Chapter Thirty - Two

MAX’ POV

I decided to take her to the Rhodes for dinner. Alexis was right, she’d spent over two weeks being in the house and as much as it was large and nice and comfortable, it could be stifling. She needed to get some air. She wasn’t saying it yet but I knew she also wanted to go to work soon. Yet, I wasn’t ready to deal with it. I didn’t know if I wanted to let her that far from my watch.

Sure, I’d left her all alone for the last two days to seal the deal with Bailey, hunt for her family and get some work done yet, I’d been in constant communication with the security head I’d left at home. I wasn’t stalking her but I needed to know she was fine. I’d given her intentional space too, staying away from her and not placing calls because I knew she needed to come to terms with what she’d found out. It was a lot to take in and I had to give it to her. She was handling it well, better than I expected; almost too well that it had me worried to be candid.

However, I knew dinner with the R