Plottwisttt

Politics was the game. Love was the scandal.

Senator Nathan York was everything Micah Lennox hated—older, married, conservative, and dangerously good at keeping secrets. They were rivals on the debate stage, enemies in public, and burning for each other behind closed doors.

But when Nathan gets shot at a public event and collapses into Micah’s arms, the world stops watching the election... and starts digging into their past.

A year ago, they were just opponents.
Now? The truth is bleeding out. A conservative Politician can lose it all if the secret of the affair gets out. 

Lies. Power. Obsession.
This isn't just about who wins the vote. It's about who survives the fallout.

The Senator's Secret Lover

"Hello, Nathan. Please answer your phone and if you get this voicemail, come to my apartment. We need to talk".

Micah called Nathan several times already. He couldn't keep the secret of Marcus' deal and plans to betray Nathan anymore.

An hour later, Nathan walked in slowly. Looking distressed, his mind was far away from here.

"Hey, Nat. I have been waiting for you. What's wrong?. You weren't picking your phone too"

He's silent but hugs Micah instead.

"Nat, you are scaring me. Say something.", he held his face.

"Bianca is pregnant", he blurted out.

Micah looked at him trying to see through Nathan's eyes if he was lying to him.

"Bianca is pregnant, we had to go to the hospital cause she passed out. She's pregnant, Micah", he said again.

Micah's throat felt tight, tears formed in his eyes. He said nothing, he was hurting inside

"I didn't plan for this to happen, I haven't touched her in a while but I believe that child is mine and I'm her husband"

"I have to be by her side, she's fragile at the moment."

"I just need time, Micah. We've come a long way. You can give me that right?", he kissed him.

Micah resisted the kiss and sat on the couch. "I think you should go, I don't need you anymore"

Nathan went to his knees, desperate to hear Micah say something to him.

"Micah please.... Don't shut me out. I know it's messy and this isn't the time this ought to happen but I swear to you, I want you. The baby? It wasn't supposed to happen."

"It wasn't supposed to happen??, can you hear yourself Nathan. She's your wife, aren't you supposed to have a child with her"

Nathan took Micah's hands in his.

"Please just give me time. You can hate me, hit me, but don't walk away from me."

"Everything I've survived, it's because I found something real. That's you, Micah. You are the only thing that makes me want to live a life of no pretense or a fake one."

Micah tried to breathe but it hurt.

"Say something, anything. Please, baby", he looked at him with the most vulnerable eyes.

Micah has never broken down like this.

He says nothing, nothing about the pain he was feeling inside, the deal offered by Marcus.

He nodded once, "you should leave. Bianca needs you more than I do"

He stood up and approached the door, signaling for him to leave.

"Micah, please. Promise me you would wait"

"No, Senator Nathan. I don't think I would, you would always belong to her, your fake life and politics"

"Let's end this, let's go of each other. I want to love someone openly and not be someone's secret". He slammed the door.

His back was against the door, he crouched down and cried.

Tears fell down as he hugged himself. Ugly sobs from his lips.

Senator Marcus Hale sat in a leather chair, taking a smoke.

Smiled as he saw the caller's name.

"I'm taking the deal, it's time we burn him down"

"I'm so glad you've finally woken up and you are doing the right thing ", he chuckled.

The Space Between Us.