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Chapter One

Don

Looking down at the colass of hin me not to reach out and touch the screen

When I hear the door to my office open, I don’t even have to look up to knoho it is

“Sir, she’s on the casino floor,” Dawson, my head of security, infor anything away Finally pulling ive him a nod, and he turns to leave After he closes the door behind hi out to touch the screen and run er across her face

Dawson didn’t have to tell me she’s here I knew she was In fact, I’ve knohere she was for the past three weeks Since the day she strolled into ht past me without a second look, her arrowl at the reminder

For the first tih h the casino, needing to get closer to her Listening to the laugh that drowned out the sounds of the rest of the casino It was infectious and so full of life Just like she was She pulled attention to her as she walked, chatting away, completely unaware of otten a little closer Her deep southern accent hit hmy dick come to life

I knew from that moment I was in trouble I was coht I kneas going to lose, which was so I was not accustomed to I needed to put myself out ofto be a fight because I knehat she was the first night I saw her The man she had her arm wrapped around had no idea, but I could tell From the subtle tics of her jahen he’d whisper in her ear, to the fake save him that he never see him, and for some reason the idea both pissedme in any way she saw fit

I grab my suit jacket from the back of my chair and slip it on as I rabbing a pile of papers off her desk Her stick-straight black hair doesn’t oes to follow o down a list of ite slack at work, and it’s driving her crazy, and for the first time in my life I don’t care I have an army of employees; they can handle it It’s what I pay them to do

I holdher know I’ll be taking it alone

“Handle it,” is all I say as the elevator doors start to close I see a scowl for it with a fake irritated s, but she won’t She’s already tried once, and I quickly shut her down I’oing to juht now

I ht for the blackjack table When I spot her, I stop a few steps back and watch her while she plays She’s counting cards as she laughs with the table, everyone charmed by her Her sloeet accent seems to pull everyone in

She keeps co back here around every three days or so Maybe she thinks the Golden Peacock is an easyher win hundreds of thousands of dollars In truth, I’ve been on to her fro back, and I didn’t care what it cost me as she stole from my casino Furthermore, I wanted her to be co in a bank roll to hide behind, because that’s what she’d been doing that first night I know if I see her on another rown too much now I already see her as mine

She plays the part of a woh roller pays for her chips as she starts to rob us The high roller has no idea what she’s up to She’s probably charht on the toith her I could understand that, too There wasn’t ht, and every night since, I h, was a room at a casino