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“Are you interested in him?” Max stalked back into the room, stopping just short of the coffee table between us.
I jerked my attention upwards to him. “What?”
“Fred. Are you interested in him?”
“How do you mean? He’s quite interesting, and I suppose I’d like to pick his brains on some family history purely for my own benefit, but—”
“Ellie. You know what I mean.”
I did know what he meant.
Was I interested in dating Fred?
No.
I wasn’t.
If Max hadn’t kissed me yesterday? That was another story. Perhaps I would be. Fred was handsome, single, and most certainly a very good option for a potential partner, but not right now.
Not for me.
Because my stupid little heart didn’t flip-flop at the mention of his name the way it did for Max.
“So what if I am?” I asked.
He said nothing.
“Why do you care?” I tossed my phone onto the sofa and held out my hands. “It’s none of your business if I am.”
“I don’t know.” He ran his fingers through his hair and sighed heavily. “I just… Never mind.”
“Oh, no. You’re the one who stormed back in here. Start talking, mister.”
“I care. I don’t know why, but I do.”
I folded my arms across my chest and let a smile creep onto my face. “Why, Lord Windermere, do you like me?”
“Drop that,” Max said sternly.
“Answer the bloody question.”
“Yes. Fine, all right? Is that what you wanted?”
I swallowed. “You like me?”
He snapped his gaze to mine. “Don’t tell me you said all that and you weren’t expecting me to admit that.”
“Not really,” I answered. “You’ve never given me any indication that you might.”
“I kissed you yesterday. I didn’t do that out of unadulterated hatred, did I now?”
Anything was possible with him, to be fair. “I was teasing you. I know you don’t do relationships so I—”
“Ellie, just because I’m not interested in a relationship doesn’t mean I’m some kind of emotionless robot.” He held out his hands. “Yes, I like you. Yes, the idea of you flirting with and getting to know Fred bothers me, but no, I can’t elaborate on why that is so please don’t ask me to.”
“Why on Earth do you like me?”
