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She didn’t have any idea what he was talking about. “Hmm?”
“Anyone could be sitting in this booth—a Senator, a businessman, a sorority girl, a bum. We’d all be in the same boat,” he said absentmindedly.
“I guess I never thought about it like that. ”
“You were never in the booth with me. ” His ever-present charming smile sucked the breath right out of her.
Seriously, where did he come up with this stuff? It was like he knew exactly what to say to disarm her. She didn’t know if it was because he was damn good at his job or if he was a master seducer, a Casanova of the twenty-first century. Whatever it was, she didn’t want it to stop. Then again, she never wanted her time with Brady to stop.
“I wouldn’t guess you were a man who wanted to be equal to anyone,” she said finally.
“In politics? Never. In romance? You’ll never find my equal. Having breakfast with a beautiful woman? I’ll be equal with anyone for that pleasure. ”
Liz’s heart fluttered. He was a smooth talker…she knew that much.
“So, why did you ask me here?” She was aware of how many people were in the room, and hoped no one had overheard their exchange.
“I want to see you again,” he stated simply. She searched his dark brown eyes for any hint of humor or malice, but there was none. He was telling the truth.
“Again as in now or as in later?” she asked.
“Now and later and many times after that. ”
Liz swallowed. She didn’t know what she had expected, but certainly not that. It didn’t make sense. Why had he let her leave the club that first night? Why had he let her walk out of the hotel room? Why had he never called her back, sent his press secretary to fetch her, and then not finished off the job he started? That didn’t sound like a man who wanted to see her many more times.
She needed answers.
“If you wanted to see me again, why didn’t you call me?” she asked defiantly. She didn’t even have the patience to let him answer. “In fact, why did you even start something yesterday at all? You obviously knew you couldn’t finish, because you had some dinner. ”
“Indeed, I did. ”
“Now you’re coming to me saying you want to see me again, but you made no effort before this point,” Liz said. “Why did you even kiss me yesterday? Your actions seem rather mixed. ”
“Because I wanted to kiss you, like I want to kiss you right now,” he told her.
Liz blushed. He had said that he wanted her multiple times, and yet he had left her dangling for someone else to scoop up for two weeks, letting her think it was a one-night stand.
“For someone who claims to know what they want, you don’t act like it. ” She could see him tensing.
“Do you want the truth?” he asked, his tone flat.
“No, lie to me,” she said, with an eye roll.
His eyes narrowed, and she could see she was pushing too hard. “The truth is, I had to test you. ”
“Test me?” she nearly squeaked out.
“I didn’t know for certain if you were sure about this,” he answered her.
“How thoughtful of you to inform me,” she said dryly. She was uncertain how the conversation had even gotten here. Brady Maxwell, a State Senator, was testing her to see whether she was sure about the two of them. How did this make any sense?
“People, women in particular, get close to a politician for a reason,” he stated bluntly. “I wanted to know whether you were that kind of woman. ”
“And you decided I wasn’t?”
“With the fervor you kissed me back yesterday…no one could fake that. ”
She hadn’t faked it, but she wasn’t so sure about his reasoning. “That’s it? A kiss?”
