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nodded and headed toward the door. Once there, she glanced over her shoulder and swept the room with a woebegone expression. “Sorry for creating so much drama for… all y’all.” Her voice broke on the last word, and she fled.
    Heath jammed his fingers through his shaggy hair. Derringer sidled up to him, peered about the room casually, but under his breath he said, “Hurt her, and I’ll castrate you, Fang.”
    He glanced at his fellow band mate and grinned. “Fair enough.”
    “ You three coddle her too much.”
    Heath stiffened at Jase ’s declaration. He wanted to rip into his friend, but as he turned to face him he decided that maybe they did pamper Sam too much. There’d be no apology forthcoming for it either.
    Keys straddled the arm of a chair. “She’s been like our kid since you brought her back with you from Bama.”
    “ Seven years ago,” Derringer added as if they needed a timeline to justify indulging someone.
    “ Not you or any other uptight fuck is going to tell me not to cosset her.” Keys gave their drummer a challenging stare.
    “ Spoiled or not, she’s ours, Jase. Actions right or wrong, I don’t care. I’d protect y’all, so don’t expect anything different from me when it comes to Sam.” Both Derringer and Keys nodded their agreement to Heath’s statement. “Almost kissing me in public isn’t the worst thing she’s done.”
    “ I’m guessing the fans will eat up this potential love affair. Could be worse publicity.” Derr ran his index finger and thumb across the slim line of his barely-there mustache.
    Jase frowned and crossed his arms over his chest. “After she stole the car and now this, how could anything get worse?”
    “ Fang could be banging her,” Keys offered.
    “ Or,” Derringer added, “she could be attracted to someone that doesn’t care for her. At least you know Fang loves and respects her.”
    “ Loves in a platonic way.” Jase stared Heath straight in the eye. His buddy’s look defied him to disagree.
    There ’d never been a doubt in his mind Jase wouldn’t approve of a relationship between him and Sam. That was the sole reason he’d never pursued her.
    He shrugged. “Yeah. Sure.”
    Legs spread wide Jase sat forward and rested his forearms on his thighs. “Yeah. Right.”

    Sam hightailed it to her room as fast as she could walk in five-inch high heels. Tonight she’d made a fool of herself and hurt Heath in the process. She wasn’t proud of herself, and while the guys came to her rescue, she deserved the rebuke Jase gave her.
    Closing her bedroom door behind her, she walked straight to the adjoining bathroom. She discarded her clothing in a pile on the floor, turned the water in the shower as hot as she could endure, and stood under the spray for a long time.
    Uncertain what evil fairy had driven her to prod Heath into the sex store, she hoped he would forgive her for causing this drama. Sure he said he didn’t need an apology, but once again the press created havoc with their lives.
    None of it would be an issue if I hadn ’t provoked him .
    Her neck tingled where he’d touched her, and she ran her fingertips over the spots that still prickled. He’d been so close she could detect how dilated his eyes had been. It’d been hedonistic the way his cinnamon breath had felt against her flesh. The nip of his teeth against her ear had weakened her knees. She’d stopped breathing when he’d slid his mouth along her jaw.
    She ’d wanted him to kiss her. Had been breathless with anticipation.
    Sam sighed. She could not lose sight of the fact Heath thought of her as his kid sister. He’d protected her from Aaron because Heath interpreted the situation as Aaron taking advantage of her. And the actor had tried, so Heath had had cause to be upset, but she couldn’t forget he’d crossed the boundary with her tonight all on his own. Yeah, she’d prodded him with sex toys… because he’d been so angry at her being with another man. At the