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Liz wandered around the shops until she found a restaurant that was located on her ry to search out any of the others

She ate her meal alone and tried to remember why she had left the resort at all Well, she knew She was pissed at Brady Pissed that he would stand her up Pissed that he hadn’t called Pissed that he loved her and couldn’t…wouldn’t act on it

She shook her head, tossed the remainder of the meal, and turned to walk out of the restaurant with the intention of spending the rest of the afternoon wandering the shops before heading back to the hotel Then she heard a voice that was coh she couldn’t see the person as speaking

Clay Maxwell

Liz froze in her tracks just outside of the restaurant, her chest rising and falling rapidly, as she tried to figure out where the voice was colasses back on her face and sed hard She absolutely could not be seen by anyone, especially not Clay If Clay found out that she was here, she was sure he would start putting the pieces together After all, why else would she always turn up everywhere Brady happened to be?

Liz was clearly too young to be a big donor, unless she had a trust, and she didn’t act as though she did And people tended to ju, and then she would have dug until she found her evidence Her gut instincts were nor her to run, run far away at thatshe was finally in the clear, turned the corner toward the shops Her sto directly in front of her

A dimpled s Liz could do in that moment was shake her head and smile

"Clay Maxwell!" she cried "I did not expect to find you here"

Clay’s grin grehen she acknowledged hi with He was in short khaki shorts, a blue Brooks Brothers polo, and boat shoes His Ray-Bans hung fro hi to hide his own surprise "It’s great to see you"

"You know, for a guy who begs a girl for her nu it," Liz scolded

Shit! Where had that come from? she wondered She just needed to play a part and then leave She couldn’t have Clay telling Brady he had seen her That would be the end of the world

Clay chuckled The girl he ith raised her eyebrows at the coeous, but she clearly had a stick up her ass If she could look any s, and Tiffany necklace, Liz would have been very surprised

"Good to see you, too, Liz Letout her na it Ahn-dreya

Girlfriend Liz cao home with hiet her nuirlfriend That was rich…

"So nice tothat she didn’t feel like such an idiot

"Clay, who is this?" Andrea asked She turned to him pointedly

"This is my friend Liz We ," Andrea said, rolling her eyes

"She’s a big supporter of Brady I think I’ve convinced her to run against hiet a drink God knows I need one Don’t fuck her, okay?" She glared at hied as she stared back and forth between the couple What had just happened?

Clay shrugged as if his girlfriend hadn’t just told hiht in front of Liz "Sorry about that"

"You have a girlfriend," she observed lamely

"Most of the time," he said nonchalantly "And you have a boyfriend, I assule girl refuses that vehe this conversation?" she asked, narrowing her eyes

"Because now I’o hoh you wanted to fuckhe’d had to deal with in a while

Liz shook her head Arrogant son of a bitch She couldn’t stop thinking that when she was around him