e room was immedi

f genuine shock in his eyes. He had expected a fight, a negoti

went perfectly still. His public persona was built on the foundation of my

quickly, a polit

e in agreement, Gabby. It

trol, to frame this as his

ke it official. Immediately. I'll call the governor's office

o the room, his mask o

s we shouldn't

too long. It's time he took his rightful place. In fact, I think we need to make a pu

red, a masterpiece of false humility he planned to use after I had "forced" t

awn by the promise of a significant announcement from the Scott family. I saw them al

thought he knew the script. He thought I was here to announce him

d, he stepped forward

, his voice filled with emotion, "

, Ethan. He spoke of his own desire for a simple life, free from the burdens of power his mother was "s

e already scribbling notes, their faces so

t him hang himself wit

d warmly at the crowd. My assistant

to the m

is brother. Which is why I am so thrilled to formally announce, on behalf of myself and my husband, that we are in full and e

apped from Andrew's stunned face to the press rel

king utterly ridiculous. He had just publicly, passionately r

e journalists' expressions shifted from sympathy to confusi

played

just w