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“No need to apologize. I don’t blame him. He’s had a big weekend.”
He put his arms around her. “So have we.”
Lexi held on tight to him. “Yes, we have.”
“What now?”
“Now I am going to say good night to you so you can tend to your son and head back to my rental. Tomorrow, I’m flying home to Houston.”
“Are you sure you can’t stay a little longer?”
“Not this time. I have a doctor’s appointment on Wednesday and some other things to take care of this week.”
“The doctor is nothing to worry about, right?”
“Routine checkup.”
“When will I see you again?”
“Let’s talk about that after I get home, okay?”
“Hey, Dad,” Caden said as he came into the room, stopping short when he saw them hugging.
Lexi quickly released her hold on Max, while he kept an arm around her.
“What’s up, bud?”
“Did you get more shampoo?” he asked, eyeing Lexi suspiciously.
“I did. It’s in the cabinet.”
“Okay.”
“Hey, can you say goodbye to Lexi and thank her for the ski pass?”
“Thank you and bye,” Caden said as he ran off again.
“I need to work on his manners. He’s usually a lot nicer to people.”
“He sees me as a threat,” she said.
“What? No way.”
“Max, come on. It’s been the two of you for all these years. When was the last time he saw you hugging a woman?”
He thought about that for a second. “He never has.”
“There you have it. It’s going to take some time for him to come around to you and me being together, if that’s what we’re going to do.”
“That’s what I want.”
“Then we need to ease in slowly, for all our sakes, but especially his. I don’t want him to think I’m taking you away from him or something.”
“He won’t think that.”
“Yes, he will, and you’re going to have enough to manage when you talk to him about Chloe.”
“I was almost able to forget that,” he said with a sigh. “I’ll talk to him about that tomorrow after dinner.”
