King Of The Underworld by RJ Kane
Chapter 55 (Sephie)
Once he released me, Adrik caught my arm, whispering in my ear. “We’ll be right over here. Go, catch up.” They all turned to sit at a table close to the door, where they could clearly see the bar and the front door.
I walked with Max back to the bar, so he could get back to work. I got plenty of looks from his fan club as we came back. They had all witnessed Max jumping over the bar to get to me. He pulled me behind the bar, so he could talk to me as he kept working.
“Where have you been, gingersnap?”
“Um, somewhere safe. I’m not far from here now, though, so we can hang out again.”
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He turned his back to the customers at the bar, so they wouldn’t hear him. “Are you okay? Like for real? They didn’t kidnap you or anything?”
I laughed. “I mean, it depends on your definition of kidnap, I guess. I’m fine, Maximus. More than fine. I’m great.”
He looked at me, skeptically at first, but he could see the happiness on my face, so he relaxed. “Okay, well give me the safe word at any point if you need to.”
“Max, I don’t think I’ll be saying ‘Saskatchewan’ anytime soon.”
“You just said it! You’re in trouble, I knew it!!”
I laughed, pushing him away from me. As he went back to making drinks, I stepped beside him, leaning into his shoulder. “I missed you, Max.”
“It’s because of my face, isn’t it?” He slammed an ice cube into a glass. “D*ammit, these devastatingly good looks are a curse!”