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“How long were you over there?”
“Two years. Keep eating.”
“Stop telling me what to do.”
“You’re going to feel like shit in the morning unless you get some food into your stomach. Would you prefer toast?”
“No. This is fine. I just want to find out some more about you, given that we’re basically joined at the hip now.”
“Then let’s make a deal.”
“I’m still stuck in the middle of the last deal we made.”
His smile warmed her from the inside out. “You eat, I’ll answer your questions. If you don’t, I won’t cooperate.”
“You’re holding me hostage to food?”
“Something like that.”
“Ughhh,” she rolled her eyes. “You’re so like Gray, you know.”
“Thank you.”
“It wasn’t a compliment.”
“Wasn’t it?”
Now it was Max’s turn to smile. Noah was quick, and more importantly, he clearly thought as highly of her brother as she did.
“Who else have you protected?”
“I have confidentiality clauses with all my clients.”
“Even me?”
“Technically, you’re not my client, but yes, even you.”
“Why?”
“Because I’m not interested in a pat on the back. I get in, do the job and get out again.”
“How noble.”
“Sarcasm?”
“Yes, but I didn’t mean it.” She sighed, placing down her fork. “I’m going to keep eating,” she muttered, before he could bark another order at her. She clasped her hands in her lap.
“So how do I know you’re good at your job if I can’t check your references?”
“You could try to attack me and see how far you get,” he suggeste
d in a sardonic tone, clearly joking. But Max stood, curiosity and something far, far more urgent propelling her around the bench and into the kitchen. Alcohol and adrenaline were powering her.
“You think I couldn’t take you down, Noah?”
She liked the feel of his name in her mouth.
His laugh was hoarse, sensual, like sun-warmed honey. She smiled tightly, her knees no longer unsteady because of how much she’d drunk on an empty stomach, but because of the man standing in her kitchen.
