“Lexi is back in town and has asked me to come see her,” I say and twirl Hilda around.
She laughs. “Oh, how fantastic! Do you think she’s finally coming around and letting her crazy fears go?”
I let her go and walk towards the front door. I look over my shoulder and say, “I hope so.”
“Me too, Mijo, me too,” Hilda says. “Have fun.”
After a month, I’m finally going to see Lexi again!
Alexis
My freakin’ stomach is already swarming with butterflies.
I should’ve never said Max could come over!
I showed Marcos a picture of Max and he took my phone and sent the picture to our boss. Immediately she called me and asked who the gorgeous creature was and can I get him to work for her. When I told her I doubted it because he’s already quite wealthy, she said there would be a fat raise for me if I could. Then Marcos grabbed my phone and told her that he was the one who sent the picture so he should get the raise. She said if we could pull it off, we’d both get one.
So here I wait and try my best to stay calm as the man who makes my heart beat out of my chest comes to see me. It’s been a month and I’m about to burst as it is. With him around I might give in to him and I managed to escape getting pregnant from our crazy store room encounter and don’t wish to tempt fate anymore.
Marcos comes and sits next to me on the sofa. The man is immaculate with a black suit some insanely expensive designer gave him. These designers just give us clothes and asks us to wear them around. It’s crazy!
I had on shorts and a T-shirt when I got here this afternoon, but he made me change into clothes that he picked out. I have on a tight red dress and some heels to match, he says they cost a lot of money and I should take very good care of them. Then the man did my hair and make-up; he even spritzed me with some fantastic smelling perfume. I told him Max was going to come unglued and he said that’s just what we need him to do.
I feel a little bad for doing this to Max, but Marcos is demanding it.
What Marcos demands, Marcos gets!
The doorbell rings and my heart goes into overdrive. I find I’m sweating and start to drag my hand across my forehead. Marcos grabs my wrist. “No, mam!” He hands me a tissue then changes his mind and takes it from me, dabbing at my forehead himself. “Why are you such a mess, woman?”
“Max makes me so, uh, what’s the word, umm…” I say and Marcos nods.
“I see, he makes you stupid,” he says with a laugh. I roll my eyes. “Don’t do that anymore, you look like you’re crazy. Wait, you are!”
I move away from him and make my way to the door as I fan myself with my hand.
Be cool! Be calm! Don’t be taken to where you went before!
After a deep breath I open the door and find the most handsome man on the planet standing there with an arm full of bags and a twelve pack of Marcos’s and my favorite beer.
Max opens his mouth, but nothing comes out. His eyes roam over me and I blush. “I know it’s too much, Marcos fixed me up.”
“No, it’s not too much,” he manages to say. “Lexi, you’re beyond gorgeous.”
I take the beer from his hand and turn away. My heart is pounding and my knees are weak. I look over my shoulder and say, “Follow me, lover boy.”
Marcos looks at me and smiles. “So this is the Max Lane.”
Max sets the bags on the table and turns to Marcos. “And this is the Marcos.” Max extends his hand.
Marcos takes it and gives it a shake. “You are so much better looking than the picture.” His eyes move up and down as he takes in the gorgeous specimen of a man.
Max looks at me and laughs. “Okay, I believe you know.”
I nod. “I told you, completely metrosexual.”
Marcos laughs his silly laugh and slaps his leg. “You thought I was after your girl?”
“Stranger things have happened between roommates, Marcos.” Max pulls a beer from the box and hands it to him. “Anyway, I got us some steaks and I’d assume in this place there must be a pit of some kind where I can cook them.”
Marcos rolls his head to look at me. “You are an idiot. He cooks and is easy on the eyes.”
“I know,” I say and grab two beers from the box and place one in Max’s hand. “Follow me out to the patio, there’s a little pit out there I saw, and since it’s something Marcos bought it must be to-die-for and probably has never been used.”
“You just happen to be right, Lexi,” Marcos says and Max turns back.
“Not Alex?” he asks. “You call her Lexi too?”
“Obviously,” he says as his hands go up in the air. “She is no Alex, after all.”
Max looks at me and smiles. “Him, I like, princess.”
I’m trying so diggity dog hard to stay cool with him around, but it’s taking everything in me to keep my hands off him.
How long will I be able to hold out?
Max
I have no idea how long I can keep my hands off this gorgeous woman. I’m trying to play it cool so maybe she can stop thinking we’re way to passionate about each other and that it isn’t healthy. My plan is to keep my hands to myself and hopefully she’ll come to me.
This is by far the hardest thing I’ve ever done!
She looks like a goddess in her tight, red dress. Her hair is curled to perfection and her make-up looks like it was professionally done. So I ask, “Did you learn how to use the curling iron and make-up case?”
“No,” Marcos says. “She’s stubborn and too impatient to take the time to do it right. I fixed her up.”
The thought of him raking his hands through her hair and running them over her face kinda makes me mad, but one look at him and I’m over it. He is very much about himself. A model too; he looks every bit the part. Perfect hair and body, dresses impeccably and holds himself so much better than regular guys.
“You did a great job, but you did have a fantastic canvas to start with.”
“I know, this woman has so much natural beauty, well it’s just not fair,” he says as his hands move about.
Lexi opens the fancy little pit on the patio and says, “Can we talk about something more important than my looks for the love of Pete’s dog?”
We both laugh and I move to stand behind her and nearly put my arms around her small waist, then stop myself and take a step back.
“So, how do you guys like your steaks?” I ask.
“Rare,” they both answer in unison.
“Me too, so this shouldn’t take long at all. Lexi, wanna help me in the kitchen?” I ask.
She nods and leads me to the kitchen. She looks through the cabinets and finds the spices and a bowl for the salad and tosses three potatoes in the microwave. My eyes follow her and I realize I’m doing nothing but gazing at her and if she catches me she’ll be upset. So I set to work on the steaks. “The drive was good, Lex?”
“Yeah, no big deal.” She places some spices down on the counter for me to choose from. Her arm brushes mine as she does and a fire rips right through me.
“Um,” I say as she moves away from me to make the salad. “So, what are your plans, other than work?”
“That’s all the plans I have for now, Max.” Her long, blonde curls bounce around her narrow shoulders as she pushes them back. “This dang hair is so long and always in my way when I don’t have it up.”
“It looks really beautiful like that,” I say and rub some spices into the meat.
“So I’ve been told,” she says and I see out of the corner of her eye she turns to look at me. “Sorry, I should say thank you.”
“That’s okay, Lex,” I say without looking at her. “I guess with this new modeling thing you get told nice things all the time.”
“Yeah, it was hard to get used to, but after my first monster paycheck I threw my distaste for it out the window.” She pauses. “Which reminds me that I need to trade in that ugly van. It looks like poopy parked in this nice place, plus it’s getting emba
rrassing pulling up to shoots in it. Do you know where I can get the best deal, Max?”
Yeah! I’ll give you a car!
“I know a guy, let me take care of it, Lex.”
“I want to pay for it myself, Max!” she says, sternly.
“Man, Lexi, you may want to pull your panties off and put them in the freezer so you can chill out,” I say throwing her quirky remark back at her.
“What does that even mean, Max?”
I turn to her and act as if I’m about to grab her, but turn at the last second to wash my hands. “Mind turning the water on for me, babe? I need to wash my hands.”
She has to lean over me to do it. Her perky breasts rub against my chest and send fire through my veins. I hear her take in a sharp breath so I’m pretty sure she felt it too. Quickly she moves back and she grabs a paper towel and dabs at her forehead. “Is it hot in here?” she asks.
I play it cool. “Naw, not to me, princess.”
“Hmm, well, um, anyway,” she says, stumbling over her words. “What were we talking about?”
“Me helping you find a great deal on a car and getting that old van traded in.” The paper towels are behind her and I smile as I reach past her to grab one and her face pales. I pull it off and take a step back as I dry my hands.
“Women get ripped off by car dealers all the time. Let me help you to be sure you don’t, that’s all. Plus I buy so many cars from this guy, he’ll give me a great deal on something nice for you. How much do you have to spend?”
She shakes her head then looks at me with wide eyes. “Um, uh, oh my I guess…”
“There’s that stammering I love so much,” I say and turn away to grab the platter of steaks and walk away from her. Just as I get to the glass patio door I turn around and catch her with her head tilted and her face goes red.
She was checking out my ass!
Alexis
I pace back and forth in the kitchen and try my best to calm my crazy libido. Max has me hot and flustered. He hasn’t touched me not once since he got here. Not a hello hug or anything. It’s driving me crazy.
I see Max and Marcos talking and grab us three more beers from the fridge and head out. A long drink of mine I take to steady myself. I set their drinks down and Max gives me a smile. “Hey, babe, can you find me something I can turn the steaks with?”
I turn around and go right back inside and catch the men laughing and have no idea why. I go back outside with a large fork and they abruptly stop laughing. “What’s so funny?” I ask.
“Your man is,” Marcos says.
I frown. “You know better than to call him that, Marcos.” I take a seat and give him a glare.
“I don’t mind being called that,” Max says. “I rather like it.”
Marcos’s phone rings and he looks at the screen. “It’s our boss. I’ll take this inside.”
I watch him walk away then I look at Max. He turns and comes to sit next to me. “So, anyway, Marcos will take you to your shoot tomorrow, so give me your keys and find the title to that thing. I’ll take it tomorrow and you’ll have a new car by the time you get back home.”
“I can only spend about five thousand, so don’t go crazy. Get whatever you can for the van and tell the man I have five thousand in cash and see what you can come up with.”
“Will do, princess.” Max sits back and looks out as the sun sets. “I watched the sun set three times when I was lost. Each time I thought of you. I thought how I had to hang on, so I could watch at least one more of them with you. It kept me going through the long nights.”
Tears automatically fill my eyes and I take his hand in mine and hold it to my heart. A few spill over my cheeks and I let them as I remember the pain I felt when I thought him dead. To be sitting here with him is a miracle. “I know I don’t tell you often enough, but I do love you, Max.”
His eyes glisten with tears. “I know you do, Lexi. I love you so much.”
I draw his hand up to my lips and kiss the palm of his hand. He takes in a sharp breath and I say without thinking, “Tell you you’ll spend the night with me.”
“I’ll do whatever it is you want, you should know that by now,” he says and pulls our hands to his lips and leaves a kiss on top of mine.
What have I started?
Max
I’m shaking, I’m so happy. Lexi asked me to stay the night with her and told me she loved me. She keeps those words to herself more often than not. I have no idea if she’ll let me make love to her, but I don’t care if all I get to do is hold her through the night.
To maintain my composure I excused myself and went to the bathroom so she wouldn’t see just how affected I am by her. She gets so freaked out with emotion and passion. A few deep breaths and I go back out to find Marcos back out on the patio with her. His eyes light up as I walk out. “So, Lexi tells me we’re having you as an overnight guest, Max.”
I smile. “You cool with that?”
He nods. “She’s paying half the rent, she can have guests if she wants.”
Lexi smiles shyly at me. “Our boss saw a picture of you and would like to talk to you about doing some modeling. She’d like to do a spread with all three of us in it for some yacht company. The shoot will be in three days. No shirts required.”
I sit and pick up my beer and take a long drink.
A model?
“The three of us?” I ask. Trying to wrap my head around this.
Marcos nods. “It’s easy money, man.”
“I’m not in need of money,” I say and look at Lexi. “I’ll do it if you want me to though.”
“No, don’t do it for me,” she says as she shakes her head. “Do it because you want to or don’t do it at all.”
“You know what, I will do it, and the money I make from it, I’ll donate to the children’s home. Plus I’ll get to be around you all day. Win, win, right?”
A smile lights up her face. “Okay, go call her back and tell her the good news.”
Marcos jumps up and squeals. “This is going to be so much fun, and more money!”
I sit next to her and put my hand on her thigh. “So I get to take pictures with you all scantily clad, huh?”
“I’m afraid so,” she frowns. “I need a tan too, so I’ll have to lay out some before then.”
“My pool is always available, so we can get our tans on there, if you like.” I run my hand down her leg and sparks shoot through me.
“Max, this doesn’t mean we’re together, okay?”
“Sure, I mean whatever, babe. I enjoy being around you, who says we have to make a big deal about it, right?”
She nods. “Okay, so are the steaks done? Can we eat now?”
I nod and find myself jumping for joy on the inside and it’s hard to maintain a calm exterior, but I know I have to or she’ll run again.
Alexis
My bedroom is awesome. Marcos has the best taste in absolutely everything. I’ve put on Max’s T-shirt I haven’t slept in since I went to Logan’s. He’s in the bathroom and I’m so nervous that I’m shaking and trying so hard to stop. I'm not sure about this at all, but I blurted out the invitation and it seemed rude to take it back, so here I am stuck with the hottest guy I’ve ever seen.
Even I know that didn’t make any sense!
“Hey, baby,” Max says as he comes into my bedroom, wearing only his tight, black briefs. He looks like a Greek God. Although I doubt they wore those things. “You ready to snuggle?”
Snuggle? That’s it?
“If you are,” I say and finally get my body to stop shaking. I take in a deep breath as he climbs under the blanket and his arm goes over me as I lay on my side, looking at him. “Max?”
“Yes, princess?”
“Maybe we can take things slow, huh?”
“Whatever you want.” His hand runs over my arm, leaving a tingle in its path.
“Last time was crazy. I don’t suppose you brought any protection?” I say and realize I just asked him to make love to me w
ithout even thinking about it.
He shakes his head. “I got rid of it all. I’m not thinking about being with anyone but you, and with you, I don’t need it.”
“But…,” I say then his finger touches my lips.
“Shh, Lexi, it’s all going to be alright. I promise you,” he says then his soft lips touch mine and my arms wrap around him, pulling him closer to me. Warmth flows through me as he slips his tongue through my lips. He tastes like mint and my tongue dances around his.
Tiny currents run on my skin where he caresses my back. I run my fingers through his shoulder length waves and groan at how silky they are. My groan makes him groan and he gently pushes me to my back and slides his hand under the T-shirt. He trails it slowly up my stomach, making it clench up. He goes until he finds a breast and kneads it softly.
Hi kiss is sending me to that place it always does, and I think only about him and how good he makes me feel. Only Max can take me to this place, so close to Heaven. I run my hands up and down his muscled back. His leg runs between mine, barely touching the place in between them that’s beginning to ache for him.
Pulling his mouth from mine, he trails his tongue down my neck until he settles just behind my ear and kisses, then nips at my skin. Goose pimples cover me in an instant. “Oh, Max, I love you.”
Hot lips touch my ear and warm breath flows over it. “I love you too, Lexi.”
His hands slide under my shirt and he pulls it over my head and looks down at my breasts, running his hands over them. His dark green eyes twinkle in the dim light. He is the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen. And he wants to be mine and mine alone.
I trail my fingers along the deep lines of his chiseled stomach. It quivers with my touch and I look up to find him biting his lip. This man wants me so badly and I find it hard to think of spending another night without him. I wiggle my finger at him as I want his lips on mine again and am growing impatient to have him inside where I’m aching to feel him.
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