Yours Forever by Farrah Rochon

Author:Farrah Rochon
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2013-12-12T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter 7

Matt uncapped the bottle of water he’d grabbed from the refreshment table and looked over the large crowd gathered in the Gauthier High School auditorium. Matt hadn’t expected his first public debate against Patrick Carter to garner many people, but interest in the campaign had escalated after the most recent commercial issued by Carter’s camp.

His opponent’s latest attack revolved around Matt’s “string of women,” as the ad stated. To say he was pissed off didn’t even begin to describe the anger that flowed through Matt’s blood just thinking about it. It was both inaccurate and out of line, and it cast him in the kind of light he definitely didn’t want Tamryn to see him in.

Matt had showed her the video on his phone last night while they were at dinner—the third dinner they’d shared this week. He hadn’t wanted her to see the commercial on her own and get the wrong idea. He’d explained that Carter had dug up every woman he’d dated since college.

He never professed to be a saint, but he wasn’t some philandering playboy, either. He was single and had had his share of girlfriends, but he was fiercely monogamous, even when some of the women he’d dated had not been.

In the ad Carter had accused him of using his status as a Gauthier to “add to the notches on his belt” and that pissed Matt off more than anything else. He’d never used the Gauthier name as a means of getting women, even though some of the women he’d dated had pursued him solely because of his family’s money and prestige.

Ben’s response had been to hit back hard, and Matt had to admit that the desire to stoop to his opponent’s level was stronger than ever, but he refused to sink that low. He would have to be satisfied with complete annihilation of his opponent in this debate.

Matt walked down the aisle of the auditorium, stopping along the way to chat with some of the people in the audience. He wasn’t surprised by the number of Gauthier residents in attendance for tonight’s town hall–style debate. Ever since the civic association had formed a couple of years ago, more and more residents had begun to take a more active role in things that concerned the town.

As he continued down the aisle, Barbara Cannon, wife of Lou Cannon, who owned the dry cleaner’s on Main Street, stopped him.

“Thanks for contacting the parish government about the water pressure on Main,” Barbara said. “They finally told us that they’ll be here tomorrow to see what’s happening with the line.”

“Good,” Matt said. “It took them long enough.”

“At least you got them to contact us at all. I’ve been trying for a week.”

“I’m just happy something is finally being done,” he said. Something in Barbara’s hand caught his eye. Matt stopped short. “What’s this?” he asked.

“Oh, I found it at the house when I got home,” she said, holding up the kind of flyer that hung on a door handle.

“Can I see this for a minute?” he asked.

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