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“I didn’t plan to.”
“So,” he kissed her collarbone, “tell me.”
Room service announced their presence.
Slowly, she left his lap.
He went to get the food while she returned to her chair and shuffled, the room buzzing with her with every turn of her head. Either those tequila sunrises were stronger than any she’d ever had, or her tolerance had drastically changed.
“Okay, it’s intermission,” he said. “We’ll eat, and then we’ll continue the game.”
She cleared out a space on the table for their plates. “What’s your next wager? I gave you a nickname, so you can’t ask for that anymore.”
He set her plate in front of her and took his seat, nearly tipping the chair over.
They clinked forks.
She dug into her lentil Dal. “Mm-hmm. That definitely hits.”
“Good?” He took a bite of his meal, garlic butter salmon with asparagus spears. “Wow. Very good.”
“Your wager, Dr. Saraci.”
“What’s off the table?”
“You mean if you can wager me into getting naked? Can I really take that off the table if I asked you to take your shirt off?”
“You didn’t need a poker game for that, though.”
“Neither do you.”
“Are you actually into me, or are you drunk and horny?”
“Both.” She swallowed another bite. “But first, what are you putting on the table? What does Lucas Saraci want from me?”
He chewed, eyes narrowed as he looked off to the side. “Do you remember what I told you in Delilah’s condo last year?”
Every single word.
“Which part?” She tore one of her naan into halves. “Do you mean the part about the S-A-R-A-C-I?”
“So, you did learn how to spell it.”
“I had to. It’ll be my last name one day.”
“One day soon,” he said.
She paused in the middle of raising the seasoned flatbread to her mouth. “How soon?”
“Tonight, my sparrow.”
ChapterTwo
This man had claimed he wanted to marry her.
In fact, he’d declared it.
Boldly.
