CHAPTER 16
Maine watched Orchid close herself off to him, the same way she’d done at the Battle of the Sexes Trivia night.
“I know,” he said. “And I have a good explanation for that.”
“I bet you do.” She folded her arms and c****d her hip, and Maine’s blood only ran hotter at the sight of her.
“I didn’t want to put you in the public spotlight like that,” he said. “Not without your permission. Do you realize what would’ve happened to you, your family—Tesla—if I’d said we were dating?”
She opened her mouth and shut it again.
“Maybe I should’ve said something,” he said. “I don’t know. So much of those interviews came from my public relations specialist, and I don’t know.” He exhaled, because he really didn’t know. He knew he’d had to earn Eden’s trust and that had taken a day or so. He
