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he needed. That was what—
    A foot nudged his under the table and his hand jerked. His coffee sloshed. His gaze snapped to Tina but no, she was too far away to reach. He glanced across the table and stilled. Angie’s sister, Holli, was staring at him like a lovelorn swan. She smiled. Widely.
    “So Dane,” she said. “I understand you and Cody are Rangers .” She said the word Rangers as though she really meant Superman.
    He cleared his throat. “Yes, ma’am.”
    She shuddered. “Ooh. I like when a man calls me ma’am.”
    He took a sip of his coffee and his gaze stalled on Tina. On Tina’s glare. It flicked from him to Holli and back again.
    Well, good. Fine.
    She had to know. Had to realize. There was no way last night was happening again. Ever.
    He ignored the vat of lava spitting in his belly and focused on…whatever her name was. Holli. She was talking. About something.
    If he had known, hell if he’d had so much as a hint of clue she was Cody’s sister, there was no way in hell, no way he would have— Heat crept up his neck as he remembered what he had done. What they had done.
    Shit.
    Cody would kill him.
    He had to make sure she didn’t say anything. He had to make sure she realized this could never happen again. He had to make her understand. Guys had a code. Oh, sure, it was an unwritten code, but it was a code all the same. Guys didn’t fuck their buddy’s sisters. Guys certainly didn’t tie them to a bed and smack their bottoms and sink into their bodies all soft and sweet and ready—
    Shit. He was hard again.
    No. No. No. He had to wrangle some kind of control. And he needed to talk to her. To tell her the score. She needed to understand the deal.
    He waited until he caught her eye and then notched his head meaningfully toward the door. Wide-eyed, she sent him a moue, making it clear she might, or might not, accede to his unspoken command. He narrowed his eyes and growled a little in his throat. She fluttered her lashes in response. And damn, that sexy, sultry smile on her lips made him want to—
    “Dane? Are you all right?” Angie touched his arm in concern.
    Quickly, he corralled his wayward thoughts as mortification flooded him. “Beg your pardon, ma’am?”
    “You just…” She glanced at Cody. “He just made a noise.”
    Dane pinched the bridge of his nose. Holy God. He had. He’d growled . At the breakfast table.
    “He’s been having headaches,” Cody explained. “Dane? Dane? Do you have a headache?”
    It seemed like a good idea to agree.
    It seemed like a good idea to escape.
    He glared at Tina.
    It seemed like a good idea if she followed him.
     

Chapter Five
     
    Holy Hanna , he was grumpy this morning. One would think after last night he’d be in a better mood. She was certainly in a good mood. Her body still hummed with pleasure.
    She would have stayed, would have loved to taste him again, but she’d left and left for one reason only.
    When she woke up, just before dawn, and visited the facilities and glanced at her face in the mirror…it had frightened her. The makeup that had made her so alluring last night resembled something from a bad horror flick the morning after. One eyelash slightly skewed, lipstick smeared in a bloody path across her cheek, and her sultry smoky eyes had morphed into a look a raccoon would be proud of.
    So she’d collected her things and snuck out.
    She knew he wasn’t going anywhere. At least not for the next couple days. She knew she’d see him again.
    It had been priceless witnessing the shock on his face when he noticed her at the table chatting casually with Angie. It had been even more amusing when he finally realized who she was. A snarl of vindication had whipped through her.
    But then he’d turned his attention to Holli. That had annoyed her. And the sharp jut of his head as he commanded her—commanded her—to meet him outside…that had annoyed her more. So she lingered, sipping her coffee and listening to the conversation