Outside of the restaurant…
"Do you care to explain?", Liz asked with a scowl as soon as they stepped outside.
Max closed his eyes and took a deep breath. At this point, he is out of excuses and coming up with a good lie on the spot was never his strong suit. The current situation is absolutely outside of his calculations, so his only option is to be honest: "My family is pressuring me to settle down with a girl, and in a spur of the moment I told them that you are my girlfriend... like a real relationship girlfriend..."
Liz was hoping that he is lying, but why would he come up with such a lame lie? And what happened with thousands of girlfriends? Liz has so many questions, so she picked one: "Why me?"
Max shrugged, like it's not a big deal. "On Monday, in the hospital, Hunter saw you exit from my room and… it started from there. It was never my intention to drag you into this. I thought I will never see you again, and after a week or two I would tell them that we broke up."
