My Elizabeth - Chapter 22

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Chapter 22

“I’ll deal,” Buffy said, as she shuffled the cards.

William said nothing, watching her while sipping his whiskey at glacial speed. 

“You’ll like this game.  I know you will.”  She reached over and gave his arm a squeeze, trying to play the coquette and feeling like she was failing miserably.

Her hand consisted of a pair of jacks, a two, a six and a ten.  She quickly discarded the jacks, then threw in the ten for good measure, which would be a really boneheaded move if she were trying to win.  Her goal in this game, however, was to lose - to undress herself and seduce the man across from her.

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