At the Pleasure of the President by Shayla Black

Author:Shayla Black [Black, Shayla]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: The Perfect Gentleman, Suspense, Romance, Shayla Black, Politics, Lexi Blake
ISBN: 9781939673114
Amazon: 1939673119
Publisher: Black Oak Books, LLC
Published: 2019-03-31T00:00:00+00:00

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Zack shook the hand of the reporter and photographer, relieved to have this chore off his checklist without too much fuss.

“Thanks for being so flexible, Mr. President. And for taking the time.” The photographer slung his bag over his shoulder.

“It was no trouble,” Zack replied as Elizabeth stood nearby, giving the reporter a gracious smile as she shook his hand.

The light in the China Room was sunny and bright, almost golden. It practically gave Elizabeth a halo. She looked so pretty standing there. If this piece of publicity had taken place a few months down the line, she would have been in that picture with him, showing off the elegant china pattern she’d selected for his term in office. She’d picked it, of course, but she wasn’t the First Lady so he’d been forced to stand beside the place setting alone as the press documented it for posterity. Instead, Elizabeth had stood back, carefully arranging everything, making sure this chore came off smoothly for him, exactly as she’d done for years.

As the reporter and photographer left with their escort, he thought about the mountain of work waiting for him in the Oval. Elizabeth probably had her own Everest of paperwork and emails on her desk back in the press office. But damn it, he didn’t want to spend the afternoon apart from her.

Mad was so lucky. Oh, he was sure Sara wasn’t making anything easy on him, but at least Mad got to spend every moment with the woman he loved. No one forced him to spend countless hours apart from her in order to listen to congressmen complain and senators bark. Mad didn’t have to wait until after dark to hold her in his arms, feel his skin against hers.

He shouldn’t either.

Zack joined Elizabeth, smiling now that they were alone. “What’s your schedule like the rest of the day?”

“I’ve got to get ready for tomorrow’s briefing. I haven’t done one in a week, and the White House press pool is starting to circle like hungry sharks.” She glanced around and made certain they were alone with the exception of Thomas. “I’ve also put out some feelers to narrow down who we’ll trust to do Roman and Gus’s interview. The Times picked up the story today. Tomorrow it will be all over the morning shows.”

“I know. He does, too. We’re ready.”

“I don’t think we are. I’m worried that Paul Harding will go to the press himself with his own version of the truth.”

She’d mentioned Paul’s threats, but Zack wasn’t particularly worried about them. He wasn’t sure what Paul could say that hadn’t already been suggested, and they had a couple of excellent distractions if need be. He and Elizabeth dating would take over all the news cycles when they chose to come out of the shadows.

And at some point, Maddox Crawford’s rising from the grave would send the press into a tizzy, and nothing else would occupy the news for a good long while. They had time and resources to deal with Paul.

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