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his forearm. Hard, corded muscles bulged under her
fingers.
    "No, it ain't." He glared at his brother. "He
knows better."
    "Let him be." Dallas took off his hat, got up from
the couch, and walked behind the bar. "It's close to his bedtime
anyway."
    Jayden popped up from crouching behind the bar and pointed
the champagne bottle at Dallas. "I got a fake ID that says I can drink and
gamble all night if I want." Without his cowboy hat, he looked so young.
    Setting five tumblers on the bar, Dallas chuckled.
"Fill up our glasses. We need to have a real toast to our big
winners."
    Looking around the room, Gieselle didn't spot Kira.
    Dallas nodded toward the closed door of the other bedroom.
"She got a call." He narrowed his eyes. "Does she have a man
back in New York?"
    Boone hefted out a breath. "Dallas?"
    Jayden poured champagne into the glasses. "Watch out.
He's doing that bonding thing again."
    Dallas pounded a fist on the bar. "It's not like that.
I just want to make sure I'm not moving in on another man's woman."
    Gieselle watched the cowboys' body language, weighing their
words. Evidently Dallas had some history with women he was trying to live down.
    "No." She took Boone's hand and pulled him with
her out of the bedroom. "She doesn't have a man. She's free and
clear." Gieselle walked to the bar and slid onto a barstool.
    Dallas handed her a glass. "Ma'am."
    Boone stepped up behind her, his arm draping across the back
of the stool. He picked up a tumbler and touched it to hers. "To
tonight." His eyes darkened and his mouth curved slightly. "When we
can lock these clowns out of our suite."
    She laughed. "The best toast I've ever heard." She
sipped her champagne.
    "Hey." Jayden walked out from behind the bar and
jumped onto the barstool next to hers. "Mom said you were supposed to keep
an eye on me." He grabbed a glass and chugged it down.
    "Just how young are you?" Gieselle took a closer
look at his cute face.
    "Almost twenty-one." He glanced at his brother.
"He's twenty-three." He looked into her eyes. "How old are
you?"
    Boone shook his head. "You don't ask a lady that."
    "Jayden, damn." Dallas refilled their glasses.
"You have no class, dust eater."
    "Hey, I landed on my feet today." Jayden's jaw
tightened.
    "You didn't go more than two seconds on that crow
hopper." Dallas leaned on the bar. "You do better at practice than
you do at events. Why's that?"
    Jayden blushed and shrugged.
    Kira came out of the bedroom, pasting a smile on her face.
"What are we talking about?"
    "How old Gigi is." Jayden grinned.
    Gieselle met her girlfriend's gaze with an inquisitive look.
Was everything all right?
    Kira smiled and nodded at her, then looked at Jayden.
"How old do you think she is?"
    "I'm gonna say twenty-one."
    Gieselle laughed. "I'll be graduating with a masters in
business this spring." She glanced at Jayden. "What does that make
me?"
    He whistled. "Impressive."
    She shook her head. "No, I mean—"
    "Then what?" Jayden leaned closer to her.
"What are you going to do after you graduate?"
    "I've got a couple internship offers at companies in
Manhattan." She looked at Boone. "But I think I'm going to use the
casino's money and go for it. Start my own company."
    He nodded, a pensive look in his eyes.
    Kira set down her glass. "Prestigious companies in New
York. Gieselle's graduating top of her class." She pointed at her friend.
"Companies that would look really good on your resume."
    Gieselle nodded then frowned. "I can't make the
decision right now. I've got too much rattling around in my mind." Top of
the list; Boone, and the bedroom so close to them.
    "All right, so you start college at eighteen."
Jayden calculated on his fingers. "I'd say you'd have to be twenty-three,
but you sure don't look it."
    She smiled at Boone. "Twenty-five tomorrow." She
batted her eyes. "Is that too old for you?"
    He let out a laugh. "Practically a cougar." He
leaned down and kissed her. "You're perfect."
    Something warm and sweet spread through her