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Lexi lost it laughing. She’d laughed more today than she had in years, and it felt good.
“It’s not funny!” He held the puppy away from him, revealing the massive wet stain on his torso.
Lexi bent in half laughing.
“I’ll remember this,” he said with a playful scowl. “I’m taking her outside before she poops on me, too.”
She was still mopping up laughter tears when he returned, shivering.
“Did you know pee freezes?” He held the shirt off his skin.
“I wasn’t aware, but you learn something new every day.”
Daisy sat at Max’s feet, looking up at him with a big dopey smile on her cute face.
“She’s very sorry,” Lexi said.
“I don’t think she is.”
“I’ll feed her while you deal with that,” she said, waving her hand in the direction of his soaked shirt.
“Quit laughing at me. It’s not funny.”
“Yes, it is.”
“No, it isn’t,” he said from right behind her. “I have a good mind to hug you right now since you think it’s so funny.”
Lexi screamed and darted clear of him.
Daisy thought that meant playtime, and she jumped into the fracas as Max chased Lexi into the living room.
“If you hug me, I’m outta here.”
Max stopped short. “If you’re gonna be that way about it.”
“I am. No pee hugs allowed. Tell him, Daisy. You pee only on him.”
Daisy barked in agreement.
“I can already see whose side she’s on.”
“We girls have to stick together in this bachelor pad.”
“I’ll be right back. Make yourself at home in the bachelor pad.”
“Thank you.” Lexi fed Daisy and then put their takeout food on plates she found in the cabinet over the dishwasher. She located silverware in another drawer, and by the time Max emerged from the hallway in a fresh set of clothes, dinner was on the table.
“Now,” he said after he opened a beer and joined her at the table, “where were we before we were so rudely interrupted by a moose and puppy?”
ChapterEight
“Whatwe have once enjoyed and deeply loved we can never lose,for all thatwe love deeply
becomesa part of us.”—Helen Keller
This had been the best day Max could recall in a long time. Even the drama of Chloe reappearing on the scene couldn’t detract from the pleasure of being with Lexi again.
He’d forgotten how easy it was with her. In three years of dating, they’d never had a fight that he could recall. Their friends had teased them about being the perfect couple, but they hadn’t minded that. It’d been true.
