Harlequin Desire June 2016, Box Set 2 of 2 by Maureen Child

Author:Maureen Child
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781460398616
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2016-05-15T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWELVE

Had it only been a month? Georgie peeked out the curtains of Clay’s townhouse, frowning at the throng of photographers swarming the sidewalk outside his gate. She texted Hunt with the situation and received a reply that a car would pick them up in the alley behind Clay’s garage.

The story had snowballed after the blurry picture of them appeared in that tabloid after the state dinner, and Parker Grace had led the charge. Talk about the poster child for Women Scorned Anonymous. Even now, Parker was camped outside with a cameraman.

Clay jogged down the stairs and cocked his head. “Georgie?”

“We have to go out the back. Hunt’s bringing a car.”

“I take it the herd is restless?”

She rolled her eyes. “That’s an understatement.” Sighing, she peeked out again and turned back to face the man who’d become her everything—and needed to become her nothing ASAP. She rubbed her fisted hand across her chest over her heart, surprised at how much the decision she’d come to this morning—after a solid week of harassment—hurt.

Clay’s expression sharpened and he stepped closer, arms reaching for her. “Sweet pea?”

Despair washed over her and Georgie threw up her hands to keep him from touching her. “Listen to me, Clay. I care for you, but I care even more about you. I’m still your communications director, which means I’m your employee. That dang reporter outed us and look what’s happened. We can’t go anywhere together without getting hounded. You’re the front-runner for the nomination, even without a formal declaration. You will be the next President of the United States. We can’t play at being...a...a thing any longer.”

“A thing?” Clay’s voice dropped into the bass range, his displeasure evident in his tone and expression. “This is no game, Georgie, and our relationship is not a thing.”

Her heart fluttered at his intensity. Clay Barron had a reputation on the Hill—most eligible bachelor. She’d seen the women he dated. This...thing between them was only a fling. It had to be. Even if walking away broke her heart.

She wasn’t the right woman for him. She wasn’t a starlet, supermodel or debutante. She was plain ol’ Georgie Dreyfus with drab brown hair, thick glasses and muddy green eyes.

Clay grabbed her shoulders and gave her a gentle shake, the careful action totally at odds with the stormy expression on his face. “I’m not going away, Georgie. This is something real. At least to me.”

His gaze searched her face, probing all the way into the place she hid her deepest secrets—especially her feelings for her boss. She swallowed and fought the urge to fall into his arms. “This won’t work. We won’t work.”

Clay stared at her, his expression smoothing to that of the polished politician. “Oh...?”

He pinned her with his gaze, waiting for a reply. She blinked several times and ignored the ding on her phone. Clay didn’t. He lifted her hand and removed her phone. He read the text and replied.

“Hunt’s two blocks away.”

“Oh. Right. Time to go.”

The corners of his mouth curled up but the smile wasn’t friendly.

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