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It could still do wonders now Because I wasn’t going to be stubborn about it any to deny it to myself, and to the world, that I was in love with Erica Hudson

“What are we going to do?” Susan asked, looking panicked when I finally made it into the office

“We’re going to hold another press conference,” I said, walking toUsually it would have irritatedhad blown up, I hadn’t kno to handle it This ti was different I didn’t care that Susan was freaking out anda nuisance of herself I didn’twas as it should be, and I was invincible because I had Erica

“The press conference didn’t really work last time,” Susan said e reachedyou said It’s hard when you keep doing the saain”

I turned around and looked at Susan, and she cowered a little Before, I would have gotten pissed off at her iry, I nodded

“This time, it will be different Make it happen”

Susan frowned after I hadn’t reacted the way she’d thought I would I grinned at her confusion It only took a little bit of love to soften even the toughest businessmen

The podiuer for another statement There were more of them than there had been before, but when I stepped up to the plate this time, I wasn’t nervous

“Ladies and gentlemen,” I started Cameras flashed inan affair withwith each other in secret We are in fact ro secret about it We are in love”

The reporters erupted in a burst of questions, but I lifted my hand I wasn’t done

“It’s hard to love someone in the business climate of the modern world There are pressures of all kinds that aren’t unlike peer pressure ere at school It’s crazy to think that we’re still so worried about what everyone else thinks of us that ill change e are to accos for Erica because I was sure the world would disapprove I orried that it would affect ave up a love that was

“Erica Hudson is the woman of my dreams, the love of my life You can’t help who you love, but you can help how you handle the situation, and after I handled it wrong the first ti now Erica Hudson and I are officially together We’re in love, and we aren’t willing to deny our life for the sake of i society”

When I stopped talking, theto say or ask about what I had just confessed But I had said everything there was to say on the matter I lifted my hand in a wave, turned away fro For the first ti

I rode the elevator up to my office When I reached the top, the world had already blown up with the news andnonstop in my office, as was the office line in front of Susan She looked panicked I nodded encouragingly at her

This ti to be different They had loved my speech outside, I just knew it They had recorded it all, hanging on my every word I was sure the world would respond positively now that I had admitted e had done, how I felt about her, and that I had been worried about e

It had been a nice touch, even if I had to say so myself

I walked into my office and sat down behind my desk, ready to ride this wave that I had created rather than spinning in the e control

As I watched the tabloids and the newspapers, stories were released This ti about star-crossed lovers They took h school and used it as headlines, and it looked great

My phone rang, and I picked it up

“What the fuck is going on?” Harper asked on the other end of the line He didn’t sound happy “We thought you had this under control, and now it looks like the lines are blowing up again Can’t you stop fucking this woman?”