Political Prick: A Hero Club Novel by Magan Vernon & Hero Club

Author:Magan Vernon & Hero Club [Vernon, Magan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: New Adult, Political, Romance
Publisher: Cocky Hero Club, Inc.
Published: 2020-11-22T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 7

I poured every free minute I had at the office.

When I got home from work, I still spent time on my computer, looking up whatever research I could.

I knocked on doors, getting signatures from people in the neighborhood, requested quotes from landscaping services, and in between all of that managed to take just about every dog in the shelter for a walk, all the way to the nearest park.

Avoiding city hall or any path near it the entire time.

Until I couldn’t anymore.

Thursday morning started with a dark cloud hanging over the horizon. The ominous foreboding on what was to come for the rest of the day.

I dressed in a button-down shirt and a pencil skirt, putting my hair in a low bun before sliding on a pair of heels. I needed to look the professional part.

I also had to feel it today when Aubrey presented her points to the city council. Especially the dimpled member who I still couldn’t stop thinking about.

Every time I got a call from an unknown number, my heart skipped a beat, wondering if somehow, he got mine and now was calling to explain the flowers or anything.

But no. Always a telemarketer.

I hadn’t seen nor talked to him since Monday and now I was about to face him in the large oak room of city hall.

“You can do this, Melanie,” I told myself as I stared in the small bathroom mirror of the one-stall room at the back of the shelter.

I had everything prepared. Aubrey was going to present and I’d hand her the notes, making sure everything was ready to go.

We could do this.

As long as I didn’t look at Adrian, I’d be fine.

Easier said than done when as soon as we walked into the chilly meeting room, the first breath I took in was filled with his woodsy cologne.

My eyes immediately gravitated to the large stage where eight men sat behind a desk. A dark gaze immediately catching mine as a smile crossed his face. The smile that hit me right in the center of my chest.

Dammit.

Did I smile back?

What the hell was I supposed to do?

I kept my head down, taking my seat in one of the many benches with Aubrey beside me.

There were four more proposals on the agenda before ours. Each man in a business suit, approaching a small podium and presenting his points before the council asked questions.

Each time I looked up at the stage, the heat of Adrian’s eyes fell on me, a small, brilliant white smile aimed right in my direction.

What the hell did that mean?

Was he actually going to vote in our favor?

What was he trying to say?

Dammit, men were complicated.

By the time it was Aubrey and my turn to step up to the podium, it was as if I was swimming through wet cement, each step harder than the next.

Aubrey cleared her throat and I laid the leather portfolio out in front of her, each point highlighted clearly and another few notes I’d jotted on post-its clinging to the side.

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