“No, thank you, Mr. McCain. I’ll just go with Riley, but thank you for the offer.” Damn it, why did she keep refusing me? Fine—she wanted to play the game? I would too. I didn’t care if she had a boyfriend; I wanted her. I would have her, end of story. I asked for her contact and insurance information just to give myself a reason to see her again. I knew that I could have just left it up to the insurance companies, but I wanted to handle this personally. After the procedure on Friday, I was going to get more information on her.
“Miss Davis, please be safe, and I’m sorry to have ruined your day. Are you sure that I cannot take you to the hospital to make sure you’re okay?” The thought of her being hurt didn’t sit well with me. I wasn’t even concerned about her trying to claim injury later. I was just interested in making sure she would be all right, and I wanted to see her as much as I could, should Friday’s procedure not go well, and I go blind.
“Mr. McCain…”
I stopped her right there. “It’s Max.”
“Max, I am fine. Thank you for your concern. Don’t worry, I won’t sue for injury. It was a just a little tap.” She smiled, and I wanted to carry her away from here and do wicked, dirty little things to that body.
“Fine then, Miss Davis. Please let me know if there are any expenses incurred from the accident, and I will handle it.” I walked back to my waiting car as the tow truck driver had attached both cars to his rig. I turned to get one last glance and was greeted to the lovely Miss Davis looking back at me.
I arrived to my appointment only an hour late, and it was a fast meeting. I was surprisingly out of the meeting before my date with Kendall. I got dressed in my office, and yet I had no desire to go and see her.
“Hello, Kendall, this is Max.”
“Of course it’s you. Are you going to be able to make it for our date tonight?” She was a sexy little morsel I’d met at a party in L.A. last week. I should want to fuck her until she couldn’t walk, but all I could think about was my little fender bender cutie. She had a boyfriend that she probably lived with. I should take Kendall out and do her, but it felt wrong. What the fuck?! Alexandria was suddenly all I had a taste for, and I would have to figure out how to get her away from her boyfriend, at least for one night. That should slake my lust. I never poached on another man’s pussy, but I wanted her, and hell if I was going to be denied.
“Kendall, I can’t make it tonight actually. I am still in my meeting and only came out to call you. When are you in town next?”
“I have no plans to come back to Dallas. You missed your opportunity. I don’t get tossed to the side for a meeting. Seriously, I have others that want me. Your loss, stud.”
“That’s fine.”
“That’s fine? I thought we had something special. Why would you throw that away?”
“There was nothing special between us. I just wanted a quick fuck, and that is what you offered. I didn’t offer anything more.”
“That’s all I am to you? I thought you wanted to marry me.” This chick was bat-shit crazy. We met a week ago. What made her think I wanted to marry her? We hadn’t even fucked yet.
“Marry you? I don’t want to marry anyone, let alone a woman I wouldn’t introduce to my parents.”
“I can’t believe this!” She was just like all those women. They always wanted more than I offered.
“Well, believe it.” I was pissed and about to hang up when she hung up the phone on me. Oh well—I had my sights set on Alexandria.
Chapter 2—Max
“Hey, Mom, I’m on my way. No, don’t worry. We’ll do dinner tonight.” My parents had been worried about my eyesight that was damaged while I was in college. I took a nasty hit, lost my helmet, and cracked my head on the frozen ground. It was scary all around, but after the initial injury, my eyesight had no longer been perfect. It wasn’t terrible, but I had a hard time focusing on things that were close.
“I got to go. I’ll call you later.” Marcus had just pulled up to the facility, and I was truly nervous. Since they started the laser procedures, they had improved over the years, but it was a big deal. I wanted someone with me, but I was afraid of my reaction should something go wrong, and I didn’t want witnesses.
I walked in with Marcus right behind me. He had been with me for the past decade. A former Navy Seal, he was an expert at keeping me safe. I really didn’t have many problems with safety, but I had a stalker who only noticed me when I went to a movie premier with a friend. She started following me, and it became a problem when she had gotten into my office and left me a gift. She’d been slick, and no one knew who she was and was still on the loose. I ramped up the security in the building and also at my penthouse. I wasn’t letting her get close like that again. It was another reason I wanted to get this done. It sucked that I couldn’t see well, but even worse when I had a crazy person after me.