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happened to the main two contenders.”
    The smile fell off Hunter’s face. Surely he’s not suggesting…
    “One of the reasons I make a terrible candidate is that I don’t like to play dirty. Now, please don’t assume I am saying that your father plays dirty. But my old campaign managers told me that in order to succeed as a third party candidate, I had to do things that I was not comfortable doing. Sadly, this is the state of politics today.”
    Hunter remained silent.
    “I want what’s best for this state. That’s all I’ve ever wanted. Do I think I do the best job? Of course I do, or else I wouldn’t run. But I’m not blind.” Joshua stood up, waited for Hunter to join him, and buttoned up his jacket. “I lost this race before I threw my hat in. I’m not a dark horse. Either your father will become governor, or Mitchell will call himself that for another few years. If anything, my biggest hope is to lay the groundwork for future third party candidates. I will do my best, but I do not believe my best will lead me to the Governor’s Mansion.”
    This was not the conversation Hunter expected to have, yet it gave him something to mull over when he left that afternoon. He still believed that Joshua Payne was the best person to be governor. How he was going to help make that happen remained to be seen.
     
    “Are you crazy?” Kerri got out of bed, pulled her sweatshirt on, and went to sit in front of the mirror in the hotel room. If I’m putting up with this mess, I’m at least gonna look good. She grabbed her purse and fished out her eye shadow. “I can’t go against my father like that.”
    Hunter sat up in bed with nothing but a sheet to cover him up. Not that Kerri cared at this point. After a solid hour in bed together, she could safely say that she was quite familiar with Mr. Hall’s body. My father would have a stroke to know it. That was the exact kind of thing she wanted to avoid – she may not have loved her father’s ambitions, but she still loved him and wouldn’t hurt him, if she could help it. “I’m not saying that you should betray your father. I would never ask that.” Hunter rolled onto his side. Kerri could see him propped up on his arm within the mirror. Don’t tempt me, Incubus. If Hunter had his way, Kerri wouldn’t be able to walk out of that hotel.
    “Then I have no idea what you’re suggesting when you say you’re supporting Joshua Payne.” Kerri barely knew who the Independent candidate was, and she was more than a little shocked when Hunter brought him up during their cuddling session after lovemaking. He wants to give me a heart attack. Kerri long forgot the conspiracy that Hunter may be a reporter or someone out to destroy her reputation. But he could still find other ways to destroy her. “And that you want me to join you? What good would that do me?”
    Hunter cleared his throat. Clearly, he had some prepared lines. Amazing he remembers them. Kerri would have to try harder at draining him of his energy in the future. “You don’t have to join me. But think about it. What would happen if neither of our fathers win?”
    Kerri snorted and almost dropped her makeup. “I don’t think about what would happen if your father didn’t win. I only think about what would happen if mine lost. In that case, I would be moving some of my things out of that house. Also, my parents would be very depressed.”
    Movement occurred in the mirror, distracting Kerri from her touchups. Hunter was rising from bed, naked, his physique emulating that of Adonis. Kerri smiled to remember what she first thought of Hunter nearly two weeks ago. “That’s not all,” he said, standing behind Kerri’s chair and kissing the top of her head. His chin rolled onto her shoulder, and she stared at the two of them in the mirror, Hunter’s arms wrapping around her. “We could be together. Openly. Without any of this political bullshit going on, we would be free to date as we pleased. Honestly,