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carpet if the show isn’t good,” Roxy said. Roger’s temper was legendary, but he usually only exploded if the chorus was loafing. And she couldn’t imagine Glenda or Tawny loafing. They took dancing as seriously as she did…had.
    â€œI didn’t see you at the blackjack tables earlier. I hoped that meant you’d be backstage,” Tawny said.
    â€œNot yet. I still have a few more surgeries before I’ll be ready.” But that wasn’t the truth. She’d never dance again. The combination of the strenuous show moves and the weight of some of the headdresses they wore would be too much for her body. The doctor had told her after her last surgery that dancing in Vegas was out. A showgirl no more.
    â€œGet well soon, girl,” Glenda said, giving her a hug before the two women moved on.
    Roxy leaned back against the wall for a second. She really wanted to sink into it and become invisible. Then she remembered she was in public and straightened up, forcing herself to head for the exit.
    The warm touch of a man’s hand on her back startled her. She jumped a little. But she knew that touch. The feel of that palm had been embedded in her memory already. She glanced back at Max.
    â€œYou okay?”
    â€œFine,” she said.
    He rubbed his hand down her arm, linking theirfingers together, and led her away from the casino floor and out of the hotel. “Who were those women?”
    â€œFriends of mine,” she said.
    â€œDancers?”
    She nodded. She wasn’t ready to talk about that part of her life. Not that he was probing into it. She knew her reaction had a lot more to do with the fact that she didn’t know how to deal with seeing her best friends than any question Max asked. “Where are we going?”
    â€œFor breakfast. I think I mentioned we’d eat after I finished that hand.”
    She flushed a little, remembering she hadn’t thought he’d really get up and leave the table after one hand.
    â€œUh-oh, what’s that look?”
    â€œWhat look?”
    â€œThat sheepish one.”
    â€œI didn’t think you’d actually leave after one hand.”
    â€œI’m a man of my word,” he said, pulling her to a stop in the middle of the path.
    She tipped her head back to stare into his eyes. He patiently let her look at him and she sighed deep inside realizing that she’d never met a man like Max before. She doubted she ever would again. He was solid through and through. He wasn’t part of the illusion of Vegas.
    â€œSorry. Most gamblers can’t leave.”
    â€œI really just do it for fun and to relax.”
    His fun had a much higher price tag on it than hers did. She could have bought a new house with some of the jackpots that were won and lost while Max played cards.
    â€œTell me about your job,” she said.
    â€œLater. We have to get moving to make our breakfast.”
    â€œAre we leaving the hotel?”
    He nodded, steering her down the path that led to Hayden’s private garage.
    â€œWe have some really nice—”
    He held up his hand. “I know. I’ve already talked to Hayden about moving you to be someone else’s hostess.”
    â€œYou did?” she asked. She couldn’t believe his gall. Did he think he owned the world?
    â€œNow don’t get mad.”
    â€œToo late. Do you think that you own me? I’m not sure that you listened when I said I don’t work for you.”
    â€œI heard that. That’s why I spoke to Hayden. I have other plans for you and I, Roxy.”
    She shook her head. “Maybe I don’t want to be a part of them.”
    He didn’t force her closer, but she felt surrounded by him. “I’m not like this normally, but there is something about you that draws me.”
    â€œLust?”
    â€œYes,” he said with a devilish grin. “But morethan that. If you don’t feel the same, then say the word and