The front door to Mandy’s swung open seconds after we rang the bell. Everyone else was already there, including Max. He was standing near the kitchen island talking to Xander and Aidan. When he saw me he walked away from them without another word.
“Can I take your coat?” he asked after he kissed me.
I nodded and turned my back to him. My hands shook as I unhooked the buttons down the front of my coat. When I pulled it free, Max took the collar and helped me out of it. Once I was free of my coat I turned and looked at him.
His eyes blazed at me. He scanned me quickly, the heat growing with each second he drunk me in. “Wow,” he said with awe and hunger evident in his tremble of his voice. “You look amazing. Fabulous, sweetheart, absolutely fabulous.”
“Thanks,” I whispered.
Max hung up m
