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She took a deep breath and let it out, trying not to let the excitele in her seat "Closer than I thought I’d get at this point infor your father, I kneas a mover and a shaker with determined career aspirations I told hi for the ride, but I assured hio ate that up"
"He’s a very nice man, Gray, and dedicated to his constituents I believe in his platform"
Gray rolled his eyes and took several ss of beer, then laid the bottle on the table "You’ve been poisoned by the Mitchell Preston Kool-Aid I feel sorry for you"
She wanted to sht off his face "Do I look stupid?"
"Not particularly, but you’re not the first woman to be taken in by the Preston charm"
She pinned him with a look "I don’t know about that At this "
"That’s because I’ my charm on you You should see me when I do
You wouldn’t be able to resist me"
Now she wanted to roll her eyes, but since he was technically a client, she didn’t dare "Oh, trust me I’d be able to resist"
He stood and dumped the empty beer bottle in the recycle bin, then turned to her
"Get up We’re going out"
She slid out of the booth "We are? Where? Do I need to change clothes?"
"Yeah I’ll take you to your hotel Change into a dress"
She peeked at her calendar on her phone "I don’t see any event on your schedule"
"It’s not an event, Evelyn I’ you to dinner"
"Oh And I need a dress"
"Yes We’re going to a party after There "
"Uhif this isn’t a scheduled event, I could just go towith ht?"
"Well, yes, but"
He slipped his hand in hers "Then let’s hang out"
SIX
OKAY, SO MAYBE GRAY DIDN’T NEED TO TAKE EVELYN TO dinner He could have ended their night, she could have gone back to her hotel, and he could have gone over the stacks of paperwork and eht about was her not finding hi He could charot a lot of woht for one second he couldn’t turn the charm on full throttle and do the sa aware of it, then she hadn’t researched hiht
Not that he had any intention of seducing her She worked for his father and he wanted to keep things between theet any closer to Evelyn Hill than was absolutely necessary
But he could sure as hell show her that she couldn’t resist his charms when he set his mind to it No matter who she was
He’d waited downstairs while she ran up to change clothes He’d done that hi from his jeans and T-shirt to a pair of black slacks and a white button-down shirt
Evelyn cah heels that nearly s--Christ, she had spectacular legs His cock tightened and he was glad he’d left his shirt untucked because he was going to have a hard-on before shenefarious plans where she was concerned
So his dick would just have to suffer the consequences tonight
He got out and ca sure to lean in and whisper against her ear, "You look gorgeous"
She looked confused as she turned toward him "Thank you"
Point one in his favor
It was about an hour’s drive, but orth it, in his opinion, to eat at The Oak Room, one of his favorite restaurants in Louisville And okay, he wanted to impress her From her wide-eyed look at the ?" he asked One of his favorite things about The Oak Roo drive he wouldn’t be able to indulge like he nor closer
"By all means, please select however you’d like"
"You don’t strike et, I make my life around politicians I adapt"
"Bourbon it is"
He ordered five different bourbons Like a trouper, Evelyn sah he made sure their waiter kept a steady supply of water at the table
"You down the contents of those glasses like you know your way around a glass of bourbon"
She laid an elass aside "These are excellent bourbons And I told you, I ith politicians, some of whom are heavy drinkers and act insulted when you don’t drink with them I’ve learned to tolerate alcohol quite well"
"So what you’re telling hed and took a couple sips of water "I do have et me drunk"