Max Sagan’s mouth is always getting him in trouble. His special talent for saying the wrong thing at the wrong time to the wrong person makes it hard to hold onto either a job or a boyfriend for long.<br><br>When Max is fired yet again, his best friend Noah reluctantly gets Max an interview where he works. Max is grateful, but unsure if a party boy like him will fit in at a stuffy law firm. Then he meets Noah’s gorgeous boss, lawyer Owen Hart, and becomes determined to keep this job.<br><br>Others say Owen is far too professional to date an employee, but Max has a plan -- keep his fingers crossed, look cute, and hope it works out. Meanwhile he’s working hard to keep his big mouth shut so he might last an unprecedented entire month at his new job -- long enough, he hopes, to catch Owen’s eye.

Me and My Big Mouth

“I knew Noah was a good man,” Owen said when they were back on a straighter bit of road again, close to their destination. “Clearly, I barely knew the half of it.”


“He’s a good man from a good family, and I couldn’t pretend I didn’t hear those bastards disrespecting him. Oh, it’s just here. By the green gate.”


The Mercedes drew up at the pavement beside Max and Noah’s house. Max finished the water, undid his seatbelt, and turned to Owen. He was calm, not flustered the way he had been in the bar or every other time he spoke to Owen. Owen looked back at him, that laser vision of his in full operation, looking intently into Max’s eyes.


“For coffee?” A little teasing. A little smile playing around his eminently kissable lips.


“No. I want to go to bed with you. And I should have said that plainly from the start.”


Owen grinned and turned off the engine. 4


Chapter 9