By Susan Andersen
Professional poker participant Jax Gallagher must have identified greater than to guess an international sequence baseball that wasn't his to lose. Now the fellow who gained the collectible is challenging his prize…or else. hassle is, the ball is owned via his estranged father's widow—a flamboyant Las Vegas showgirl. Jax will do no matter what it takes to get it back.
Yet Treena McCall is whatever however the ruthless gold digger Jax expects. She's outfitted a existence for herself full of strong pals and tough paintings. And she's acquired adequate on her plate attempting to cling directly to her activity as a dancer with no being wined, dined and seduced by means of attractive Jax Gallagher….
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He looked at her. ” She grinned. ” She cocked an inquiring eyebrow at him. ” “Is that what brings you here? ” “Then you must be here on business. Or am I jumping to conclusions again? ” “A little of both. First I’m reacquainting myself with one of my hometowns. ” She waved a hand before he had a chance to respond. ” She studied him. “Your jacket is exquisite. ” “Okay, expensive, fairly conservative, and you’ve got that great dressy-casual thing going by pairing it with those silk T-shirts. ” She gazed at his sun-streaked brown hair, which, while far from long, was a little longer and perhaps just the tiniest bit shaggier than the average businessman would wear.
Thank you. ” He rose, as well, and stood looking down at her. “Listen,” he said slowly. “I don’t supposed you’d consider—” With a shake of his head, he cut himself off and, combing a hand through his disheveled hair, he stepped back. “No, never mind. ” “Nothing. ” Treena shrugged, but her heart skipped like crazy and only through sheer force of will did she stop herself from demanding to know what he’d been about to say. Then he dropped his hand to his side, raised his lean jaw, and said, “What the hell.
He set the letter carefully on the hotel desk then crossed the room to the courtesy bar. Digging out two mini bottles, he poured their contents into a glass. Not bothering to dilute it, he knocked back the drink, then poured another double and carried it over to the window. Sipping this one, he stared out the window at the Alps. The view that had knocked his socks off yesterday barely registered now. He caught himself rubbing his chest, feeling as if he had a huge gaping hole where his heart should be.