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“Eat,” Gavin said firmly.
When she glanced at him, he gestured to her pasta.
“It’s our specialty. You’ll like it.”
He was acting like the tantrum in his office never happened, as if thethree yearsshe was gone never happened.
“You’re insane,” she whispered.
Gavin shrugged. “Where you’re concerned, yes, I don’t act rationally.”
That was the understatement of the century. There was nothing rational about Gavin. He blackmailed her into coming back to Las Vegas and wanted to resume a nonexistent relationship. He made no sense. He wasn’t a homeless psycho or ugly bastard who had to pay for a mail order bride. He could haveanyone. So, why fixate on her? And, why oh why, did she go off like a geyser every time he touched her? This couldn’t be happening.
“I can feed you,” Gavin said and reached for her fork.
She slapped his hand away. “I can feed myself.”
“You need to keep your strength up,” Gavin said with a straight face.
“Fuck you, Gavin,” she hissed.
“I can’t wait.”
Manny nearly choked on his steak, he was laughing so hard.
Chapter Eight
“No!” Lyla shouted.
Carmen put a hand on her hip. “What the hell is wrong with you?”
“I amnotgoing to another club with Gavin!”
“I’m going too,” Carmen said.
“Big help you were last night when he had me pinned against a wall!”
Carmen licked her lips. “You fucked in a hallway?”
Lyla wanted to pull her hair out. “No!”
Carmen lost interest immediately. “Vinny will be there too. I haven’t been to The Room yet. It’s not crazy like Lux. It’s a classier club.”
“I’m not going.”
“Don’t be such a baby. I brought you a hot dress.”
Lyla gave the cute dress a cursory glance. “I’m not leaving this room.”
“You wanna bet?” Carmen asked, tapping her heel.
Lyla’s heart sank. Carmen could be a bulldog when she wanted something. If she told her cousin that Gavin ate her out as if she were the elixir of life and she had a mind-blowing orgasm, Carmen would be even more ruthless.
Lyla barely survived lunch. Gavin talked to his father as if the incident with Rafael and interlude in the office never happened. He was so calm and collected, she would’ve thought she imagined everything if her body didn’t have aftershocks still coursing through her. When they left the hotel, Gavin gave her a chaste kiss before he handed her into the car. Manny was gleeful and wouldn’t listen to her protests not to get his hopes up. While she considered nailing her bedroom door shut, Carmen barged in and announced that they were going out again. Her life was seriously fucked.
Carmen forced her into a shower and made her look presentable while Lyla tried to fortify her defenses. She had no idea where she stood with Gavin. She lost major ground with Manny today. He thought they had sex. Well,shehad. Manny nearly danced into the house this afternoon. Her escape route was closing. She needed it to reopen. Gavin was wise to her tricks and wouldn’t respond to her attempts to find him a distraction. So, what tactic could she adopt to keep him at bay?
Even as they pulled up to another Pyre Casino and Gavin and Vinny appeared, Lyla still wasn’t sure how to handle him. Gavin helped Lyla out of the car and gave her a thorough kiss.
