"I think we did a pretty good job. I know I enjoyed that pizza", he said, patting his stomach.
She laughed and bit into her piece. He took a sip of his beer and set down the bottle once he finished it.
"Want another?", he asked.
She nodded as she finished her beer. He stood and walked into the kitchen, a basketball game playing on tv, but the volume was low. They weren't even watching it.
"Last two", he said, handing her one.
"I have wine", she suggested.
He smiled and raised a brow.
"Wine is sort of romantic, isn't it?", he asked.
She shrugged.
"So, this isn't a date?", she asked.
"I really want it to be", he said softly, touching her cheek.
He smiled and leaned over, kissing her. He lifted her.
"Lets go make pizza", he said, laughing softly.
She playfully slapped his arm and it made him laugh harder.
"Which one is yours?", he asked, before brushing his lips against hers.
"Last one on the right", she whispered.
He took them into her room and closed the door with his foot. Laying her back on her bed.
Brie couldn't help but worry about her little sister. She knew how difficult it was for Max to let anyone in. They really didn't know Roman.
"Roman was married?", Brie asked.
Dean looked up from their game of pool and nodded.
"Yeah, but it didn't last long. We warned him about her though, he listened to his parents and married the gold digger", Dean said, shaking his head.
"Why was she a gold digger?", Nikki asked.
"Because she was, we aren't just calling her that to be mean. She had expensive taste, wanted to go out to dinner every night.", Seth said.
"Wanted to go shopping every weekend, went out to the club with her friends and using Roman's credit card. Didn't want kids and Roman really wants kids", Dean said.
"After she left him, she wiped out his bank account, maxed out his credit cards, and took everything she thought belonged to her in the house he built for her.", Seth said, remembering the look on his friends face.
"And that was after he got home and found her in bed with another man. Then she went and blamed him, saying he didn't spend enough time with her, that he never did what she wanted. When all he ever did was try to make it work, he did everything to make sure she was happy.", Dean said.
Seth nodded. Nikki and Brie couldn't believe it.
"Honestly, her leaving and taking everything was perfect. He was able to divorce her and his parents are more than happy to back him up.", Dean said.
Seeing the confused looks on Brie and Nikki.
"See, his family doesn't believe in divorce, so no matter how unhappy he was, he put all his effort into making it work.", Seth said.
"Does my sister know all this?", Nikki asked.
"I'm not sure. I think he might have told her. I hope he told her", Dean said.
The twins nodded.
"And your sister, she wouldn't hurt him, would she? He's already been through enough and I get real protective of him. I also vouched for your sister and encouraged him to chase her.", Dean said.
"She likes him and trust me, she's had her heart breaking moments too. We just hope Roman can understand her work schedule", Brie said.
"Oh yeah, with her going to London and all", Seth said.
"What? Max isn't going to London", Nikki said.
He stood up and looked at Dean. The twins looking between the two men.
"What do you know?", Brie asked.
"We just know that Finn Balor asked her to help train his recruits. In London", Dean said shrugging.
Brie looked at Nikki.
"You think she'll take it? You two know her better than anyone", Seth said.
"Honestly, we don't know. She's been through a lot and we just don't know. I'm sure she's talked to our mom about it but our mom won't say anything even if we asked", Nikki said.
The guys nodded. They knew she was taking it because Roman had told them, but they weren't going to tell them that. It was better if they heard it from Max.
Roman rubbed her back and watched her sleep. He could picture them waking up to each other, exactly like this. Hearing her phone ding, he reached over and grabbed it. Who was texting her at five in the morning?
Seeing Finn's name flash on her screen. She didn't have it locked, so he opened it.
"After today, we will be working together again. I can't wait. We'll discuss details later on today"-Finn
Roman read that message over and over again. His finger hovered over the delete button several times. He couldn't do it, could he? She won't know it was him. He sighed and turned off the screen. He couldn't do it. Standing, he found his clothes and started getting dressed.
"What are you doing up so early?", Max asked, stretching and yawning.
He looked over at her as she held the covers against her body. She smiled and then it left her face when she noticed he had his jeans on.
"Where are you going?", she asked softly.
He swallowed nervously when he saw that look on her face.
"I have a few things to do today and I rather get a head start on them before it's too late", he said, buttoning his jeans.
"Its five in the morning", she said.
He nodded.
"I could make us breakfast and", he stopped her.
"No, you sleep. I'll see you later ok", he said, putting his shirt on.
"Did I do something? Was it not", he shook his head.
"Hey, it was amazing", he said smiling.
That was the truth. He sat beside her and cupped her face in his large hand.
"Truth?", he asked, looking her in the eyes.
She nodded.
"My divorce gets finalized today and, I just need to be with my family when it happens. Divorce is frowned upon in my family and", she stopped him, he didn't need to explain.
"I get it, but why didn't you tell me sooner. I would have been there for you", she said.
"This is my problem to deal with. I'll see you later, I promise", he said.
It wasn't the whole truth, he kept the part about knowing she was leaving out of it. If she wanted him to know she would have told him. His divorced was finalized, he was no longer married to Eva. Max nodded, he looked over her face. Smiling.
"Why are you looking at me like that?", she asked.
"What?", he asked.
"Like you're never going to see me again", she said.
His thumb caressed her cheek. She looked absolutely beautiful in the morning. He was going to miss that the most. Engraving her features in his mind.
"If you don't want to do breakfast, how about lunch?", she asked smiling.
He licked his lips.
"I'll call you", he said.
She nodded. He leaned in and kissed her softly. She smiled within the kiss. She wanted this, more than anything. He pulled away and brushed his thumb against her lips.
"Get some sleep", he said softly.
"I'll walk you out first", she said.
"No, it's ok.", he said, stopping her.
She nodded. She was trained to read people and right now, she knew something was up. It wasn't just his divorce. He stood and took one last long look at her. Something in his eyes told her he was sad. He finally walked out and she laid back in bed. Going over their night together. She never slept with someone after the first date, Roman was her first. Did that change his mind about her?
Did she do something wrong while they were being intimate? Did she say something she wasn't suppose too? She shook her head of those thoughts. She was over thinking everything. It didn't even feel like she was asleep that long when she heard noise coming from the kitchen. She sat up and got dressed.
Putting her hair into a bun as she walked into the noisy kitchen.
"Good morning sunshine", Nikki said, before sipping her coffee.
Max walked over to the coffee pot. Brie was making breakfast.
"So, when were you going to tell us you were moving to London?", Brie asked.
Max set her coffee cup down and looked at her.
"What?", she asked.
"Yeah. We know.", Brie said.
"Ok, wait. Why am I moving to London?", Max asked confused.
"Dean told us that you took a job with Finn and that it's in London", Nikki said.
Max sighed.
"Who told Dean that?", Max asked, looking between her sisters.
"He didn't say", Brie said.
"First of all, yes I did take the job but", Brie didn't let her finish.
"What about us? What about your family?", Brie said angry.
"I took the job, but I worked out a deal. I work from home", Max said.
"Really?", Brie asked.
Max nodded and shrugged before lifting her cup to her lips.
"Its was mostly for you guys, but also because I want to see where this thing with Roman goes", Max said smiling.
"Speaking of man meat, how did it go with him?", Nikki asked, wiggling her brow.
"Really well, I'm so comfortable with him and I've never been so comfortable with man, especially one who doesn't mind my schedule", Max said.
"You have Baron", Brie said.
"But that's different, Baron is like my brother", Max said.
She picked out a donut, Nikki frowned.
"Share Nikki", Max said.
"They aren't mine, their yours. Roman left them", Nikki said.
She lifted a piece of paper.
"Sorry I couldn't stick around for breakfast. I hope this makes up for that"-Roman
Max smiled and bit into the donut. Then it hit her. He was acting weird this morning. Maybe someone said something to him about the job Finn offered.
"Does Roman know about me taking the job?", Max asked.
"I think he might, Dean and Seth weren't clear on that", Brie said.
Max stood and took her coffee and donut to her room. She was going to see him and ask him out to lunch to explain the whole Finn and job situation. She didn't want him thinking she was leaving.