wondered if you were already here. That's all." she said as she took her place in front of him.

He poured the coffee in their cups and looked at her. "Did you enjoy your evening with Max?"

"Huh...Huh."

"That's all? You have nothing to tell me? Fine, I'm really happy that you two reconciled. I was worried when you refused to talk to him and I was nervous about your evening, you and him alone. I mean, is everything allright between you two? No more misunderstandings? Everything is settled between you two?" he asked. Liz could see in his eyes that he was worried about her and asked "Settled?"

"Max told me that he wanted to talk to you, and that he had some projects for the both of you that he wanted to dicuss with you." he said looking at her.

Projects! Oh yeah, if her father knew what projects this devil wanted to discuss with her, then maybe he would see Max for what he really was like. But.... No she couldn't tell him, she didn't want to scare him.

"Dad....hmmm...I'd like to ask you something and please don't lie to me." she began to say, she couldn't help it but feeling nervous.

"Of course honey, I'm listening." Jeff seemed to be worried and embarrassed.

"How did the business do this year?"

"Hmm.... to tell you the truth, not so good I must say. But don't worry, everything is settled now. Max agreed to invest money in the cabinet...."

Liz felt like as if her heart was about to explode, but she inquiered as calmly as she could. "How much? A lot of money?"

Jeff seemed more and more embarrassed. "Yes, a lot."

OOHHHH, Max didn't lie.

"Liz, that's why I asked Max to come and help me with the cabinet. Later he will take my place." Jeff continued. "He is interested in the cabinet now."

"I understand." Liz said.

The she straighten herself and put a fake smile on her face to make an announcement to her father. "Yesterday Max proposed to me and I have decided to except the proposal and marry him."

"Oh, I'm really happy to hear that." Jeff said with a bright smile.

"I know that you might think that it's unexpected.....hmmm and I have to call Sean to tell him that our engagement was a big mistake."

Jeff stood beside her and wrapped his arm around her shoulders trying to comfort his daughter. "It's better to break up now, rather than to continue and realize that you wouldn't be happy together." he said, kissing her forehead.

"You never liked Sean, did you? Why?" she asked.

"It's nothing personal, but I thought that he wasn't meant to be. That's all."

"And you think Max is meant to be with me?"

"Don't you agree with me? Yet, you needed a lot of time to admit it.....Liz, Max is a very good guy."

*Oh daddy, if you only knew.* Liz thought.

She was surprised to see her father accept her wedding with Max so easily, when she thought that it would have had a bomb effect on him. But she remembered that Max told him about their affair and maybe her father thought that she still had strong feelings for her cousin.

"If you had listened to him earlier, you could have saved yourself a lot of sorrow, honey!"

"Daddy, did you know he was married?"

"Of course!..."

Liz stayed a while looking out the window, then she saw Max arriving. She jumped to her feet. "Dad, I'm going to my room. I need to talk to Sean. Maybe he will come here to talk with us about calling off the wedding." she said and without giving him time to respond, she walked out of the living.

When she arrived in her room, she dialed Sean's number. She froze when she heard his mother saying that he had jumped on a plane to come to Roswell today. "He didn't call me to tell that he was coming." she whinned.

"Maybe he wanted to surprise you Elisabeth." Mrs. Marlowe said and Liz heard the contempt in her voice. "You should hear from him soon, he left very early this morning." she said before she hung up.

Liz looked at the phone. *Maybe it's a good thing to break up with her son, Mrs.Marlowe would always act like a bitch to me.* she thought. But her thoughts were disturbed from the noise she heard downstairs. She opened the door and went down but stopped dead in her tracks. "SEAN? What are you doing here? I just talked to your mother and she told me that you were coming. When did you leave Miami?" she said standing next to him.

She looked at Max and her father who were still there, and with a signifying glare told them that she wished to be alone with Sean. Jeff left but Max refused to move. "Max, I'm sure you have something else to do, so I can talk to Sean alone." she said codly.

Sean felt that something was wrong with Liz. He looked at her and then at Max, who was returning his stare with a smirk. Then Sean pulled Liz in his arms and kissed her.... deeply. That behavior shocked Liz, she was not used for him to act this way with her and let alone with someone around. The she realized that Sean wanted to compete with Max, showing him that he was the fiancee.

When he released her, Liz looked at Max. He was infuriated and before he could say a word to Sean, she put her hand on his arm. "Max....please leave us alone." and turning towards Sean, "We need to talk!"

She led him to the living and closed the door behind them. As he took a seat, he saw that Liz was really upset. "Elisabeth, is something wrong? I hope it's not me coming here without telling you?" he asked.

"You should have told me Sean!...But...hmmm...I have something to tell you....something important." she said, feeling more and more anxious. "I can't marry you, Sean." she said without breathing.

He just stared at her with a blank look, like if she just told him she didn't like his tie.

"I can't marry you Sean. I'm sorry." She repeated louder. She shivered *Oh I want to be finished with this mess.* she thought.

"Calm down Liz.... I'm sure we can settle this quietly. What's wrong? Has this anything to do with your cousin?" he asked.

"NO...No, this has nothing to do with Max." she lied. "I just know that our mariage would be a mistake."

"That's classic...you're just anxious. Mother has told me that you could have those kind of worries. A lot of women are scared before the marriage, they are scared of....you know, what happens with the husband...you know the physiacal side...Are you afraid of that?" he asked, trying to figure out the reason for her behavior.

Liz remembered the passion she felt in Max's arms when she gave herself to him and blushed. "No, it's not about that. I'm sorry Sean, really sorry. I just can't marry you. I can't be the good wife you hoped to have. We are too different." she insisted.

This time, Sean was really cofused. He knew something happend to make her change her mind, he wanted to find out what. "You can't be serious, Elisabeth!"

"Yes, I am Sean. Im sorry but I'm serious."

He stared at her and felt like if somebody just punched him in the stomach. Liz was miserable but wanted to explain again. "I'm sorry Sean if it took so much time for me to realize that, but we can't get married. We don't match. I'm sorry that it took so long for me to tell you." she continued to apologize.

"We already send the invitations! And what will Mother say when she hears this. Please Liz...." he begged.

"I'm sorry, Sean....believe me..."she began but he cut her off violently. "YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO DO THAT TO ME! YOU'RE GOING TO FORGET THIS STUPID IDEA AND MARRY ME! I won't say anything about this to Mother." he finished softly.

He was stubborn and Liz knew that, so she didn't let him continue. "Sean, we won't get married, that's my dicision. I'm sorry for hurting you, it's not your fault Sean it's mine." she tried to reason with him.

They dicussed it again and again for an hour and Sean still didn't want to accept the break up. They were talking when all of a sudden the door opened. Max.

"Do you have any problems, Sweetheart? he asked and stood beside her wrapping his arm around her shoulders. Liz tried to get him off of her. "Max, leave us alone."

"This doesn't concern you Max, it's between Elisabeth and me." he bellowed to Max.

"I'm sorry my dear Sean, but it does concerns me." he said ironicaly.

"I don't think so, Elisabeth...."

"She wanted to save your pride. Oh and I have something wich belongs to you." he said holding out the ring. He tightened his grip on Liz's shoulders. "Tell him." he ordered.

Without knowing how, Liz tried to form the words. " I'm marrying Max."

There was an awkward silence in the room, Sean looked at Liz, and then at Max dumbfounded. Without uttering a word, he turned his back and walked out, slamming the door behind him.

"I shouldn't have horribly hurt him." she said sadly.

With a groan, he asked. "How many times did he use the word 'Love'?"

She didn't answer and Max grabbed her fists and forced her to stand up. "It's not important, it was only his pride that got hurt, not himself. And I want you to forget Marlowe, it's ME that you are marrying." he said infuriated.

"Because I have no choice!" she retorted shocked by his insensitivity.

"If you tried to forget that for once, Liz." he said softly.

"FORGET?? HOW CAN I FORGET! I will remember it every second of my life and I will hate you more each time." she cried out, she was shaking with anger.

An emotion hard to define: anger? agony? darkened his look, but he had a neutral tone when he said. "You can hate me as much as you want Liz, since I can make love to you as much as I want."

He pulled her in his arms and kisses her wildly, fiercely, as if he wanted to show her who was Master and she couldn't resist him.

TBC.....IF YOU WANT IT

martine · Post by **martine** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 7:38 pm

hey, here I am with another chapter. I hope you'll like it. I don't know if you'll continue to hate Max that way, but I've tried to make him a little better. you'll tell me.

A/N- I was thinking about 2 things since I was replying to your fbs: or I'm the worse writer on that board, it's a possibility and I won't sue anyone who thinks that way. Or you took the opposite of what I want to say. And I hope you'll follow me till the end to read why.
And please don't hate me for this note

.just one last thing before i thank you all, this chapter is about their WEDDING!!
I'm waiting for your fbs. They are so great, I'm waiting for them eagerly.

begonia9508- happy to see that you're still curious, just trust me. 1000%dreamer, I swear.

cocopucks - thank you

alana- I swear it's a dreamer fic. You remind me myself for someone else on that board. And like her, I tell you, I'm a dreamer, I can't write otherwise.

extingman- since the first word you hit hard! but I like to read you. Even if you're right about Max "using" Liz, he never said that Serena was the love of his life. As you said so rightly, Max didn't confess any love for anyone.About her father, if Liz had questionned him more, he wouldn't have answered to her. I know you're going to jump to the ceiling for that answer but I hope that you'll continue to read that fic till the end to see why? and trust me, I'll turn this situation around and I hope I'll surprise you.

True Destiny 666- so another Max's hater. I really can believe what I did!

Lizza- no intention to make Sean come back

jess28lc - Hope you'll like this one too.

icequeen- as I said to her, trust me and I'll turn this situation around.

roswellluver- thank YOU

Emz80m- hope you'll like this one

foreverdreamer15- Jeff knows everything about Max, keep in mind that he's his brother's adoptive son! if you can read that fic till the end, I hope you'll remember your present post.

LIZamaMax- Sara, I see that you didn't change! dreamer forever!! me too, but nobody believes me

dreamer19- I appreciate your last sentence!

shortykms- thank you for the bump!

I hope you'll gave the same pleasure to reply till the end of that fic

If you're interested, I've written a new fic "MARRIAGE IN 10 LESSONS", it's completely different from what I used to write till now. Give it a chance, you won't be disappointed too.

Behind the scenes is finished and I've updated "REVENGE..." that Max is hated too, less than here, but...and Liz in that fic? I was told she was THE bitch! incredible. Take a look too.

NOW THE CHAPTER....

Chapter 12

They had decited to get married in a little church, with only Jeff's house staff and some friends. Michael Guerin, Max's best friend came from Boston to be his best man and Maria came from Miami to be Liz's bridesmaid.

" Why do you want a maid or a best man? " Liz asked when Max was planning the wedding. " Since I won't have a gown or a bridal bouquet for a civil wedding, I just need a simple dress. " she said sternly.

" Who said that our wedding will be a civil one? " he asked surprised.

" You have already been married, no? "

" I'm a widower, it's not forbidden to get married in a church. " he retorted.

" Haven't you had a religious ceremony for your first wedding? "
she asked with a smirk.

" No."

Liz was stunned, she didn't understand why he hadn't married in a church the first time, maybe it was Serena's decicsion? She couldn't help but asked softly. " Why? And why do you want to do it now? " Something was wrong with this wedding plan. She thought that Max would want a quick ceremony and now she discovered that he had planned a real wedding. She didn't agree to get married on her own free will, he forced her to accept it, so why?

" Don't worry about what I want and don't want. This is your first wedding, and I have to take care of your father's feelings. So we are going to have an traditional ceremony, with music, flowers and you in a white gown... although, I think that ivoiry would be better, don't you think so Liz? " he asked ironicaly.

Liz blushed and left the living. Since that day, Liz hadn't seen Max a lot, he was busy and went to Boston twice. But he had insisted on buying her an engagement ring, an magnificent emerald, and they visited the minister together.

That was all, most of the time he was just avoiding her, he was treating her like he didn't even care about her. He didn't even tried to kiss her, he was just showing some affection when Jeff was near.

Then there was the question of where to go on their honeymoon. Liz couldn't stand the idea and was fighting Max stubbornly. One day he asked her irritated, if she wanted her father to find out what was going on between them, and she gave in.

Although Max insisted that she could choose their destination, tempting her with a stay in France, Italy or even in the Seychelles or the Barbade, she refused to tell him where she wanted to go.

That was the moment Jeff entered the room and sensing the tension between his daughter and her fiancee, he asked.
" Is this a bad time? "

" Not at all. " Max assured him. " I was just trying to get my future bride to choose our honeymoon destination."

Placing her best fake smile on her face, Liz said. " What if you just surprise me? "

" I think I will take you up on that." Max retorted with a smirk.

" If I were in your shoes, Liz. I wouldn't let him do that." Jeff teased her. " He could take you to Alaska! " he added laughing.

Since she had announced that she would be marrying Max, Jeff became another man, younger, happier and less stressed. Even his doctor had confirmed that and that his patient was in great shape. Liz was happy, even if she had to pay the price for her father's sake.

The wedding day was sunny and clear. Maria arrived with a lot of boxes full of things she needed for her maids dress. She was charmed by Max, since she didn't like Sean at all. She thought that Max was adorable, handsome like a G-d and sexy.

Now, in her room, Liz was getting dressed with Maria's help. She was fixing the veil when they heard a car arriving. Liz wanted to go and see look out the window, but Maria pulled her back. " NO! That's the groom and his best man who just left, don't look at him, that brings bad luck! They look really handsome! Mr. Guerin came from Boston, didn't he? Did his wife come with him? " she asked faking indifference.

" I don't think he is married. " Liz answered.

" When did he arrive? Is he staying long? " Maria urged her.

Michael Guerin was Max's best friend. He was a really pleasant man and his smile was a familiar one for Liz.
" He just came for the wedding, I think he goes back to Boston tomorrow. "

" That's a shame! Except for Max, he is the most interesting man I have met in a long time. " Maria said a little upset. " Don't forget to drop the veil. " she said to Liz before she left the room.

Whe she was gone, Liz walked in front of the mirror. The woman she was looking at, with long dark hair and pale face seemed a stranger to her.

There was a knock on the door, and Jeff entered. He took Liz's hands and stared at her with tears in his eyes. " G-d bless you, Liz. You look so much like your mother, you are just as beautiful as she was. " he said kissing her cheeks. " Is everything okay? " he asked with concern.

" I think I'm just a little nervous. " she said.

" That's normal, Liz. Okay, it's time to go, unless you changed your mind? " he asked with a serious look.

Liz shook her head 'no'. " But you love Max, don't you? "

" Yes, I love him. " the moment she said the words out loud, Liz knew she was telling the truth. " I've never stopped loving him. " she said finaly opening her heart.

But she also felt bitterness and hate in her heart. Knowing that she felt all these conflicting feelings at the same time shocked her.

Jeff stared at his daughter and said to himself. " Thank G-d! At last! "

Then louder he said. " If you love him, everything will be all right. I'm sure. "

Liz closed her eyes, trying to hide her sorrow. Max had confessed that he hated her and he just wanted her to satisfy his obsession he was feeling for her. Dropping the veil, she added hesitantly. " You might be right.......I'm happy that I remind you of Mom. " and they left the room.

The ancient and beautiful church was filled with sunlight when Liz walked in with her father, but she couldn't keep her eyes off of her fiancee, he looked more handsome then ever in his dark grey tuxedo. He turned and looked at her when she arrived at her father's arm.

When she stood next to him, he took her hand and pulled her against him. She saw satisfaction in his eyes, a feeling of triumph and another emotion she couldn't read.

' If things were only different ' Liz thought while the minsiter was marrying them, and they pronounced their vows, binding them together forever. ' If only this was a real marriage. '

Max slid the wedding ring on her finger, lifted the veil and bent down to kiss her. He kissed her deeply and long, pulled her thight against his chest. Liz felt like he wanted to show her his triumph, but then why was his heart beating so fast against her hand? And what was that glimmer in his eyes when he released her? Liz thought that she had dreamed this when she saw the neutral mask on his face.

They walked out of the church and everybody cheered for them. A while later they were all reunited for the reception in the most famous hotel of Roswell.

Max was joking and drinking with the guests when Liz tried to make an effort to enjoy herself at the reception. ' My wedding reception! I would never have dreamed that it would be like this!' she thought.

She was drinking champagne and getting a little dizzy but oddly enough clear at the same time. Max had forced her to marry him, but he couldn't force her to sleep with him. Even when she would tell him that she refused, he wasn't the kind of man who was able to take her, even if she was his wife now. He might expect a sensual and easy victory, but if she could resist, he wouldn't waste his time and energy with the masquerade he created for himself. All she had to do was resist him..... resist at all costs, she thought.

Michael came and interupted those thoughts and startled her.
" Champagne? " he asked handing her a glass. Maria was with him and they got along really well. Before Liz could answer, Max cut her off. "NO! We have no time! "

" WHY? " Liz asked when Michael walked away with Maria.

" Because we are leaving for our honeymoon. Or did you forget?"

" But......I thought....I haven't even packed......" she began to plead.

" Amy did everything, and your suitecases are already in the cab, which is waiting for us. She prepared a dress for you. There is a little lounge outside, where you can change. "

Liz didn't move. " I'm going to help you out of your gown. "

" NO! " she whispered and looked towards Maria, unfortunately she was completely enthralled with Michael and didn't pay any attention to her.

" I'm......I'm perfectly able to do it myself. " she mumbled.

" I doubt that. " he said leading her firmly to the lounge. He closed the door behind them and locked it.

" WHAT ARE YOU DOING? " Liz asked panicked.

" Just making sure that nobody will come in and disturb us while you're changing. " he said quietly. " What did you think? That I would take you with force, here on the floor? " he said walking towards her.

As she didn't answer and was just staring at him with fear in her eyes, he exclaimed "Damn you! Don't you see that your despair give me the yearning to do it?" he said walking toward her.

Afraid she stept back and ended against the wall. He put his hands on either side of her face on the wall. Their eyes locked. " Soo, my tender and unfliching wife. " he said softly.

His beautiful face was inches away from hers and she already felt herself surrender. Looking in those amber eyes, seeing that he was looking for her reaction, she panicked. If he wanted to make love to her on the floor, she would do it with all her love for him. He would possess her, body and soul. She would be lost.

Recovering a little strength she said. " I thought you weren't fond of doing it quickly! "

She saw that he was surprised, but he answered huskily. " I could make an exeption! "

" I would like it if you stopped. You promised me a comfortable bed and......" she didn't finished her sentence, seeing an amuzed glimmer in his eyes and even an admiring one, he continued for her. "..........a long and passionate seduction. Okay, if that's what you want. "

He stepped back and commanded. " Turn around! "

He unbuttoned her gown and it slid to the floor, then he bent his head and kissed her between her shoulderblades. She felt his tongue rise along her spine to the nape of her neck. That was so erotic that she quivered.

Pulling her back against his chest, he cupped her firm breasts in his hands and teased her nipples through the lace and burried his face in her hair. Liz couldn't help but groaned.

Without breaking his gripp, he turned her around, face towards him. Liz closed her eyes, scared that he could see all the delicious emotions she was feeling and he kissed her wildly. She felt that it took all his willpower to control himself. Reluctantly he pushed her away, gazed at her longingly and said with a husky voice. " My poor little sacrified lamb. "

All of a sudden she was free, but when she looked at him she saw that he was shaken.

" Ready? " he asked when he gained his normal voice. And Liz got dressed.

" Where......where are we going? " she asked scared again.

" To the airport. "

" And then? "

" Boston. "

Liz froze, after her disasteress entcounter with Serena, she didn't wanted to go there for nothing in the world.

" I didn't take my passport. " she tried.

" In my pocket. " he stated sternly.

He unlocked the door and took her hand. " All you have to do is throw your bouquet and go out smilling like every other bride. I will take care of everything else. "

As soon as she kissed her father, thrown the bouquet to Maria, they climbed in the cab under a rain of rice and waved to all the people there. When she didn't need to pretent anymore, she straightened and thought about this mess.

What scared her the most was that incredible desire she was feeling for a man who didn't feel anything for her, no respect or love. How would she be able to be in a marriage only based on lust.

Max took her hand in his, she tried to pull away but he thightened his grip. " Liz, we are married now, for best and for worst. Why don't we choose for the best? " he asked tenderly.

" ARE YOU KIDDING? " she exclaimed fiercely.

With a weary tone he said, " You know that we could be happy together. We love to be together. We like the same things, and sexually, you know that we are...good together. "

She didn't hear what he said, but those last words hit her like a brick. If he expects her to be his manageable and willing sex slave, he was completely mistaken.

" We will find a compromise for the rest. " he continued. " Can we declare a truce, huh? We can't go on like this, making each other miserable, don't you agree? " he said looking at her with tenderness.

She almost melted looking at his face, and was tempted to respond to those amber eyes, but she realized that she couldn't find happiness at the side of a man, so merciless and determind to use her.

She won't make his life easy. " Ah, yeah? If you think that I'll be your obeying doll until you are fed up with me......Thanks but NO! " she said pulling her hand away from his. " I prefer fighting with you! "

She saw him stiffen. " In that case, I will make sure to be the winner! "

THE WAR WAS DECLARED !!!!!!!!!!

TBC......IF YOU WANT IT.......

martine · Post by **martine** » Sat Mar 05, 2005 2:27 pm

hey, everyone, I'm back with a new chapter. I know that Max is still confusing, and all of you hate him. About their honeymoon destination, don't sue Max, it's Liz's fault here, he tried to make her choose but she stayed stubborn and she refused. I hope this note will help you to understand a little more Max's attitude. I'm waiting for your fbs, it's important for me to know what do you think about him and Liz's behavior.

Thank you again for those wonderful fbs, your support is essential for me to continue that fic. Thank you.

SPECIAL THANKS FOR BIXIE, poor girl it was hard to correct this time, I'm sorry. Don't hate me!

sox- you'll see in this part that he's not the evil he seems to be

icequeen- let me help you. Max wanted that wedding because he didn't conceive to let Liz in a compromised situation, he didn't marry her for her father. Even if you do think so, Max has feelings for Liz. I hope you'll be here till the end to see what I meant.

FamersAmers- Thank you to be here.

Lizza- Here I am!

begonia 9508- he tried to be nice with her sometimes no? Eve, I've said to icequeen, why Max wanted that wedding. and maybe you won't dislike him that much after that part!

Emz80m- Emma, she didn't want to choose something for their honeymoon! and like I said to Eve, read what I said to icequeen about the marriage.

Bixie- Sandra, it's a real wedding in his mind. I explained already that, she refused to choose their destination. And yes, Max has feelings for her, he's not such a fool to marry her if not.

dreamer19- thank you for that fb, and thank you to have faith, I hope you'll keep it until the end.

Liz 86000- first thank you and second WHAOU? How many questions?
- Max didn't tell her he hated her, his behavior made her think so.
- I can't answer about Serena and her death.
- She didn't think about telling to his father, but of course he wouldn't let Max ruin his brother.
You know what you're almost the only one who likes Max

LIZamaMax- thank you Sara

CherryFlavoredChica- don't miss the last chapter and you'll see!

Liz86000- Je suis revenue avec un nouveau chapitre. I'm here with a new chapter.

Bixie and Liz86000- Thank you for you double fb.

adreamer- thank you.

g7silvers- thank you

roswellluver- thank YOU

OK, here we go for the next chapter, before I want to tell that I've already updated MARRIAGE..and REVENGE....

Chapter 13

On the flight to Boston, Max was reading his newspaper and Liz tried to get some rest. She couldn't sleep or eat, she could only think about their destination, Boston. How could he be so cruel to take her to Boston.

When she got there the first time, she loved the city and her stay at Philip's house was great. But after all what happened it was a place with bad memories to come back too.

When they arrived at Max's house, they were welcomed by his housekeeper who congratulated her with her marriage. After that she led her to Max's room and left.

All alone, Liz looked at the large bed she had to share with Max... the bed he had shared with Serena...She froze when she thought about that. What a fool she had been! If she had chosen a place for their honeymoon like he asked her to, she wouldn't be here in this room, and have to share the bed he had shared with his first wife.

She shivered and slowly opened her suitcase. Amy had prepared a silk nightdress for her weddingnight. *If she only knew* Liz thought, burying the nightdress on the bottom of the suitcase. She took out her old nightdress and after her shower she climbed in bed and waited for Max anxiously.

When he walked into the room, Liz closed her eyes, pretending to be sleeping. She knew that he had switched on the light to stare at her. He bent down until his lips brushed her ear and whispered. "I know you're not sleeping, so stop pretending. Unless you want me to wake you like Sleeping Beauty.

"She opened her eyes and he smiled. * He is so gorgeous and fascinating.* she thought sadly. *If he just could love me, but he doesn't.*

He roamed her face tenderly, and saw that she looked pale. "Do you have a headache?"

"Y...yes." she admited, wondering if he would laugh for her lame excuse.

"Sit up." he commanded.

When she did he gave her a cup of hot milk with some cognac. He told her to drink it with an asprine. Liz looked at him, surprised. *How could he have known?* she thought. "Unless you want to consumate our marriage tonight?" he asked sarcasticly.

She shook her head and drank the milk rapidly.

"I thought so." he said ironicaly. "You're not in any shape to fight either."

"I'm surprised that you aren't taking advantage of me! I'm an easy prey for you now!" she retored roughly.

A glimmer of anger blazed up in Max's eyes, but he continued in a neutral tone. "I'm not interested in an easy prey. I like to have a consenting partner and most of all a woman full of passion. If I can't have that, I would settle for a good fight." he said gazing at her.

Liz thought that she was the one who had chosen war instead of the truce he offered. Max liked challenges, and she was a challenge to him even if she was too weak too resist now. He had chosen to let it be for now. His attitude, selfcontrol and patience was starting to throw her off balance. She was completely annoyed and angry to see what effect he had on her.

"Would you prefer that I make love to you now so that you can hold it against me that I took advantaged of your weakness?" he asked taking the cup from her hand.

She was thrilled and shocked to see that he was able to read her like an open book. "I don't want you to make love to me." she exclaimed. "And most of all not in this bed....I can't....I can't bear to..." she tried to explain but she couldn't get the words out of her mouth.

"To think that I've shared it with Serena? No, you have nothing to worry about. Nobody has ever slept here with me in this bed, you have my word on that."

Liz was so intensely relieved that all of a sudden she started to cry. Max's face softened and bent towards her and tenderly wiped the tears from her face. "Liz, please. You have no reason to cry." he said softly and pulled her against his chest.

Only for an instant, she gave into the delicious feeling to be in Max's arms, and let him stroke her back. Then reality hit her and it took all her willpower to push away. He lay her down on the cushions as if she was a little girl and whispered with a mischevious look. "If you're still awake after my shower, I'll be tempted to make love to you."

But after all the tension, tiredness and emotions of that day, Liz fell asleep as soon as he left the room.

The next morning, Liz woke up and realized that she was alone in bed, but the sheets showed that Max must have slept next to her. She was feeling better and hungry.

As she stept out of the bathroom, the door opened and Max walked in with a tray. Liz gasped when she looked at him, he was so gorgeous and apparently in a really good mood. This was the first time she saw him geniuely smiling. "Are you feeling better?" he inquiered putting the tray on her lap.

"Yes, thank you." she replied quietly, but her heart was racing in her chest. Breakfast was only prepared for one person. "What about you? Are you not gonna eat..."

"I've already eaten an hour ago, but I will have a cup of coffee with you." he said smiling again.

He poured the coffee and stood by the window when Liz attacked her food with an healty appetite. "Mmmm, that was delicious." she said when she was finished.

He came and sat next to her and bent towards her and put his mouth over hers. Teasing her bottom lip with his tongue. Liz couldn't help herself and parted her lips. "I'm warning you Liz, if you let me kiss you I'm won't stop there. I will make love to you all day long. Do you want me to kiss you?" he asked her huskily against her lips.

A voice in her head was screaming 'YES! YES! I want you to kiss me and make love to me!' But Liz kept silent. She wondered why he would let her choose. He had said that he wanted her badly and yet he restrained himself and let her make the choice. Was he afraid that she might accuse him to have forced himself on her?

However she didn't want to let him win. "NO!" she shouted hoarsly.

Surprised, he backed away but recoverd rapidly. "In that case, we have to find another way to spent the day. What would you like to do?" he asked quietly.

'I would like to leave this appartment! I would like it if I had never met you! I'm not interested in anything else!' she mumbled under her breath as he was talking.

"Amy hasn't put enough clothes for you in your suitcase, so I suggest we go shopping and you can see Boston again." he said ignoring her statement.

" I prefer to stay here." she said sternly.

"Don't you want to see Boston again? I thought that you loved this city the last time you were here!"

"I wasn't being punished the last time, it was a pleasure but it isn't now." she said agitated.

"I chose this place for us so that we could spend some time together, alone, to get to kn...."

"I don't want to be alone with you." she cut him off roughly.

This time he was upset. "I thought that you could take the time to think about the situation."

"Are you hoping that I accept this marriage that you forced on me? To accept a husband which I hate and despise?" she asked sarcasticly.

"We don't have to stay here, we could leave if you want." he offered again.

She didn't reply and looked out the window.

"It's not worth it to make things worse. All I ask is for you to co-operate a little so we can have a good time on our honeymoon. If you only would tell me where you want to go.."

But Liz kept silent and looking out the window. She acted like he wasn't there and pretened not to listen what he was saying. Max got really mad and grabbed her by the schoulders and shook her. "Liz listen, I don't want you to hate me more then you already do now, so if..."

"To hate you more? That's impossible!" she said wanting to hurt him. She was postitive that he believed that she really hated him and she made the decision to push him a little further.

"In that case, what do I have to lose?"

"Nothing." she replied with pleasure, seeing a glimmer of pain in his eyes. "I don't care where we spend our honeymoon! It will be hell for me where ever we are!"

Max's fingers grabbed her schoulders tighter, and it took all his willpower to keep his selfcontrol, as if he was afraid that he would hit her. He released her and stood up. "If you want hell, you will have hell." he said with a muffed voice.

Liz was shocked to see the wild surges he tried to restrain, but she continued to harass him. "This way I will keep some respect for myself!" she said with comtempt.

"We'll see!"

The threat she heard in those words scared her to death. She realized that she pushed him too far and tried to talk to him. "Max...."she started, but he was already leaving the room and slamming the door behind him.

TBC.........IF YOU WANT IT.............

martine · Post by **martine** » Sat Mar 12, 2005 5:02 pm

hey I'm back with a new chapter. maybe, I shouldn't say that but I don't know how you're going to react with that part. I only expect that you'll leave fbs, even if it's to say that you don't like it. I prefer criticisms than silence. So don't be scared to say ALL what you want to say about it.
I just hope that you'll continue to read that fic though.

Let me tell you that I've overwhelmed by all your fbs too, thank you so much. They are very important for me. I'm going to try to reply to each of you.

dreamer19- I think that Max has any idea of what Liz thinks really. I mean, yes he forced her to get married but he tried, even if he's clumsy, to make things work out.

CherryFlavoredChica- He trys but with his way and all he manages to do until now is to hurt her more.

icequeen- please keep reading it, I know that like everyone, you don't see where I'm going with this fic. Sorry to annoy all of you, but if you could wait, you'll understand everything. I have to say that Max tried to please her, but, as he hurt her deeply with that Serena's story, she don't want anything from him, all she's doing is trying to hurt him as badly as he did to her.

Alana- I understand that like everyone here, you don't like the way Max is acting. What can I say? He wants her at all coasts, but he don't know how to show her his feelings. and Liz is too deeply hurt that whatever he will do, she won't trust him and won't accept anything from him.
but the fic is far to the end.......

begonia9508-once again he tried to please her but you're right, he hurt her so badly that it'll be very hard for them to get along...for the moment. Keep in mind that it's a dreamer fic, even if you don't think so.

Gaby7tvm- read that part and you'll find the begining.

Smac- your analys is very interesting. I don't want to be short but I hope that you'll continue to read that fic and find out if you were right or not. I don't know the answer. And sorry, since they don't find a way to get along well, "their playing games" continue in that part.

sox- here is the new part. Just keep in mind that this will be the first day of their honeymoon.......

Emz80m- Emma, who said that she was not breaking his heart acting the way she did? I didn't give any part to Max's thoughts and we don't know what he was feeling. Maybe at the end???

mmcherron- Lissalou, I don't know if you read the summary, but this fic is inspired by a novel, and without making a plagia, I tried to follow the plot which seemed to me a good one, but I saw that maybe I was wrong. I'll come back with all the explanations but not now. Hope you'll keep reading though.

0megaRam1- I know that you love to have some tastes: why Liz? He didn't know her before since his adoptive father and his brother (Jeff) didn't talk to each during more than 20 years but when he saw her.......
I read all your post and I could say that your analys is interesting, as Smac's one. But like I said, I don't know if you're right or not. Like I said to everyone, I hope you'll keep reading the fic to read the answer.

extingman- please don't sue me but I'd like to ask you a question: what would you act if you wanted someone and you couldn't have him? I know you'll tell me that you won't do like he did, but his excuse is that he wants her even if he has a clumsy way to show her.he made a lot of mistakes with her, the first was lying but it seems that he doesn't know what to do to make things work out. I know your answer: tell her the truth...but what truth??
you said that he hid he was engaged, you're right, but I've plan to make him explain everything including why he did it, in a few chapters.
I keep reading your post and I think that you won't like this part nor the next ones, but please don't give up that fic. You'll see why at the end.
I just wanted to say something: do you think that Max really needed to marry her to have her in his bed? She's in love with him despite everything. She would have act the same way if he hadn't forced her to marry him and she would understand that she couldn't marry Sean neither.
And you're right in your last sentences. She's hurt and she'll try to hurt him as badly as he did. The question is: what will she earn with that little game?

Liz86000- A lot of things. Read and you'll find out....

Coccy- Thank you I hope you'll keep liking the next parts.

Bixie - Sandra, your analys is as interesting as the others. Like I said, I don't know if you're right or not. But that's true that he wants her at all coasts, so much that he made a lot of mistakes with her. Like a lot of men in real life, he doesn't know the women, really know. He's a real macho.

WildSphinx- Thank you, hope you'll like the next part

g7silvers- He has no excuse, that's right. and the next chapter will be worse since he didn't accept her behavior. Thank you for the double fb

Lizza - Thank you for the bump!!

SORRY FOR THE LENGTH OF MY REPLIES. That was the less I could do to try to explain

I've already updated all my fics, I hope I'll find you there soon!

now the chapter......

Chapter 14

Liz admitted that Max was endeavouring to not let the war settle between them, but she wasn't able to control herself, to keep her mouth shut, and the status quo was broken. She was certain that he would make her pay for that.

While she changed her clothes, she thought of the best way to come back to the previous situation. *Maybe I should agree to go with him for a walk!*. And as soon as she was ready, she prepared herself to face him.

But she wasn't yet out of the room when she noticed that something was missing. Her suitcase. Even if she was scared, she refused to let the panic get the best of her. *Don't be stupid, it must be the housekeeper who misplaced it!* she reprimanded herself.

When she walked downstairs, she saw that Max already had his jacket on. "Ready, right on time." he said as he helped her to put her coat on, and handed her purse to her.

Liz followed him feeling relieved, happy that she didn't have to plead, he led her to the car.

For a while, Liz looked at the landscape and Max drove to the North without uttering a word. She sensed something in his attitude that frightened her and the relief she was feeling earlier made place for worry. She tried to talk and said the first thing that came to mind. "You didn't took the same car..."

"This is my car for the winter."

"What kind of model is it?"

"A Jeep Cherokee Chief."

He was answering roughly, but Liz refused to let the fear take over, so she replied casually. " This is definitely not the kind of car to go shopping with!"

"We're not going shopping."

This time she got really scared. "Where are we going?" she asked.

"On our honeymoon of course!"

Now she knew where her suitcase was. "Where are we going exactly?" she asked again.

"Guess!"

No this wasn't possible! She couldn't go there! One year ago, she had found heaven there, but now, this place held for her the most hurtfull memory and she couldn't bear to be there. She begged him. "NO..NO! Max, not there....pleeaase! Anywhere else but not there..."

"I gave you so many opportunities to chose our destination, but you always refused to answer. You even told me that where ever we would go it woud be hell for you. So, now you have to deal with this, my dear little wife." he said sarcasticly.

Liz kept silent, and was aware that she herself was responsible for her own misfortune.

"What? No reply? Don't you find anything to retored?" he asked ironically.

"It's not worth talking when I know it won't change anything!" she said proudly.

"No, but I would like to hear you beg again!" he said smiling with contempt.

"In your dreams!" she said, talking like her friend Maria.

She was surprised to hear Max laugh. "I love when a woman knows fights back, I don't like a doormat as a wife. I think that I'll take real pleasure in to master you and when I'll be done..."

"Why do you think that you'll be able to master me?" she asked trying to hide her fear.

"In the mountains, we'll be all alone, I mean there is nobody around us."

"Do you want to scare me?" she asked.

"And I have succeeded, seeing the look on your face."

After a while, he added. "Relax Liz, the trip to the hut will take about 5 hours or more, so try to sleep a little."

"But it will be dark when we get there." As if he didn't care, he shrugged.

Liz thought that she had 5 hours to try to sooth Max. If she could convince him to stop before they got there, maybe he wouldn't be mad with her in the morning.

"Are you thinking about your revenge on me?" he inquired still driving.

"I was just wondering why we haven't taken the plane like...like the first time you took me there?

"It wasn't available because Michael needed it for his clients." he replied sternly.

She tried to keep the conversation going but Max kept answering roughly, so she gave up trying and fell asleep until she felt the car stop.

"Do you want to eat something? he asked with a neutral tone. She nodded.

Even if she wasn't hungry, she thought that maybe she could make him relax a little and give up his project. They could sleep in a hotel somewhere and tomorrow they could go to the Niagarra falls, a good destination for a honeymoon. She tried to think of any other place to go too but the hut in the mountains, because there she would be an easy prey for Max, being alone with him.

Max parked the car not far from a fish restaurant and they ran through the rain to the front door of the place. When they sat down at their table, Liz tried to talk again after the waitress took their orders. "Are we far from your house?" she asked casually.

"2 hours maybe."

"You must be tired of all the driving with so much rain."

He looked at her, wondering what she was going to do to make him change his mind. Her heart was beating in her chest when she saw his ironical look. He knew what she was trying to do and he was laughing at her. But, she chose to continue trying to buy some time.

"Don't you think that we could stop and sleep in a hotel until tomorrow. The weather is really bad right now."

Max let his eyes roam her body openly, and stopped at her breasts and said with a devilish smile. "I can't wait to reach the hut, and I can't wait to be there and....."

Liz shivered and Max kept on smiling more devilishly. She was really scared now and decided to give it a last try to sooth his anger. "You...you said that it wasn't worth it to make things worse than they already are...and I...I know now that you were right..."

As he didn't answer, she continued bravely. "I know that I've been....stubborn....and not understanding..."

He cut her off. "And now you think that by apologizing now to you can make me change my mind?" he asked and smirked when he saw her blush. "You're wasting your time!" he stated.

"Max...Please..."

He shook his head "Instead of talking you should eat. I don't want to waste my time here. I want to leave in a few minutes." Liz was unable to eat, she felt nauseous.

She thought about the hut in the mountains, where they will be all alone and he won't have any problems to scare or humiliate her.... and to do what he wanted to do with her. No one would care about her.

When they finished eating, Max called the waitress and paid the bill. "Max, I'd have to go to the restroom." she said.

When she got there, she tried to find a window or another door. Unfortunately, there was nothing. She hoped that maybe Max was waiting for her in the car, so that she could try to flee before he noticed. Once again, no such luck. She found Max waiting for her behind the door, like he knew that she would try something.

He put his arm around her waist and they ran and climbed into the car. The raindrops on her cheeks looked like tears and he wiped them softly with his thumb. When he heard her sigh, he smiled. " Are you in a hurry to get to the hut, honey?"

He was not surprised by her silence. He started the car and they neared a gas station. "I better get some gas." he stopped the car and got out to gas up the car.

Liz looked around, not too far away she saw a mall. *This is my opportunity to get away.* she thought. If she got there she wouldn't have a problem to get lost in the crowd. She waited until he finished and went inside to pay.

She checked if the keys were in the ignition, but of course he took them with him. Then without thinking for another minute, she got out of the car and ran towards a group of young girls and entered the mall. There she took the breath that she was holding and walked into the hallway without paying attention to the windows. She had a goal, and that was to get away from Max.

She entered in a big store and wandered around for about an hour. Seeing that Max wasn't running after her, she wanted to know if he had given up on her. She walked to the main entrance and looked. *He's gone! His car isn't there anymore.* she thought relieved. She went to a Car Rental, but when she wanted to pay, she discovered that her creditcard was missing.

When she turned around to see if it had fallen on the floor, she bumped against a tall figure. "Surprised to see me again?" Max inquired mocking.

"But...the...the car was..wasnt there...I believed that..you..you were...gone." she stammered.

"That's what I wanted you to believe. Now if you are finished playing...We still have a long road ahead of us...." he said pulling her to the car.

TBC...IF YOU WANT IT..............

martine · Post by **martine** » Wed Mar 16, 2005 11:23 pm

HEY everyone! you have no idea what time is it in my time! then, now that I'm full awake, I'm going to post that new part.
I hope you'll like it, I'm sure that you'll be surprised. I'm waiting for your fbs to know what you think about it.
I saw that a lot of you were surprised by Liz's fears. Hey, they were going to a very secluded place and she knew that Max intended to sleep with her. Did you forget that she didn't want to do it and there she had no means to escape. I mean of course he won't rape her and she knows that, but you have to admit that Max's behavior is worrying for somebody who can't think rationally.
Keep in mind that Liz didn't know what were her feelings for him anymore, she was completely confused.

Thank you for the great fbs you left, I'm trying to do my best to deserve them. And lurkers, it'd be great if you left some fbs too!![/

Bixie- First I'm sorry for all the hard time my dictionnary gave you! back to your fb. Max can't read Liz's mind but he had a good idea of what she was thinking about the marriage, the honeymoon and all that mess. And
he didn't show her that she had nothing to be scared until now. Sandra, I know that it's Max we're talking about but he never tried to comfort her.

anonymousarfan- I hope you'll like it, thank you

CherryFlavoredChica- yeah!!

Liz86000- I'm back even if it's 5:00 am here!!! I'm pleased to see that you're understanding Max now. You're right he's not that bad even if he doesn't show his best side. Hope you'll like this part

icequeen- I think that Liz wants so much to escape from him that she figures that she's scared of him. Maybe she's scared of her reactions too.
I hope you'll like this part

dreamer19- Not in this part but hope you'll like it though

begonia9508- read that part and you'll see that it's not so difficult to believe that I'm a dreamer. He wants her as a wife cause he respects her father's feelings and hers too. He wants Liz even if it's hard to believe he does have feelings for her

Emz80m- Emma, I see that I failed trying to make you change your mind about my Max. I'll wait to read what you think about that part eagerly

DreamerHeart- you're right but I think that her words are rude too.

g7silvers- I think that he didn't change, Liz did and in that previous part, she is like irrational. But she's not only scared of him, of herself too.

Lizza- I hope that you'll like that part.

LIZamaMax- I'm here Sara, and thank you for the support.

Coccy- OOC? What is this? you're right the situation is a little absurd!

I've already updated my others fics. If you're interested to know if Liz has accepted to talk to Max, take a look at REVENGE!.... And if you want to know how Max and Liz are going to work together despite the strong feelings they have one for the other, read MARRIAGE!......
now the new part.

Chapter 15

After a while Liz wanted to know how Max had been able to find her, to know where she was. "Did you follow me into the mall?" she asked.

"I didn't need to do that. I just told the security guards that we were testing their efficiency. That they had to find someone who entered the mall when she wasn't alowed to, I've described you of course. They called me when they found you. I knew where you were from the beginning." he explained coldly.

"But how could you ask them to do that? You're just..." he cut her off. "The owner of that mall. Liz, you'll learn later, that I'm not just a lawyer like your father or mine. I've made a lot of investments in different projects and this mall is one of them." he said.

Liz was speechless. She was married to someone she didn't know and that was not the worsed part of the marriage. Then her nerves gave in and she started to laugh hystericaly..

When Max saw that, he took her face between his hands and kissed her. People passing by would think that they were lovers hiding in a car. That idea stopped her. "I lost my wallet. I don't know where it is, I can't find it." she said when they pulled apart.

"Oh, really? I'm so sorry for you Liz! You're so careless!" he said ironically.

She remembered that he helped her when they had finished their lunch, and then she knew. "I haven't lost it... have I ? You took it out of my bag." she said furious.

"Exactly!"

"WHY?" she asked getting more furious.

"Do you really need to ask Liz. I'm sure that you'll figure it out yourself."

Max kept in control everything. He knew that she would be up to something, so he made sure that he could prevent it from happening that she would get away from him. He started the car. "Max, I want to go back to Boston, please." she pleaded again.

"Too late! You didn't want to before, but don't worry. I'm sure that you'll enjoy our honeymoon in the mountains." he said as he continued to drive.

She curled up into the corner of her seat and tried to come up with a solution. But she coulnd't think of one. She was his wife and nobody would be able to help her. She tried again to make him change his mind. "Max, I know that we have made a deal, you and me, but I made a mistake. I can't go through with this."

"You've already accepted the deal Liz, and a deal is a deal." he said without emotion.

"But when you touch me, I feel nauseous. You can't go through with this and you can't force me to accept you."

He turned his head to face her. "Look, I have no intentions to let you go back on your promise, and I will not only touch you, Liz." he stated.

She didn't answer and turned her face to the window. They were driving to the Canadian border and there were no cars, they seemed to be the only ones on that road. She shivered and closed her eyes.

She was worn out by the fear and so tired that she fell asleep. She woke up when she felt the car stop. She recognized the hut in front of her. It was still raining, Max walked around the car to open her door. "I have to carry you to the hut, because you can't walk there in those shoes. The ground is all mudy." he said trying to carry her out of the car.

"I don't need your help, I can do it by myself." but when she stepped out of the car, her heels got caught in the mud. She couldn't pull her shoes out of it so she had to walk to the hut on her bare feet . She slipped and fell face down first.

She heard Max walking beside her. "Are you sure that you don't need my help?" he asked mockingly but with concern. "I'm sure, go ahead and leave me alone." she said as she tried to get up. But she failed and fell again and this time scrapping her cheek on some stones. She felt so miserable that the tears started flowe, unable to stop them.

Max feigned to ignore her painful look and carried their suitcases inside. Infuriated by his attitude, she cursed him and stood up. She walked slowly to the hut and arrived when he switched on the lights. When she saw the living in the light, all the memories came back. She shook her shoulders and stepped inside.

She was soaked, dirty, her cheek was bleeding and it hurt. She lost her shoes in the battle. She looked up at Max and saw him staring at her with an unreadable look on his face. She was certain that he would have laughed at her.

"It's sad that you hurt yourself because of your own stupid pride."

"Mud baths are good for the skin." she said proudly.

She saw a glimmer of admiration blazing in his eyes. He told her to go upstairs to change and take a hot bath, and she ran as fast as possible, wanting to put as much distance as possible between them.

After a good hot bath, Liz put on a bathrobe and got downstairs into the living. Max had lit a fire in the fireplace, and when he saw her he asked. "Are you feeling any better?" She nodded.

All of sudden, he came in front of her, his beautiful face so close to hers and she could feel his breath on her face. He bent down and kissed her softly on her injured cheek. As he was about to do it again, she straightened herself and pulled away from him. "Are you finished in the bathroom?" he asked and she nodded.

"So I'm going to take a shower, and you know what, you can start being a good wife and make us some dinner. I won't be long." She was angry to see him laugh at her and didn't move. He sighed. "I'm sure you know how to open a can!"

"Are you sure that you don't prefer me to go out and kill some deer?"

He bursted out laughing and looked at her body wrapped in a bathrobe and seeing her bare feet he shook his head. "You're not dressed for that. Didn't you see all that mud outside?" As she sent him a venemous glare, he continued as he walked to the bathroom. "Cook only a can of beans, that will be enough for the two of us."

Completely infuriated, she went to the bedroom to get changed. "HAA! He wants me to cook dinner. Well he will see what I'm able to make for him." she mumbled.

Ten minuts later, Max stepped out of the bathroom, fully dressed, and he was drying his hair. Liz was so busy that she didn't bother to look up at him. Everything was ready on the table. "Huumm, that smells good!"

They sat down at the table. "I'm hungry and that looks good!" he said with a smile.

"I'm very happy that you like it." she replied. He got suspicious because of the tone in her voice. He looked at the plates not knowing what to do. She gave him a bright smile.

"You'll see, that it's special." she said when she handed him the dressing.

Actually the dressing was normal but this time she made it special because she added A LARGE AMOUNT OF DETERGENT to it. She was sipping her wine when he took his first bite. He got up and ran to the bathroom to spit it out..

He was calm when he came back, he walked towards her." You little witch!" and returned to his seat.

"There's a apple pie in the oven." she said quietly.

"A pie with...?"

"Nothing, just a normal apple pie."

"You know, I'm not that hungry anymore. Actually I'm hungry for something else, and I want to satisfy my hunger now." he said with a husky voice.

"NO! I won't let you use me!" she exclaimed.

"And how do you intend to stop me? If you think that acting cold will stop me, forget it." he stated.

"I'll fight with you!"

"What a drama!"

"I meant what I said. You'll have to take me with force."

"We will see about that!"

He picked her up and carried her to the bedroom. Liz regretted her previous behavior and tried to calm him "I would like to have a cup of coffee, please!"

She cursed herself to be compelled to beg and she hated him for that humiliation.

He looked at her, ready to say no, but gave up. "Okay, but this is the last time you try to waste time." he let her sit on the armchair. "I'll make the coffee myself, in case you want put some arsenic in it. Who knows, maybe you found some!"

"If I had found it, I would have used it already!". She curled up in the armchair, trying to find a way to hide.

Max came back with the coffee and a bottle of cognac. While she was sipping her coffee, he asked. " do you want some cognac? It might help you to relax a little."

She wanted to refuse but accepted it though. She drank it straight and held up her glass to ask for another one but Max refused saying that he didn't want her to get drunk.

"I don't care if I'm getting drunk." she said abruptly.

"But I do. Don't you remember, I've told you that I want to make love to you long, and slowly. I need you fully awake for that."

She jumped up and tried to get away, but he pulled her into his arms and took her face between his hands. He caressed her cheeks seductively, and eroticaly. She just stood there staring at him, unable to move, hypnotized, and he started to kiss her softly all over her face.

"I have been waiting for this moment for so long!" he whispered huskily. "I want you full of live and passion when I make love to you. I want to see your desire in your eyes. I want to feel you quiver with pleasure. I want to hear your moans and cries. I want you to give in to the delicious feelings. I want you to beg me." he panted.

Liz was breathless hearing his speech, her heart was racing in her chest. She was unable to restrain herself and cursed herself for that. But she found the strength to retort. "If you want me to beg, I will do it. Max, leave me alone. I don't want to make love with you...."

She couldn't finish her sentence. She knew it was useless. "In that case, I have to make you change your mind. It's time that you become my wife in every sense of the word."

"I'll humiliate myself by becoming your wife completely." she hissed.

She saw the anger blazing in his eyes, and she knew that she had got what she wanted..she had hurt him.

"I'll do my very best to make your 'humiliation' pleasureable, so don't worry." he said with a wild look.

He caressed her while he was talking and she just looked at him, fascinated, unable to get away. He unbuttoned her shirt and pushed it aside to tease her nipple through her lacey bra, and she couldn't stop the moan that escaped her lips. He kissed the hollow of her throat and unclasped her bra and without realizing what was happening, Liz noticed all of a sudden that she stood naked in front of him.

She felt the wet open mouth kisses on her skin and was about to surrender, when he pulled away from her. Surprised she opened her eyes and saw that he was taking off his shirt. He came back and pulled her in his arms.

"Touch me." he whispered. "Touch me, I know that you want to."

He took her hand and he put it on his toned chest. She tried to resist knowing that if she gave in, she would be lost. But her desire was stronger, and she closed her eyes and caressed him. He made her lie down on the rug in front of the fireplace, just like the first time she came here.

"You're even more beautiful than I can remember, Liz." he murmured. "I'm completely under your spell, from the first moment I saw you.." he said before devouring her mouth.

Liz thought that the spell was working on her too.

"You're enchanting, my little doe eyed witch..I'm always thinking about you Liz, every minute of my life. Please tell me that you want me just as much as I want you." he begged burying his face in her magnificent hair, smelling her intoxicating scent.

Liz wanted to fight her desire, she didn't want to surrender but the fever she was feeling was stronger than her reasons to resist. Max was a passionate lover and he knew how to seduce her, to caress her, to disturb her, to make her his even before he took her. When she was on the edge tosurrender, he pulled away a little.

"Do you want me to make love to you, Liz?" he asked hoarsly.

She wrapped her arms around his neck and made him understand without words that she gave up the battle, and made a move that proved her passion for him. But he kept asking. "Tell me, Liz! I want to hear it from your beautiful mouth that you want it."

"YES! YES! I want you to make love to me! Are you happy now!" she exclaimed with all her love. And when she tried to pull him into her arms, he laughed softly.

"Honey, we have all night ...We have all of our lifes to find out about all of those delicious feelings."

TBC..IF YOU WANT IT........................................

martine · Post by **martine** » Wed Apr 20, 2005 7:09 pm

Hey, I'm back with a new chapter. I hope you'll like it even though Bixie didn't correct my English. For the moment, you have to endure my poor English until she'll come back, and believe me in this part, that has been hard. even if I'm very very far from our great writers here, I did my best for you to enjoy that chapter.

I'd like to precise something about the last chapter, I think that some of you misunderstood Max's last line. When he said that they have time, he didn't say that he didn't want to make love, he just didn't want to rush things between them, they have all the night to pleasure themselves. I didn't mean to say something negative.

It's a dreamer part, I hope you'll like it... I count on your fbs.

Talking about fbs, I'd like to thank you for the great fbs you left.

icequeen- Like I said above, Max didn't want to stop after he asked her to make love, he just wanted to take time to do it.

Smac - If you're refering to his last line when you say that he pulled away, I've replied above. you're right, they are both crazy and obssessed one by the other, but that's what a lot of people live in RL, life is complicated but when you're Max and Liz, it's more complicated even without aliens around them!

begonia9508- why do I feel that some of you will think like Liz in this part? Do you want to know what I'm talking about? read that part and you'll know!

Liz86000- Thank you, I hope you'll appreciate that one.""She is going to be a very happy (but confused!!) woman after tonight!"" dans le mille! the fic is coming to the end in 4 or 5 chapters maybe less, I think that she'll understand everything then.
and sorry, I didn't mean to be that evil, did I? and browse until the chapter and you'll see what I wrote.

Emz80m- Emma, don't be so negative, and I think that like icequeen, you misunderstood what Max said. I didn't express his words well, I'm sure. Tell me what you think about this part.

Coccy- Please don't kill him yet! and no he didn't explain his behavior in this part. If you could wait for 4 or 5 chapters.....

Lizza - About Liz and the dinner...a woman has always a way to make a man pay for his behavior!

anonymousarfan- I hope you'll like this part and you'll see why I left there.

Bixie- I'm here without your corrections, hope you'll like the part. Bixie, I think that you'll blame even more Liz after that part. Hope you'll leave me some fb to tell me!

LIZamaMax- thanks Sara, that means a lot. this part is a dreamer part and this fic is a dreamer fic. thanks for trusting me.

dreamer19- I'm sorry if you're lost, that was not my purpose. Can you wait a little more to get answers?

CherryFlavoredChica- Thank you

Gunther0925- Amanda, he don't only want sex. She means a lot for him, but there is a wall of misunderstanding between them.

g7silvers- I'm sorry if you're so confused, that's not what I mean to do.

shortykms- thank you

g7silvers- I hope you'll like this part...

lizzy3686- thank you for that nice fb, I hope you'll stay with us and leave the lurkingland!

Liz86000- I'm back and I hope you'll appreciate that part.

LIZamaMax- Sara I'm back and thank you

anonymousarfan- sorry for the delay and thank you

g7silvers- Thank you so much for the support!

I really hope that you'll appreciate that part, I hope that you'll give a chance to Max, this time.

OK. I've updated REVENGE and I hope I could update MARRIAGE soon. I hope that Bixie will be back before. Sandra, I don't if my poor readers will be able to endure some other chapters without your corrections!

here's the chapter...please don't forget to leave a fb even you lurkers!

PREVIOUSLY

"I didn't need to do that. I just told the security guards that we were testing their efficiency. That they had to find someone who entered the mall when she wasn't alowed to, I've described you of course. They called me when they found you. I knew where you were from the beginning." he explained coldly.

"I don't need your help, I can do it by myself." but when she stepped out of the car, her heels got caught in the mud. She couldn't pull her shoes out of it so she had to walk to the hut on her bare feet . She slipped and fell face down first

I'm going to take a shower, and you know what, you can start being a good wife and make us some dinner. I won't be long." She was angry to see him laugh at her and didn't move. He sighed. "I'm sure you know how to open a can!"

Actually the dressing was normal but this time she made it special because she added A LARGE AMOUNT OF DETERGENT to it. She was sipping her wine when he took his first bite. He got up and ran to the bathroom to spit it out..

You know, I'm not that hungry anymore. Actually I'm hungry for something else, and I want to satisfy my hunger now." he said with a husky voice.

"I have been waiting for this moment for so long!" he whispered huskily. "I want you full of live and passion when I make love to you. I want to see your desire in your eyes. I want to feel you quiver with pleasure. I want to hear your moans and cries. I want you to give in to the delicious feelings. I want you to beg me." he panted
"I'll humiliate myself by becoming your wife completely." she hissed.

"You're enchanting, my little doe eyed witch..I'm always thinking about you Liz, every minute of my life. Please tell me that you want me just as much as I want you." he begged burying his face in her magnificent hair, smelling her intoxicating scent.

"Do you want me to make love to you, Liz?" he asked hoarsly.

"YES! YES! I want you to make love to me! Are you happy now!" she exclaimed with all her love. And when she tried to pull him into her arms, he laughed softly.
"Honey, we have all night ...We have all of our lifes to find out about all of those delicious feelings."

Chapter 16

His eyes darkened with passion, the passion he was feeling for this woman, his wife...he couldn't believe that she was his now. After all they got through he wanted to show her how much he cared for her, he hoped that they could get closer, he didn't like to be the bad part of their couple.

He bent to her and kissed her fiercely, pulling at her lower lip, dipping his tongue in her mouth, he wanted to taste every crevice of it, Liz moaned driving him crazy.

Then he left her mouth and gave all his care to her breasts. When he took a nipple in his mouth and sucked it, Liz gasped, she couldn't help it. "Maax!" she cried when he bit it softly and he continued to suck her nipples, he loved feeling them erect under his tongue.

Liz lifted her body to his mouth gripping his hair with her hands, her head was spinning and she couldn't think clearly, for the moment all what she wanted was him to relief her burning body.

"Liz, open your eyes Baby, I want you to look at me Honey." Max said huskily, but Liz kept her eyes closed, even in the fog of her mind she didn't want to surrender completely.

"Maax, make love to me, you don't need to see my eyes, just take care of my body. I can't help but like the things you make me feel" she said with a low voice. She pulled him to her and kissed him, she slid her tongue inside his mouth and they dueled until they had to come apart to breathe.

Unconciously, she was moving up and down against his erection trying to sooth the fire burning inside her and Max was almost losing control, his hands were everywhere, teasing and pinching a nipple...caressing her thigh "Liz I want you Baby...you're driving me crazy!" he said as he slowly lowered his hand to the center of her feminity, Liz gasped, she lifted her body toward him.

Encouraged, he slid a finder inside her then a second and started to move in and out inside of her. He needed to hear her crying his name in ecstasy "Maaaxx! please!"

He continued to pleasure her feeling her walls tightening around his fingers. He felt his lower body harden and react at her moans and he bit his lips when he saw her climax in his hand "Oh my G-d Maax!"

He looked at her, she was so gorgeous with that bliss reflecting on her beautiful face and he was proud to know that he gave her that pleasure. He licked his finger and bent and buried his head between her legs to suck her juices. "Maax!" Liz exclaimed surprised, that was the first time someone touched her this way.

Seeing that she was enjoying what he was doing, he continued to lick her lower lips "Liz, you taste so good, I can't stop Honey" he said as he swirled his tongue and bit tenderly her clit "Huuummm!" Liz said, Max was driving her crazy, her head was spinning. She didn't know that he could pleasure her with his mouth and his tongue and she was in heaven.

Max continued to pleasure her, licking...sucking and bitting softly with his teeth until she climaxed again in his mouth "OOHHHHHHHH! Maaaaxxxxxx!" she cried when she came.

"Liz Baby, you're so beautiful, so hot...I want to be inside you Honey, I can't hold more! Do you want me to make love to you? he asked again insecure.

Even if he was dying to love her, he didn't want to force her.
"Yes Max, please make love to me" she panted. Max felt his heart swelling, she was accepting him intimately, that was so important for him.

When he heard her words, he groaned and swooped down on her mouth and devoured it. He positionned himself at her entrance and began to penetrate her slowly.

Liz hadn't made love since Max, she adjusted herself to his huge cock and
wrapped her legs around his waist and her arms around his neck. She opened her eyes and found him staring at her with something in his eyes she couldn't define...Love? or simply lust?

She didn't know and she pushed the thought away for the moment. Max was inside of her and all what she wanted was to enjoy every second of their love making. She closed again her eyes.

"Liz, please Baby...look at me. I want to see your eyes while I make love to you Honey." he said as he began to thrust in and out slowly. She opened her eyes and he gave her a bright smile before he bent to capture her lips with his. He made love to her mouth the way he was going to make love to her body, with passion.

"Max...faster and harder..." Liz said

"Anything you want Love" he replied thrusting harder and faster without breaking his gaze on her, she was so fabulous, he had forgotten the pure delight he saw on her face when they made love "Liiiiizzzzzzz! I'm coming Baabyy!" he cried

"Maaxx yes...oh yeesssssss!" she cried too when they came together.

Max fell on her, exhausted. After a while he rolled on the side and pulled her against his chest and sighed.

Liz couldn't help but felt that she was so tired that she was unable to keep her eyes opened and soon she fell asleep. Max tightened his grip and covered their bodies with a blanket. He kissed her hair "Sleep my love...I hope that now you know..." and soon he fell asleep too.

When Liz woke up, she found herself cuddled up against Max. She was feeling full of life and incredibly well but in her mind she felt like if she was the last survivor of a desaster. Slowly, she remembered everything.

She was in a bed now and Max was sleeping beside her with his arm around her chest. She was hearing his regular breath. Looking at him, she thought that once again he manipulated her. He brought her to act like he wanted her to do, he even brought her to beg him to make love to her. He dominated her with violence and he reached his goal: he had gotten her.

She forgot the pleasure she felt in his arms, she didn't remember that he gave her a lot and first to her before he thought about his own pleasure.

She cursed herself for her being so vulnerable, not only she agreed to make love with him but she asked him to do it, she never fought him.

She was feeling ashamed and humiliated *I've accepted to be his sexual toy, now, how could I ask him to respect me? I can't even think about him loving me, he just wanted me for his pleasure." she said sadly.

She believed once, a year ago, that he loved her but since that time she learnt to know his real nature. He was obssessed by her because she fled from her house, he never loved her. She was there in the dark, thinking about their life *there is no issue, he was going to take advantage of me. But what will happen when his obssession will fade? I'll be free...but completely destroyed." she thought.

She quivered and slowly she stood up and went near the fireplace, she felt desperated thinking about her life.

"What the hell are you doing here?" Max yelled in the darkness, he seemed furious....and naked.
"I...I wasn't feeling good" she lied

"Come back to bed, I'll warm you." he said and taking her hand he lay her on the bed and covered themselves with the blankets. He tightened his grip around her waist conveying his warmth to her. She stopped to quiver and soon she fell asleep again.

Max stayed a while awake thinking *what do I have to do for her to feel better around me?*he thought before falling asleep too.
TBC.....IF YOU WANT IT..............................

martine · Post by **martine** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 5:49 pm

Hey, I wrote another part. Still alone, without corrections, so once again sorry for the mistakes in English. (A SPECIAL THOUGHT FOR MY FRIEND BIXIE, I MISS YOU) I hope you'll like this part. I wrote it and now that I'm going to post it, I wonder how you'll react.

I won't give away anything, I'll let you find out. I just hope you'll leave some fbs.

Ok, let's reply to your previous fbs. Thank for reading and thank for the lurkers, I saw that you gave a look at my fic.

icequeen- you saw that Max had feelings for Liz and even if Liz was falling for him again, she was fighting her feelings. Max is far to be a pig, he is nice with her and like you said he didn't take advantage of her.

g7silvers- he was not so angry when he yelled, he was just wondering what was she doing in the cold since she could be with him.

FamersAmers - Amy, he did change and try to be nicer with her

begonia9508- Eve, once again, give him some credit. Even if he didn't talk to her yet, he made his best to take care of her during their love making. It was not sex!

Coccy- I hope you won't be more confuse!

dreamer19- I hope that even if you hate to wait, you'll do it a little more. Can you wait.....4 chapters??

extingman - extingman!! he forgot himself, he took care of her before he even thought about himself. please give him some credit.
About Max yelling at her, he didn't do it because he was angry, I think that not finding her in bed, he worried more than anything. and like a lot of men, maybe he didn't know to express his feelings very well.
I would like you to try to understand that man, he didn't talk to her, right, but he did his best to work things out with her.
Maybe you should think about Liz's behavior, she didn't let him any chance to make the situation better.

anonymousarfan- you're right, they need to do it.

LIZamaMax- Hi Sara, happy you're like this fic. Hope you'll like this part too.

Lizza- I think that they already loved each other, they just need to make the wall fall!

Liz86000- AHH! Liz if you read my reply to extingman, you'll see that I was saying almost the same about Max's behavior during their love making.
But sorry, you'll have to wait 4 chapters to find out why he behaved the way he did...sorry!

Lindsey- Thank you for bumping!

OK, I'LL TRY TO UPDATE MARRIAGE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, I KNOW THAT I LEFT THE READERS A LITTLE ANGRY WITH ME. I'LL DO MY BEST.
THE SAME FOR REVENGE, I'LL UPDATE IT AFTER MARRIAGE.

Now the chapter.....PLEASE DON'T FORGET TO LEAVE ME FBS.................

Chapter 17

The next morning, when Liz woke up she found Max staring at her with a smile. He was so sexy and irresistible that her heart skipped a beat.

Sure that her feelings were written on her face cause Max's smile widened, leaning toward her, he kissed her softly "Our night has been like I dreamt it would be...You're so passionate, I'm sure that you feel something else than hate for me..."

Hearing that, Liz forgot all what they shared the previous night, she forgot the love she felf for this man, she forgot everything than her hate "You're right Max, all what I felt was lust.." she retorted

Max stayed dumbfounded and Liz would have laughed if she was not so upset "I'm sure that you know that not only men could feel pleasure and lust, women could feel it too. You know that, don't you?" she asked with a smirk.

Max looked at her "I've nothing against pleasure and lust, but I thought that your feelings for me were deeper than that. You loved me time ago, if not you wouldn't be able to give yourself like you did..." he said huskily.

Unable to deny what happened between them a year ago, she kept silent.
"I was wondering if you wouldn't love me yet?" he asked his eyes locked with hers.

This question was like a knife tearing up her heart. Overwhelmed by the pain, she only thought about hurting him the same way he was hurting her.

"What make you think that I could love a man who just wanted to fuck me?" she asked.

He thrilled and she laughed bitterly. "WHAT? Is that too crude for you? After all that all our relationship is, don't you think so?"

"We're married!" he said harshly "You're my wife, for G-d sake!" he cried.

"You forced me! You told me once that you wanted to satisfy yourself with my body! That's all what you'll have Max. Don't count on my comfort or my worry if you are injured or sick. Don't count on my help or my support if you need a shoulder to cry. Don't even count on my friendship.ME in love with YOU?" she laughed with contempt. "I only hate you! If you were drowning I wouldn't even help you!"

Max was pale and shocked "You don't need to add anything else, your feelings are clear like water. And since I would only have your body, I should take advantage of that." he said bitterly.

He put a hand on her bare breast, teasing a nipple before his fingers lowered toward a sensitive point. There was no tenderness nor passion in his touch, he was treating her with contempt waiting for her to react.

Liz felt desperate but fought with all her will power to stay passive. As she was looking at him, she saw with surprise then with a sensation of triumph that he was the most confuse of them.

"If you want to keep thinking that you're prostituating yourself, Honey, you have to be more manageable Liz. I'm not Sean, maybe he would have appreciated a dead body, but I'm...."

Unable to hear more and without thinking about the consequences, Liz slapped him with all her despair.

But instead of being angry, he burst out laughing and that laugh enraged her. She began to hit him and to bite him like a tiger, with a violence she wouldn't know she had.

For a while, they were fighting one against the other, but Max ended to be the strongest. He lifted her arms above her head and with one thrust, he penetrated her, without tenderness, without sweetness, without respect.

Liz was shocked to feel the same emotion, the same fury and she responded with the same passion.

They were making love wildly, for the first time of his life, Max lost all his self control.

He was thrusting harder and deeper inside of her and her moans and cries were driving him crazy.

Like she did to him early, he bit her shoulder but softer, she responded scratching his back. Like a wounded lion, he threw his head back and looked at her wildly.

Then he swooped down on her mouth and devoured it with all the passion he was feeling. He made love to her mouth the same way he was possessing her body.

They felt like if they couldn't restrain their wild passion for each other, and they pleasure exploded and carried them to ecstasy. They climaxed together crying their names huskily and fell exhausted. Max was above and even if he was conscious of his weight, he was unable to move.

A long while after, he was still waiting for his heart to stop racing, then he rolled on the side, Liz was already asleep, exhausted by the exchange. He stayed there, comtemplating the young woman, his wife, with such a look, Liz's heart would have melted if she had seen it.

On his manly face, she would have read a mixture of anger, pain and tenderness and most of all a feeling stronger than tenderness...LOVE.

Sighing, he pulled her into his arms and after he kissed her, he covered their bodies, looking at her since she was sleeping. She came back to reality, a long while after, sneezing. That made him laugh, a very nice laugh but Liz wasn't in a light mood.

When she remembered the violence they shared while their love making, she stiffened and pulled away from him to look at him. He had scratches on his face, his left eye was a little swollen and she could see that his shoulders and his chest had scratches too. She stayed stunned, finding out all the marks of their fight....

"Yeah..." he said following her gaze

She blushed, ashamed that she behaved like a tiger.

"Don't be ashamed, Liz. I pushed you."

Definetly, and yet she had no excuses. "I'm sorry" she whispered.

"Maybe are you ready to sign a truce and enjoy our honeymoon, now?" he asked softly.

"You wanted it to be a living hell!"

"I've said a lot of things when I was infuriated, but I'll be happy to sigh a truce with you." he said kissing her shoulder.

The situation was the same, but Liz was shocked and scared of her own actions, and she was feeling that she won't be able to live that life for a long time.

"So? Peace?" Max insisted.

Living peacefully with him won't change anything in their life, she was conscious of that. She had to flee from Max at the first opportunity if she didn't want to be destroyed by this relationship.

"Liiiiiiizz, please!" Max insisted again.

"Peace, then" she agreed, hoping that he wouldn't read her mind, this time.

But he didn't read anything, he gave her a bright smile, and seemed happy...very happy. He bent and kissed her deeply "The kiss of Peace" he commented.

He stood up to lit the fire in the fireplace and when he opened the curtains, Liz saw that the storm was away, instead the sky was blue and the sun was shinning. Max, unconscious of his nakedness, was looking at the window.

Liz couldn't help but looked at his gorgeous body and she felt her body reacted, he turned around and sent her a smile, and her heart skipped a beat "Fortunately, we haven't any neighbours!" she said huskily.

He chuckled "We do have neighbours, but they live far from here. Except the hunters, our closer neighbours are Kyle and Tess Valenti, they have a hut on the other side of the lake. They are very nice people...huh...we could go and say hello to them after the breakfast...if you want it, of course.

She answered as happyly as possible "If you want it."

"No, no we're not obligated to do it. Let's see, what would you like to do? A walk? We have a small boat, if you want we could raw on the lake. Unless, of course, if you prefer...to spend all the day...in bed?

"Exercise won't be bad" she replied

He lifted his eyebrow and she blushed like a little girl "Outside exercise" she said

"What a shame!" Max said smiling because her embarrassement.

He came beside her and looked at her "Are you sure? Do you really want to go out?" he asked again

She nodded. "Ok, Just a kiss then. I'll have to wait for a long time before I'll be able to make love to you again." he said, then he bent and kissed her seductively, leaving her panting.

Then with a wink, he opened the bathroom door and disappear. Liz could breath now.

TBC..IF YOU WANT IT.................................................

martine · Post by **martine** » Wed May 04, 2005 7:34 am

hey guys, I'm back with a new chapter. Don't worry we're near from the end there are 2 chapters left, and I would like that Bixie was there with me, but she's too busy.

Ok, let's talk about what you said in your fbs. I saw that you didn't forgive Max, and yet he tried to put her in the first place, when they made love. That means that he cares about her more than he says. He didn't tell her about Serena yet nor about her father's role, you're right, for you you'll have to wait 2 parts to find out, but to tell the truth Liz is not easy too. She refuses to let him in.

But I stop my analyse here and I'm sorry to tell you that you're going to Hate Max more than ever until you'll read why he acted the way he did.
Sorry for that. and I hope you'll like this part though.

A thought to my friend Bixie. I miss you!

Emz80m- I can't wait to read what you'll think about this part.

Liz - I've finally post it! Liz you're right she doesn't know that he loves her but she doesn't let him rest. Even when he trys to be careful, she rejects him. hard for him! and don't worry, you only have to wait for 2 parts!

icequeen- thank you. I think that he was begining to open his heart, but.....

DreamerHeart - I hope that you'll be able to wait until the end. There are 2 parts left!

dreamer19- I hope you'll tell me what you understand before the end. I'm interested to know it.

FamersAmers- Amy, I know that this fic is frustrating. please wait until the end, you'll see!

begonia9508- you're right, I know what he did and why he did it. Eve, he doesn't just want, really, would you like to talk to someone reacting like Liz? Honestly?

Coccy- Thank you and I hope that you'll like this part too! hope that I won't be wrong.

Alana- Alana, a friend of mine told me once that she was like on the roller coaster with me, my writing. I think that you'll feel the same. and once again, I have to say that it's not only Max's fault..take a look at Liz's behavior....and yes, even if you're not convinced, they are in love one another.

anonymousarfan- I know and he'll do...in 2 parts!

extingman- I'm sorry if you didn't understand. but it's not your fault, that fic is kind of frustrating and like I said to Alana, readers are on the roller coasters with my writing, I can't help it. sorry.
extingman, like I said to the others, it's important to you to stay until the end, everything will be told.
And no, Max is not Jeckill and Hyde personality, he tried to be kind with her, but she is too closed that he has no choice. it's not only Max's fault, and if you had re read the fic, you should have seen that she could know everything if she didn't escape from Roswell.
and to finish, I'll say that you should love this part...read it and you'll see what I mean.

LIZamaMax- Sara, thank you. and keep faith my friend, you'll see at the end.....

g7silvers- You're right he began to open his heart, no?

obsession- Thank you. sorry but you have to wait until the end! just 2 chapters, I'm sure you'll wait!!!

ok, thank you all for those fabulous fbs. If you like my fics, I've updated Marriage and Revenge already. I'm waiting for you there.

now the new chapter

Chapter 18
He walked out the bathroom dressed with black pants and green olive pull over, with his hair still wet he was gorgeous. Liz felt her heart racing but she closed her eyes and ran to the bathroom.
In the meantime, Max prepared the breakfast and they ate it with good appetite. "Ready for a walk?" Max asked when they finished.
"I don't know if I would be able to make a move"
"Come on lazy girl" he said pulling her "I'll try to make it easy. You'll find boots outside and we have to put showy coats to prevent the hunters to shoot us." he adviced.
Following Max exemple, Liz put on an orange coat and hat with the boots and they walked through the wood. They passed by the lake and Max wrapped his arm around her waist and pulled her against his chest "Do you see over there, that's our closer neighbours' house.
Disturbed by his body closeness, Liz could only nod, then she tried to find something to say "Do they live there all along the year?"
"Yeah, since years. He's a writer since his wife takes care of their horses. Do you ride?"
"I'm not a fabulous rider but I did ride with Maria sometimes."
"Tomorrow, if the weather allow us, we'll go and borrow them 2 horses, I'd like to show a beavers colony. With a little luck, we could see them.
"Oh yes, I'd like to see them." she said excited.
"Ok, then. We could bring some sandwiches with us and coffee. What do you think?" he asked
While he was talking with Liz, Max bent his head and now his fresh cheek was against Liz's.
"That would be nice" she replied taking all her will power to stay calm despite the turmoil she was feeling. He looked at her and she was certain that he was going to kiss her. She was all of the same hypnotised by these amber eyes and angry with herself for not being able to resist to this man.
When she felt his lips on hers, Liz's heart melted. It was the sweetest and the most sensual kiss that he gave her, and she forgot all her griefs to enjoy the kiss.
Max was in the same state of mind, he was so happy that the things seem to work out, that he forgot everything that was not Liz. He deepened the kiss and tightened his grip around her waist. When he pulled away, he looked into her eyes and he read the confusion Liz was feeling, he kissed her eyes and took her hand. "Liz I'll do my best to make you happy." he said huskily.
Liz kept silent, she felt like a deer trapped by a hunter who wanted to catch him. She wondered why Max was able to affect her this way, and not finding an good answer, she was comforted in her idea to flee, the faster possible from Max. She was not scared of him, but she knew that if she was staying, she'd be enchained to him for her all life, and unable to leave him......
They were walking along the lake and Liz couldn't help but enjoy the magnificent view "It's tempting" she said with a smile.
"I would say that it's invigorating!" he said bursting out laughing. "We always came here with Michael when we were younger, and believe the water was frozen even in Summer" he told her.
"It seems that Michael had always been a great part of your life, hadn't he?" she asked
"This man is amazing, he's smart and has a lot of talents. He speaks serveral languages, he's a wonderful musician and he's Doctor in Law. Now he's my partner and I'm very happy to have that man with me. His family, the Guerin, was well known here before they move to Boston."
"So you grew up together..."
"We are like 2 brothers. The Guerin were our neighbours but most of all they were ours friends. We always spent our hollydays here and Michael was spending all his time in my house" Max said, smiling when he remembered his souvenirs." My mother was scared of the bears but she allowed us to sleep on the balcony. We felt like if we were the new Indiana Jones"
Liz was annoyed, on the one hand she was very interested, on the other hand she didn't want to know anything about his past. If she kept listenning him talking about his life, she would deepen a relation she will stop...for her sake.
But Max couldn't stop talking about his past "When my mother died, Ava Guerin, Michael's mother asked me to live with them...
"How old were you?"
"Eleven. I was at a very difficult age, but Ava seemed to guess what I was feeling. She loved me like one of her children."
"Is she..?" she began
"Dead? Yeah, she died in a car crash with her husband Hank a year and half ago. That was very hard for Michael."
Liz felt that he was still mourning for their death. Then she hadn't time to tell him she was sorry, a plane in the sky interrupted her. Max lift his arm and waved to say hello.
"When you talk about the wolf..." he said with a bright smile.
"Is it Michael? How did you recongnize him?"
"I left a message at the office to tell him that we were here."
"Oh...."
"He is with people for work and I'm sure he will spend the night here. I think he will come and visit us."
Liz frowned a little. Worried like she was, she was not in the mood to enjoy company.
"You don't seem pleased" Max noticed "I thought that you liked Michael."
"Yes!" she admitted "I like him."
And she couldn't help to add with a smile "Maria too"
"I think that they are attracted one to the other" he said "If they go out together we'll see him a lot."
"I'm not sure that Michael will be Maria's type"
"What is her type of men?"
"She likes the real men. She used to date sensitive and shy guys, but she's the kind of strong women, she's always disappointed by the men she is dating."
When she saw Max smirking, she asked "Do you think that I'm wrong about Maria?"
"Maria, I don't know....but about Michael, you're completely wrong. If he is a sensitive guy, he's far to be shy or soft. Actually, he's stronger than you think, if I were, tomorrow, in a desperate situation, he's the man I would have by my side."
When she heard that, Liz hoped that Max was not wrong about Michael's crush on Maria.
"What kind of woman does he like?" she inquired
"Maria could be the one for him. He would like to have a wife able to fight by his side if he needs it. Yet, he's very protective and able to love someone deeply...." he said
"Oh Maria! How lucky you are!" she thought trying to hide the bitterness she was suddenly feeling.
Max continued to talk about his best friend as they were walking, Liz even laughed about what he said sometimes, despite the pain which was eating her inside.
After a while, they came back to the hut. Max made delicious pancakes and they ate them with maple sirop. Liz devoured them with appetite.When they finished, he asked her if she wanted to go out again or play games in front of the fireplace, but since he was talking, his eyes were linging on the bed and Liz guessed what kind of games he would like to play on the bed. She eagerly agreed to go out once again.
"Not fair but quick." he commented
"It would be sad to not enjoy this bright sun!" she argued
"Possible" and he added with a gleam in his eyes "After all the night are long this time of the year!"
They went to raw on the lake. Liz couldn't help but was disturbed by some erotic thoughts as she was sitting behind him. She was happy that he couldn't see her blushing.
While they were rawing, Max told her "With Michael, we were crossing on a raft, the game was that we had to do it standing"
"Standing?"
"That was the challenge. There is a place, a turn like a U very dangerous, and there is an old wooden bridge, very old, and the top of our game was to bend to avoid it with loosing balance. I wouldn't risk my life going there. It was dangerous then, it's more dangerous now. The stream is too strong we could kill ourselves."
But the lake was quiet and Liz was enjoying it, and yet she was thinking about the night. She wanted Max, but if her body wanted him, that was not the case for her mind, she had a violent internal fight.
She couldn't stay with him, for her sake she had to flee. She had any chance to do it walking, so she had to find a way to "steal" his keys.
When they reached the bank, she thrilled. Max noticed that she was annoyed, he asked her about it. She pretended that she was thinking about the risks he and Michael took when they were young, and he seemed to believe her.
When they stepped in the hut, Liz took off her coat and Max did the same, he hang it up and went outside to cut some pieces of wood.
Her heart racing, Liz searched in his coat the keys of the jeep, but unluckyly, they weren't in the pockets. Maybe he kept them in the pockets of his pants. Fighting to recover herself, Liz began to make some coffee.
When Max finished to cut the wood, there was a lot of clouds in the sky and it was raining, the sky was already dark.
"I did some coffee" she said while she was preparing the dinner.
"Keep it warm, I'm going to take a shower." he said as he hung up his jacket.
Liz noticed that that was the same jacket he was wearing the day before. When she heard the water, she knew that it was her luck to flee. Trembling, she dug in his pocket, she heard the keys and took them. She also found her wallet with all her papers and credit cards.
She slid everything in the pocket of her coat and stepped out. She ran to the car, and although she was scared to drive in the dark, in a place she didn't know, she couldn't give up.
Nervous, she let the keys fall and she lost a lot of time to find them. Then she climbed inside and started the car. Happy, she was thinking that her good luck was with her this time again.
But she saw the door open violently. Max was there, bare chest, a towel around his neck.
"Could you tell me where were you going?" he inquired roughly.
The shock made her react slowly. The moment she was pushing the accelerator, Max took the keys from the board and put them in his pocket. Then, he grabbed her arm and took her back to the hut.
When they walked inside, he locked the door and turned around to talk. She was surprised to seem him pale like a ghost. *Did he panic? Could it be possible that he was scared?* she thought but quickly she pushed away that idea.
"How in the hell did you think you would drive in the dark?"
"I saw that it was easy for you, it would have been the same for me! I'm not an idiot!"
"I could drive in this woods eyes closed, not you."
As he walked toward her, she had to take all her courage to not step back, even when he stood in front of her, threatening and dominating. He took her coat off and said hoarsly "Do you have any idea of all the dangers you could have put yourself"
"I prefered to be lost than stay here with you."
"Silly! If you were lost, the only people you would meet would be the hunters. And believe for some men, a woman is a great prey."
And letting all his anger go, he cried out "I don't what hold me to spank you! You could learn what carefulness was!"
Scared by all that violence she had brought, Liz wanted to fight that fire with fire.
"Why do you hold yourself? You're a man and I've not the strength to stop you!"
"Exactly! And you would have even less strength to stop all those drunk hunters to rape you!"
"If I understand well what you're saying, I should be glad to be held by a man who enjoys himself frightening me"
"If it's that what you want to say, I'm going to show you what the hunters could have done."
He grabbed her and opened violently her shirt, tearing it and scattering all the buttons. Shocked, Liz cried out but he said with a cold tone "You better take off everything left yourself and quickly"
"I HATE YOU!" she yelled at him but she did what she was told and when she was naked he fell with her on the carpet in front of the fireplace. She understood that he was giving her the lesson he threatned to give her.
She didn't try to fight, she wanted to deprive him fighting and winning once again. She looked at him with a challenge in her eyes but Max didn't fall in the trap.
"No" he whispered "I won't force you. I would have much more pleasure to make you cave in willingly. I would have much more pleasure since you don't want me. Let's see my dear wife, how long would it take for you to burn under my hands. I bet it won't be long."
He began to kiss her deeply, digging his tongue in her mouth and ravishing it longly. He caressed her erotically, biting her shoulder softly, pinching a nipple before he took it in his mouth and sucked it until she begged to release her ache.
He got what he wanted, Liz was unable to resist to all that pleasurable assault "Max please..." she begged when Max was thrusting with his tongue inside of her. He wanted her to beg, but in the bottom of his heart he wanted her to be addicted to him, even if it would be only sexual.
After she climaxed, he positioned himself at her entrance and with one thrust he was inside of her. He thrusted hard and fast like she wanted until they cried out they names in ecstasy.
But he didn't stop there, he took her once again with a devilish know-how bringing her to be a primeval woman, surrendered by the passion.
He let her lying there, spent and annihilated, and left the room. She heard him move the saupans, he was certainly preparing the dinner.
Then she stood up staggering and went to the bathroom. She hated Max but she hated herself more. She decided to wear the same clothes than before to humiliate him.
But when he saw her, dressed with her torn shirt which unveilled her bra, he didn't seem to feel ashamed. "Come here" he said tenderly.
She should resist and yet she walked toward him since he was staring at her with a sensual look. Bending, he kissed her on the lips.
"Another kiss of peace?" she asked bitterly.
"It was you who broke the truce. But now the war is over, and this peace will last forever."he said with hope in his eyes.
She looked at him with a look full of grudge. Did he think that he was the winner? How wrong he was! He didn't win the war, only a battle.
TBC...IF YOU WANT IT....................................

martine · Post by **martine** » Fri May 13, 2005 9:28 am

Hey guys, I'm back with a new chapter. This time I'd another corrector, Emz80m, agreed to share a part of her time with me and I was very glad. THANK YOU EMMA.

I hope you'll like this part. There is only ONE PART LEFT before the end. So imagine that you're looking at a movie, you know what happens before the end.....things get more intense.

That's what I tried with this part. I don't know if I succeed, I just hope that you'll leave a fb to tell me what do you think.

Thank you all, for your support and if there are some lurkers who want to leave a fb before the end of that fic, I would be glad to read them.

Emz80m- I'm sure you're fed up to hear me thank you for you help, so I won't do it again! you still don't forgive Max. and yet, he tried with Liz, but she didn't trust him. You know what happened in this part....let see what you'll think for the final part!

Liz86000- Liz, just read what I said above before you read that new part. Then tell me what you think about it.....

icequeen- Sorry, the big reveal is not for this part. I hope you'll wait till the next. I'll be waiting for your fb after that part.

begonia9508- Eve, I think that you're going to hate Max even more. I don't want to give away, but...
you know what, if there was a nomination for the worst portrayal of Max Evans, I'd be the winner! until the next part...the final one.

dreamer19- I'm still waiting to know what you've understood. hope that you'll tell me next time!

LIZamaMax- Hey Sara! thank for your support.

Lizza- maybe because in the bottom of her heart....she loves him!

g7silvers - he do love her, don't doubt. but men don't know how to express their feelings sometimes.

anonymousarfan- Thank you, and yes. one part left.

obsession- be sure that that's not my purpose! and forgive me, you have to wait for the last part a little more!

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Coccy- did she hate him? Of course not! who could hate Max Evans?

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here we go....

Chapter 19

When they woke up the next morning the sun was bright in the sky "It's sunny, if you want we could some borrow horses and go for a walk in the woods?. I'll prepare a picnic like I used to when Michael and I were younger" he said tenderly.

"Speaking of Michael, didn't you say that...maybe...he would come visit us?"

"He won't get here before noon. We'll be back in time if we leave early."

They ate the breakfast and as soon as the picnic was ready, Max suggested they get going. Then, they could leave earlier for their ride in the woods. Liz stared at the scratch on Max's cheek and seeing her look, he brushed his cheek.

“Oh does that annoy you?” he asked her amused. Liz, however didn’t reply.

"Ok, since you're shy, I'll take the car there and I'll come back with the horses. It'll take around one hour." He told her.

Uncomfortable, Liz followed him out to the car and watched as he drove away from the hut. When she could no longer see the car, she stepped back inside the hut, took her coat and boots and went for a walk down by the lake. A red spot caught her attention and she realised that that there was a man rowing along the bank.

"Hi" he said smiling.

He came closer to talk to her "Do you live here?" he asked

"In the hut, and you?"

"Today’s my last day here, I was camping in the woods. I'm leaving in
one hour."

"Not with the canoe, I assume?" Liz said thinking that maybe that this was the best opportunity for her to escape.

"Of course, I've got a pickup a mile away, near one of the trails." He replied

He pushed away his canoe from the bank to leave then "I have to take my girlfriend back, she's doing shopping right now and I have to meet her, and I better not be too late." He told her as he began rowing away again.

"WAIT! Please wait!" Liz yelled

Surprised by her tone, he stopped rowing “Is something wrong?"

"Yes..huh..I...I have to buy some stuff too. Could I go with you?"

"Huh...Yes...sure.. But, I'm sure you have your own way to go, I saw a car leave just a minute ago."

"That was a family friend." Liz lied "he went to see his friends. Actually, I made a mistake coming here, agreeing to come with him. I'd like to leave before he comes back."

Uncomfortable, the young man looked down and caught sight of her wedding ring "I'm married” she explained “I thought that I could trust him. But I found out that he wanted more than friendship. Please!" she begged when she saw him hesitate.

"OK...But you have to find your own way to my pick up. Just go through the woods in this direction." he said showing her the direction with his finger.

"Follow the trail and it will lead you to a bridge which crosses the mountain stream." he informed her.

Liz listened to the young man's instructions "You should be there before
me. So if I don't see you, I'll assume that you've changed your mind." he said just before he began rowing away again.

Liz ran along the trail she was told to follow to reach the pick up truck. It was tough but she was so scared to loose the only escape from hell she had left that she didn’t care. She heard the sound of the mountain stream before she reached it. But when she arrived, she was shocked to see that the old bridge was almost destroyed by the stream.

She hesitated briefly before taking a step onto the bridge, she could hear someone warning her not to cross it, but she couldn't bear the idea of having to go back to the hut. So being stubborn, she decided to cross the old bridge and she was almost halfway when she heard a horrible crack, the bridge pitched and she fell in the water.

As soon as she hit the water she went under and at that moment she was drowning in the water, she saw a man riding a horse on the bank not far from the bridge...MAX! *He couldn't let me sink in this stream! He couldn't abandon me to my fate! That would be too cruel!* she thought before the cold water swallowed her.

But, instead of being frozen, Liz felt like if all her strength came back and she
fought against the stream, since the current was carrying her away....She arrived in a creek and when she looked towards the bank she saw Max riding flat out towards her. *He didn't abandon me!* she thought relieved.

Suddenly, she realized that he was trying everything to save her but he
couldn't fight against the current of the stream. He began riding towards a part of the bank where he would be able to get her out of the stream before she was carried away down the falls.

She heard someone crying out to her again, and she recognised Max’s voice. Naked to the waist, he was waiting for her on the bank watching for the perfect moment to catch her and rescue her from the water. But before she was carried past the place where he was waiting he dived in the stream after her.

Shortly after seeing him dive in the water she felt his strong hand grab onto her smaller one, holding her strongly and trying to guide them back to the bank. He had to react quickly because there were a lot of dangerous rocks around them and they had to avoid crashing into them.

While they were drifting, Max caught a branch of wood, which was bending over the water, and clung to it. He was still holding onto Liz and protecting her with his body so that she didn’t crash into the rocks. In an amazing effort, he was able to almost lift her out of the water, but before she could place both feet on the bank they were thrown against the rocks.

For a while, Liz was motionless, unable to lift herself on the bank, but then her brain registered the sound of a plane above them.

"Liz, try and move!" Max cried out panicked "If you slide, I won't be able to lift you a second time."

Panicked by his words, Liz grabbed the branch and succeeded to lift herself onto the bank. But when she turned around she realised that Max hadn’t followed her and when she ooked into the water she saw why.

His right hand was still clinging to the branch, but the left was hanging along
his body, lifeless. She cried out when Max's head hit the rock violently because of a strong wave.

God knows how he kept clinging to the branch, but his face was hard like stone, his eyes were closed and he had a trickle of blood running from his temple. Horrified, Liz watched frozen as his hand began to start slipping, loosening his grip on the branch.

Without thinking, she bent over him, holding his wrist with her hands, and digging her feet in the ground to fight against the current and Max's weight which threatened to carry them away.

Max opened his eyes, his look was glassy and his voice thick "Leave me....
Liz, you're crazy.... You won't be able to get me out of this....You're risking your life for nothing..... Please leave me...please don't risk your life. You can't do anything for me.... Think about you and leave me...please..." he begged her desperately.

But as much as his voice begged her to let go she knew she couldn’t, her instinct told her that he would never abandon her and now she was unable to let him down either. She would rather die that live without him!.

Gathering all the strength she had in her lungs, she screamed out again and again for someone to come and save them. But she knew it was probably useless and that the young man she had spoken to earlier was probably too far to hear her.

When she was unable to scream out anymore, she clenched her teeth to hold Max tight, refusing to lose hope, stubborn and determined to hold on even though her fingers were numb and her shoulders felt like they would be torn off.

"Hold on, Max...please for me..." she was praying

"HOLD ON!" she heard *Did I say that out loud or what?" she thought.

"HOLD ON, I'M COMING!" this time she knew she wasn’t dreaming, someone had heard her cries for help and was coming.

After a while, a man was beside her and stronger than her, he grabbed Max's
elbow. "That's ok, I've got him. You can release him now." he said to Liz.

That was hard cause her fingers were paralysed. Max hardly looked up when he whispered

"Michael....."

"In the flesh, Buddy." Michael replied then turning around to Liz

"I've got a rope, take it and slide it under my arms and tie it. Then you must tie it the strongest tree you can find"

Liz was so happy to see Max's best friend that she forgot all about her fingers, her shoulders, and her tiredness and did as she was told as fast as she could.

"Good" Michael said when she finished tying the rope.

"Look, I need you again. You have to hold Max while I slide in the water." he told her. Then he slid in the water and cautiously he lifted his friend from the seething water. Liz tried to help him as much as she could by pulling with all her strength.

Although he was slipping in and out of consciousness, Max tried to help too with his feet and after a while, they were safe on the bank. Michael kneeled beside his best friend to check how injured he was.

"How he is?" Liz asked panicked when she saw how pale Max was.

"This could have been a lot worse, it looks like he hit his head and he is pretty out of it right now. His shoulder is dislocated and it looks like he might have one or two broken ribs but I cant be sure until he wakes up. Don't worry, he's strong, he'll survive." he said with a smile.

When Max finally came too he tried to sit up and eventually did so with a lot of difficulty "Thank you" he mumbled.

He was extremely pale and there was blood running down his cheek, but he seemed okay. He looked at Liz, even when he was injured he couldn't help but worry about her and both his concern and another emotion….dispair was written in his eyes.

"And you? Are you ok?" he asked

"I'm ok, Max" she reassured him.

She was so relieved to see him safe that she was unable to express her feelings properly.

Michael stared at her "Are you sure?" he was surprised by her calm yet weary look.

"Quite sure"

"In that case, we have to leave. I don't want to take the risk you or Max getting a cold. The plane is close.” He told them.

He explained that he saw them with their orange coats, and immediately understood that something was wrong so he landed the plane and ran to help them. They found the plane and the door was still open and after boarding it, it only took them a short time to reach the hut.

Liz began to shiver as the realisation of what they went through dawned on her. Michael poured cognac in glasses and handed one to her. He told her to swallow it straight before going to take a warm bath. She did as she was told.

When she came back, she found them beside the fireplace. Max was still half naked and she was surprised to see that he seemed better, less pale and his eyes looked clearer.

She wanted to throw herself in his arms and hug him....but he was staring at her as if she was.....a stranger.

"Do you feel better?" Michael inquired

"Much better, thanks"

She smiled at this big and quiet man, and when he smiled back, she couldn't
help but think that his face was familiar to her. Then she remembered how he helped them and regretted her first thoughts of him.....He was in no way a weak man.

He had already taken care of Max's wounds "You'll need some stiches or
you'll have a scar." he said to his friend.

"I don’t have any plans to compete in a beauty competition" Max retorted.

"You couldn't. Haven’t you seen your ugly face?" he asked with a big smile.

"Max you need to go to the hospital for your shoulder." He told him then.

"You knew how to heal it before." Max said flatly.

Michael hesitated. Liz inquired "Can I help you?"

"Max is lucky that you're not timid." Michael commented

He lifted Max's arm and asked Liz to hold it. He stood behind Max and
pulled quickly. They heard a crack and the bone was back in its place. Liz shivered as the sound. Max didn't say a word but his forehead was sweating because of the pain.

Overwhelmed by the love she was feeling, Liz wanted to hold him tight against her chest. But she was afraid that he would be able to see her feelings, so instead of taking him in her arms she bent her head and helped him to put his shirt on without looking at him.

"Sit on the armchair and let me help you!" Michael said. "That might be the only time I'm able to order him something" he said winking to Liz. “I’ll take advantage of it for a while"

"I felt better when I was standing up" Max growled since he was now sitting.

"Ungrateful man!" Michael said with a smile. "I’ll get you some drugs, you might need them for a day or two. But for the moment you need rest. Both of
you."

Clearing her throat, Liz said hoarsely "I haven't the opportunity to thank
you...."

"No need to thank me..."

"You saved Max's life..." she said huskily

"No. YOU saved his life. If you didn't cling to him like you did, he wouldn’t have been able to hold on until I arrived. You were stronger than you thought."

"But without you, I wouldn't have got him out of this stream. You've been amazing!"

"GEEZ!!" Max growled "I should thank you, both of you, and I would do it.....I'll do it as soon as you stop that mutual admiration."

Those words relieved the tension they were all feeling since they were back in the hut and they all burst out laughing. Then Liz said seriously "Without you,
I'd be dead." she said shivering with the reminder of the frozen water which threatened to swallow her.

"And don't thank me either, Max" Michael added "After all I only did what you did for me. Do you remember that time I broke the ice in the lake and I almost drowned?" he asked

"You were only fourteen." Max reminded him.

"That counts. Ok, now are you going to tell me what happened?" he asked

Max told him everything. Quietly, he explained that he had been borrowed horses from the neighbours planning on taking Liz for a ride and a picnic. He was arriving through the woods when he had seen her walking toward the old bridge and had yelled out warning her not to cross it. But that it was too late.....

Liz wondered if he really thought that she had just gone for a walk. Probably not.

"We need to take the horses back" Max said.

Michael stood up and stated laughing. "I get the hint. Let me tell you that
if you were in your bed like all other newlyweds, nothing like this would have happened."

Max threw a pillow at him but he managed to dodge it. Then turning serious again Michael added "Rest while I take the horses back. It's an order!"

When he closed the door, Max stayed silent just staring at the flames. When he continued not to say anything, Liz jumped up. "Max....I'm....I'm sorry."

"Why?" he asked without looking at her.

"My stupidity. You've almost risked your life."

"You too." he pointed "God, you must have been desperate to walk on that
old bridge. That was a suicide!"

"I never intended to kill myself!" she exclaimed shocked. "I was just trying to cross the bridge..."

She told him everything about the young man, about her project to flee with his help.

"You would risk your like to go with someone that you didn’t know, someone that could be a murderer just to get away from me! You must really hate me to risk your life like this."

*Oh no! I don't hate you! I've tried with all my will power to hate you, but the LOVE she felt for him had always been stronger.* she thought. And she was scared of that deep love she was feeling more than she was scared of Max himself. She was scared that that incredible love would destroy her.

The danger and the fact that they risked their lives made her realize the real
price of life.....too precious to be spoiled with regrets and useless fights.

"No Max.....I don't hate you....." she began.

"Liz, you don't have to deny it just because I saved your life. After all, it's my fault that you felt you had to put your life in danger in the first place."

"Maax...Listen to me...." she begged

"We have to rest Liz, Michael was right, we need it" he cut her off.

"You can have the bedroom and I'll go into the guest room." and with that he left her alone.

Liz felt rejected and unhappy. Even though she knew that he wanted to sleep to sooth his physical pain, she couldn't help but feel alone. She thought about all the bitter and cutting words she had thrown at his face and repressed her need to go and talk to him. Because it was obvious that Max didn't want to talk to her for the moment.

She undressed then and climbed on the bed thinking that she could try and rest but knowing she wouldn’t be able to sleep, but as soon as her head hit the pillow she fell asleep.

When she woke up, she saw that Michael had come back and he was with Max by the fire and they were talking in a low voice while they were eating the picnic Max had prepared.

Looking at her watch, she saw that 2 hours have passed, so she dressed and came to join them. When she stepped in, she couldn't help but feel anxious. They looked up at her, Max with a closed face and Michael seemed to be uncomfortable and worried.

Deciding that she should pretend to feel a lot better, she sat beside Max, taking care to not touch him, and took a piece of bread. There was an awkward silence while she was eating, then Michael asked "Do you feel better?"

"Yes thank you, sleeping made me feel much better. Did you get the horses back easily?” she asked.

"Yeah and they said they’ll invite you to dinner as soon as Max is feeling better and....."Michael stopped abruptly and Liz was certain that something was wrong. Nevertheless, she took a deep breath and said "That's nice of them" and turning around to Max she added "When your shoulder is healed we’ll..."

"We’re not saying here" he cut her off roughly "At least your not anyway!"

TBC....IF YOU WANT IT............................................