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"I don’t care I just want to be as far away froht at you, Erica Let’s just go say hi"

Alli waved at hi By some miracle, he’d become more handsome than I remembered In a black collared shirt and all black suit, he was flawless Inti Sexy as hell I took a deep breath and tucked a strand of hair behindhe couldn’t sense the sexual tension that was palpable at this point

We would reetedeyes "What a surprise"

I didth ofe only enhanced it

His lips parted slightly when his stare fixed there a second too long I straightened and broke away froeous htly shorter twin, his hair a few shades lighter and his eyes a darker hazel, alave us a little wave

"Erica, I’ shtly

"Nice to meet you, Heath This is Alli Malloy, one ofthe introduction went absolutely nowhere

Alli tore her gaze away froreet Blake "I’ve heard a lot about you, Mr Landon" She s her eyebrow a hair

Now that she’d seen hiainst, but her expression held no hint of sy on his brother, and any chance I had of her going to bat for one out the

"Place your bets!" The croupier released the ball onto the wheel

"Do you play roulette?" Blake asked

"I do, but I’ was off limits on this trip Not to mention the minimum bet at this table was 1,000

"Well, I am What numbers do you play?"

The ball slowed down on the wheel, and I felt an unnatural sense of urgency for him to bet while he still could "Um, nine and one" I blurted out my birthday, numbers that had served me well in the past

Blake placed 10,000 chips on both numbers and a few others, seconds before the ball dropped into the number nine slot Alli and I screamed in unison My heart beat wildly as I tried to do the math

"Number nine!" The croupier handed Blake five colorful chips

Blake gave one back to the ht hwith pent-up energy I pulled back defensively, startled by how much I craved his touch