Page 38 of Wild Ace

“Thanks for staying with her. You can go,” I tell Javie, who’s standing guard outside the room.

“Sure, boss.”

I wait for him to leave before I open the door with a smirk already in place. “Well, hello, dolcezza. I wasn’t expecting to see you again under these circumstances.”

“I didn’t want you to think of me as predictable.”

“I wouldn’t dare.” I flash her a grin and place the briefcase on the table in front of her. “You’re full of surprises.”

Lexi turns towards me in her chair and crosses one of her long legs over the other, both of them on display in that sexy little dress of hers.

She’s a sparkling beacon of hope, reeling me into her gravitational orbit until I’m hers, and I want to be hers more than anything.

“Do you mind if I count my money? I don’t want to be cheated out of what I earned.”

“You don’t want me to cheat you? That’s interesting, since you’re the one who cheated me and my casino to get this money.”

A slow smile spreads across her beautiful face. “I didn’t cheat. I’m just very lucky.”

“Then I guess I’m lucky, too. You could’ve chosen any casino in town to cheat in, and you chose mine. But then again, you may have luck on your side as well. Other casinos might not be as nice as I am. They might’ve just kicked you out without your money and banned you for life.”

“Is this you being nice? A hand delivery of my money and you’re letting me keep what I’ve earned?”

“Mhmm,” I hum.

Half-sitting on the table, I rub my jaw and lick my lips – Lexi’s eyes following my every move.

“And how do you know yours is the only casino I’ve been lucky at?”

My eyebrows raise. “Am I not?”

“I’ve been lucky a lot over the years. Within reason, of course. But I can say I’ve never let myself get noticed before.”

My girl likes to run her game around town.

Fuck, that’s sexy.

“So, you don’t normally wear sexy little dresses and run up over a hundred grand in winnings?”

“No.” She winks, popping the clasps open on the briefcase. “You’re the only one to make me mad enough to do that.”

Pulling out a bundle of cash, Lexi fans the edges of the bills and gives me a sly little grin that has my cock hard in an instant. She holds a few stacks in each hand, a proud look in her eyes. “Well, tonight was fun, but I’m going to go.”

“You can go when I say you can go,” I tell her, and her eyes harden. “This is my casino, remember? I’m prepared to hold you here all night.”

“Why?”

“Because I’ll take any and every opportunity to spend time with you.”

“Even when it involves you holding me against my will?”

“That’s the fun part.” I wink, and her eyes melt, clearly turned on by the notion of being held hostage by me.

God, she’s fucking perfect.

Lexi blinks and her eyes focus on me again. “I came here to prove a point,” she says, her eyes now two blue flames. “I don’t need your money and I don’t need you to fix anything else in the deli. You wanted my attention and you wanted to piss me off enough to come to you, and you’ve accomplished both. But you’ve also insulted my grandfather, and I was forced to lie to him when I never have before.”

“Why did you have to lie to him?”

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