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me.”
    â€œBut I won’t,” Cookie stated blankly.
    â€œ I know that, and you know that, but they don’t. So you’ve got to lay low, an’ tell Harry the same.”
    â€œ Crap! ”
    â€œWhat?”
    â€œMissing dinner at your house like major sucks!”
    â€œOh, I’m so sorry that my hot date messes up your weekend,” Max drawled sarcastically.
    â€œOkay, I like get it,” Cookie answered crossly. “No need to freak out.”
    â€œWho’s freaking out?”
    â€œYou are.”
    â€œI am so not.”
    But inside she was, just a tiny bit.
    Shutting her cell, she hurried over to her laptop and quickly logged in. “ I’ll be in Big Bear Friday afternoon ,” she tapped out. “ Where shall we meet? ”
    Within minutes Grant had e-mailed her back. “ Meet me in the Kmart parking lot. Stay in your car. I’ll find you .”
    I’ll find you! How romantic was that ?
    She rushed to her closet, desperately trying to decide what to wear. Skinny jeans or short skirt? T-shirt or sexy tank? Bra or no bra? Strappy heels or flats?
    She finally decided on tight jeans and a layered T-shirt—best to go the casual route, she didn’t want to look as if she’d tried too hard.
    How tall was he? She’d forgotten to ask.
    It didn’t matter. This weekend she was doing the deed with her Internet hottie.
    Oh yeah! She was doing the deed and there would be no regrets.
    Sorry, Donny. You blew it.
    *   *   *
    â€œRemember the first time we met?” Lucky murmured later that night as she and Lennie lay in bed.
    â€œYou think I could forget?” Lennie responded. “It was Vegas, an’ if I recall correctly, you tried to rape me.”
    â€œYou thought I was a hooker,” she said indignantly.
    â€œYeah,” he agreed, laughing. “And a very expensive one.”
    â€œScrew you,” she said, pretending to be mad. “I wanted to sleep with you and you turned me down.”
    He raised an eyebrow. “I did?”
    â€œYou know you did.”
    â€œYeah, well, didn’t we make a date for later and you failed to show?”
    â€œAs if I would after the way you treated me.”
    â€œ Then you had me fired,” he said, mock-frowning at the memories. “Nice. Very nice. I was out on my ass with nowhere to go but down.”
    Lucky smiled as she remembered. Lennie had been working stand-up in the lounge of the Magiriano, her hotel. She’d felt restless and lonely and he was there and available, so she’d invited him up to her suite, and when she’d indicated that she expected a lot more than conversation, he’d walked out on her.
    â€œThe thing is I’d heard you were such a major playa ,” she teased. “So how come you rejected me ?”
    â€œâ€™Cause you came on like a guy,” he said, reaching over her for a bottle of FIJI Water.
    â€œSomething wrong with that?” she said, challenging him with her dark eyes.
    â€œWhyn’t you shut up an’ c’mere,” he said, putting the bottle down.
    â€œOkay, mister,” she said, playing along. “Take off your pants and show me some action.”
    â€œThought I just did.”
    â€œOh, my bad,” she said, laughing softly.
    â€œHow quickly they forget,” he sighed.
    â€œForget you? Never ,” she said teasingly.
    â€œAnyone ever tell you you’ve got a smart mouth?” he said, throwing her a quizzical look.
    And before she could answer, he was pressing his lips down on hers and they were starting all over again.
    A long and sexy marriage suited both of them.

 
    CHAPTER ELEVEN
    â€œYou’re the best,” Emmanuelle crooned. “I’ve never met a man like you before. Oh my God , Anthony, you make me so weak .”
    She actually wanted to say weep , because sexually Anthony was totally inept. He was under the impression that climbing