His Wedding-Night Wager. Katherine Garbera

the kind of gamble I make every day in business, but this…”

      “I’m in if you are, Hayden,” she said, unable to keep the challenge from her voice.

      “Oh, I’m in.”

      Three

      “The only way to do this is to live together,” Hayden said while they were eating dessert.

      Shelby choked on a bite of her tiramisu. “What?”

      He patted her back and handed her a glass of water. He liked the thought of it now. Her living in his home. Shelby there when he woke up and there when he went to sleep. She said she wanted a chance to know him, to seduce him this time. Living together made the most sense.

      “You okay?” he asked.

      “Yeah. No. I can’t think this late at night. I’ve had too much rich food.”

      He smiled at the way she said it, but he knew the truth. She wasn’t ready to make a decision. Once she saw his home, though, she’d capitulate.