“We’re not done,” he tells me, lowering his voice and looking at me with an expectant look. I know what he wants, and he isn’t getting it. Raising my hand, I wiggle it in front of his face, showing him the large diamond ring on my finger.
“I’m saving myself for marriage. I’m a traditional woman.”
“You’ve gotta be fucking kidding me,” he whispers, peeling his fingers off my hand and looking at me with an expression of disbelief. “Don’t tell me you’re a --”
“Yes, I am,” I tell him before he finishes his sentence. “No man in DC—or anywhere else for that matter—has ever fucked me.” It’s the truth, despite my assignments and operations, all of which involved seducing men, I’m still a virgin. What can I say? I just haven’t found the right man. Sure, it’s a cliché, but it doesn’t make it any less true.
“No man has ever fucked you…” he repeats, disbelief spreading to his tone of voice. Then, as if remembering something, his face lights up with a grin. “Well, no man’s ever been President at 35 either, Ashley. I’m a man who likes challenges.”
“Good. Because you’ve never had a challenge like me,” I tell him and, with that, I reach for the door and open it. Before he has the time to stop me, I step onto the sidewalk and start walking toward my apartment building’s entrance.
President Player—oh, if only the press knew exactly how much the name fits him.
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Washington Beat
On A Date With The President…#p#分页标题#e#
From the desk of Margie Preston – our intrepid and daring political reporter.
Handcuff me to the bed and spank me till I pass out, if the President of the United States and his new fiancée didn’t just wow the entire jaded Washington establishment with their ‘date night’.
I mean, if the pictures that the press took that have been going viral all over social media today haven’t melted your heart and made you believe in the power of transcendental love then either you’re dead or just a hater of democracy. I mean we had the most powerful man in the free world holding the door open for a lady. Nuzzling her on the neck during dinner. Putting his hand on the small of her back. Holding her hand as she crossed the street. Gazing into her eyes as they make plans for forever.
How is this not affecting people? How is Senator Bob Walker still out there dismissing this President as all talk when he says he’s going to clear the cave? The President can clear my cave, that’s for damn sure. And then he can park his Python in there anytime he wants, I’ll tell you what.
If you’re rolling your eyes, allow me to explain my rather unorthodox style of commentary on this one.
I’ve seen a lot of Presidents come and go. I’ve seen them come in, do their thing, pass their laws, spin the media, play up to their bases, and then leave town. Sometimes they get along well with Congress, and sometimes Congress ends up investigating them. But never in all my days have I seen a President who comes to Washington and then does everything that he said he was going to do. And enjoys himself as he does so. Let’s not kid ourselves here, folks. President Austin Bain is having the time of his life. And now that he’s engaged, it’s clear he’s having a blast. How many other Presidents actually enjoyed the job?
Contrast this to Senator Bob Walker. I have spies in his office and you know what they told me the other day? The latest rumor going around Washington is that Ashley Draper is a virgin. As in has never had sex with any man before. But they’re covering it up and not making a big deal of it. Why?
Because if the public found out, they might be more inclined to support President Bain than they are now. And polls show that the public loves Ashley Draper and Austin Bain.
See the kind of jadedness that makes people vote for those who say this city is broken?
But look how much of a non-issue the President has made it.
And that’s important, because while we might call him President Player and what not, we’re seeing the man for the first time in the company of a woman he truly loves. And it’s telling what we see. We see a good, kind, chivalrous man. And no matter the political party, you take a strong man who has all these qualities and you make him the leader of a nation, the country can’t help but to prosper.
There is hope for us yet.
14
Austin
I'm sitting behind my desk in the oval office with my fingers laced behind my head, but I might as well still be sitting in the cool leather seat of my limo with Ashley nuzzled by my side.