To Protect the Heart of a Brazen Woman [Brazen Sisters 6] (Siren Publishing Classic) by Rita Sawyer

pressed against his chest and her hips ground against him. His engorged cock throbbed behind the confines of his zipper, begging to be released. She had to know this could quickly get out of hand. He started to ease away and she nipped at his lip. The painful little bite made him smile.
    “You’re wrong. There will always be something between us.” He let her step out of his embrace.
    “Meet me at my house.” She turned and stomped away, and he let her go.
    He knew he was doing the right thing, but if he was still sane at the end of this it would be a fucking miracle. Being alone with her would be a fantastic, particular form of torture.
     
    * * * *
     
    Sam and Jessie had done as Jake asked, well, sort of. A bag was packed and waiting by the door, but that didn’t mean he’d be taking Bobbie anywhere. Jessie glanced at her sister, Georgie, sitting on the couch with her fiancé, Tyler, and his sister, Stephanie. Her twin, Joey, was sitting a few feet away in one of the oversized chairs. Her husband, Cameron, was in the kitchen with Sam’s husband, Trent, and Jessie’s husband, Victor. If Jake planned to take Bobbie somewhere he was going to explain to the whole family where and why.
    Sam pulled back the curtain and peered outside. Jessie noticed the look Georgie tossed at Joey, who just laughed.
    “I don’t understand the problem. I thought you all wanted Jake to stake his claim.” Trent walked into the room holding a small plate with a big piece of chocolate cake on it and dropped into the chair.
    “Where’d he get cake?” Joey demanded to know just as Cameron walked into the room with an even bigger piece and joined her, sitting on the arm of her chair.
    “Finally admitting he loved her is what we expected. This is something different altogether,” Jessie said.
    Jessie watched Tyler glance at Cameron, Trent, and Victor, who were all chewing. He shook his head. “How?”
    “I’m not sure. He just seemed determined that she listen to him. And the ‘pack a bag for her’ thing was odd, don’t you think?” Jessie knew her sisters would understand, but she wasn’t so sure about the guys.
    “Well, she’s finally twenty-one so maybe he’s decided it’s okay to run off with her?” Victor’s smile told her he thought it was an amusing option.
    “If we thought that was all there was to it we wouldn’t have called all you here.” Sam let the curtain fall and waddled over to her husband.
    “You would have just let him take her?” Stephanie hadn’t been around long enough to know the dynamics of Bobbie and Jake’s relationship.
    “We wouldn’t have been able to stop her,” Georgie explained, patting the girl’s shoulder.
    “What’s the plan?” Cameron asked as he fed Joey the last of his cake. “Is there a plan?”
    “No, we’re pretty much going to have to play this by ear. We’ll give him a chance to explain and go from there.” Jessie figured they didn’t have much of a choice.
    “I can’t just sit here and wait.” Sam headed for the kitchen, and unsurprisingly to all of them, her husband jumped up and followed.
    “I want a guy like that.” Stephanie sighed with a dreamy look in her eyes.
    “What you want to do is forget all about boys and concentrate on school.” Jessie did her best not to laugh at Tyler’s dictate.
    Tyler had yearned to have his sister in his life for years, but now that she was there he was in a constant state of confusion. He was trying to a find an even keel between spoiling her and being the overprotective big brother. Jessie knew exactly what he was going through. She’d been the same way after their mother died, and even worse after their dad passed. She’d had her grandfather to help her, so she was going to do the best she could to help Tyler.
    “He’s right, Stephanie. Save the guys for college. They’re smarter and more fun then.” Jessie and her sisters all laughed, while their significant others groaned.
    They were still laughing when the