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inwardly surprised by the breathless feeling of expectation.
He moved suddenly, leaning across the table to cradle her hands in his own as she held the snifter. His golden gaze flowed over her, trapping her. "Will you spend your weekend with me, lady gambler? I want very much to get to know you better. Do you realize you may be the only woman in the entire world to whom I can really talk?" This last was said on a whimsical, captivating note.
Alyssa felt a small tremor go through her and hied to rally her faltering defenses. "A moment ago, you only wanted to spend the remainder of the evening with me."
"Okay, I'll settle for that At the end of the evening, we can discuss the rest of the weekend."
"You're very persistent," she tried to say lightly, fiercely aware of the strong, sensitive hands cupping hers.
In this pose, they must appear to be lovers to those around them, she realized a little wildly. "And you frighten me."
"I know. But I think you're a very daring sort of woman," he said with a smile. "Don't forget, I've been watching you play cards for the past two hours. I know a great deal about you, Alyssa. Come with me tonight and I'll show you my world."
"I've already seen your world."
"I think you've only dropped in long enough to play occasionally. Tonight I'll show you much, much Generated by ABC Amber LIT Conv erter, http://www.processtext.com/abclit.html
more."Jordanwas abruptly on his feet, removing the snifter from her hands and placing it on the small table.
"Jordan?"
But her small protest was overridden. "Hush, partner. It's you and me against the world. Can't you see that? We're not like anybody else here in Vegas because we come to play the games on our own terms.
But we can have fun on our own terms, too!" He captured her wrist in a warm grip that sent a thrill through her and strode out of the cocktail lounge, towing her in his wake.
"Jordan, please!" Alyssa didn't know whether to laugh or scream for help. Before she could make up her mind, she was being whisked out the door and into one of the cabs lined up in front of the casino.Jordan was rattling off the name of another famous establishment before he had shut the car door. Hearing the destination and knowing she would be safe on the premises of such a major hotel casino, Alyssa gave up the small battle and collapsed back into the seat Across the small distance separating them, she eyed her abductor with a mocking gaze. "Do you have references?"
"Sorry, in my business, references would be disastrous," he said, chuckling. "I cultivate anonymity. The only guarantee I can give you is my word as a professional gambler that I'll take care of you tonight"
"Do you do this sort of thing often?"
"Kidnap lady gamblers? No, not often. But then I haven't encountered one quite like you before. Ah, here we are."
The cab deposited them beneath the lights of a glittering casino complex, andJordanescorted Alyssa into the orderly confusion of gamblers, slot machines and cocktail lounges.
"Here, put a quarter in one of the slots," he instructed, handing her the coin.
She took it, arching an eyebrow in surprise. "You play the slots? Everyone knows they're almost as bad as a state-run lottery! The odds against the player are incredible. For heaven's sake! The house mechanics deliberately set them to pay out only what the house wants paid out!"
"Alyssa, my sweet," he explained easily as he urged her toward the nearest bank of slot machines.
"I don't play the slots to win."
"Then why... ?"
"I play them for luck," he said, smiling.
"Luck!" Now she truly was startled. "You believe in luck?"
"When you've seen as much of this world as I have, you'll discover that like it or not, there is an element of luck in the universe. Play the slot, Alyssa. Tonight I feel lucky."
Lips curving in quiet laughter, Alyssa plunked the quarter into the hungry machine and pulled the handle.
The colorful wheels spun madly, and then, to her surprise, two quarters cascaded into
He moved suddenly, leaning across the table to cradle her hands in his own as she held the snifter. His golden gaze flowed over her, trapping her. "Will you spend your weekend with me, lady gambler? I want very much to get to know you better. Do you realize you may be the only woman in the entire world to whom I can really talk?" This last was said on a whimsical, captivating note.
Alyssa felt a small tremor go through her and hied to rally her faltering defenses. "A moment ago, you only wanted to spend the remainder of the evening with me."
"Okay, I'll settle for that At the end of the evening, we can discuss the rest of the weekend."
"You're very persistent," she tried to say lightly, fiercely aware of the strong, sensitive hands cupping hers.
In this pose, they must appear to be lovers to those around them, she realized a little wildly. "And you frighten me."
"I know. But I think you're a very daring sort of woman," he said with a smile. "Don't forget, I've been watching you play cards for the past two hours. I know a great deal about you, Alyssa. Come with me tonight and I'll show you my world."
"I've already seen your world."
"I think you've only dropped in long enough to play occasionally. Tonight I'll show you much, much Generated by ABC Amber LIT Conv erter, http://www.processtext.com/abclit.html
more."Jordanwas abruptly on his feet, removing the snifter from her hands and placing it on the small table.
"Jordan?"
But her small protest was overridden. "Hush, partner. It's you and me against the world. Can't you see that? We're not like anybody else here in Vegas because we come to play the games on our own terms.
But we can have fun on our own terms, too!" He captured her wrist in a warm grip that sent a thrill through her and strode out of the cocktail lounge, towing her in his wake.
"Jordan, please!" Alyssa didn't know whether to laugh or scream for help. Before she could make up her mind, she was being whisked out the door and into one of the cabs lined up in front of the casino.Jordan was rattling off the name of another famous establishment before he had shut the car door. Hearing the destination and knowing she would be safe on the premises of such a major hotel casino, Alyssa gave up the small battle and collapsed back into the seat Across the small distance separating them, she eyed her abductor with a mocking gaze. "Do you have references?"
"Sorry, in my business, references would be disastrous," he said, chuckling. "I cultivate anonymity. The only guarantee I can give you is my word as a professional gambler that I'll take care of you tonight"
"Do you do this sort of thing often?"
"Kidnap lady gamblers? No, not often. But then I haven't encountered one quite like you before. Ah, here we are."
The cab deposited them beneath the lights of a glittering casino complex, andJordanescorted Alyssa into the orderly confusion of gamblers, slot machines and cocktail lounges.
"Here, put a quarter in one of the slots," he instructed, handing her the coin.
She took it, arching an eyebrow in surprise. "You play the slots? Everyone knows they're almost as bad as a state-run lottery! The odds against the player are incredible. For heaven's sake! The house mechanics deliberately set them to pay out only what the house wants paid out!"
"Alyssa, my sweet," he explained easily as he urged her toward the nearest bank of slot machines.
"I don't play the slots to win."
"Then why... ?"
"I play them for luck," he said, smiling.
"Luck!" Now she truly was startled. "You believe in luck?"
"When you've seen as much of this world as I have, you'll discover that like it or not, there is an element of luck in the universe. Play the slot, Alyssa. Tonight I feel lucky."
Lips curving in quiet laughter, Alyssa plunked the quarter into the hungry machine and pulled the handle.
The colorful wheels spun madly, and then, to her surprise, two quarters cascaded into
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