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and saw the despair cross his face, and also the realization t hat he now believed him that Cat was hustling him all along.
    “How could you do that to my brother?” Zeb growled.
    “I don’t know what you’re talking about,” she said innocently, batting her eyelashes, using those big, full lips in a seductive pout.
    “You cheated,” he spat.
    “Just because she pulled an ace, doesn’t mean anything other than she was lucky,” said Denny. “Now clean up the cards, Ebony.”
    Cat reached out quickly for the cards , but Zeb trapped her hand under his and stopped her again.
    “What are you doing, Zeb?” she asked.
    “Proving that you’re a cheater,” he said. “I watched you, and every time you were cheating, you blinked your eyes like crazy. And I saw you scoop up that ace and put it exactly where you wanted it in the deck, using the classic pass slight-of-hand.”
    “I saw it too,” came a voice from the crowd that sounded a lot like Aunt Cappy’s. Then another man called out that he saw it and before Zeb knew it, t he crowd started talking and getting restless and he saw a shadow darken Denny’s face.
    “Do you believe me now that my wife here, is nothing but a cheater?” asked Zeb.
    “What do you mean she’s your wife?” Denny spat.
    “Di dn’t she tell you? We were married last night.”
    “Cat, is this true?” asked De nny, now dropping the act and calling her by her real name.
    “It is,” she admitted raising her chin.
    There was dead silence for a moment, and then Denny looked out to the crowd. “I apologize for all this as I had no idea my blackjack dealer was cheating, but now I see that you all weren’t the only ones being cheated on.”
    “Denny, what are you saying?” asked Cat.
    “I’m saying you went behind my back and got married. How could you, after all I’ve done for you? We were supposed to be married, and you know it.” Then he looked out to the crowd. “I assure you I’ll take measures to deal with this situation. And she no longer works here, because she’s fired!”
    The crowd went wild and commotion started, and Zeb heard people asking for their money to be returned. He looked over to his brother who was not watching any of them. He scooped up his chips and was dumping them into the basket his aunt held out in front of him.
    De nny took off through the crowd and the bouncers tried to control the upset people.
    “De nny, wait!” Cat took a step forward to go after him, but Zeb stopped her.
    “Give it up, sweetheart. Your number is over.”
    She reached out and slapped him hard across the face, and he heard his aunt gasp in surprise from behind him.
    “How could you do this to me?” Cat asked him with a tremble to her voice.
    “How could you do that to my brother?” he rallied.
    “Because of you, I’ve just lost my job.”
    “What a shame,” he said, letting his eyes drop down her cleavage. “Well, then I guess you won’t be needing this anymore.” He reached into her cleavage, plucking out a small earpiece between his two fingers and then dropping it to the ground, smashing it under the toe of his shoe.
    Her eyes were wide in surprise and she looked sexier than hell in her tight black dress with her long dark locks cascading down over her shoulders.
    “What am I supposed to do now?” she asked.
    “I don’t know,” he said. “Nor do I care.” He turned to go, but she grabbed his arm and he spun back around toward her.
    “You can’t just walk away like this. You’re my husband.”
    “I can and I will,” he told her, drinking in her beauty and watching her tongue shoot out to moisten her lush lips. “In a few hours I’ll be on a plane to Sweet Water, Michigan, and we’ll never h ave to see each other again. I’ve already phoned my connections and the annulment is in progress. It will be finalized in a few weeks and with any luck, we’ll not even have to go to court.”
    “So I’ ll never see you again?” Her eyes darted to his