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✨EXCERPT: SOUL by @evasimmonsbooks releasing July 10th!
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“I’ll tell you what, let fate decide.” I eye the slot machine nearby. “One quarter. I lose, I walk away. I win, you give me another kiss.”
“Slot machines are notoriously rigged against the player.”
“Then you’ve got nothing to worry about.”
“Are you a gambling man?”
“I’ve been known to take a risk on occasion.” I smile.
If she knew the kind of shit I get myself into, she’d run. But she doesn’t, so intrigue sparks in her eyes.
“I don’t even know your name.” She crosses her arms now.
“Hayes.”
No one calls me by my legal name. I don’t know why I even said it. I’ve gone by Soul as long as I’ve been patched into the club. But when she repeats it, all is right in the world.
“Hayes,” she says like she’s mulling it over. “I’m Emery.”
“No last name?” I don’t know why I even care. I don’t follow up with the girls I fuck. I’m a one-and-done kind of guy. And sure, that makes me an asshole, but it’s better for them in the long run.
“You didn’t give me yours,” Emery challenges.
“Fair enough,” I decide, knowing Ghost can probably pull everything I need to know about this girl later. “So, you in?”
“Just a kiss?”
“Just a kiss.”
“Okay.” Her eyes narrow. “One quarter.”
I grin, pulling one from my pocket.
We stop at the slot machine, and I hold the quarter between us.
She almost looks nervous as I stick it into the machine. My odds are one in a million, but she’s still standing here, so I figure they’re working in my favor. Pushing the button, the cards on the screen begin to spin. It feels like forever until they slow to a stop, one at a time.
“And here I thought you were lucky.” Emery laughs when I lose the hand just like she predicted.
I shrug. “You were worth the shot.”
“I’ll tell you what…” She reaches into her purse, pulling out two more quarters and smiling big as she looks up at me. “Best two out of three.”
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