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idea what it is or how to get it.
    “And you gotta get laid,” Archer adds with a chuckle. “We gotta find you a woman. I’m sure Ivy has some single friends.”
    “So does Marina. She knows everyone,” Gage says.
    Now they want to set me up. Great. “I can find my own woman, thank you very much.”
    “Really? Because you’re doing a pretty piss-poor job of it at the moment.” Gage laughs and Archer joins in.
    “Like I have time,” I mutter. Realization hits, and I decide to go in for the kill. “And hey, maybe I’m waiting because I’m in need of my payment.”
    “Payment?” They both echo, like it was rehearsed.
    I want to knock them both upside their heads.
    “Yeah, that little bet we made months ago? I’m here to collect,” I say, my voice smug. “So pay up.”
    “We don’t owe you shit,” Archer mutters.
    “Who’s the last man standing, hmm? I want my million dollars.” I could funnel it right back into the business. Hell, I’d probably give these two bastards a share of the profits from what I’d reinvest. I’m fair like that. I take care of my friends.
    “There is no way I’m paying you. That was a bullshit bet,” Gage protests.
    “You’re only saying it’s bullshit because you lost.” I drain my beer and set the empty bottle on the table with a loud thunk . “I expect payment within seven days.”
    “Oh, listen to you, all formal and shit. How about we make this a little more interesting.” Archer leans back in his chair, a gleam in his eye.
    Anticipation rolls through my brain, hums through my blood. “I’m open. What are you talking about?”
    “Give us sixty days. If you’re still single within that time period, we’ll pay you fair and square,” Archer says.
    “But—” Gage starts but Archer silences him with a look.
    “Sixty days? How about thirty?” I laugh. “I won’t be with any woman in thirty days, especially in a relationship with one.”
    “Thirty? That’s too short. None of us expect you to be in a relationship in thirty freaking days,” Archer says. “Make it forty-five.”
    “Forty-five?” Gage asks. He sounds horrified. “I still think that’s too short. How about ninety? That’s more reasonable.”
    “We never said this bet was reasonable,” I reply calmly. Freaking cheapskate Gage. “Forty-five days or you pay up now. It’s your choice.” I know I won’t be in any sort of relationship in that amount of time. Give me a break.
    “I want to add a stipulation.” Archer grins. “No sex either. So no relationship, no sex, no one night stands, nothing for you, Matt, for the next forty-five days. You withstand it, you’ll get your million bucks . . . plus another two-hundred fifty thousand to make it interesting.”
    “No freaking way,” Gage says.
    “Yes—way, jackass. We’re doing it,” Archer says, not even letting him argue.
    “Fine. Deal,” I say firmly. I’ve gone this long without sex, what’s another forty-five days? I can handle it.
    “God, you disappoint me. You’re so confident. I’d think you’d at least want to get some on occasion, you know?” Gage shakes his head, but I ignore him.
    “I’m agreeing to this,” I say. “I’m sure you two losers need the time anyway to gather up the funds to pay me so I get it. I can be a patient guy. No problem. But in forty-five days, I want my money. No excuses, no bullshit. Six hundred and twenty-five thousand each.”
    “Then we have a deal,” Archer says, a sly grin on his face. The asshole is up to something, I can tell.
    And I don’t like it.
    “Whatever. Deal,” Gage says much more reluctantly. The guy hates nothing more than wasting money, and I’m sure he views this payout as the ultimate waste.
    “So I hear Ivy’s taken your assistant out for lunch and shopping today,” Archer says, his voice casual. Too casual. “What gives?”
    “Really?” Curiosity fills me. I knew Ivy had taken a liking to Bryn and Bryn felt the same. But I didn’t realize