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Chapter Sixteen
Will sat across thetable in a dimly lit restaurant watching his date sip her white wine. She was beautiful, accomplished, and interesting. This was just what he needed to avoid thinking about his beautiful, accomplished, interesting, and sexy-as-hell staffer.
Focus.He said, taking a sip of his red wine.
“How do you know Zadie?” Will said.
“We both volunteer at the Bright Future kid’s club,” she said.
He nodded. “That’s great.”
He was struggling to keep the conversation going.Maybe I do need to work less. I didn’t remember socializing being this hard.
“Zadie told me you’re training for a marathon,” Ellen said.
“Yes,” he said.To forget the woman I can’t be with.“Do you run?”
“No,” she said with a laugh. “Definitely not.”
He took another sip of wine.
“How are things these days at the DOT?”
“Not as glamorous as the Senate I’d imagine,” she said.
He laughed. “Smoke and mirrors...”
They both sipped their wine and sat in silence.
“You went to Yale?” he asked.
“Rutgers.”
“Oh,” he said. “I don’t think I know anyone who went to Rutgers.”
“What about your family?” he said, fiddling with his silverware. “Do you have any siblings?”
“Only child,” she shrugged. “Both of my parents passed away a few years ago.”
“I’m sorry.”
