Chapter 264: Keep your hands off of my man
Maxwell felt that he was a pretty reasonable guy. Sure, he was ruthless when it came to things involving those he cared about, but he could be reasoned with. He could even be swayed from his line of reasoning if they put up a good enough fight. They might get intimidated along the way, but that wasn’t his fault.
It wasn’t fair to blame his facial expressions when he was listening to idiots talk. That was just who he was.
With that being said, he was pretty sure he had put on the performance of a lifetime during this whole situation. He had done his best to keep his own facial expressions under control given that Andrew was not stable right now.
He was putting on a great show of pretending that he was, but Maxwell could tell. He knew that he wasn’t. It was in the subtle way he shifted to make sure that Maxwell was always protected from others he deemed as threats. That included a long list of everyone, everything, and anything you could imagine.
Maxwell had been trying not to laugh at the man, knowing he wouldn’t take it well. It wasn’t his fault he was so sensitive, and Maxwell knew he felt bad about it. He knew that Andrew was trying not to be an overbearing alpha, and that when he reacted to Maxwell’s expressions and small shifts, it was only because he cared about Maxwell deeply. Maxwell found it rather cute, honestly.
Everything took a terrible turn when the realtor who was supposed to be showing them around turned out to be a huge prick. He wasn’t as bad as some of the men his parents had sent him on dates with, but he was up there. Especially since he was mated, and was hitting on Maxwell so obviously. Andrew looked like a bull who had seen red.
Maxwell did his best to pretend he didn’t notice, or to not give him any reaction knowing that Andrew was already walking a thin line. Maxwell didn’t want to be the reason, passively, that he snapped. He wanted Andrew to fall into his rut for good reasons, happy reasons. Not because of a piece of shit that couldn’t read the room.
So, Maxwell made sure he was on his own best behaviour. He had to be there for Andrew, even if he knew that Andrew would feel bad if he found out how much Maxwell just wanted to kick this man’s knees in and call an ambulance preemptively.
Because Maxwell wasn’t the kind of man who was going to take this kind of treatment sitting down.