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to play pool? I bet I can beat you.”
    Sam gave her a grin. “You’re on. What are we betting?”
    Jennifer cocked her head to the side. “Betting?”
    “Sure. We need to make it interesting.”
    She thought for a second and said, “How about a drink?”
    Or maybe a kiss?
    “Well, that’s boring,” he informed her, giving her a wink. “But sure. We can make it more interesting next game.”
    Jennifer made a choking sound as she laughed because she had just taken a sip of her fresh drink.
    “What’d we miss?” Tera asked, arriving at their table. “Oh! I see the drinks got here. Thanks again, Sam.”
    “Jennifer and I were just going to go play pool, weren’t we?”
    Sam gave her a challenging smile, his eyes sparkling. He barely acknowledged the other girls.
    All she could manage to do was nod. She saw Lily hit Tera out of the corner of her eye. She glared at them before she followed Sam.
    They headed over to the one empty pool table in the back of the bar and Sam smiled while he inserted the quarters.
    It didn’t take long for Jennifer to win their first game. Not long afterwards, another martini was placed in front of her. She still had half of her second one left, so she slammed it and set the glass down on the table.
    Pace yourself.
    “I’m impressed.”
    “With my game or drinking skills?”
    “Both.”
    Sam put a few more quarters in the table and started a new game while he continued to stare.
    Jennifer was feeling more relaxed after the two martinis. She leaned up against the table and grinned. “So, since you said betting a drink was boring, what should we bet on next?”
    Sam raised his eyebrow in a challenge. “How about a request?”
    “What do you mean?”
    “The winner gets to request something from the other person. Like, a ride home, or pay for lunch or something like that.”
    Say what?
    She pretended to hesitate, but sort of liked the idea. “Okay…I guess.”
    Sam’s chuckle was deep and throaty. “Nervous you’ll lose?”
    No. More like nervous I’ll win and make a fool of myself.
    “Nah, I’m good. Just trying to figure out what my request will be.”
    “I let you win that last game,” Sam told her with a cocky grin. “This one’s all mine.”
    “Sure of yourself, aren’t we?”
    As they played the second game, she noticed two things. One, he was playing a lot better than the first game. Two, if she thought he was flirting before, she was incredibly mistaken. He turned up the heat during this game and she couldn’t help but flirt back.
    He made excuses to touch her, whether to hand her the chalk or graze her by walking past her when it was his turn to shoot. He kept asking personal questions, things he never bothered to ask her before. Most of all, he didn’t take his eyes off of her.
    It should’ve been an easy win.
    She couldn’t believe it when she missed the winning shot. Jennifer told herself he distracted her by leaning up against the table and crossing his arms, showing off his muscles. Secretly, she wondered if she wanted him to win just to see what his request would be. He easily cleared the table at his next turn and won the game.
    He stood up and gave her a boyish grin. “I won.”
    “Don’t gloat. So what do you want?”
    She crossed her arms and tried to sound mad, but instead her stomach flipped and she had to push down the laugh that bubbled up.
    “I’ll let you know later.”
    Well, damn.
    She shook her head before he turned away. He sauntered over to the money machine to get more quarters. While his back was turned to her, she took the opportunity to check him out. She started at the top, gave a little more time in the middle and got down to his toes before he turned around again. She had to quickly look away so he wouldn’t catch her staring.
    As he was walking back towards her, he asked, “Same stakes?”
    “Sure.” I must be bat-shit crazy. “This game is all mine.”
    He shook his head. “I don’t think so.”
    This game was even