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suspected, just from her friends, but also from him. She was such a blend of blatant sexuality and shyness. It turned him on to watch her go from confident woman to reserved, because he knew that when he touched her, he could make her lose her inhibitions.
    â€œWhat are you feeling?” he asked, keeping his hand at the small of her back. Her sundress had a deep V in both the front and back.
    He stroked his finger along the fabric and watched her body react. Her skin flushed a little and then goose bumps spread up over her shoulders.
    â€œLust,” she said.
    â€œHow could you be around me and not experience that?” he said without blinking an eye.
    â€œWhat an ego you have.”
    She leaned back into his touch as if she couldn’t get enough of his hands on her, feeding his ego in away that no woman had done in a long time. She tipped her head to the side when he spoke, really listening to his words. And she showed him the real woman behind that perfect face and knockout body. The real woman, with all her faults and fears. That was a bigger turn-on than she could ever realize.
    â€œHey, you’re the one who brought up lust. The way I feel around you, it would be impossible to deny our attraction.”
    â€œImpossible?” she said, blinking at him.
    â€œOh, yeah. You’re not going to try it, are you?”
    â€œHow can I argue with a crazy man?”
    He laughed and realized that he was more relaxed here with her than he’d been at the poker table. That the game which had always been his release valve wasn’t working the way it was supposed to.
    When they reached the dining level, she paused and glanced at the row of restaurants that would impress the most jaded gourmet. Max was glad that the all-you-can-eat lobster buffets of the past were gone. Now, five-star restaurants and celebrity chefs were the norm in Las Vegas.
    â€œWhere are we going?” she asked.
    â€œDinner, remember? Is that lust thing messing with your mind?”
    â€œYeah, like that’d ever happen. I meant, where are we going for dinner?”
    â€œI promise you, before our night is over I willmake sure you are totally out of your mind with lust,” he said, lifting her hand to his mouth and brushing a kiss along the back of it.
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    Their dinner was a five-course affair at a themed casino restaurant—the Chimera’s Applewood Vineyard of Sonoma—the vineyard sponsored the restaurant and they’d sampled a different wine with every course. She felt very mellow and relaxed as Max led her out of the restaurant and up one more level to one of the smaller clubs on the entertainment level.
    While they waited outside for the doors to open, she saw the line to get into the main club revue. Her show. Not her show anymore. She’d left that behind…at least for now.
    â€œIs that where you used to work?”
    â€œUh-huh.” She felt butterflies in her stomach as she recalled how it felt each night to wait backstage for the house doors to open. She remembered how they’d all tease and laugh to hide their nerves, but even the fact that they went out on stage every night hadn’t dulled the magic that dancing and performing had always held for her.
    â€œRoxy?”
    She realized he’d spoken, said something. She pulled her gaze from the crowd of people and looked into his gray eyes. He was watching her with thatintense look that was half lust and half something she couldn’t read.
    â€œI’m sorry. I haven’t been up here since the…accident.” She flushed as she realized she’d mentioned something relating to her injuries.
    â€œDo you want to go into the show? Would that help?”
    â€œNo. I’d rather go into the jazz club.”
    The doors to their club opened and people slowly filed in. Max and Roxy waited until the crowd had lessened, and then approached the ticket taker. Max handed over their tickets, and they were seated at