202 Lunch at the Alpha Group HQ 4 (2/2)

Liz didn't refuse. If Max does not need to work, she would stay with him the whole day.

Liz thought that when she does her research in the future, she can stay with him. That round table where they had lunch can be her station and she can work on her laptop and steal glances of her handsome boyfriend while he is working (and not in a meeting). Liz didn't want to voice her thoughts. Not yet. Liz was embarrassed to admit that she is claiming for herself a corner of Max's future office, four months before it becomes his.

”Are you satisfied with how the incident downstairs was handled?” Max asked when they settled on the sofa.

Liz needed a few seconds to understand that he is asking about the incident at the reception. ”Are you asking me if I agree with the punishment for those three women from the reception? Didn't you understand what they did before you punished them?”

”I punished them because they made you unhappy. I didn't pay attention to what they actually did.”, Max said with a straight face.

Liz was not sure how to respond. But this is not the first time that Max went over the top because someone made her unhappy. Well, at least he didn't punch them. However, there is one thing that is bothering her. She almost forgot about it, but now that the topic is brought up...

”Do all of your employees call you 'Max'? Or is that reserved only for female ones? Or is that…”

”Liz…”, Max interrupted her next words because he saw that whatever was coming next, it's worse than the previous one. ”Don't go there. You heard that she was not acting friendly in front of me. You are only torturing yourself by digging deeper, and there is nothing.”

Liz narrowed her eyes at him, and she hates that her insecurities are swelling, but she is unable to suppress them. ”Max. Do you think that I am blind? I saw how that receptionist was acting and how she was looking at you, and those other women in the lobby and those two in the elevator. They are devouring you with their eyes and I can't help but wonder if that is only their wishful thinking, or if they already got a taste of you and want seconds?”

Max looked at Liz seriously. ”Elizabeth… I need you to have confidence in me. Have confidence in us. I can't control how they are looking at me or how they address me when I am not around, but that is as far as they can go because I never mixed work and pleasure. No matter how attractive a woman is, if she is getting her paycheck from the Alpha group, I passed. And now that I've found you, that expanded to every other woman in the world because you are the only one for me.”

Liz pressed her lips into a line and looked into his deep blue eyes which stirred with emotions and she believed him. She really did. But her discomfort didn't lessen much. She decided to share her thoughts: ”I believe you. But that does not mean that I'm enjoying the fact that all those women are eager to get close to you. I know it's not fair and there is not much you can do about it and I don't blame you. I'm only telling you how I feel.”

Max looked at Liz with a troubled expression for a few seconds before pulling her into a hug. ”Thank you for telling me. Trust me, I know how you feel.”

”You do?”

”Do you think that it is easy for me every morning watching you go to work with the knowledge that Dr. Snobby will be close by? But I repeated to myself that you are my girlfriend, and that the only man in your heart is me, and that you will not give him a chance, and it gave me the strength to keep my sanity and not storm to your workplace and I was able to wait until I have you in my embrace again.”

Somehow, Liz forgot about Dr. Snow and she realized that Max is right. No matter how much she is not interested in a romance with Dr. Snow, the fact is that he made a move on her, in front of Max. ”From next week, he will not be there.”

Max chuckled at Liz's innocence. ”He is one man who openly made a move on you. Do you believe that no one else is interested in getting close to you?”

Liz made a face and thought about her other colleagues and realized that all of them are much older, most of them with their families (probably) and she does not like the idea that any of them is romantically interested in her. ”Don't put ideas into my head. I won't be able to talk to anyone normally because I will think that they have some hidden agenda.”

Max tapped her nose with his index finger. ”Maybe you should think that. Then you will not be shocked when someone grabs your hand and asks you to be more than coworkers.”

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