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a destiny I was born to fulfill,” Jaden countered. “I love you, Ivan.”
    She leaned in to meet him and found what assurance she needed as their lips met in a kiss under the night sky. The heady scent of cigars and the sweet wine on her lips mingled to form a perfect union.
    “Ohh! I almost forgot!” she burst out, pulling away from Ivan’s kiss. “What is the red fabric on BoBo’s ears? I know the other fabrics are…ummm…the clothes we mutually ruined.”
    He laughed. “Very good. I didn’t know if you’d recognize my suits. Impressive! But mutually?”
    “Okay, maybe seventy-five/twenty-five my doing?”
    “That sounds about right. You can’t place the red silk, huh?”
    “No, I can’t.”
    “Really?”
    “No!”
    “Besides a very sad man, what else did you leave behind in Sarasota?”
    She thought for a moment about that hotel room after the Winemaker’s Dinner. “Oh, you pervert!” she shouted. “My panties!”
    “Bingo, baby!” Ivan announced in a terrible Austin Powers voice as he tickled her sides. “I am a man, after all.”
    “Ah, I love that bear even more now!” Jaden laughed, defending herself from his fingers. “Why is his name BoBo?”
    “It was the name of my favorite childhood stuffed animal, so I felt it was fitting. I slept with that BoBo every night and cherished him, so I hope this BoBo will provide the same comfort for you when we’re apart.”
    “Ahh…so sweet. Thank you,” she said with a giggle. “But what about something for you?”
    “I still have what’s left of your panties for that.” He gave her a creepy waggle of his eyebrows.
    “Way to ruin a beautiful moment, Romeo.”
    “You laughed, so mission accomplished!”
    After a good laugh, Jaden settled back in the chair with Ivan.
    “Are you hungry?” he asked.
    “I could eat.”
    “What are you in the mood for? And don’t ask for a repeat performance just yet—but you can bet your sweet ass I’m not finished with you.”
    “You choose,” Jaden replied.
    “I’d hoped you’d say that, because I made reservations.”
    “So I just played right into your little plan, didn’t I?”
    “Yes, ma’am!” He nudged Jaden out of his lap and stood. “Now go put on a pretty dress, and be ready to go in ten minutes.”
    “You forgot one teeny little thing.”
    “I don’t forget anything,” Ivan said with a smug look on his face.
    “I don’t have a bag, much less a pretty dress.”
    “You do have a bag.”
    “No, I don’t, I didn’t—wait. You packed a bag for me?”
    “It’s in the closet in the bedroom.”
    “Amazing!” Jaden yelled as she raced toward the bedroom. She tossed the robe on the bed, grabbed the bag, and hurried into the bathroom to get ready.

Chapter 5
    “Baby, I Love Your Way”
    I VAN Z IPPED U P H IS P ANTS , buttoned the last two buttons of his fitted white dress shirt, and cinched his tie around his neck. He attached a pair of turquoise links to his French cuffs and spritzed on a little Blue before he slipped into his loafers. After a final check to be sure his hair flowed properly down his collar, he headed for the living room. There he found a girl draped in the aura of a beauty queen wearing an all-too-perfect black and white ensemble that hugged her hips and didn’t let go.
    “Why was I not surprised to find a skirt that barely covers my ass in that little bag of tricks you packed?” Jaden asked with a raised eyebrow.
    “What? That’s your size, isn’t it?”
    “When I was in grade school!” she shot back. But then she gave him a sensual smile as she worked the fabrics that clung to her curves as if they were painted on.
    He felt his breath catch. “If it were up to me, you’d wear that size all the time. God damn, you are delicious.”
    “How delicious?” she replied. She leaned in for a kiss and pressed her body against him.
    “Can’t you feel me?” he said, hinting at the erotic beast begging to be released. But reservations needed to be kept, he