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"Excuse lanced up in surprise at the waiter dressed in all black He was carrying a tray with a cocktail on it "Drink for you"
"Uh," Liz said, looking around at the other reporters, who had paused their conversation "I didn’t order a drink"
"A gentleman in VIP offered it to you"
"Sorry, I can’t accept this I don’t know anyone in VIP"
"Oh, I’ive this to you by er Must have been by mistake"
"Must have been Do you knoho sent it?"
The waiter shook his head "No, but I can make an inquiry if you like"
"Yes, please do Thank you"
She had no idea ould send her a drink She was here with everyone she knew in Raleigh
The waiter traipsed off to see if he could get more details about the person in VIP She wished she had said yes now, but she felt weird accepting a drink froer She hadn’t been in that situation very often
"That eird," Liz said She turned back to face the other reporters
"I can’t believe you turned down a free drink," Jenny said
"I didn’t knoho it was frouy wants to give me a free drink, he can coed and returned to their conversation about spinto affect the Maxwell congressional race As interesting as the conversation was, Liz wished Hayden would colass and tossed an ice cube into herhi into the open position Hayden had previously occupied
Liz s this
He scooted over until his entire leg was pressed against hers "That was so his ar into her
"Uh…thanks," she said,over an inch or two to put distance between theed the space immediately "So…are you and Hayden…?" He trailed off
"Are Hayden and I what?" she snapped She was growing ?" he asked her breasts
"Do you date your coworkers?" she asked, diverting the conversation
"I would if they were as pretty as you," he said
Liz frowned "I don’t like to ether?" Trent clearly wasn’t seeing that she was including hiory
"No," she told hi his hand down her pencil skirt, "I find your attitude toward the Senator very attractive"
Liz stared down at his fingers on her skirt, and then brushed his hand aside Why did he think he could touch her?
She tried to keep the anger out of her voice "Did I have an attitude? I thought I was just doing my job"
He smirked, not even affected by the fact that she had moved his hand And really, that look wasn’t attractive He didn’t have the face for it He should seriously reconsider his facial expressions
"Whatever it was, I like it"
Liz grabbed her glass and tossed the last re to use as a distraction He was still staring at her, waiting for her response, but she had none…except to tell hilass Why had she refused a free drink anyway? Another drink would be good right about now
"So…are you interested in an, but she cut hio find Hayden," she told hio with you," Trent offered quickly
She placed her hand on his shoulder, keeping hi "Really I’m fine," she said, then made a hasty exit
Her feet carried her toward the center of the room, but there were too an to walk around
Just as she started skirting the crowd, she felt a hand on her shoulder Expecting to see Trent following her with an irritating persistence, she reluctantly turned around
"Ma’aetically