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challenge.

That brought a look of surprise to her lovely face. She

never thought that this might look like a lover‘s quarrel. Then her

eyes darted around them noticing the curious stares of the other

people. Quickly recovering, she shook her head twice, ground her

teeth and shot him a scorching look before turning on her heel

and marching back down the hall and into his office. She

certainly didn‘t want to lend to the rumours already going on

about her.

―Hold my calls Nance.‖ He said without taking his eyes off

the furious gorgeous woman in front of him. His eyes coasted

down to the elegant curve of her backside. How nice it looked in

such a rapid pace of anger.

―Of course Mr. King.‖ She said without looking up as if

this was an everyday occurrence.

Max shut the door, and turned to face her. She had her

arms crossed angrily under her breasts again and her head was

tilted defiantly making look utterly adorable. Max had trouble

stifling the grin he felt would let loose. She may have been little

but her temper compensated. She was a firecracker and God help

him, utterly irresistible when lit. ―Lily, the only reason Luke and I

ride you so hard is because we know what you‘re capable of.‖

―Including my love life.‖ She shot.

―Not Nikos.‖ He said abruptly.

―Why? What‘s wrong with Nikos?‖

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―He‘s not right for you. I‘ve told you what he is like.‖ The

truth was if Nikos had gotten his hands on her, he couldn‘t

protect her like he and Luke normally did with her past suitors.

He was a powerful man and had resources of his own, when in

the past it was easy to remove the potential admirers from Lily‘s

life. If she knew the things they did, she‘d be even more furious.

―You don‘t think I can say no? Max, I‘m not some school

girl!‖

―Actually you are a school girl and I don‘t approve of

him.‖ He said tersely not liking her constant defence of Nikos.

Did she actually like him?

―My God! There you go again.‖ She said throwing up her

arms

He held up his hand, ―I speak for Luke too. You don‘t

have the experience to handle a man like Nikos. He‘ll have you

completely seduced before you realize it.‖

―I‘m not a dummy!‖ Part of her wanted to call him up

just to defy the two.

―No honey, you‘re far from it, but I meant it when I said

he wasn‘t right for you.‖ If Nikos so much as touched her, Max

was going to tear him to pieces.



She tilted her head, ―Really? Just like Cybil was right for

you? The woman was shallow, spoiled and selfish. Yet you tell

me…‖

―It wasn‘t her attitude I was after. Do I need to spell it out

for you?‖ When she didn‘t‘ answer, he continued, ―She was great

in bed, and looked good on my arm in public.‖

―Oh.‖ She blushed feeling like an idiot.

―Now you know.‖ He paused, ―like you said, you aren‘t a

little girl anymore—and don‘t give me that look, Luke‘s no

innocent either. We‘re both men, we have certain needs.

Women like Cybil fill them. Nikos is the same way, that is why

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Luke and I would prefer if you didn‘t date him. He‘ll just want to

get you in bed.‖

―You don‘t know that.‖ She could feel her blush deepen by

the heat in her cheeks. This conversation was getting entirely too

intimate for her.

―I do.‖ He said with complete confidence while looking

down at her.

―How can you be so sure?‖ she accused

―Because that‘s the first thing I thought of when you wore

that dress the other night.‖ He said bluntly dropping his eyes to

her mouth.

She stilled and felt her jaw drop. ―What did you just say?‖

As he continued talking, it seemed like her heart beat louder and

faster in her chest.

―I‘m not supposed to think like that about my best

friend‘s little sister, but I did. Cybil picked up on it, that‘s why

she became so jealous. You outshone the competition in that

emerald satin number and Nikos knew it, I knew it, and so did

Cybil. If anything you should have felt sorry for her, she was

second best. Every man in that place couldn‘t take their eyes off

of you including me. I kept thinking of how well you filled out

every inch of that material and how much of a woman you grew

into.‖ He held up his hand when she opened her mouth to speak,

―There are women like Cybil that a man fills their urges with, and

women like you who they marry. Do not become a statistic to

Nikos or any other man for that matter.‖ He waved a hand in the

air abruptly and turned away from her.

Who could make such a declaration and leave it at that?