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He cupped her breasts, swept his thuh her tank top "And apparently thinking about beco the presidentme Politics doesn’t excite me sexually"

"Good to know" He lifted her tank top over her head and took a moment to stare at her breasts, at her perfect nipples He pulled her toward hi one hard bud between his lips The sounds she made as he licked and sucked her nipples hten, made him want to be inside her while he licked at her breasts

With a little , she rose up and reed out of his boxers Evelyn dove into the drahere he kept the condoms and with deft movements rolled one on As she eased onto his cock, he sucked in a breath, every time with her like the very first time he’d been inside her It was always a new experience, and as he lifted her on and off his cock, watching the way she threw her head back and arched while she rode hi to make this work For her and for him

Because there was no doubt he was in love with her, and once the convention was over, once he’d done his job and she’d done hers, he wanted her in his life

Her thighs squeezed hi him like she owned his heart He wasn’t one for deeply emotional shit, but God he had it bad for this woht her in for a kiss, needing that connection with her as he powered into her And when she whi her nails into his shoulders, as she rode to her orgas pour out of hiht her close as he ca to her without words how he felt, wondering if somehow she could tell the difference

She lay splayed out on top of hi circles on his chest

"I don’t know if that solved any of your probleood"

He s love with her always made him feel better She was his connection, always made him feel less alone in the world, and had since the first tiether

He didn’t knohat he was going to do to keep her in his life, but he’d move heaven and earth to make it happen

"Evelyn"

She sat up "Yes?"

"Have you thoughtto happen when the convention is over?"

She gave hi "Not really There’s always so oes on day to day, I always have to stay in the present I’ll likely head back to Washington and start on the presidential can There’ll be a lot to do between now and Noveht"

He detected no e hiht there was so special between them, but maybe that was just hi, and she’d be perfectly satisfied to walk away at the end

Evelyn had those drea, but she was also a realist She knew the two of them were as far apart in worlds as two people could be

Maybe she was the only one thinking clearly about this

And maybe he was the only one emotionally invested in them

But he’d also never been a coward He loved Evelyn and he wasn’t going to let her walk away He just had to figure out how tothey wanted

EVELYN PAUSED, WAITING FOR GRAY TO SAY ANYTHING that would lead her to believe he felt so for her

She was in love with him Crazy in love with this lean, sexy athlete as so much more than what he showed on the surface Underneath, he was tender and romantic and vulnerable, and that he’d showed her all of that, that he’d trusted her with all his emotions, hadto happen after the convention, she thought that was going to be the opening, that he’d start a dialogue about the two of them-- about their future

Because she really wanted a future with hi career, which took hi to be firmly planted in DC once Governor Ca to win the election She’d do everything in her power to make that happen

It wasn’t like she’d be able to hop from city to city with him She’d be so busy with the senator, who’d become the vice president But Senator Mitchell was also Gray’s father They’d find a way to ain, ht up ould happen after the convention to start easing his way out of this relationship He ht want to let her down easy After all, he’d never pro a wonderful tiether Given their differing lifestyles, anyone with half a brain would realize the two of them, as a couple, made no sense at all

They both had brains, and she had always been a realist The idea was ludicrous

They’d never see each other It would end before it ever got off the ground The best, kindest thing they could do for one another would be to part as good friends, especially since she intended to be in his life at least for the next eight years They’d run into each other whenever he saw his father, at least whenever he was in Washington If their relationship ended badly, that could get ugly, and she’d worked too damn hard to lose her job over a relationship

No, best to end things on a good note, so they could see each other and be friendly, reood times they had, and leave it at that

After all, her career ure out how to have it all

But she wasn’t going to have everything she wanted with Gray

"Tired?" he asked her as he smoothed his hand over her hair

She nodded "A little"

"You’re juggling a lot You know it’s okay if you want to head over to the convention"