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tonight?"
    "Why not? We're both so good at games of chance," she mocked, feeling an overwhelming desire to bait and tease. It wasn't at all her normal style, but she was beyond questioning her own behavior now.
    "Ah." He nodded as if he understood exactly what she was doing. "I must warn you that I feel an overpowering need to win tonight."
    "Meaning you might resort to cheating?"
    "Will that be necessary?" The eyes of antique gold seemed to shimmer for a moment as he searched her expression.
    "Yes, no, maybe. Do you expect me to go to bed with you when I hardly even know you?"
    " Yes , no, maybe," he retorted softly. "I only know I want you." He paused "I take that back. I know something else. I know I need you tonight Come upstairs with me, Alyssa."
    "Upstairs?"
    "I have a room in this hotel," he explained, watching her intently.
    "But I'm staying in the hotel where I met you," she began, feeling strangely confused by the accelerated pace at which the evening of illusion was beginning to move.
    "You won't need anything. I'll supply everything you ask for tonight Alyssa. Take a chance and trust me, honey."
    "I never take chances when I can't calculate the odds," she made herself say deliberately. Yet she was longing to take his hand and go with him. The sweet desire to abandon herself to fate this evening was Generated by ABC Amber LIT Conv erter, http://www.processtext.com/abclit.html
    growing with every second that passed
    "I can't seem to calculate the odds tonight, either,"Jordandrawled softly, leaning forward to brush the lightest of kisses against the tip of her nose. "We'll go into this game evenly matched."
    "You mean evenly uncertain about the outcome," she countered.
    "Haven't you ever wondered what it really means to take a genuine gamble? One where you can't predict the final card in the deck?"
    "I find the thought a little frightening," she admitted, unable to look away from his gaze.
    "But you're a daring lady gambler, remember? Come with me, Alyssa, and we'll find out together what chance has in store for us." As if he knew the depths of the spell he had castJordandidn't wait for an answer. Tossing the cash on the table for the drinks they had not finished, he stood up and tugged Alyssa up beside him.
    Without another word, he guided her through the lounge, out across the wide casino floor and over to the elevators on the far side. In a sensually taut silence, they traveled to the high reaches of the huge hotel.
    When the elevator doors opened onto a wide hallway decorated in the typically ornateLas Vegasstyle, Alyssa hung back for a moment Then Jordan was gently crowding her out into the thickly carpeted halL
    "Don't think about the future, sweetheart," he coaxed huskily. "Just think about how much I need you tonight" His arm around her waist was binding, the palm of his hand against her hip a heated branding iron that burned through the thin material of the draped black dress.
    "Jordan?" She turned a questioning face up to him as he brought them to a halt in front of one of the doors.
    "You'll have to forgive the room, honey," he said on a note of wry humor as he shoved the key into the lock. "I didn't have much choice!"
    "The room? But I... Oh!"
    Alyssa stared in shock as he opened the door and switched on the light "Oh, my goodness," she managed before the laughter overtook her. "I had no idea there was anything like this available! My room is quite ordinary."
    "Anything is available in Vegas for a price, but I give you my word I didn't request this."Jordangrimaced ruefully as he shut the door with quiet firmness. "The front desk said it was all they had left"
    It was undoubtedly some decorator's fantasy of a room devoted to passion. Everything appeared to be done in red—heavy, plush bordello red. The bed was round and elevated on a red-carpeted pedestal.
    There was a round canopy above lined with a round mirror. Red velvet drapes framed the view of the endlessLas Vegasnight, and one wall was done in