Total pages in book: 38
Estimated words: 36221 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 181(@200wpm)___ 145(@250wpm)___ 121(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 36221 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 181(@200wpm)___ 145(@250wpm)___ 121(@300wpm)
“Put him in the trunk. I’ll deal with him after I deal with her,” I hear Lenny growl. Leone takes a step back, and I see Lenny walking past with Xanny draped over his shoulder.
“Put me down, you caveman!” she hisses at him. I notice she’s not actually fighting him hard at all. She’s only wiggling around.
“If I recall, you rather enjoyed me being a caveman last night.”
My mouth falls open. I thought I’d seen tension between them and heated stares, but I didn’t know it had gone that far.
“Do you want me to intervene or—” Leone motions toward them with his hand.
“No way,” I say before he can finish. I’ve never seen Xanny this way with a man before. She’s pretty much letting him manhandle her.
“Good.” Leone relaxes. “I think he might have challenged me, and it wouldn’t have ended well. Lenny is like a brother to me.”
“Let’s make a deal that we stay out of all that.”
“Pretty sure you already owe me another deal.”
“Take me home, and I’ll pay up.” Leone doesn’t have to be asked twice. He has me back home in record time.
23
LEONE
“This could be dangerous, little one.” I pull her closer to my side as she throws dice at the craps table.
“Look!” She squeals when she rolls a seven again.
My Zoey is a lucky charm.
“Be careful, or the casino will accuse you of cheating and toss us out of here.”
She turns to me, her eyes wide. “Really?”
I smirk and pull her against me. “You think I’d let that happen?”
“Nope.” She gets onto her tiptoes and kisses me.
I take her mouth, claiming her and reaching down to grip her ass as I lean her back over the table.
The dealer clears his throat.
I ignore him and continue enjoying my soft, sweet Zoey, tasting her until she pulls back to catch her breath.
“Now you’re the one who’s going to get us thrown out.” Her tone is scolding, but her voice is breathy.
“Wet for me, little one?” I slide my hand up her thigh.
“Leone!” She squeals as I drag my finger across her panties. “Focus!”
“I am focused.” I press up on her clit, loving the way her breath catches.
“Sir, I’m sorry, but I must ask–”
“It’s fine.” I pull her back and put her on her feet. “Throw again, my love.”
She glances up at two people passing by on the other side of the table. “Oh, I think maybe we should cash out.”
I follow her look and see Lenny and Xanny strolling by, both of them chit-chatting as they case the gaming floor.
“If that’s what you want.” I toss a tip to the head of the table, then collect Zoey’s winnings. “Let’s go to the window.”
She takes my elbow, and I lead her through the tables until we reach the line of windows along the back wall.
“Cash out, please,” I say to the clerk and push her winnings through to him.
Zoey leans close, her lips at my ear. “I think it’s go time. I’m so excited.” She moves to the window.
I grip her ass again, unable to help myself. “The way you love these little spy games is a turn-on.”
She looks at me over her shoulder. “You just like it when I’m bad.”
“I love it when you’re bad.” I glance toward the security guards standing in front of the hall that leads to the back of house operations.
Lenny and Xanny stop at a window a few spots down and begin to trade in their chips.
“Ready?” I whisper to Zoey.
“Born ready.”
She gives the signal to Xanny.
Xanny then takes in a deep breath, and with a shrill yell, she starts up, “Are you trying to cheat me? What kind of casino is this?” Her tone is high and piercing.
Our clerk stands. “Please wait. Just a moment.” He hurries off to help his counterpart, who’s currently dealing with Xanny’s wrath.
“You know what you did! I turned in chips worth over $5,000 and you think you can give me a few hundreds back? Where’s the manager?” She lays it on thick, and Lenny adopts a stern expression to back her up.
The security guards are already in motion. The moment they sweep past us, we both move toward the back hall.
Xanny is going even crazier, threatening violence to the point where Lenny has to hold her back while the guards are yelling for her to calm down. It’s quite a scene–and the perfect distraction.
“Oh my God, there’s the room!” Zoey hurries down the hall and stops at a nondescript door. Just like Xanny said. She keys in the code, but the lock flashes red. “Oh no, they changed it.”
“I’ve got this.” I attach a small electronic device to the lock. After a few beeps and red lights, it turns green.
“Let’s go.” Zoey opens the door and creeps into the staff break room. It’s empty, but the scent of some microwave meal is still hanging in the air.