stole on the back of the sofa and walked over to the large patio
doors to stare out at the lights of the city thinking that this thing
with Brittney probably wasn‘t over. She‘d seen the look in her
eyes.
She quickly squashed her worries and smiled when Luke
came out of his room adjusting his tie.
―Is this straight?‖ he said as he fidgeted with the knot.
If she showed him she was the least bit upset, she knew
darn well he‘d go to Max. She loved her older brother to death
but he was insanely protective. It even surprised her that he let
her go work for Max this summer because she knew how
protective he could be. However, Max was no different after that
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spiel he gave her about her hair when he picked her up from
college.
Lily reached up and finished smoothing it out. ―It is now.‖
She‘d learned at a young age how to fix Luke‘s ties. He was a
handsome man, but he still couldn‘t seem to get it perfect.
Unlike Max. She‘d seen him flawlessly do up his ties without
even using a mirror to check them. She sighed inwardly thinking
how silly it was of her to even think that was perfect.
He grinned down at her, ―You look beautiful Lily. You‘re
going to knock our client‘s socks off.‖
She smiled shyly, ―thanks. You look pretty good
yourself.‖
―How much did that number cost me?‖ Luke said looking
at the emerald satin dress. It wasn‘t too revealing but showed
her figure nicely and had little spaghetti straps over the
shoulders. Then again his sister was so beautiful she didn‘t need
anything fancy to enhance her looks. At least he thought so.
―Max bought it.‖ she looked down and fingered the
expensive material. ―Isn‘t it beautiful?
One of his brows rose, ―Really?‖ then an odd look came
over his face, but he turned away to pick up and pocketed his cell
phone before she could interpret it.
―Why?‖
He shook his head like it was nothing. ―Just glad it didn‘t
take a bite out of my pay check.‖ He teased. ―Company card?‖
―Of course. I‘m a perfect tax write off.‖ She added
teasingly while doing a mock pose.
He chuckled, ‗I‘ll remember that.‖ A that moment his cell
phone rang and he pulled it out and answered it, while she went
and got her handbag.
Hanging up, he picked up her sheer silver wrap, ―Come
on, Max is downstairs in the car.‖ He draped it over her
shoulders.
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―Why didn‘t he come up?‖
He hesitated for a moment before he spoke, ―Cybil‘s with
him.‖
―Oh.‖ She couldn‘t keep the disappointment out of her
voice.
Luke let an expression of distaste cross his features but
didn‘t let his sister see it. He‘d gone out with Max and Cybil
before and the woman was a complete snob. Of course he knew
why Max was dating her, and he‘d done stupid things like that to,
but she was becoming quite possessive and was sure that his
friend was going to end the relationship soon. ―She flew in
several hours ago to surprise him and obviously insisted on
coming.‖
Of course she did. Obviously Cybil knew Max‘s
reputation and didn‘t want him being out without her tonight.
She didn‘t forget that phone call when she walked in to Max‘s
office her first day and the possessiveness that Cybil displayed.
Lily wasn‘t fortunate enough to meet the woman over the
past week since she was working for Max, but she followed the
gossip columns and knew the woman was a walking publicity
stunt. There was no doubt that she was beautiful, but she had a
string of successful men in her life and as far as Lily was
concerned Max was just another boost to the woman‘s publicity.
Well, there was Max‘s physical attributes.
Squashing the hateful feelings of her jealousy she allowed
Luke to take her arm and escort her out of the building to the
immaculate stretched limo. Oscar got out and held the door
open and winked at her causing her to smile.
Sliding into her seat with her brother right beside her she
set her attention on the other woman and wasn‘t prepared for
how really beautiful the woman was up close. Max cordially
introduced them and Lily thought she was polite, unlike Cybil,
who gave her a once over with a slight look of dislike. She
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thought she might have imagined it, but Luke stiffened beside
her. Obviously she wasn‘t the only one that noticed. She wanted
to berate the snob, but instead gave her a ravishing smile and
told her it was nice to finally meet her.
―But of course.‖ Cybil said as if it was a privilege to know
her. Then she turned to Max and started speaking in fluent
French which he responded in a familiar tone that Lily