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down her cheek. Then her eyes darted around the room,

―Where‘s Luke?‖

―He‘s doing my job right now so I can be with you. He

was here with us last night, then left early this morning. He

already knows the results of your surgery. Remind me to give

him a raise.‖

―Oh I will.‖ She knew Luke loved her and for him to allow

Max to be there when she woke up must‘ve been hard for him.

He chuckled, ―When you‘re better I‘m taking you to Spain

like I said for a honeymoon and we‘ll do our best to get you

pregnant there.‖

She beamed, ―Oh Max, you say the most wonderful

things.‖

He laughed, and then became serious, ―Nikos called.‖

―Oh?‖ she said pressing her lips together to keep from

smiling. Seeing Max jealous was unusual and she couldn‘t help

but feel good about it. Not once had she seen him jealous of

other men.

―I promised myself not to make demands of you Lily, but

I swear to God, I‘m going to snap if that man comes near you

again.‖ Luke had told Nikos about Lily and he sent his regards

from his and Demetrius‘ family along with another invitation for

them to come and visit.

―Max, there‘s nothing going on between Nikos and I—―

―I know you think that Lily, but he‘s a man, and you‘re a

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beautiful woman—―

She shook her head, ―Nikos knows I‘m crazy about you.

He told me that you needed some help to see what you were

letting go. He is not the type of man to betray your trust. I know

he isn‘t. Besides—― she said finally letting her smile free, ‖—I am

a married woman.‖

―Yes, you are,‖ he said possessively relaxing somewhat,

―But Lily, you are so beautiful that any man would set aside their

morals.‖

―Stop that.‖ She said softly still not used to his

compliments.

He bent down and kissed her, ―it‘s true. Can you imagine

how beautiful our children would be?‖ His chest swelled at the

thought of a little girl that looked like Lily. ―Luke moved your

things to our Penthouse by the way—―

―Our? How wonderful that sounds.‖ Then she thought of

Luke and how alone he would be without her. ―Poor Luke.‖

―Don‘t poor Luke, Lily, he has more than enough

attention from women, but now he can have them over and not

hide his love life from you.‖

―He didn‘t!‖ she said wide-eyed.

His grin was downright devilish this time, ―Oh he

certainly did honey, but that too, is none of your business. Just

know that he isn‘t as lonely as you think he is.‖

She blushed and rolled her eyes, ―fine, I don‘t want to

visualize my brother as a womanizer so I won‘t bring it up again.‖

Luke was a very handsome man. He was just about Max‘s

opposite with his fair looks. He had blonde hair and hazel eyes

and was around the same height if only an inch or two shorter.

Max chuckled at her embarrassment. Lily was extremely

naïve if she thought Luke was innocent. He was sure she thought

he had women, but he could probably put Max to shame with his

adventures abroad. There were times when they travelled

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together that Max went back to the hotel room alone, but Luke

never did, or needed too. Max always had Lily in the back of his

mind and only when his need became intolerable, did he take a

woman to bed. Somehow he always felt guilty about it, but he

knew he shouldn‘t. There was no commitment from her as of yet,

and Max was a man. He actually confessed that to her the first

night they made love and she was very understanding and told

him that if he didn‘t have experience, then she would have no one

to teach her. He shouldn‘t have expected anything less than

understanding from her. She was really surprised that he hadn‘t

had a woman in over a year because of his devotion to her and

she knew nothing about it. Yet the other night she literally blew

his mind. Even up until he had come to terms with his feelings

for Lily, never did a woman affect him so emotionally.

―And tonight when I take you home, we are going to start

planning our future. Next week we‘ll have a reception for our

friends and family. By then you should be feeling better.‖

―I already am.‖ The news he‘d given her made her feel

ecstatic.

―And the rest of our lives will be the same.‖ He said

genuinely.

She ran her eyes over his handsome face feeling almost

too choked up to speak, ―I love you.‖ She saw his pale eyes

darken as a sexy grin spread across his face.

―I never will get tired of hearing that.‖ He said seriously,

―And I will never stop saying it myself Lily. I love you button. So

much my heart hurts whenever I lay eyes on you.‖