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“Have you seen what the guy looks like? Damn straight. And after that, I will need a long nap before the wedding.”
“And that’s at six?”
I nod. “It’ll be a fun time, and then after, there’ll be more sex.”
“You think so?”
I reach down and squeeze that ass, pulling her into me. “Oh, I know so.”
39
Cady
The day goes almost according to Max’s plan, except for the vigorous sex because he falls asleep after the second application of sunscreen. I stay huddled in the shade while he sleeps beside me, half his body out of the umbrella’s protection.
I made him put on sunscreen before he passed out.
Dexter and Nick went for a swim and then a walk, coming back in the early afternoon with beers in hand and Malcolm in tow.
When Max wakes up and heads to the condo to get drinks, Malcolm and I go for a walk along the beach.
We’re not ten feet away from the chairs, and Malcolm turns to me with an expectant
expression. I know what’s coming and I brace myself. Malcolm may be my friend, but I don’t talk about personal things with him, because I never have personal things to discuss. This thing with Max is new and, to be honest, a little frightening. The way he held me this morning was different, and that was only a spontaneous hug in the kitchen. What he’s offering is more and I…
I have no idea what to think. Or what to say about it.
“How’s the weekend been so far?” Malcolm asks, his face and the tone of his voice at odds with the easy question.
“Good. The boys are fun… and Max is…” This is Malcolm, my self-professed best friend, and I can’t even manage a single sentence about Max.
Because I have no idea what is going on. Is this just a weekend or is it more? I know Maximus would like it to be more but…
I’m having fun. The sex was great. Max is…
That’s where I get hung up.
“I still can’t believe you’re here with Maximus Steele,” Malcolm says, sounding as excited as if his favourite author is here. “I know you move in different circles than me, but I had no idea.”
The fact is that Malcolm has no idea about anything I do. He doesn’t know I’m a part owner of Fantasies, or about my fleet of nightclubs across the country. He knows I was an escort, that I was associated with the E site, but not how much I sold it for. He has no idea that Mature Adult Female website is mine.
Or that his girlfriend, Nia, was once a client.
He definitely shouldn’t know about that, not unless Nia decides to tell him.
It makes me wonder what kind of friend I really am if I keep so much from Malcolm.
And if I keep secrets from Malcolm, how can I even think of moving into something with Max?
“I don’t know exactly what Max is,” I say, slowing my pace. “It’s… I’m not sure.”
“You were about to say it’s complicated, but it’s really not. Either you like him or you don’t.”
I like him.
The words bubble up, wanting to be said, but I bite my tongue. “It is complicated.”
“Well, let’s start when you met him. Where did you meet him? I know we haven’t been hanging out much lately, but I like to think you’d tell me if you met someone.”
