President's Girlfriend 04 - After the Fall by Mallory Monroe

Author:Mallory Monroe
Language: eng
Format: epub

The next morning, however, Liz Sinclair was back on

her game, asking for a meeting with Dutch.

It was a busy start to the day in the presiden al

suite and quickly became as raucous as it had been

quiet when Dutch arrived back late last night. Now it

was burs ng with ac vity again. All of his staff had

assembled, going over the day’s i nerary, taking their

cues from Crader, making certain that every note the

president hit on this world stage was the right one.

Crader, in fact, had become so busy with staff issues

that he hadn’t even had a chance to say good morning

to LaLa. It was a er midnight when Gina arrived at the

hotel and they turned the baby over to her, and he and

LaLa had gone to LaLa’s hotel room.

A er sharing a glass of sherry and talking about the

tight security all over town, LaLa stood up.

“We’d be er call it a night, bud,” she’d said. “Gina

and President Harber have air ght schedules

tomorrow. And it starts early tomorrow morning.”

Crader sat his drink on the side table and stood too.

Moved up to her and placed his hands on the side of

her arms. “You must be exhausted,” he said.

LaLa agreed. “I am,” she said. “I feel as if I’ve been

up two days straight, when I haven’t, but this me

change is weird.”

“What you need,” he said, massaging her arms, “is

a little relaxation.”

“What I need is a good night’s sleep. I’m going

straight to bed.”

Crader stared her dead in the eyes. He wanted no

misunderstanding. “I want very much to go to bed with

you,” he said. The last me he had been primed and

ready to make love to her, she couldn’t go through with

it. Now he was nearing desperation.

LaLa, however, was shaking her head. “I don’t think

that’s a good idea, Cray.”

It was the answer he dreaded hearing. “Why not?”

he asked, a slight plea in his voice.

“I have to know first that you’re not just a er a good

“I have to know first that you’re not just a er a good

time. I have to know that our rela onship is built on

more than that.”

“It is, La.”

“I don’t know that yet.”

“You do know it,” Crader said, his need to make love

to her causing him to become slightly impa ent. “I’m

not after your body, all right?”

“How do I know that?”

“Because I just told you I wasn’t.”

“You told me you wanted to make our rela onship

work, too, but as soon as a pre er face came along

you forgot all about our relationship.”

“It wasn’t like that, La.”

“It was exactly like that,” LaLa said.

Crader understood, but that didn’t negate his

growing resentment of her steadfastness. He rubbed

her arms a moment longer, and then a empted to

smile. “I’d be er let you get some sleep then,” he

said. “Good night.”

And he was gone.

Now, this morning, he was walking into the Nursery

thrilled to see her wonderful face again.

“Good morning,” he said, walking toward her. She

and Walt were seated on a blanket with Li le Walt

playing with his toys. “Hey, Dutch, Junior,” Crader

added to the baby, with a smile. The baby smiled and

then fell on his side.

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