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wasn’t about to discuss that with his sister.  “Kath—”
    “Ooh, will you look at the time.  Gotta run.  Have fun in Vegas and don’t do anything I wouldn’t do.” 
    Trey was about to tell her he didn’t plan on doing anything, but didn’t get the chance to before his sister was gone and the line went dead.
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    He was really going to do it.
    Angie’s pulse skittered at the thought.  Trey had agreed to help her in the sex department and he was a man of his word.  There was no doubt in her mind that she could count on him. 
    Angie plucked another chocolate kiss from the bag, needing the sugar fix it promised.  Peeling away the foil wrapper, she popped it into her mouth and continued leafing through brochures she had picked up the last time she was in Vegas.  That trip had been strictly business.  This one would include both revenge - showing Rick what he gave up, and pleasure - having fun with her best friend while getting a much needed lesson in seduction.
    Her gaze drifted down the brochure he held in her hand, pausing on an advertisement that read: LAS VEGAS IS FOR LOVERS.  She and Trey weren’t lovers, they would just be pretending.  But what if...
    The very thought of it sent her stomach into a whirl of anxiety prompted flutters.  Rules were made to be broken, right?  And that would definitely mean breaking her rule number one, sleeping with her best friend. 
    But that wasn’t going to happen.  Angie shook the thought from her head.  She and Trey were friends.  He had no interest in her that way.  She wasn’t the type of woman he dated and had long ago given up on her fantasy of him thinking of her as anything other than a good friend.  If that was all she could have, she’d take it.  His was a friendship she wouldn’t trade for the world.
    Tossing the brochure onto the counter, Angie headed to the bedroom to start packing.  Thanks to Cindy, Trey’s travel arrangements had been taken care of.  She had booked him on the same outbound and return flight Angel was scheduled on, leaving Pittsburgh at 7:25 the following morning.  As for another room, they didn’t need it.  Not if they were going to convince Rick they were having a hot fling.
    Angie took a break from packing to change for dinner.  All the while her stomach fluttered in anticipation of things to come.  It was time to take that next big step in her life.  Make the jump.  Step into the fire.  Open the gate to her femininity.  Find out what it takes to be sexy in a man’s eyes.  Nothing to it, right? 
    Then why was she so nervous? 
    Maybe because she was having second thoughts.  No, not just second.  Try third, fourth and fifth.  What if there was no hope of bringing out her sexy side?
    Angie stared at her reflection in the mirror.  She didn’t want Trey to think her a failure.  Maybe it was a good thing they weren’t really going to have sex.  She would never forgive herself if her un-sexiness made it impossible for Trey to get turned on.  She subscribed to Cosmo.  She knew how something like that could affect a man. 
    “Stop worrying over nothing,” Angie scolded herself.  Trey was safe.  They weren’t going to be having sex.  Even if they did, men like Trey were far too virile to ever experience limp noodle syndrome . 
    She groaned.  What was wrong with her?  All she’d been able to think about since that kiss in her bedroom was Trey and sex.  Sex they wouldn’t even be having. 
    She made her way into the bathroom and filled a small quilted make-up bag with the necessities, mascara, lipstick, an eyelash curler and a small compact of powder.  Zipping it shut, she deposited it into her matching floral carry-on.  Her hairbrush followed along with some other toiletries.  Last, but not least, was a bottle of her favorite strawberries and cream bubble bath.  She never traveled without it.
    Baths helped her to relax and she had a