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I laugh in response. “And ifhewins?”

“He won’t.”

“I heard that,” Tito says. “But it’s a deal anyway.” He shakes Jace’s hand.

I turn to look at the stranger and frown. “I think he’s looking over here.”

Becky frowns too though straightens up and elegantly picks up her cocktail. “I think so.”

Yep, totally Becky’s type. Handsome, tall, and confident. Leather jacket slung over his broad shoulders, a white T, black jeans, and dress shoes.

His casual gaze sweeps around the bar like he owns the place before it stops on our table as he gets closer. But he’s not looking at Becky or me. He is—

I turn to look at Jace. The guy approaching is looking atJace?

Mr. Handsome walks up to our table and stops between me and Becky like he belongs here.

Jace grins. “This is my friend, Roey.”

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Becky’s jaw falls open,eyebrows lifting as she loses her usual cool for a moment. “Thisis yourfriend?”

She’s surprised, and so am I.

Tito is gawking, murmuring, “Jace, you just cheated on a bet.”

Mr. Handsome, aka Roey, is a little older than Jace and has a totally different vibe. Birds of a feather, they say, but these two don’t have anything in common except for their bodies, which are well-muscled and not in a gym way.

Roey turns to study Becky way too openly, up and down.

Oh, no, B, he’s such a player and a ten.Jace is totally winning this bet.

Jace can’t stop smiling. “Tito, you lost.”

“You cheated,” Tito murmurs.

“I didn’t. There was no stipulation.”

“Stipulation?” Tito hisses. “Really?”

Jace winks at him.

Wow, Jace is sexy when he winks. Can I paint a wink and its energy?

I narrow my eyes at Jace in fake spite. “You cheater.”

He winks at me, and I think my panties start melting at that wink.

The new guy watches everyone with amusement and not an ounce of confusion. He’s totally in his element and gives Jace a backward nod. “Are you going to introduce us?”

Jace is not in a hurry to do so as if he wants his friend to take charge.

“You are Becky, I assume.” Roey aims his sexy half-smile at Becky first.

Yep, Becky is screwed. The fact that she’s slightly flustered is amusing.

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