Page 116 of My Three Hometown Alphas

Her eyes dart around the room before settling on me.

I’ve never seen her nervous like this. It’s actually kind of adorable. It makes me love her even more than I already do.

“All of the hard work is done. Now we just need to wait and see where the votes land tonight,” I say.

I have a pretty good feeling she’s going to win, but I don’t want to be too confident before the polls have even closed.

“I know. I don’t know why I’m so nervous now.”

I give her a reassuring smile. “It’s because you want it so badly, and now the thought of not getting it is smacking you in the face.”

She snorts out a raspy laugh. “Yeah. You’re right.”

Someone knocks on her bedroom door a few times before prying the door open. Conrad pokes his head in. “Hey, sweetheart. Are you okay?” he asks Hadley.

Her face softens. “Umm…”

I release her hands when he steps in beside her, pulling her into his arms. He gives her a minute to just breathe, running his hand soothingly up and down her back.

“No matter what happens tonight, you have three guys and a little girl who love you more than anything.”

She tilts her head, smiling up at him. Their love is so beautiful. I can’t help but smile.

“It’s going to be fine either way, but I really think you’re going to win, sweetheart.”

“Thank you,” she says quietly.

“There’s a group of people out there ready to cheer you on and see those results roll in,” Conrad tells her.

Hadley chose to have everyone gather at their house on election night. There are a lot of people here eagerly supporting her.

“Alright. Let’s do this,” she says, nodding with determination. She walks out of the room and down the stairs to where everyone is waiting in the living room and kitchen.

I love that Hadley wanted to keep this whole thing low-key. We ordered enough pizza to feed a small army. Everyone is wearing relaxed clothing, including Hadley who’s in a pair of ripped jeans and an Aspen Springs hoodie.

She said if the people in town can’t accept her for who she is, then the job isn’t for her. She could have made this a whole fancy affair, but she decided to stay true to herself.

I’ve had many conversations with people in town, and it’s apparent that Hadley is the breath of fresh air this town desperately needs after the last several years with Sheridan at the helm.

Stepping off the bottom step, I’m almost tackled by all the kids running around. I’m sure they’d prefer to run around outside, but it’s a little too cold after the sun already set and the first snow of the year is still dusting the ground.

It isn’t much yet, but my guys keep telling me it’s just a matter of time before we get, like, a foot of snow.

I’ve only ever lived in Texas and Georgia, so my brain is having a hard time fathoming that much snow falling from the sky at one time. I guess this winter is going to be baptism by fire.

I glance down at my watch.6:55.Five more minutes, and then the polls will officially close. After that, we just have to wait for the votes to be tallied.

The electric energy in the air makes my feel alive. There has always been something special about election nights that I’ve loved since I was a little girl.

I remember waiting until the wee hours of the morning to find out who the president was going to be during nearly every election. Election night was my Superbowl.

I guess no one should have been surprised when I chose political science as my major. I truly love all of this.

Will walks up, handing me a glass of iced tea.

“Thank you,” I say, taking a sip.

“Is she doing better now?” he asks, nodding toward where Hadley is now talking to her mom and Sienna.