Fatal Accusation (The Fatal Series) by Marie Force

Author:Marie Force [Force, Marie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HQN Books
Published: 2019-12-16T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN

AFTER THE SURREAL conversation with Lindsey, Sam wandered into Lilia’s office.

Her chief of staff smiled in welcome.

“I thought about the NAPO speech, and I guess I’ll do it.”

“They’ll be thrilled.”

Sam rolled her eyes. “Whatever.”

Lilia laughed. “How’s it going with the investigation?”

“It’s going. Hearing things about the commander in chief that make my skin crawl a little, but other than that...”

“The whole thing is hard to fathom.”

“Not to mention that it happened during his reelection campaign when he was once again casting himself as a family kind of guy.”

“That too.”

Lilia lost some of her usual sparkle as she discussed the president’s behavior. “I know that politics is so much smoke and mirrors, but I still like to think the best of people. It’s painful to be so disillusioned.” She looked up at Sam. “You have to promise me that you and your husband will never disappoint me this way. I don’t think I could handle it from you two.”

The thought of Nick cheating on her was impossible to wrap her head around. “I can promise you we won’t let you down in this way.”

“I’m honestly not worried about that. The two of you are what the rest of us aspire to be. When I first knew you, I wondered if your public persona was too good to be true. But after spending time with you and getting to know you both, I tell everyone who asks that you guys are every bit the real deal that you appear to be.”

“That’s nice of you to say. He’s my real deal.”

“And she’s mine,” her husband said as he slipped an arm around her from behind.

Sam smiled as the scent of home filled her senses. “Aren’t you supposed to be tending to world domination or something equally important?”

“It’s hard to focus on world domination when my best girl is in the building.”

Lilia fanned her face. “See what I mean? Hashtag couple goals.”

In a past life, before him, she would’ve been embarrassed to be part of a couple that inspired a hashtag. Now she didn’t care because being part of that couple meant she got to spend her life with him.

“How’s it going?” he asked.

“We’re done here. Getting ready to head back to HQ.”

“Were Derek and Tom able to help?”

“They were great and gave us a few threads to pull.”

“I know how you love your threads.”

From behind Nick, Freddie said, “Hate to interrupt the White House snuggle session, but I wanted to tell you that Malone is requesting the warrant from Tara’s cell carrier.”

“Thank you. Wait for me in the car.”

“Yes, Mom. Will do.”

“Young Freddie is a brat,” Sam said. “We need to do something about that.”

“We’ve got our hands full with our other three and a half kids.” They had taken to referring to the twins’ older brother Elijah as their half kid, as he was technically an adult but now very much a part of their family.

“That we do. Let me go so I can get back to work and home to you and the crew that much sooner.

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