Previously…

Zan smiled, as he looked down at the little girl in her bed, who looked about to be five years ago, he inhaled a deep breath at the beautiful angel. It surprised him how much she looked just like her mother every, single time she would crinkle her nose or when she would cry when she would get a boo-boo. Her soft brown hair cascaded over her face, as she slept, and he sighed happily at this miracle.

Her eyes fluttered open and she smiled up at him. “Daddy, you're home!”

“Of course, Rina. I told you I would be back,” Zan said with a small smile on his handsome face, as he looked over to her, and he sighed out of happiness.

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Liz really could not stop thinking about her date she had last week with Zan. They had been talking on the phone for the last couple of days, just getting to know one another. They had another date later today and Maria had been asking her constantly where the two were going. Honestly, she had no idea where Zan was taking her, and even if she did, she wouldn’t tell Maria because she would probably drag Michael with her. She loved Maria like a sister but sometimes the girl got too close in her business. Although, she had to admit that she was very lucky to have met Zan through Maria and Michael, so she really couldn’t argue there.

Max had been watching her and that only made her feel weird because Max wasn’t suppose to do that. After all, he was with Tess, especially since Tess was carrying around Max’s child. There was just no need for him to do that. He had already told her how he felt about her going on a second date with Zan.

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Liz just couldn’t wipe that beautiful smile from her face. Zan had just called her and had asked her to go on a date with her tomorrow afternoon. She hadn’t been this happy in the longest time, or at least, that’s what Maria said, and she had to admit that she was right. Zan definitely brought out the best in her.

“Liz?”

Liz sighed when she heard that voice and she turned around in the stood she was sitting at in the CrashDown Café where she was now face to face with Max. She hadn’t talked to him since he broke her heart and she couldn’t help but wonder what he wanted.

“Yes Max, what can I help you with?” Liz asked, wondering what he wanted with her, and that only made her curiosity get the best of her.

“I actually wanted to talk to you about that guy you’ve been talking to lately,” Max said with a frown, as he crossed his arms over his chest, and he sighed.

“What about him? I mean, you don’t know him, Max, and honestly, your main priority is Tess and your son,” Liz said, trying to keep her cool, and she crossed her arms over her chest. “I am trying to move on…”

“You are really trying to move on… and with a guy that looks just like me, Liz?” Max asked with a raised, skeptical eyebrow, as he looked over at her face, and he shook his head. “If you wanted to move on, you wouldn’t be moving on with a guy that looks just like me, Liz.”

“He may look like you, Max, but he’s far different than you. He didn’t cheat on me or get his mistress or whatever Tess was at the time, pregnant,” Liz said, as she glared at him, shaking her head, and she shook her head. “Just… do me a favor and leave me alone, Max.”

Max looked at her, moving a strand of her hair from her face. “But Liz, I just cannot do that. I lo-“

“Hey Max, come here for a sec.”

As Max gave her a sigh, he scampered off towards Michael, who was waiting for him at the booth in the back. Liz just couldn’t help but wonder what would have happened.

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It was Elizabeth’s choice of who she wanted to date and that choice had been made that she wanted to date Zan because he was so amazing. She had learned so much about Zan in the past week of where he was from. Although, she did feel like he was hiding something, but then again, she felt like her mind was tricking her or something.

“Hello beautiful,” Zan whispered into her ear, and when he watched her turn around, he held out a bouquet of pink and white roses. “I thought that you could use something just as beautiful as you are.”

Liz felt her cheeks flushing, and she grinned at him, taking the roses from his hand. She didn’t even notice that Max, Michael, Tess, and Maria were watching them from the side since she was so into him. It was a big turn on for Liz that he was a few years older than any of them.

“They’re beautiful, Zan,” Liz said with a grin, as she slid off of the stool, and she looked at him. “Can you wait here, so I can put them in some water?”

Zan simply nodded his head. As he watched Liz walk away from him to put the flowers upstairs, he felt someone approach him, and he saw that it was Max. He couldn’t wait to hear what he had to say, especially with his pregnant girlfriend not too far from them.

“You must be Max,” Zan said with a grin on his face, extending his hand out to him, and he looked over at him. “Did you need something?”

“Yes, I want you to stay away from Liz. I don’t want her to get hurt and –“

“Max, you already hurt her. I am the one that’s picking up the pieces of her broken heart that you started. Unlike you, I am going to treat Liz like she’s the only one in my life. At least I know I can keep my dick in my pants, which is something that you can’t do,” Zan said, as he moved his back against the counter, and he stared at him. “If anyone needs to stay away from Liz Parker, it should be you. After all, you are expecting a baby with Tess Harding.”

“That is really none of your business, Zan.”

“Actually, it is. I really like Liz, Max, and you coming and bothering her definitely makes it my problem. You really need to back off,” Zan said with a growl leaving his lips, as he stepped away from the counter, hearing Liz and Maria coming out from the double doors. “Are you ready to go, Liz?”

Max didn’t even have a chance to respond to Zan because he was too fast. How the hell could Liz choose this fool over him, anyways? This was one fight he was not ready to lose anytime soon. This Zan guy was hiding something from him and he was prepared to find out what it was.