But it can’t happen again.” His frown darkened. “And you can’t ever tell Cody. He would fucking kill me.”
“For what?”
“For what?” His laugh held no humor. “For fucking his baby sister, that’s what.”
Annoyance swirled through her. “I’m not his baby sister. I’m a grown woman.” She deliberately nudged his cock again. It was hard. “A woman with needs.” She undulated, just a little.
His eyes crossed. His pupils dilated. “Jesus, Tina…”
“Call me Bambi…” This she cooed into his ear, just before sucking on his lobe.
He shuddered and released a sigh that sounded a little like a wheeze. “You’re killing me, baby. Killing me.”
“You want it. I know you do. You want to tie me up and spank my bottom, don’t you, Dane?”
He threw his head back as her teeth grazed his neck, nibbled on his chin. She molded his hard pec, scraped a nail over his nipple. Another shudder. “No.”
“No?” She reached between them, found his cock, squeezed gently. “Imagine how I would squirm as you paddled my behind. Imagine how helpless I would be, tied to the bed.” A stroke. A tease. “Imagine how good it would feel sinking into my hot, wet—
“Well, hey there.” A deep voice intruded into their secluded bower. Well, perhaps not so secluded. Someone pushed through the palm fronds in a rustle and practically plowed into them.
Dane flinched and quickly detangled himself from her and then crossed his arms as though, somehow, that could protect him from her wiles. “Oh, hey Billy,” he said, his voice catching on the words.
“What’cha doing?” The newcomer, a Ranger, tall and muscled like all the rest of them, grinned down at her. “And who is this lovely lady?”
She shot him a grin and thrust out her hand, just because she suspected it would annoy Dane. “I’m Tina.”
“Well, hello there, Tina.” Billy took her hand in both of his and made a great show of kissing it. Profusely.
Dane glared. And then he snatched Tina’s hand away. “She’s Cody’s sister,” he growled, warningly.
Billy’s gaze flicked from one to the other. “Cody’s…sister?” His eyes widened.
Dane tipped his head in a curt nod. “Cody’s baby sister.”
“But…” Billy wagged his finger between them. “Weren’t you just, ah, kissing her?”
“Yes,” Tina chirped.
“No!” Dane snapped at the same time. He glared at her.
Billy whistled. “Oh, brother, Cody’s gonna flay you alive.”
Dane bristled, puffing out his chest and leaning in to hiss in Billy’s face, “You can’t say a word. Not a fucking word.”
Tina blew out a sigh. “Why is this such a big deal?”
In tandem they turned to stare at her.
“Seriously?” Billy asked.
Dane scrubbed his face again. It looked like he wanted to scrub it off. “Tina, honey, there’s—”
Another beefy hunk muscled into their little enclave. “Hey you guys. What’s going on? And why are we skulking behind a plant?” His eyes lit on Tina and raked her up and down. He put his lips together and blew a whistle, but no sound came out. He pushed past the other two—no small feat. “Well, hello there, honey.”
“Don’t, Ennis.” Billy said. “Cody’s sister.”
Ennis lurched back as though Billy had just told him she had the clap. “Oh fuck. I mean, hello.” He thrust out a big hand. “Nice to meet you ma’am.”
Tina ignored it. He eventually let it drop. She crossed her arms. “Oh, I get it. This is some kind of guy thing.”
“Guy thing?” Dane looked befuddled.
“Some stupid guy thing. Because Cody’s my brother, all of a sudden I’m off limits?”
“It’s not stupid,” Billy insisted.
“It’s a code.” Ennis thumped his chest with a fist. Tina was surprised he didn’t grunt like a baboon as well.
She angled at glance at Dane, took in his tight features, the white around his lips, the determination in his eyes.
Determination.
To avoid her.
Fuck.
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