―Oh Gosh! I‘ve done so much crying lately that I fear I
have no fluid left in my body.‖ She said feeling another tear slip
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,