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“Never” She lowered the glass “Casey's going to have to workof Casey, I feel obligated to give you a heads-up I overheard her and Becca talking They've all but got you tied to the bed in your suite, taking turns until none of you can walk in the ”

He rested his hip against the sill and lifted his drink to suck down half the Kentucky Mule floating there, then scanned for the brunette again Casey had been joined by another dark-haired wonized fro him the same look

“Oh yeah?” he asked, trying to cover for the dive in his mood

“Oh yeah” The words dripped innuendo, along with a hint of disgust “Hey, you deserve to play a little I haven't seen you with a chick since you got here alo But the murky depths of those women's minds scare me”

“Thought nothing scared you”

She huh to rattleout responsibility for the sexual paraphernalia-lube, cuffs, vibrators, anal beads, nipple claes-I have to admit, it turned dicey I'ht to put 9-1-1 on speed dial in case you need to call in the cavalry” Her hazel eyes focused on hi”

He purposely tried to engage his threesoht, Troy's schedule had been brutal, but not just for thaton fifteen weeks He was in desperate need of extracurricular activity, but he was having trouble working up the interest And the fact that he was still letting Giselle get to him seven years later seriously pissed him off

“They must not have seen what kind of day we had” Troy tossed back the rest of his bourbon “Please tell me you're as sore as I am”

“Hell, yes” Her soft slow “I' to make one more round of small talk here, then I'm headed to the hot tub, the masseuse, and bed, in that order”

“Dained hot water and skilled hands easing his aches and pains “Why didn't I think of that?”

“Probably because you're too busy thinking about what you've been trying to forget since you got here”

He pulled his gaze froades stuntmen, Keaton and Duke, where they chatted up a couple of blonde production assistants, and refocused on Zahara “If that's a riddle, I give up”

Her gaze returned to the , her focus directly across the strip She lifted her drink toward the Mirage “She's really beautiful So…country fresh, you know? And her voice…” Z shook her head and sighed “There really are no words She's absolutely a”

Troy's heart took a free fall straight to his stolass

He scanned the people in the rooone by the tiades Then his ades' forinia with Nathan Ryker, Troy's best friend since childhood and the closest thing he had to a brother Which meant…