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ALL BETS ARE ON

“If you’re thinking about dating again, maybe you’d like to go for a drink,” he said.

“With you?”

The question exploded from her lips in the form of a laugh. Because it was laughable, wasn’t it? That after her past experiences she would look twice at someone like him?

“Your amusement could be construed as an insult, you know,” he said mildly.

“I can’t,” she said. “Sorry.”

In Harry Stephens’s world, of course, no meant maybe. He realized it was a simple matter of finding the right approach. Start small. And, most important of all, offer some kind of incentive. Make her think he could be part of the solution instead of part of the problem.

“Just hear me out,” he said. “I’ve got a proposition for you.”

“What kind of proposition?”

The upset tone had slipped from her voice. He could almost hear the ticking over of her mind. Her attention had been raised because he’d given his question a detached work-style tone.

“I’m exactly what you need,” he said. “To help you get back out there.”