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“Fun?” Savannah asked, as if she were considering eating poison

Matt, Katie and Margot all nodded and pulled up a chair fro off its seat

“Stay,” he said

He could see the weigh scales inside of her head, the intricate systeht she and her whole fa she could stop torturing herself with the idea of being someone else, and simply be happy ho she was

She jerked the tie on her robe tighter and stepped to the table, all business

“What are we playing?” she asked and everyone cheered

And Matt fell totally in love

TWO HOURS LATER Katie was curled up on Margot’s bed and Matt was getting schooled

“You’ve got to be kiddingas Savannah laid down her flush, killing his two of a kind For about the third time in a row

“She alas the best card player,” Margot said, watching her granddaughter with pride “Even better than Tyler”

Savannah’s smile was like a kitten with its paw in the creaht into his bloodstreaered between her breasts, the plush white curves of which looked like velvet against the dark satin robe

She was all contradiction right now Light and dark Serious and coy Flirtatious and crushing all in the sa fingers, the swell and dip of her lips as she tried not to smile

Her hair, all that nificent blond hair, like some kind of veil

And she was a shark An absolute card-playing shark

He was in love No doubt about it After she’d spanked hi blue eyes and realized—this was it

There would never be another woman for him

“You’re not too bad yourself,” Savannah said, watching him from the corner of her eye, a smile on her lips

Christ, his erection pounded under the table Absolutely all his blood was in his lap He could barely see straight