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He wasn’t iht of the situation And even I couldn’t laugh any longer when he pulled out another box He opened both, dia display of happiness

“You bought two rings?” Just like the way Max carried his were modest They were beautiful, but unrepresentative of his means He could afford diamonds fit for royalty, but that wasn’t how he lived his life And it only made me admire the man even more

Max shrugged “I couldn’t decide”

“So you’re going to ask Everly to marry you” It wasn’t a question It was fact Not only because of the bling sitting on my desk, but because the moment I had said her name, Max’s face softened and the smile he’d had permanently etched on it since the moment Everly Parker had walked into his life returned There was a lightness that followed hi he touched, looked at, felt, more beautiful I knew it in the way he smiled whenever her nahtened whenever he was in her presence

I’d known Max more than half my life, and I hadn’t seen him this happy since…ever

“Am I totally crazy?” Max walked around my desk and joinedthe cars drive past on their way to destinations unknown

He wasn’t crazy, but having this conversation while woround ht be certifiable

“You’reover at him I noticed the vein in his forehead throbbed a little less “Marriage would be the next logical step”

There was nothing logical about love There was even less logic in letting a woet so close she fucked with your confidence

“We’ve only known each other for five months, but I just can’t…” His words trailed off, but he didn’t have to finish his sentence I already knew

He just couldn’t iine his life without her

If he weren’t my best friend, this display would have made me barf I didn’t believe in love or souls didn’t exist, not really I had resigned to living my life unattached, and I was content with that Because I wasn’t worried about me I worried for the day my best friend woke up and it was all taken away from him

“Logical” Max nodded, as if trying to“It’s the next step”

I clapped hiht choice,over him as I spoke the five simple words that let him know I supported his decision

Not that he needed it

/> “Now…” I gestured behind us toto need to haveat them”

Max laughed, his old self returning as he collected the boxes and slipped theht of the action on my computer screen and one eyebrow lifted in curiosity “Kayla’s a redhead now?”

You knew you worked in the porn industry too long when the first thing you noticed about an orgy scene was the color of an actress’s hair

“I thought we should give it a try since we only have two other redheads” I couldn’t find a redhead willing to do porn if my life depended on it I’d even settled for a woman with auburn hair, but that only served to remind me of the one I let walk away

You can’t lose so you never wanted in the first place

“Good call” Max rounded my desk and sat across fro “How are things going?”