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his out. He was usually good to her, but now there was some

deeper warmth there that made her uncomfortable. It wasn‘t

because she didn‘t want it. She did more than anything else in

her life, but she worried it was temporary.

―Come on button, I don‘t bite—― he grinned, ―—unless you

ask really nice.‖

―Max, you need to behave.‖ She said finally taking his

hand and shooting him a helpless look.

He chuckled, ‗Would you believe that I am.‖ He was.

Every cell in his body was screaming to drag her back to bed,

have her naked and completely misbehave, but he needed to take

this slow. Revealing his desire for her was already making her

apprehensive.

―No, not in a minute.‖ She said as he led her out the door

causing him to grin mischievously.

Dinner wasn‘t as pleasant as Lily had hoped. Nikos‘ sister

Helene joined them and flirted outrageously with Max. She was

shameless about it too. Even Nikos shot her a disapproving look

at one point during dinner. Also their father didn‘t seem too

impressed, but no one said anything.

It didn‘t help that she was gorgeous. So much that she

could give Cybil a run for her money. The woman was tall,

slender, with dark hair and eyes befitting of her race. She made

sure she sat on the other side of Max with her chair quite close,

and at one point she was sure that Helene had moved her hand

to his thigh by the angle of her arm next to him.

However, his expression didn‘t give it away and she

started fuming. Maybe he enjoyed her advances and why not,

she was beautiful and as far as Lily was concerned she couldn‘t

compete. If she had any hope about what they had shared prior

it was gone.

As the evening wore on she became less involved in the

conversation. Max seemed thoroughly involved in Helene. He

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had barely looked her way since dinner started. It hurt her, more

than she liked to admit. It made her realized that all she was to

him was a fill in for a woman. He kissed her because he could,

because any woman would let him and he knew that. Just like

she did.

―For tomorrow,‖ Nikos said bringing his eyes to Lily.

―We‘re going to Demetrius‘ island. I thought you would enjoy a

cruise on the yacht. It‘s spectacular. We are throwing a party for

our father whose birthday is on Sunday. They‘ll be a lot of people

there.‖

―That sounds wonderful.‖ Lily said brightening up. She‘d

never been on a boat before let alone a yacht. Suddenly she felt

Max‘s hand squeeze hers. She was tempted to look at him but

she was jealous and angry that he paid attention to Nikos sister.

Also, her emotions were clearly registering on her face, and she

didn‘t want him to see how deeply rejected she felt. So instead

she paid complete attention to Nikos who went on to explain

what they had planned for their guests.

After dinner Nikos asked Max to join him for a drink.

Lily feigned a headache and said she needed to lie down. She

didn‘t miss the smirk that Helene gave her when she stood up to

leave. Obviously the woman knew she was no competition either

and that just added to her hurt.

―I‘ll walk you up.‖ Max said starting to rise.

―No, I‘ll be fine.‖ She flicked a look to Helene, ―Don‘t

leave our hosts on my account.‖ She said with a bit of an edge

before she turned and walked away.

―It must be jet lag.‖ Said Nikos knowing it wasn‘t. ―She

doesn‘t travel much?‖

―No.‖ Max said staring at the doorway she walked

through. She was upset and he was sure it had something to do

with their host‘s promiscuous sister. Lily wasn‘t used to

competing for a man, not that there was competition but she

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didn‘t know that.

He put up with Helene‘s advances but he didn‘t

encourage them and he certainly didn‘t welcome them. He had

spent the entire time through dinner fending off her advances

although it looked entirely different to Lily because she wasn‘t

used to Helene‘s experience and she obviously thought he was

ignoring her. However he wasn‘t one to toss a woman on her ass

either and there was also the consideration of her family. Truth

of it was he couldn‘t take his attention off of her for a moment or

she‘d have been on his lap and had his cock in her hand if he‘d let

her despite her family being at the same table. She had

attempted to grab his crotch several times under the table but

he‘d stopped her with his own hand. Frankly, he was disgusted

with the woman‘s outrageous behaviour, but he wouldn‘t cause a

scene. He would definitely set her straight but later, when he got