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that she’d confessed so much to him.
    â€œWe’re not through yet.”
    â€œI’m tired, Max. I need a break. I know that I owe you an apology for what happened on the plane.”
    â€œNo, you don’t. I really don’t mind waiting. When we do make love I want to take you in a bed, where I can stretch you out and really worship that luscious body of yours. But I want it to be about more than sex when we’re together.”
    She warmed inside, where the real Roxy had always lived. The shy dancer who just wanted to lose herself in the movements. She knew the image she projected was of an outgoing woman who could come through anything. But deep inside she’d always felt insecure, still the awkward adolescent who’d been dropped off at a group home.
    Max, for all his worldliness, had seen past the facade to the woman beneath.
    A group of Japanese tourists were headed straight for them and Max used his body to move her out of the flow of traffic. He backed her up against the sun-warmed wall of the casino, his tall muscular body surrounding hers and caging her.
    â€œHave dinner with me tonight,” he said, rubbing his lips over hers. His breath was minty and warm.
    She opened her mouth, hoping for a deeper kiss, but he only nipped at her lower lip and lifted his head.
    â€œI’m waiting.”
    â€œAre you asking me?” She knew he wasn’t. He was so used to having his way.
    â€œOnly if I have to. I think there’s something between us that deserves to be explored.”
    â€œShouldn’t you be playing poker? That is why you came to Vegas.”
    â€œI think I’ve hit the jackpot already.”
    She started to close her eyes against the charm she saw in his, but then she forced them open. She made herself look up and down the strip. To see the fake Eiffel Tower and pyramid. To remind herself that this was Las Vegas, baby. The place where sinful behavior was indulged in. Men like Max came to Vegas for one reason and one reason alone.
    But the way he held her didn’t feel as though he was looking for a cheap thrill. And he’d stopped earlier, on the plane, when she was willing to go further. “What do you want from me?”
    â€œA chance.”
    â€œWhy?”
    â€œBecause it’s been a long time since anyone has interested me as much as you do. I love the contradictions of you. The mystery of what makes you tick. And I want to solve it.”
    She leaned forward, breathing in the scent of his aftershave mixed with the salt from the sea breezes. “Max, I’m not worth all this effort.”
    â€œYou are to me. I’ll pick you up. Does eight sound good?”
    â€œYou’re not going to listen to me are you?” she asked.
    He gave her a half smile. “I always listen. It’s just that sometimes you say things you don’t mean.”
    â€œHow can you know that?”
    â€œBecause I’ve held you in my arms and looked deep into your eyes. I’m beginning to know what makes you tick.”
    â€œThen maybe I should pass on dinner. If you figure me out then I’ll have no place to hide.”
    â€œYou don’t need to hide from me.”
    â€œWhat about you?”
    â€œI’m not hiding from you.”
    But she knew he was. He was dazzling her with fancy plane trips and expensive trinkets. He was keeping the focus on her and she was letting him. “What about from yourself?”
    â€œI’m forty, the CEO of an international conglomerate and I’ve lived a full life. There’s nothing to hide.”
    She tipped her head to the side studying him. She knew he had secrets. Real secrets, the same as she did, and she wanted to know them, because she already liked him too much. She was very afraid that before too long, liking would turn to love. And, as he’d said, he was a sophisticated, successful man. The kind that didn’t marry a former topless dancer.

Six
    M ax spent the