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I chortle. “If you say so.”
“No, I mean it.” She smiles. “The Botsford family wouldn’t be the same without you behind the scenes somewhere.”
“Maybe you’re right,” I say.
“I usually am. Just ask Kingston.” Her eyes flick toward the bathroom door again. “I’ll be on my way now. Give Oli my best.”
“I will.” I bow my head to the fucking queen. “Thank you again, Fiona.”
She glides to the door and offers me one last smile before stepping out into the hall. “Call me,” she says as she closes the door.
The bathroom door opens the moment she’s gone. I turn around as Oliver sticks his head out, his eyes wide with intrigue.
“I could be wrong,” he says. “The voices were muffled, but... did Fiona Botsford just offer you a job?”
I exhale a quivering breath. “Fiona Botsford just offered me a job.” I stare at the folder in my hand. “She wants me on her campaign. Me.”
“You.” Oliver steps forward, happy and proud. “Of course, you.”
“Why me, though?”
He cups my face, easily pulling me back from the downward spiral I’m about to plummet into. “Because you are beautiful and smart and you’ve completely stolen my heart,” he says.
I scoff. “That’s why you want me.”
“Sorry,” he teases as he pulls me closer. “I misunderstood the question.” He kisses the edge of my mouth once. Twice. And again. “Congratulations, Paige.”
I take a step away from his hands with my folder. “I need to read over this.”
Oliver cants his head as I beeline toward my spot on the floor again. “Paige...”
I lower down to my laptop. “No time to celebrate yet,” I say. “Not until I know exactly what I’m getting into here.”
“Paige.”
“What?”
“I still get five minutes.”
I gawk at him. “Oliver, a candidate for the United States Senate just offered me a job on her campaign and you want to have sex right now?”
“Yes,” he answers.
I pause. “You know what? I do, too, actually...”
Oliver extends his hand to me. I take it and he yanks me off the floor.
“I’m proud of you,” he says as he wraps an arm around my waist. He brings my hand to his lips and kisses my knuckles before laying my open palm on his chest. “I didn’t think I’d ever find someone like you. I love that I did.”
I smile. “I love that you did, too.”
“I love you.”
I feel his heart beating beneath my palm. The gentle tap warms my fingertips, traveling all the way to my chest.
“I love you, too,” I whisper.
Oliver takes my lips with a kiss. Firm and sweet.
