The Bet
“Wishing she hadn’t lost her temper, she took a deep breath as she waved for a cab. She’d be regretting this night for months.
“Do you have the balls?”
Him. Why was he throwing her words back in her face?
Zoe looked into his eyes, surprised at how green they looked in the lamplight. Moss green. She said, “You want to wager that much? Yours’ll be about two hundred gran. Grand.” She teetered drunkenly.
He grabbed her shoulders to steady her. Through the cool evening, the heat of his hands infused ...her shirt. “Thanks,” she said, stumbling into his chest. She stayed there.
“You’re pretty good with numbers, Ice Queen. It took me half a beer to make that calculation.”
“Did you call me Ice Queen?” Zoe tried to sound outraged, but Phillip had to be the only man alive who noticed more than her ass. If it took ice to survive Wall Street, then so be it.
“Everyone calls you that—hell, you probably call you that.”
“Your point is?”
“You’ll melt.”
“Last guy didn’t think so.”MoreLess
“Do you have the balls?”
Him. Why was he throwing her words back in her face?
Zoe looked into his eyes, surprised at how green they looked in the lamplight. Moss green. She said, “You want to wager that much? Yours’ll be about two hundred gran. Grand.” She teetered drunkenly.
He grabbed her shoulders to steady her. Through the cool evening, the heat of his hands infused ...her shirt. “Thanks,” she said, stumbling into his chest. She stayed there.
“You’re pretty good with numbers, Ice Queen. It took me half a beer to make that calculation.”
“Did you call me Ice Queen?” Zoe tried to sound outraged, but Phillip had to be the only man alive who noticed more than her ass. If it took ice to survive Wall Street, then so be it.
“Everyone calls you that—hell, you probably call you that.”
“Your point is?”
“You’ll melt.”
“Last guy didn’t think so.”MoreLess
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