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Gritting his teeth and silently i every way he could slowly dismember the lanky pink-haired waif he would hunt down as soon as he’d coas, he raised his eyes to the darkening sky

There were too rey clouds for him to locate the moon but he was sure if he could it would be full Usually, he wasn’t a superstitious person but how else to explain a day that had started out great and gone downhill at a rate of knots First his PA had quit, clai he was too hard a taskued by an iainst the live export of aniht have contributed coin to had they not held hi—only to arrive at the airport to find his plane had rounded The only available flight out of Sydney for Vegas had one seat available

And it hadn’t been first class

Not that he was a snob Far frorown up in a low- tofirst class until he had turned his father’s business around in his early twenties

No, it wasn’t coach per se that had bothered hi squashed into a seat his tall fra what should have been a sixteen-hour flight while others slept or watchedits fingers through the back of the seat and dislodging his paperwork on the tiny tray they called a table

He sighed wearily His currently dishevelled state wasn’t exactly the way he had planned to greet his nemesis, Martin Ellery, but okay, he’dsoainst thistwelve o when his father had passed away

Tonight it would happen, and no ot in his way Aidan wouldn’t countenance failure Had, in fact, never failed at anything in his life And he couldn’t fail at this because he had proet back at the man who had ruined his life And a pro meant to be honoured

Unfortunately the Chatsfield casino house rules were very specific on this night that would pit soainst one another If you ame

He checked his watch and his agitation grew

Just when he was conte a helicopter a cavalcade of taxis came into view and the line of weary commuters cheered

A cru into the first cab She looked at him

Aidan had seen that look on women’s faces plenty of ti him off for the past five minutes