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“I don’t like the way we left things between us,” Nate declared, taking a step in her direction.

Mia took a matching step backward. “You asked for something I couldn’t give you.”

“I asked for you to come back to Las Vegas with me.”

“We’d barely known each other two months.” It was the same excuse she’d given him three weeks ago and it rang as hollow now as it had then. “And I couldn’t leave Ivy.”

“She could’ve found another assistant.” He’d said the same thing the morning after the tour ended. The night after she’d stayed with him until the sun crested the horizon.

Their last stop had been Sydney. Following his final encore, Nate had made sure Ivy was busy and then stolen Mia away to a romantic hotel suite overlooking the harbor. They’d sipped champagne, toasted each other, laughed and made love for the first time. But as sunlight filled the room, Mia was on the phone with Ivy making excuses for where she’d been.

“I’m not just her assistant. I’m her sister,” Mia said, now as then. “She needs me.”

I need you.

He wouldn’t repeat the words. It wouldn’t do any good. She’d still choose obligation to her sister over being happy with him.

And he couldn’t figure out why.

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Little Secret, Red Hot Scandal is part of the Las Vegas Nights series: An exclusive club, for men who have it all and want more.