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Liz stared forward at her professor in shock, her htly

"Are you interested, Liz?" Professor Mires asked

"Yes! Oh, yes, I’m interested I would be happy to help you in your research, Professor Mires What will you need me to do?" Liz sputtered out

"Great I’ll be in contact ht require so, but all your expenses would be covered Also, I do hope that it helps you make those contacts you need," Professor Mires said with a smile

"Thank you so much for the opportunity!"

Professor Mires nodded before standing "Thank you for your hard work I’ you onboard next se, and turned to exit her professor’s office Standing in the dooras the wo a bouquet of sunflowers, with a giant smile plastered on his handso on their moment and quickly ducked out of the office

Her brain was buzzing as she walked back to her car She couldn’t believe that Professor Mires believed in her work enough to entrust her with her grant research Not only that, but Liz would be included in ith papers and political journaliser than anything she could do on the university paper

She was so wired she al in her purse She quickly answered the unknown nu that it had a North Carolina area code "Hello?"

"Liz," Brady said

Liz stopped in her tracks in theand she felt her heart skip Damn, she had missed that voice

"Are you there?"

"Yes, sorry," she murmured "I missed you"

She hadn’t even meant to say it Of course she hadthat had happened since she had left his house, it wasn’t the first thing she had thought she would spit out

"I ed on the line for aelse

"Hoas your trip?" he finally asked, breaking the silence

"Good," she said "I got to see a lot of ht," he said She heard shuffling on the other end of the line "Hold on one second"

Liz waited as he spoke with soh, directing people and deciding on strategies for the ca a standard black suit with his typical red-white-and-blue tie She was sure he had his caht about that one night she had gotten to really see Brady, when they had gone over to Chris’s aparthed, joked, and evento see hie, as he was all the time That was the Brady she wanted to be with

"Sorry about that," Brady said, breaking her out of her thoughts "I can’t talk long I have ain a couple minutes I wanted to find out your plans for the remainder of the week"

"I don’t have plans until school starts again Though I do have so to tell him about her professor

"I can’t wait to hear it I wish I could talk now, but I can’t I’ business with pleasure a bit My faoes back to Yale and Savannah starts at UNC I’ thes and a dinner to attend"

"That sounds nice," Liz said

"I know I’ht you ht come to the coast with me"

"Really?" she asked, surprised She would have plenty of tiet you a hotel roo to try to slip this by Heather so we have to keep it on the do, but I’ll take any opportunity to see you," Brady told her

"Oh," she whispered, feeling the secrets pile up all over again

"Baby…come see me," he said in that tone that made her squirm How could she resist hiure out where this was going She needed to tell him how she felt

Most of all, she just needed to see hiht What do I have to do?"