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The croas laughing so she assuh had just posed was spot on Gathering her wits about her, she kept that stupid fake smile in place and listened

“Can we talk about the late night visit in Miami with none other than the hottest politician on the planet?” Hugh pushed his glasses back a bit and smiled down at her

Sweet Jesus Mary And Joseph

She needed the strength of the trifecta, because she was going to reach over and do some harm to the overly tanned and overly botoxed face that stared back at her in glee Why hadn’t she ever noticed that? She didn’t trust the botox Sure a little bit here and there was fine, but when your entire face didn’tso and in Donovan’s books, that meant you couldn’t be trusted

Donovan kept her game face on “We could”

Hugh leaned closer God, his teeth were too white

“But then I’d have to kill you”

The audience laughed and Hugh shook his head, grinning into the camera “There you have it my friends If I don’t wake up to to do with it” He winked “And that would et the scoop on Jack Simon Of course I wouldn’t be able to share it with all of you, but I’d die a happy ht there, is the sexiest azine says Um, Brad Pitt who?”

Again hter, and it took all she had to uest spot

Donovan got through her live performance with Rick, otherwise known as Maverick, and less than forty-five minutes later, she was in a limo with him

“Sorry about that,” Maverick said “He’s had a thing for Jack for years He should just come out of the closet already”

“Hugh Dexler is gay?” she asked, her face deadpan, her sarcasm deep

Maverick chuckled He was her best friend and knew everything about her sad, pathetic life But even he didn’t know all the details about what had happened with Derek That was her shame She hadn’t seen Rick since before the fundraiser and until now hadn’t realized how hed

“So, Grace pulled a fast one”

He was staring out theand turned when she spoke “What was that?”