“I didn’t really win that fifty dollars, did I?” Surprise flashed across his features before he masked it. “Your horse came in first, didn’t it?” His reaction confirmed it. Somehow Mulligan had rigged that race. “Was the scene outside the poolroom also your doing?” He’d arrived quite quickly, after all. “Why would I do such a thing?” “To gain another favor from me. You were so eager to suggest the wager.” “Because it was impossible I’d lose. And I like having you in my debt.” “Why?” His expression turned positively predatory, like he was ready to devour her. She shivered under his hot blue
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