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was talking about.
    “Okay, Ms. Thompson and Mr. Hancock.” Ray
walked into the office and sat in his chair. “Everything looks
good.” He handed her the marriage certificate and her ID. “Finish
filling out those forms and Aaron will walk you up to your
suite.”
    Stormie picked up the pen with an unsteady
hand. If Jayden did that to her with just a kiss, what would she be
like after he made love to her? “When do we get the money?”
    “The Gaming Commission has to verify the win,
which should only take about twenty-four hours.” Ray smiled. “I’ll
call you when we have your check ready to be picked up.”
    She got busy writing.
    “So, Mr. Hancock,” Ray said. “Any relation to
the Hancock who won a jackpot here in December?”
    Jayden grinned. “My brother.”
    Stormie clicked the pen closed and shoved the
completed papers back to Ray. “And his friend, Dallas Burns, just
won a bundle on roulette last month.”
    The manager looked off into space for a
moment. “Uh huh, I remember Mr. Burns…and his lady friend…and her
attorney.”
    “That’s them.” Jayden laid his arm across the
back of Stormie’s chair and rubbed his knuckles along the back of
her shoulder.
    Her insides heated and her chest tightened.
Just a few minutes more and she’d be alone with this cowboy.
    The manager stood. “We should come up with a
cowboy jackpot photo wall, for all the luck you fellas have been
having here.”
    Jayden stood and helped Stormie to her feet.
“As long as you keep holdin’ rodeos here, you’re gonna have a lot
of cowboys gettin’ lucky.” He squeezed her arm and winked at
her.
    With her knees turning to mush at his
suggestive glance, she let Jayden guide her out the door.
    Aaron jumped up from a desk in an office
across the hall. “Ready to head upstairs?”
    “Ready.” Jayden’s thumb traced a tiny but
effectively sensual path over her bicep as they thanked Ray and
headed out, following the chatty casino host.
    Stormie glanced at Jayden and caught the
intent look in his eyes. Gosh, he made her hot all over. Another
blip of panic hit. This was it. She’d finally experience what she’d
only read about in romance novels. She pushed aside her misgivings.
She wanted this. “Ready.” But her voice broke as she committed to
her plan.

Chapter Three
     
    As they left the casino business office,
Jayden watched the emotions on Stormie’s face change faster than
the reel on a slot machine. Finally, she set her jaw and nodded.
What the heck was going on with her? As they walked out the door
leading into the casino, he took her hand and gave her a reassuring
smile.
    The face she made back at him ranged
somewhere between a grin and a grimace. Cute. She was nervous about
what was going to happen once they reached the hotel suite. Oh man,
did he have plans. A slow strip of her clothes until she was naked
and quivering under the touch of his hands. He’d explore her with
his mouth, tasting every curve and plane, each texture and
temperature.
    Jayden breathed deep of her sweet, pure
scent. Pure? Why was he thinking the word “pure”? His headache came
back with a punch as he tried again to recall what had gone on
between them last month.
    His phone vibrated with an incoming text. He
pulled it from his pocket and read Rance’s message. Heading to
Roundup Bar with Dallas, yr brothr, & the ladies. Get
here.
    The rodeo must be over. He’d like to hear how
the short go went. All three of the cowboys had made it to the
final round, and they probably had done well. Too bad some of their
luck hadn’t rubbed off on him.
    Or had it? He’d won a jackpot—or half of
one—with a woman who made his body hard, his brain fuzzy, and his
heart all kinds of crazy.
    Aaron talked nonstop as they walked through
the casino and during the elevator ride to the top floor of the
hotel. He’d put seven hundred dollars of casino credit on their
room which they could use for anything but gambling.
    As the elevator doors opened,