“Careful, Ms. Lewis. I might have to send gangs your way since your “friends” all tend to get themselves in trouble once in a while.”
“And you’re done here. I’ll be filing a complaint with your captain and the chief.” Jose turned the detective around by her shoulder and escorted her out of Max’s office with Tiny following close behind.
“Huge fan you have there.” Desiree smirked down at Max.
“Yeah, her sister was a huge fan of Tiny’s. He couldn’t stand her either. Whole family thinks the world revolves around them. Last I heard the sister was an alcoholic who is doing a stint in prison for drinking and driving. How she became a cop is beyond me.”
“Watch your back with that one.”
“So, lunch huh?” Max asked as he pulled her into his lap and kissed her on the lips.
“Yep. Is it too late? Not sure when you guys take your lunch breaks when you’re stateside.” Desiree wrapped her arm around Max’s neck.
“Hello, I’m still standing here.” Teddy waved his arm at Max and Desiree.
“Do you hear something?” Desiree asked, scrunching up her nose as she pretending to look around.
“Nah. Probably a gnat buzzing around.” Max winked at her.
Desiree burst into laughter when her brother muttered a few curse words their way and slammed Max’s office door behind him. He was so easy to mess with sometimes.
Just a huge old teddy bear at heart. She’ll make it up to him later.
“So, have you eaten yet?” Desiree asked Max as she refocused her attention back toward him.
“No. What did you have in mind for lunch?”
“Well, how about we go to that Mexican restaurant that Glory was talking about? She says the food is really good there.” Desiree suggested as she moved to get up.
“That works. Let me let the guys know where I am in case something pops off. Do you want me to see if Teddy wants to go? I know he hasn’t eaten yet either.” Max offered with a shrug.
“You want to invite my baby brother to our lunch date?” Desiree asked, looking at Max in confusion.
Desiree couldn’t help the laugh when Max looked back at her in confusion for a couple of seconds before he caught her meaning. She wanted alone time with him in the middle of the day, just the two of them.
When he pulled her in for a passionate kiss, she giggled like a schoolgirl getting attention from the high school heart throb. Damn this man steals her breath every time he pulls her into his arms.
Too bad they were in his work office, although that would be a nice fantasy to enact. Especially when it could remind him of her every time he stepped foot in here.
One of these days she’ll come by a little better prepared for that fantasy. Today, she wanted food and Max.
Food would have to come first while she was spending time with him. Maybe later tonight she could probably persuade him to make her dessert.
Chapter
Fourteen
Max groaned as he moved from his seat on the plane. He was ready for a nice hot shower and a big juicy steak with baked potato and a beer.
What he wanted more than anything was to finish his date with Desiree that got interrupted with the call they were going wheels up. What was huge for him on that lunch date was the fact she just flagged the waitress down while he was sending a text to the rest of the team that they were going wheels up and his ETA back to base.
She didn’t argue, pout, or get mad about the fact that their date was cut short. She had paid for their lunches before he realized what she had done, boxed their lunches up and asked if he needed to stop at the house to get a go bag.
She knew how the life was and supported him in what needed to be done for his mission. Something he wasn’t used to when it came to someone he was seeing.
A refreshing change yet had him partly weary wondering if the shoe was going to fall off of the other foot when he got home. He didn’t think that Desiree would be like that if he was being honest with himself.
“This mission sucked ass. I’m ready to get home, grab a hot shower, a nice big juicy burger, and a beer. In that particular order, too.” Teddy laughed as he stood up beside Max.
