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My cheer faded, suddenly I was only going to be the toast of this rooht I’d stepped into a dream and now, in the middle of it, was all too aware that it would be over before I even realized it

"We’ll be dining at Ciel Bleu and, if you are so inclined, there will be dancing nearby in the hotel afterward"

I gaped "Dancing? What sort of dancing? You e look He looked adorable when he screwed up his face like that Like a little boy, al he dressed in, whether it was jeans and a casual shirt, a designer business suit or this scru suit and crisp white dress shirt I couldn’t forget what lay under that polished suit That perfect body, those hard, defined muscles That tattoo with a woman’s name just above his heart

Who was she? And asn’t she in his life anyht was through

He held a bubbling flute out to me "Come, have a sip Then let’s be off"

I should have told him that I didn’t date I should have told hio out If we just took our clothes off and did this now But I didn’t want to I didn’t want the o away so soon and somehow I knew that the moment the act was finished, it would be

"Not even one little hint? Colass of iced mineral water

His dark eyes flickered with amuseon Epoch had been searching for clues to start the secret chain of quests that lay in the Golden Mountains region for s ever hidden in an online gaa to take advantage and try to weasel soa on that quest chain for months There are entire wikis and databases full of clues"

He grinned, looking off to the side, as if re funny "Yeah Half of that stuff is pure bullshit Some of it was planted by our own developers"

I sat back and groaned "Pretty please?"

"Eht and I won’t tell you I ahed, surprised at the heated flush crawling up my cheeks I’d been told before that I had pretty eyes They were large, round, dark and my lashes were thick I suppose people found them attractive and I usually accepted the co seous butt or lovely breasts Thank God for that because it probably would haveabout the way Adaly It was so nonchalant He didn’t throw out the compliment as a way to score points with eous eyes as if it were a well-known fact--and that no a theet areat to start with but as I had cohout our day in A to know all of his secrets What drove his of hisso ostentatious as to fly in a sandwich for his lunch? What was his faht months and asn’t he with someone now?

And as Sabrina? Why did he have her name tattooed over his heart--asuch a sentiesture? Perhaps he’d had it done when he was very young or drunk She was the lost childhood love who broke his heart byOrthat he’d dropped out of college He’d already made his first couple million by then Still, I couldn’t help but wonder why he hadn’t finished what he’d started--especially when he see over this, he asked e plans "So Heath y early and are taking the selass I shot hiap year’ without the Europe experience, but this ht well count for that, even if it’s only for two days" I sipped again There was no reason to tell hi to retake the damn test that was the bane ofnext year off and then on to med school"