Toying With Playboy (completed)

way he studied me with earnest. Felt the flicker of yearning in them.

continued to peer at me-peer into me-a hum began to vibrate through my body, setting my every molecule on high alert. Even

e partying, the entertainment-it was

en his, but no one was giving him any mind. It was me that was centered on him. Centered like the whole room was a ship on rocky waves and this single man was t

had broken and my foot had scrambled for purchase and he had been the

I saw his lips moving before I registered th

-his teeth were perfect, straight and white. His bo

ou a drink. Maybe Luke will even give you a backrub. He's great at w

red. Flabbergasted. He was the mobster as

ly attractive men usually had no effect on me

aving a high

e behind me. "Jennie, can

o me, and automatically I sat, my knees pointed

ped back up. Back to myself. Back to my place of authorit

st I hoped firmly and steadily-"but no. I ac

nager busted a patron, the guilty party became apologetic and full of excuses.

stripping. Tell your friends to extinguish their cigars, put away the cards and put their clothing

my speech, one of the men tapped my waitress

cared to share with me downstairs, I gave her a searing look that sa

innocently. Matt had a strict rule that only first names were used at the club for exactly that reason-so that no one could find themsel

ioner, it seemed she knew this crowd much better than

than a little stunned when the charismatic stranger s

'd given myself away. There was no way he

and draped a hand around his neck while he spoke, but he didn't throw her so much as a glance as he continued speaking. "I'll tell you how I know. It's my business to look

how Alyssa had described me-blonde

o the waitress behind me. "You said that sh

pageant material maybe, but I'd neve

put-down if you ask me, because you're actually quite gorgeous. It's a unique sort of beauty. A hardened one. Not many people

his man-this stranger-talked about me, about my looks...it sh

omach flutter with butterflies or make m

s rubbing casually against the man's ear. "It d

gger side, yes, but completely covered? And two, had she looked in a mirror? Because if we were talking

priate." But his eyes moved down t

iated the attem