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She didn’t want him to stop. She couldn’t possibly want that. She wanted to do this for the rest of eternity. Who cared if he burned a hole right through her heart?
Then she came to her senses, and she pushed him back with every ounce of force. She probably didn’t move him back more than an inch, but the shock of her stopping him made him stumble a few feet backward.
“What the hell do you think you’re doing?” Brady asked.
“Stopping you. ”
“What have you been doing since you got here?”
“What have I been doing?” she asked, her eyes going wide.
“Yes. What have you been doing? Flirting with my brother, making a scene when I come to see you—what is wrong with you?” he demanded.
“I’m not sure I can even justify that with an answer!” she said, shaking her head.
“Is this because of Amber? Because if it is, then you need to get your shit together. Did you forget that I’m on the campaign? That I have an election to win?” he asked gruffly.
“How could I possibly forget?” she demanded.
“I don’t know, but you’re fucking acting like you have. I thought you knew what we were doing. ” He clenched his hands into fists.
“That’s right. What we were doing,” she said, trying to brush past him to get to the door.
“What the fuck does that mean?” he asked. He grabbed her by the arm and pulled her into him.
“We aren’t doing what we started out doing anymore. If you want the girl who you met in May, then sorry…she’s long gone,” she told him, staring up into his dark, intense eyes.
“You’re not leaving, Liz,” he told her. She arched an eyebrow, wondering whether he was daring her. “I don’t want that girl. I want you. Do you hear me? I want you. ”
Chapter 22
APPEARANCES
Liz felt her anger deflate at his words. She knew it wasn’t enough for them to move forward. It wasn’t enough to change the course of their relationship. But it was something; it was a start.
“I want you too,” she whispered in the silence.
Brady’s lips found hers again, soft and warm. He wasn’t trying to kiss the life out of her; he was just kissing her. The woman he wanted.
He wrapped his arms around her waist, and she tangled her fingers in his hair. Her chest rose and fell in time with his, and she felt all the remaining fire in her body dissolve.
Brady wanted her.
When they broke apart this time, she was wobbly on her feet and had to rest her hand on his chest to hold herself steady.
“Are you all right now?” he asked, tilting her chin up to gaze into her blue eyes.
“Doing better,” she whispered.
“Good. That’s what I wanted to hear. ”
“Brady, why did you bring her? Why didn’t you tell me?” she asked softly. She still wasn’t comfortable with the idea, but she wasn’t angry. Not in the same way, at least.
“I had to bring her. ”
Liz looked up at him incredulously. “Really?”
“Some things are for appearances. It’s complicated. Heather really insisted on this one. My bachelor appearance only accommodates me so far, but in social situations it doesn’t look good to show up alone. And it’s useful to have someone else there to entertain the people I’m not speaking with directly. As much as I’d prefer to go alone, Amber is the least troublesome of the choices I was given. ”
