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Chapter 27
Maxsmiled triumphantlyatGigi,heranswerjustwhat heneeded tohear.“Whenwill youmove backin?”
Her returning smilewasshy. “I haveclassestoday,butI’ll comebackaround tonight. Do you have towork?”
Now,thatwasasobering thought. “Yeah. I havetobein atfour.”Her gazedropped to hismouth, hereyesdevouring him. Hisbodyresponded asifhehadn’ttouched her inweeksratherthan hours. Hecleared his throat.“Whattimeisyour firstclass?”
“Ten,”shereplied.
Leaning forward,hekissedher hard,leaving her breathlesswhenhepulled away.“It’sthirty now.”
Sheblinked once. Twice.“What?”
“It’sninethirty. You havehalf an hour togettoclass.”
Shejumped up fromthecouch,almostknocking her empty platefromthecushion besideher.“I havetogetready. I haveto gobacktotheapartmentand takeashower.”
“Checkin your room herefirst. You werein such a hurrytoleavethatsomeofyour clotheswere overlooked.”
Shedashed offin the directionof herbedroom. Her bedroom.Maxwould havetofixthatwhen shemoved backin tonight.Therewasno way hewashaving her sleep in therewhen shecould be sharing hisbed. Shemusthavefound whatsheneeded becauseafewmomentslater,theshower began torun. Hecleared thedishesthen wenttochangeErin intonewclothesfortheday.Hehad planned totakea walkin theparkthatmorning. When hisdaughter wasready,heputheron his bed and gotchanged himself. After pulling a runningshirtoverhishead,heslipped hisfeetintohis shoesand tiedthedrawstring on hisshorts. Hewasjuststrapping Erin intothestrollerwhen Gigi emerged.
Dressed in a pairofshorts,a tanktop and apair of redChuckTaylor’s,shedidn’tlookatall hungover. “Youlooknice,”hesaid.
“I feel terrible,”sheshot backwith a small grin.“Seriously,don’tlet medrinktequila again.”
“You gotit.Wantmetowalkyou touniversity?”
“Areyouheading thatway?”
“I wasgoingtotakeErin toCentralPark.”
Shewaved awayhisoffer.“It’sintheoppositedirection. I’ll beokay.”
Hestalked towardsher,wrapping a firmarmaround her waistand pulling her inclosetohis body. Hiskisswasdemanding,letting herknowthatalthough theydidn’thavetimeto get reacquainted now,thattimewould comelater.
Theyrodetheelevator down together,parting waysoutthefront. Hesaid,“I’ll seeyouthis afternoon.”
Shegotupon her toesand kissed hischeek.“Seeyouthen.”
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Maxhadbeenrunningforabouttwentyminuteswhenhisphonerang.Pullingthestrollertoastop, hewheeled Erinofftotheside ofthetrackand dug ahand intohispocket.
“Evangeline,”Maxsaid,breathing hard, “howare you?”
“Did Icatchyou atabad time?” hisbossasked.
“No,justoutfor arun withErin. What’sup?”
“Itsoundslike NewYorkisagreeing withyou. I kindofhatetobethe bearerofbad news.”
“You’vefilledthepositions,haven’t you?”
“Oneofthem,yeah.TheguytakingoverforyouisnamedBrianWilson.Ihead-huntedhimfrom BembewhenI heard hewaslooking around.”
Maxwhistled.He’dheard ofBembebefore;itwas votedone ofNewYork’stopdanceclubs. “Whataboutthehead bartender position?”
“I’mstillwaitingbacktohearfromafewpeople.Jeremyisjustgoingtohavetostickitoutfora bitlonger.”
