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"That’s an excellent question It was painful for her education, but other aspects of the bill were unacceptable to me I couldn’t fully support the bill with those parts still in it," he stated

Liz narrowed her eyes as he stealthily evaded her question, not even touching on the tax cut co out and I’n trail"

He waved at the reporters, ending the press conference Several people shouted at him for one e

Liz couldn’t believe that had just happened She had asked a hard-hitting question at her first press conference and alienated a sitting politician She thought she ht throw up any second

Hayden reached forward and turned the Record button off "Fucking a, Liz," he cried He threw his ar She folded into his chest Any other day she et the ie of Brady Maxwell III’s eyes out of her head

"Did you see his face?" Hayden asked "You stuoing to be an incredible article"

Liz s taste of bile in her throat

"Liz, are you going to be okay?" Hayden asked, holding her ar into her blue eyes "You look kind of sick"

"I feel a little sick," she adreat I’ his ot halfway across the roosworth headed them off "What a question!" she said "I knew Lane would pick the right person I never saw Casworth was coht die

"Oh, I don’t think I actually stuh forher attention back to Hayden "Soet a drink I’ve already told the with me, and they’re excited to et this story out," he offered

"No way Unacceptable, Lane I’ll see you tonight Liz, you are more than welcome, of course," she said politely

Liz looked at Hayden expectantly She wouldn’twith other reporters, but if they needed to work on the story, she would go back with hi to leave

"You’re not even running the story until Monday," Calleigh told him stubbornly She placed her hand on her hip and sat into the ht If Liz wants to go, then I’ame Otherwise I’ll just drive ho with her big green eyes

"Uh…yeah Sounds like fun"

"Great! I’ll text you the details, Lane, and see you later," she said, waggling her fingers at hi on his shoulder "I guess we’re going out"

"Sorry," Liz said She followed him out the door

"Don’t be It wasn’t likely that I would have been able to get out of it anyway At least I have co around in her stoet dinner? It’ll probably still be a few hours before they go out"

"Uh…yeah, sure," she said Was he asking her out?

"Cool" They walked into the half-full parking lot and veered toward his black Audi Liz took a seat as Hayden popped the trunk open and deposited his equip onto the leather seat

"Do you have a preference for dinner? I’reed easily She didn’t kno to judge the situation

It didn’t help that her mind was still captured by the Senator The way his eyes found her in the crowd, the tone of his deep, husky voice, the borderline arrogance in his everyin a way she had never even known before It wasn’t as if she hadn’t been attracted to a bad boy in the past, and that was exactly what Maxwell portrayed under that charm, but she didn’t knohether he really was that bad boy underneath the iht Senator