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Chapter 34

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Evelyn’s POV

Alfred wanted me at the campaign office that morning, said he needed me to “meet someone,” which already put me in a mood because that usually meant I was being dragged into another performance I didn’t sign up for. I dressed quickly, kept my makeup light, and told myself I’d be in and out.

The office was alive the second I stepped inside phones ringing, papers passing from hand to hand, volunteers trying too hard to impress whoever they thought mattered. I moved through the noise with my eyes forward, but I didn’t get far.

But I stopped at the sight of him

Theo.

And not the version of him I’d gotten used to. Not the quiet intern who hovered at the back of rooms and blended into every wall he stood near. This was something else entirely. Something I wasn’t prepared for.

His sleeves were shoved up past his elbows, revealing forearms that were all muscle and veins, the kind you don’t get from sitting behind a desk but in a gym. His shirt clung to him in a way that m
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