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Beni laughed.

The guy behind the stand shook his head. “Second level prize. You have to pick—”

Before he could even finish his statement, Beni dropped down another twenty-dollar bill, picked up five darts, glanced at the rules plastered on the side of the stand, and immediately threw the darts one right after the other.

Pop, pop, pop, pop.

For the fifth dart, he tossed it down on the stand with an, “Ow, hand cramp.”

It was the fakest hand cramp she had ever seen, but he proved his point.

August pressed her lips together, looking at the man with an annoyed expression behind the stand. “I’ll take the bear, please.”

She got her bear with the leather jacket.

Beni pulled a bigger one, a purple elephant, down from the top for his first prize, too, but he handed it off to a tired looking girl who couldn’t be more than eight as they were leaving the carnival.

“That was sweet,” she told him.

He shrugged as he backed her against his Ducati bike. “It’s a little thing, that’s all.”

Hugging her bear between them, she peered up at him. His head tipped down, lips hovering above hers with the promise of a kiss, but not quite giving her what she wanted just yet. A shuddering breath escaped her chest because damn … what was it about this man that just made her feel so high?

“Thank you for tonight,” she said. “I haven’t had this much fun in way too long.”

“That so?”

“Yeah.”

He sighed. “Me either. Best way I spent a night in a while.”

Despite his sexy grin, she still heard a lingering sadness in his words.

“How’s your brother?”

“Which one?”

August gave him a look. “Your twin?”

Beni pulled a face. “Not good.”

“No?”

“Haven’t heard from him in a while, and I don’t want to think about it right now.”

“Point taken.”

“Where do we go from here?” he asked. “It’s all on you, August.”

“Oh, you’re coming back to my hotel.”

“Am I?”

“Definitely.”

August was trying to remember how they ended up like this. With Beni naked and on his back on her hotel bed. With her knees pressed into the bed, her hands using the mattress to keep her steady, as she rode his cock at her own leisure and pace.

“You like that? Tell me how that cock feels, yeah?”