Chapter 77

Simon couldn’t resist a challenge. And she was going to challenge him if that’s what it took. She didn’t know if she could really beat him, but he didn’t need to know she wasn’t confident. She was good at cards, no doubt about it. And she was damn good at bluffing.

“What are the stakes?” he asked, and her heart soared. She’d intrigued him enough to shake him from his brooding.

“If I win, you take me out to do something that I’d love, but you hate.”

“For instance?”

“I don’t know.” She cast about wildly, “Maybe we go shopping or something. I mean.. I go shopping. You'll sit and wait for me. I'm sure you'll hate that,”

He almost grinned, she was certain. “And if I win?”

Sara shrugged. “We go somewhere you want instead.”

“Doesn’t sound like much incentive,” he said, taking a sip of the champagne.

His eyes narrowed, his gaze slipping over her body. Her skin warmed, her nipples tightening beneath the fabric of her dress. Any second and he w