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“You can’t
go around flashing that much money around, sir.” Two strangers
passed by them going on down the street not paying them any
mind.
    “ It’s Jay,” he introduced
himself abruptly.
    “ Have you lost your mind?”
she asked incredulously.
    “ No. I saw you last night
and I want you still.”
    Why did his words send tingles through her?
Compose yourself, Phoebe. “Put that money away before someone comes
and shoot us both.”
    He was not one to give up so easily. Plus, if
she weren’t the least bit attracted to him, she would have walked
away after giving him a sound slap across the face. “How much?” he
asked putting a handover hers keeping her close.
    “ You have no idea who I
am,” she said exasperated.
    “ Then tell me your
name.”
    She sighed. “If I tell you will you put the
money away?”
    “ Maybe.”
    She decided to give him her middle name.
“April.”
    “ So how do I propose,
April, into just speaking with you?” he questioned.
    Phoebe looked at her watch. “Speaking with
me?”
    “ Ten minutes of your time
to just interest you in what I would like to offer. One hundred
dollars for ten minutes.”
    He was either crazy or desperate!
    “ Ten minutes of my time for
a hundred dollars?” she questioned in disbelief.
    “ Ten minutes to interest
you.” He started to touch her cheek, but inches from her skin, he
realized how forward it might be, so he withdrew his hand, but
noted that she didn’t move away from him almost touching her. “If
we’re not interested with each other in ten minutes, you’ll still
have one hundred dollars.”
    A cold breeze went straight through her. She
was highly interested, but it seemed so crazy. “I’ll time you,” she
warned.
    He handed her a bill and opened the limousine
door. “Not until we’re inside.”
    Warily, Phoebe moved past him and ducked her
head in the limousine. “Wait!” She stood up again out the car.
“Give me your ID or something.”
    He pulled out his wallet and passed her an
American Express Gold card. “Is that good enough?”
    “ I guess.” She clutched it
tightly in her hand, then ducked into the limousine and moving over
so he could get in next to her. “Are you hungry?” he
asked.
    “ Ten minutes,” she warned
again. “And tell your driver to head to Cadillac
Square.”
    He instructed the driver immediately, and
then put the divider up for privacy. She had her arms wrapped
around her waist practically sitting across from him for
distance.
    With a hesitant look on his face, he seemed
to not know how to really begin, but started off saying, “I guess I
should get to the point.” He answered her previous question. “Yes,
I could have had any woman on the strip, but they were not
you.”
    “ Flattery will get you
nowhere. What makes you think I’m not diseased or
something?”
    “ Are you?”
    “ No!” she said insulted he
would think so, but she had asked for it so she shouldn’t be so
touchy. Plus by taking his money, it had initiated the fact that it
was possible for her to be bought for with a price.
    “ Neither am I, so we’ve
gotten that out the way. I’m willing to take any precautions
necessary to ensure safety. I just want to know how
much.”
    “ I can’t believe you are
not crazy. You must be. You can’t go around and ask ordinary women
this.”
    “ You are certainly not
ordinary, April and I know this which is why I’m willing to make it
worth your precious time.” A very serious look came on his face and
Phoebe found herself short of breath with his intense gaze. He
continued yet this time his words were slow, with a little bit more
clarity and there was a strange huskiness in his voice. “I want
you, April.”
    He was even better looking in the light, she
thought. “And how much is worth my time, Jay?”
    “ One thousand.”
    “ Plus the
hundred?”
    “ Of course.” He could see
the dancing of her eyes. She needed or wanted the money badly, but
was desperately fighting with her