Chapter 58 - Is This All Worth It? (1/2)

The young woman chuckled as she held onto her dog. ”How are you supposed to feed your friend's dog, when you're afraid?” she asked.

Max looked at the woman helplessly. When he walked into the lab earlier and saw Jackson on the bed with Halia, he was so fl.u.s.tered that he agreed to everything without even thinking. ”I couldn't turn her down,” he blushed as he remembered the scene from earlier.

”I can't blame you, she's honestly good looking,” the woman winked. She saw Max blush so she thought he had a crush on Halia. In actual fact, he couldn't turn Halia down because she was his Boss' woman. But, of course, this woman had no idea about that.

”Let me put Maximus away and I'll come help you,” she smiled.

Max looked at the woman in surprise. Did her dog have a similar name to him. Max sighed. He felt a little offended, yet honored at the same time. With a laugh, he said, ”What a coincidence, my name's Max.”

The woman chuckled again, ”I'm Cleo.”

She then opened her door, popped the dog inside and closed it back up again.

”Let's feed the hungry little monster,” she smiled as she walked over to Halia's door.

Max took a deep breath and unlocked the door. As soon as the two strangers stepped into the apartment a little brown toy poodle started barking at them. Max froze in fear.

Cleo quickly squatted down and offered her hand for the dog to smell. She then grabbed Max's hand and stuck it towards the dog as well. It took a few minutes, but the dog quickly warmed up to the two strangers.

Cleo looked at the dog's name tag and realized it's name was 'Coco'.

”Come here, Coco,” she said. The little dog quickly jumped into her lap.

Max took this opportunity to search around the kitchen for dog food. He quickly found some cans in the pantry and showed them to Cleo. Cleo nodded her head and gestured for him to empty the can into the dog's bowl. He quickly did as told and backed away as the dog went to eat.

”Are you coming again tomorrow?” Cleo asked as she looked at Max.

”I'll have to come everyday for another 3 days,” he replied.

”What time? I can help you,” she offered.

Max looked at the woman. Apart from Jackson, he had never met someone that was so willing to help him.