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sister. And I really didn’t expect to see him at a pub and not when he was dressed down. Or as dressed down as Max could be in a button-down shirt and dark wash jeans.
    “Yes, I was just meeting some friends and I thought I recognized your laugh, so I thought I’d at least come and say hi.”
    Melanie kicked me under the table and I knew she wanted me to make introductions , and probably wanted to know who the hell the nicely dressed hottie was. “Oh, excuse me, this is my sister, Melanie, and her boyfriend, John, and of course you know Wes. Guys, this is my client and friend Max Green.”
    Max waved in their directions. “Pleasure meeting you, Melanie and John. And always a pleasure to see you, Wesley.”
    “Oh, the pleasure is all mine, Maxwell,” Wes said, really drawling out his accent. It took everything I had to keep from rolling my eyes.
    “Valerie, I don’t mean to impose, but what are you doing on this side of town?” Max asked, crossing one arm over the other and resting his chin on his fist as if he was listening intently to me. Like I was about to give him the secret to life.
    “Melanie and John are in town for a Blackhawks game and invited us to go with, so that’s why we’re here,” I answered.
    “I hope you don’t find me rude, but may I ask where your seats are?” Max raised an eyebrow.
    John shook his head, emptying his glass before setting it down on the table. “Somewhere way up in the nosebleed section. Probably why my buddy wanted to get rid of them.”
    Max pulled his phone out of his pocket. “Well , that won’t work. Let me just send a message to my assistant.” He typed a few buttons on his phone. “Okay, it’s done.” He looked up and placed his phone back in his pocket. “Just give my name and tell them it’s for my publicist, Valerie Wilder, and you’ll be let into my executive suite for the game.”
    “Are you fucking serious right now?” John’s jaw practically dropped to the table.
    Max smiled. “It’s the least I can do for my favorite publicist.” He looked back at me. “I guess I’ll let you and your family get back to your dinner and you’ll give me a call on Monday so we can set up something to talk about plans with your new company?”
    “Sounds great,” I said , trying not to smile too hard. I didn’t know where the niceness was coming from. Max was never this generous and never went out of his way to see me in public. Could this be jealousy over Wes?
    “Hey, thanks a lot , man.” John reached across the table and shook Max’s hand.
    “It’s no problem, really.” Max was speaking to John but I could see his stare was fixed on Wes, like he was winning at something. They stared at each other for a long hard moment. Like they had an entire conversation, but no one knew what it was.
    “Have fun tonight, Valerie.” Max leaned over and gave me a peck on the cheek, really rubbing it in , and then left the table.
    “Well, that was unexpected,” Melanie said.
    “And completely fucking awesome,” John added.
    “That’s one way to put it ...” Wes mumbled.
    I sucked in a deep breath. Having two men in my life was getting more and more interesting.

Half an Hour Later
     
    The executive suite was everything it should be: black leather couches, a stocked fridge, big-screen TV, glass doors that we could close, or ten reclining private seats outside of the glass doors to sit and watch the game. It was everything that luxury could be.
    John and Melanie were enjoy ing every minute of it, sitting outside in the seats, watching the game as they drank expensive champagne straight from the bottle. But Wes ... Wes didn’t seem to be enjoying it so much.
    “Hey ... are you okay?” I walked over to where he sat on one of the leather couches, staring off into space. As soon as I saw down on the arm of the chair he looked up at me and gave me a small smile.
    “Yeah, I’m fine. I guess I’m just tired is all.”
    I rolled my eyes. “Seriously. That’s a