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Authors: Scarlett Finn
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a woman believe that this man was harmless, Ivy knew different.
‘Saul,’ she said.
‘Hey, baby,’ he said, ducking to kiss her cheek. ‘Why didn’t you tell me you were in town?’
‘How did you find out?’ Backing off, she tucked in her towel and let him enter the room.
‘I heard you were in the old neighbourhood,’ he said, sauntering in and scrutinising the details of the room. ‘Where’s the hubby?’
‘California,’ she said.
Saul spun around to land her in his sights. ‘It’s finished already?’
‘It’s not finished, he’s working,’ she said. ‘I came here to tie up my loose ends.’
‘Am I on that list?’ he asked, sinking down to sit on the end of the bed. He stretched his legs out and relaxed back on his hands.
‘Actually yes,’ she said. ‘But I hadn’t gotten to you yet.’
‘Now I’m here,’ he said, leaning forward to tug on the flap of her towel. ‘Just in time to show you a good time.’
Her smile flared. ‘No fun,’ she said, stepping over his legs to head back toward the bathroom. ‘You wait out here, I’ll talk to you in a minute.’
She hadn’t locked a bathroom door in months, but she did it now, which just proved how little Ivy trusted Saul Haynes. Saul was a great friend to everyone who met him, he was a guy who knew how to get things and networking was one of his best assets. Saul knew everyone, she had never known a person with so many connections. So it shouldn’t have surprised her that he knew she was back in Vegas, what did surprise her was that he’d come here looking for her.
After drying her hair and pulling on the clothes she’d selected for the day, Ivy went into the bedroom to find Saul standing in front of the window with her wallet in hand. Her purse was on the small round table beside him, next to the proud lamp also located there. Without an ounce of shame, he slid her credit card out of its slot.
‘Harrow,’ he read.
‘That’s right,’ she said, crossing the room to take both wallet and credit card away from him.
‘Don’t know him.’
Putting her purse back together, a smile tilted her lips. ‘I thought you knew everyone.’
‘Everyone in Vegas,’ he said.
‘You used to say that you knew everyone on the West Coast.’
‘Does he have siblings? Who does he work for?’
‘You don’t know him,’ she said, unwilling to reveal too much of who Dax was.
‘I might, maybe I’d know him if I saw him.’
Placing her purse back on the table, she squinted up. ‘Does it upset you that there’s a stranger out there? Someone you don’t know?’
He shrugged and sat down in the tub chair angled in the corner near the table. ‘Not really, I know him now, don’t I? You can introduce us.’
‘He’s in California,’ she said. ‘Did you not hear me say that a few minutes ago?’
‘Yeah, but we’ll cross paths eventually. You’re not planning to cut me out of your life. We’ve shared a lot… is he the jealous type? Possessive? If he’s controlling—‘
‘No man can beat you on that score, can they?’ she said, leaning away when he snagged her skirt.
‘You loved being my girlfriend,’ he said. ‘We had a lot of good times.’
‘Yeah, but not exclusively,’ she said.
‘That why you ran off and married Harrow? You looking for payback?’
‘I left you, Saul, don’t re-write history, and I did it months ago.’
Ivy met Saul on one of her few nights out in Las Vegas, and he had pursued her with zeal. But after six months together the sheen had definitely faded. By the time she encountered Trystan Stark in his GoldSpring suite, she and Saul had been broken up for around five months.
Breaking up with Saul had been such a relief for her and for a time she had worried that he wouldn’t let her go. But when he moved on to another busty brunette, Ivy was quickly forgotten.
One thing that Saul was not short of was female attention, or any kind of attention. His attention span was notoriously short, but he
‘Saul,’ she said.
‘Hey, baby,’ he said, ducking to kiss her cheek. ‘Why didn’t you tell me you were in town?’
‘How did you find out?’ Backing off, she tucked in her towel and let him enter the room.
‘I heard you were in the old neighbourhood,’ he said, sauntering in and scrutinising the details of the room. ‘Where’s the hubby?’
‘California,’ she said.
Saul spun around to land her in his sights. ‘It’s finished already?’
‘It’s not finished, he’s working,’ she said. ‘I came here to tie up my loose ends.’
‘Am I on that list?’ he asked, sinking down to sit on the end of the bed. He stretched his legs out and relaxed back on his hands.
‘Actually yes,’ she said. ‘But I hadn’t gotten to you yet.’
‘Now I’m here,’ he said, leaning forward to tug on the flap of her towel. ‘Just in time to show you a good time.’
Her smile flared. ‘No fun,’ she said, stepping over his legs to head back toward the bathroom. ‘You wait out here, I’ll talk to you in a minute.’
She hadn’t locked a bathroom door in months, but she did it now, which just proved how little Ivy trusted Saul Haynes. Saul was a great friend to everyone who met him, he was a guy who knew how to get things and networking was one of his best assets. Saul knew everyone, she had never known a person with so many connections. So it shouldn’t have surprised her that he knew she was back in Vegas, what did surprise her was that he’d come here looking for her.
After drying her hair and pulling on the clothes she’d selected for the day, Ivy went into the bedroom to find Saul standing in front of the window with her wallet in hand. Her purse was on the small round table beside him, next to the proud lamp also located there. Without an ounce of shame, he slid her credit card out of its slot.
‘Harrow,’ he read.
‘That’s right,’ she said, crossing the room to take both wallet and credit card away from him.
‘Don’t know him.’
Putting her purse back together, a smile tilted her lips. ‘I thought you knew everyone.’
‘Everyone in Vegas,’ he said.
‘You used to say that you knew everyone on the West Coast.’
‘Does he have siblings? Who does he work for?’
‘You don’t know him,’ she said, unwilling to reveal too much of who Dax was.
‘I might, maybe I’d know him if I saw him.’
Placing her purse back on the table, she squinted up. ‘Does it upset you that there’s a stranger out there? Someone you don’t know?’
He shrugged and sat down in the tub chair angled in the corner near the table. ‘Not really, I know him now, don’t I? You can introduce us.’
‘He’s in California,’ she said. ‘Did you not hear me say that a few minutes ago?’
‘Yeah, but we’ll cross paths eventually. You’re not planning to cut me out of your life. We’ve shared a lot… is he the jealous type? Possessive? If he’s controlling—‘
‘No man can beat you on that score, can they?’ she said, leaning away when he snagged her skirt.
‘You loved being my girlfriend,’ he said. ‘We had a lot of good times.’
‘Yeah, but not exclusively,’ she said.
‘That why you ran off and married Harrow? You looking for payback?’
‘I left you, Saul, don’t re-write history, and I did it months ago.’
Ivy met Saul on one of her few nights out in Las Vegas, and he had pursued her with zeal. But after six months together the sheen had definitely faded. By the time she encountered Trystan Stark in his GoldSpring suite, she and Saul had been broken up for around five months.
Breaking up with Saul had been such a relief for her and for a time she had worried that he wouldn’t let her go. But when he moved on to another busty brunette, Ivy was quickly forgotten.
One thing that Saul was not short of was female attention, or any kind of attention. His attention span was notoriously short, but he
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