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something for you. She couldn’t keep her eyes off you
whenever your back was turned. Geez!” Toni feigned shock by shaking his head
and slapping his hand on his forehead.
She
couldn’t keep her eyes off me?
Lucas thought deeply.
Really?
Geez, Granddad, why didn’t you tell me this before?
CHAPTER EIGHT
What a whirlwind the last few weeks were, Maxine
thought to herself as she pulled up into the parking lot of the nursing home to
visit her mother. Luckily, the dirty hate mail had slowed down to a trickle.
The only odd piece of correspondence she’d received was from some foreign
prince requesting her phone number, driver’s license and banking information so
that he could wire fifty billion dollars into her personal checking account. Yeah, sure! She automatically spammed
that with the rest of said type of emails.
The bottom line was that whomever was stalking Maxine
seemed to have cooled. At least for now. She wondered
if Lucas had anything to do with it.
A smile touched her lips at the thought. In fact,
Lucas had dominated her thoughts once too often during the past few weeks. At
times she thought she was wide awake in a dream. Lucas
kissed her hand. Oh, the silky, erotic touch of that soft kiss. Imagine that! What
would she be feeling if he’d done more that day? She was still buzzing for his
soft lips on her again. The man really knew how to kiss. She’d dreamt about
him, fantasized about him pleasuring her with his lips and with his firm body. But
all she had was the sweet memory of his kiss. Would she be treated with more
servings of his delicious chemistry any time soon?
Maxine was hungry for Lucas. And with each day that drifted
by, she’d eagerly waited for him to call her, to drop by her office. Nada.
She’d been left feeling empty again. Was he avoiding her? Perhaps she shouldn’t
have been so unresponsive to his flirtatious attempts.
Whenever the tech guy from the foundation dropped by
during the last few weeks to help her company set up the e-program online she’d
casually question him. How many times had she snuck in questions about Lucas
while asking D’Andre about the software program? Was
he out of town? In a meeting? Would he be coming back
to her office for more follow-up to see how the
program was going? Her inquiring mind wanted to know. Lucas seemed to be pretty
much out of the media spotlight—for now, at least. She was glad for him
that the scandalous story was dying down a bit. Maxine really wished she could
have spoken with him.
Heck, she was scared out of her wits to call Lucas’s
number and ask him anything. She didn’t want to seem as if she was into him.
What did she fear? Rejection? Embarrassment?
Or perhaps, she was truly out of his league and didn’t
want to risk being a convenient one-night stand. Maxine tried hard not to
believe what she’d read about him in the newspapers. You couldn’t believe the
tabloids or sensationalism, could you? And that woman seemed as if she was an
opportunist, appearing on every show she could to tell her story and talk about
how much money she should have for her unborn child. Something just didn’t ring
true about that duplicity. Poor Lucas. How awful to be in his shoes.
***
Maxine turned off the engine and the car shuddered
before shutting down. Okay, she really needed to take her car in to be fixed.
Trouble was, she was not auto savvy and oftentimes would be ripped off by mechanics.
She could not even afford to replace anything in her old vehicle. She prayed it
wouldn’t conk out on her in the middle of traffic.
Lucy had offered to buy her a new car but she really
felt funny about accepting any of her friend’s husband’s money like that. It
just didn’t feel right. Lucy and she had only just briefly met before Lucy
married into the Romero family anyway.
Lucy had taken over the agency from her dead estranged
auntie who left it to her in her will. So this was new to a lot of people
whenever your back was turned. Geez!” Toni feigned shock by shaking his head
and slapping his hand on his forehead.
She
couldn’t keep her eyes off me?
Lucas thought deeply.
Really?
Geez, Granddad, why didn’t you tell me this before?
CHAPTER EIGHT
What a whirlwind the last few weeks were, Maxine
thought to herself as she pulled up into the parking lot of the nursing home to
visit her mother. Luckily, the dirty hate mail had slowed down to a trickle.
The only odd piece of correspondence she’d received was from some foreign
prince requesting her phone number, driver’s license and banking information so
that he could wire fifty billion dollars into her personal checking account. Yeah, sure! She automatically spammed
that with the rest of said type of emails.
The bottom line was that whomever was stalking Maxine
seemed to have cooled. At least for now. She wondered
if Lucas had anything to do with it.
A smile touched her lips at the thought. In fact,
Lucas had dominated her thoughts once too often during the past few weeks. At
times she thought she was wide awake in a dream. Lucas
kissed her hand. Oh, the silky, erotic touch of that soft kiss. Imagine that! What
would she be feeling if he’d done more that day? She was still buzzing for his
soft lips on her again. The man really knew how to kiss. She’d dreamt about
him, fantasized about him pleasuring her with his lips and with his firm body. But
all she had was the sweet memory of his kiss. Would she be treated with more
servings of his delicious chemistry any time soon?
Maxine was hungry for Lucas. And with each day that drifted
by, she’d eagerly waited for him to call her, to drop by her office. Nada.
She’d been left feeling empty again. Was he avoiding her? Perhaps she shouldn’t
have been so unresponsive to his flirtatious attempts.
Whenever the tech guy from the foundation dropped by
during the last few weeks to help her company set up the e-program online she’d
casually question him. How many times had she snuck in questions about Lucas
while asking D’Andre about the software program? Was
he out of town? In a meeting? Would he be coming back
to her office for more follow-up to see how the
program was going? Her inquiring mind wanted to know. Lucas seemed to be pretty
much out of the media spotlight—for now, at least. She was glad for him
that the scandalous story was dying down a bit. Maxine really wished she could
have spoken with him.
Heck, she was scared out of her wits to call Lucas’s
number and ask him anything. She didn’t want to seem as if she was into him.
What did she fear? Rejection? Embarrassment?
Or perhaps, she was truly out of his league and didn’t
want to risk being a convenient one-night stand. Maxine tried hard not to
believe what she’d read about him in the newspapers. You couldn’t believe the
tabloids or sensationalism, could you? And that woman seemed as if she was an
opportunist, appearing on every show she could to tell her story and talk about
how much money she should have for her unborn child. Something just didn’t ring
true about that duplicity. Poor Lucas. How awful to be in his shoes.
***
Maxine turned off the engine and the car shuddered
before shutting down. Okay, she really needed to take her car in to be fixed.
Trouble was, she was not auto savvy and oftentimes would be ripped off by mechanics.
She could not even afford to replace anything in her old vehicle. She prayed it
wouldn’t conk out on her in the middle of traffic.
Lucy had offered to buy her a new car but she really
felt funny about accepting any of her friend’s husband’s money like that. It
just didn’t feel right. Lucy and she had only just briefly met before Lucy
married into the Romero family anyway.
Lucy had taken over the agency from her dead estranged
auntie who left it to her in her will. So this was new to a lot of people
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