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"I’ his hands in hers

They were still shaking She knehat had just happened Their cover had been blown Brady was going to withdraw froht She knew it just by looking at hi hi to be okay?" Liz asked, sliding her hands up his chest and running her hand along his jaw She stood on her tiptoes and kissed his soft lips It felt like good-bye

"Let o anywhere," he pleaded She wasn’t sure how he expected her to go anywhere when she didn’t have a car, but she wasn’t planning on leaving him alone

"I won’t I’ll be here, Brady," she said softly, trying to stay strong for him "But what does thisto happen to us I’ that couldn’t possibly be the case

"Baby, stop," he said, clutching on to her "I can’t handle this with all of those questions in your eyes Just trust me"

Liz nodded slowly "Okay I trust you," she whispered as the front door banged open again

Brady pulled away froht back"

Liz watched him walk away frouy Liz had seen following her around the past couple months He must be Elliott…whoever Elliott was Neither of them looked pleased

Brady slid the office door open, and Heather and Elliott walked inside Elliott shot one nasty look in her direction before passing Brady

Liz sighed Great She was the bad guy in this

Brady followed behind theainst the other door and popped back open

She heard voices fro at one another She glanced around and wondered whether she should put her dress back on and get ready to go She was certain that by the end of this conversation, she would be saying good-bye to Brady and so her home

Liz tiptoed forward toward the door She would rather hear everything that was being said than wait for Brady to tell her the sad news What could be the worst thing that could happen if she got caught--she couldn’t see him anymore? That was already a real possibility

Liz tried not toin the door and listened in on their conversation

"How long has this been going on, anyway?" Heather de in front of the bay , her ar a hard stare at Brady

"I don’t see how that is relevant inforame, Brady Don’t think we haven’t noticed," she said i on all summer? Is this e ed oing to…"

"What?" Brady yelled "What are you going to do if I changed anything for her?"

"Be fucking pissed off!" she yelled back

"This is getting us nowhere," Elliott said, placing his hand on Heather’s ar, Elliott," Heather gruht ere all in this together"

"I’ this out of proportion," Brady said

Liz gave a sharp intake of breath She hoped it wasn’t heard from the other room, because Brady had surprised her She couldn’t tell whether he was defending their relationship or si that this hadn’t leaked to the press yet, so the ca She felt as if everything was ruined

"I’ back around "Are you out of your goddae reporter, for Christ’s sake Have you even read her terrible articles? Do you even care what she thinks of you? I read everything out there It’s in fucking print that she thinks you’re a joke Don’t come at me with sohtly"

"Really, Heather? How long have we been working together? Have I ever been the guy to jump at some random pussy? Honestly?" Brady asked, his voice cold and hard

"Both of you stop it," Elliott said, standing between thee you to reconsider your position and calm down"

His lawyer Well, that ht

Brady took a few steps away from them, placed his hands on a shelf, and took several deep breaths until his hands stopped shaking "Fine," he said finally "What are you guys doing here anyway? It’s the ht"

"Yates dropped out," Elliott told him

Liz’s mouth popped open One of the competitors in the primary had dropped out of the race That meant Brady had only one other opponent, Charles Hardy This significantly increased Brady’s chances of winning Hardy was a seasoned politician, but he didn’t have the financial backing, the charisma, or the name that Brady had

"He dropped?" Brady asked, stunned by the new development

"Yes, we drove all the way over here, because you weren’t answering your phone We thought you would be interested to knohat your competition looks like," Heather told hiuy That makes it a horse race We can win a horse race, Brady We can win" She whispered the last phrase as if she wasn’t sure he understood what it meant This clearly meant a lot to her too

"What does Alex think?" Brady asked, his voice betraying how hopeful he was about the outcoer, before He didn’t like to talk about hin athered that Alex was a strategy man He preferred to work behind the scenes and let Brady and Heather take the front on anything in the spotlight