The Senator's Secret (A Presidential Affair Book 1) by Jennifer Rebecca

Author:Jennifer Rebecca [Rebecca, Jennifer]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Jennifer Rebecca
Published: 2020-03-22T18:30:00+00:00

“Could Wedding Bells be Ringing Soon?”

Chapter 10

Meet the parents

“Is it hot in here?”

Jake turns only his head to look at me. The rest of his body stays facing forward toward the front door of a house in Queens. The house I grew up in. The house my parents still live in. The house we have come to for the inquisition—I mean, so my new fake boyfriend can meet my very real parents.

I’m not prepared for this.

Jake’s face holds only a bland expression. I have no idea what’s going on behind those baby blues of his, but Goddammit I wish he would give me something. I can’t be the only one who is losing their shit here, right?

“No,” he finally responds before raising his hand to knock on the door. The door which opens rather quickly after Jake knocked, almost as if my parents had been waiting on the other side of the door.

“My baby!” my mom shouts as she pulls me into a hug before turning to usher Jake into her home. She looks so happy—happy for me. Mom is overjoyed I have finally found my person, like Dad is for her. I can see it in her eyes. She’s picking out china patterns and naming grandbabies after long-dead relatives, and that is not what this is.

Maybe Jake should have let that car hit me this morning. But I digress…

• • •

“GRACE! GRACE! OVER HERE!”

I had needed a bit of fresh air to get my head on straight again after another round with the partners of what their six-degrees-of-separation connection to the man of the hour could do for them. They were not impressed when the answer out of my mouth was absolutely nothing.

I get the feeling Jake is a man who everyone uses for their own purposes. He hasn’t come right out and said so, but I get the impression his popularity is not all it’s cracked up to be. And no matter what this thing between us is, I won’t use him. I won’t be like everyone else. Even if it costs me my job at this firm.

Every day since the announcement of our fake relationship, the partners have tried to slip me more than shady clients, assign me details to people I would never, ever associate with, and forge connections between them and their cronies and Jake. And I have thrown up every roadblock in my arsenal and flat out said “no” on more than one occasion.

And every single time, they’ve let me know that my position there hangs in the balance. They could be bluffing. It’s abundantly clear they need me more than I need them. But they also might not be. I’m young—not that young but young enough that I’m not a partner. I also don’t currently carry a surname that dates back to Kennedy connections, so I could be done. Fortunately for me, I’ve saved a nice little nest egg for my own startup.

Still, I needed to clear my thoughts.

If I had been thinking with a clear head, I never would have stepped outside the building on my own, midday like I did.

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