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Liz chuckled at the co She had no doubt he would take the recorder fro the mood The veil of secrecy clouded the booth like a drape, and he was trying to sweep the curtains open

"I think I’ll just leave it there then You can checkthem up so he could see she hadn’t touched the recorder

Brady s

The waitress returned with their food a few reat Though she thought a person had to be pretty inept to mess up a waffle

As they ate, e couple sat in the booth behind theroup of regulars smiled at the waitress as she passed and chatted with her endlessly when she came to their tables Liz felt more and more withdrawn the more people who came into the restaurant As far as she could tell, he was sie as that sounded

"You knohat I love about diners?" Brady asked, looking up at her out of the blue

Liz shook her head She knehy she loved diners, but she was sure it was for different reasons She never knehere he was going with anything

"It’s an equalizer," he stated si about "H in this booth--a Senator, a businessirl, a bum We’d all be in the saht about it like that"

"You were never in the booth with ht out of her

Seriously, where did he come up with this stuff? It was like he knew exactly what to say to disarood 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 tiuess you were a man anted to be equal to anyone," she said finally

"In politics? Never In ro 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 are of how many people were in the rooe

"I want to see you again," he stated simply She searched his dark brown eyes for any hint of hu the truth

"Again as in now or as in later?" she asked

"Now and later and many times after that"

Liz sed She didn’t knohat she had expected, but certainly not that It didn’t ht? 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 anted to see her many more tiain, why didn’t you call me?" she asked defiantly She didn’t even have the patience to let hi yesterday at all? You obviously knew you couldn’t finish, because you had so to ain, 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 herfor so her think it was a one-night stand

"For someone who claims to knohat they want, you don’t act like it" She could see hi

"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 et close to a politician for a reason," he stated bluntly "I wanted to knohether 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?"

"You round check as well, but that’s neither here nor there"

Oh, of course A background check "Seriously?"