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nightclub,” Jinx said, her eyes flitting to Jack on the use of “my”.
    “I didn’t break in,” Wyatt said. “I walked in and turned off the alarm. I was able to do that because I had a keycard and the alarm codes. Jack gave them to me. I was there at his request.”
    “Well I didn’t know that. You were dressed like a burglar for chrissakes, and you sure acted like one when I caught you.”
    “I was dressed for discretion,” Wyatt said. “And I wasn’t expecting to be caught. It was off hours for the club, and you were supposed to be on vacation.”
    “She doesn’t take vacations,” Aiko interrupted. “Ever. You know what she did those whole two weeks? Watched Netflix, played video games, and snuck into the office to do ‘paperwork’ whenever she thought no one was there.”
    “How do you know that?” Jinx said, looking at her sister.
    Aiko frowned and raised an eyebrow. “Seriously? We live together.”
    “Yeah but I thought I was careful.”
    “Oh, I didn’t know at first,” said Aiko. “You were very sneaky. But I was watching the feed from the security cameras when Wyatt broke in, just in case. Good thing I was, so I could warn him.”
    “She was worried I would hurt you,” said Wyatt. “That I would hear you moving around and think you were a bad guy and well, we know how that turned out.”
    “Yeah!” Aiko said. “If I hadn’t warned you, she might’ve done some serious damage.”
    “Remind me to give you a raise,” said Jack, smiling at Jinx. “And to witness you getting on the plane next time. You really do need to take your vacations.”
    “You didn’t give her a raise after she foiled a burglar?” Wyatt said, gaping at Jack. “After she put her life on the line for your money man?”
    “No,” said Jinx her gaze flitting from Wyatt to Jack with interest. “He didn’t, actually. Probably because he knew I wasn’t in any real danger.”
    “That’s right.” Jack nodded and reached for his water.
    “Jesus Jack! I didn’t know that! I thought you were being robbed. I thought the only thing between that, that…” she pointed at Wyatt, “ villain , and the welfare of the club was me. I put myself on the line for you.”
    “She did,” Wyatt agreed.
    “I pepper sprayed him.”
    “And Tasered me.”
    “And Tasered him.”
    “And hit me.”
    “And hit him,” Jinx said, stealing a glance at Wyatt while Jack sipped, staring back at the pair of them impassively.
    “And tied me up.”
    “And tied him up.”
    “And she liked it.”
    “And I—” Jinx stopped short, turned to Wyatt, and glared. “ I liked it? From the size of the tent you pitched in your jeans I’d say it wasn’t me that liked it—”
    “Don’t say it.” Wyatt warned.
    Jinx narrowed her eyes. “ Cowboy. ”
    “Oh damn, that nickname’s gonna stick isn’t it?”
    “Looks like it,” Aiko interjected.
    “Oh well, what can I say. Violent women turn me on.”
    “Violent women—” Jinx began.
    “Goodness,” said a voice behind her. “The atmosphere in here is laden with ginger spice and sexual tension. Quick, someone open a window.”
    “Bryce!” Wyatt’s face lit up when he spotted the man, and when Jinx turned to get a look at him, she recognized him right away. Bryce Harrington, bestselling fiction author, looked just like his head shots. She knew he and Jack were friends, but she’d never met the man in person before.
    Lumbersexual, that was the word her sister had used to describe him. And Jinx had to admit he did kind of look like that, a lumberjack in a suit, rocking a man-bun and a face full of carefully cultivated scruff.
    “What a beard.” Aiko leaned over and whispered in her ear. “Thick and glossy and artfully groomed, like a prize winning dog or a bonsai tree.”
    Jinx stifled a laugh and observed the men, watching the three of them chat and clap each other on the backs. A band of bros.
    “What a delicious trio,” Aiko whispered again. “Which flavor is your