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for the best. He knew he’d be right back at Momma’s Kitchen tonight to try to bring her back to the hotel again. And Reggie’s words were very close to what Aaron was thinking: Seeing her was about more than just the sex. He wanted the sex, but he’d also enjoyed her company, the conversation, the sound of her laugh, those eyes. But forever? Eventually the early infatuation would wear off the way it always did.
    “Who are you thinking about?”
    Aaron blinked and focused on Reggie. “What?”
    “That look, you’re thinking about a woman. One I’d say is likely to snare you based on the smile on your face.”
    Aaron shook his head. “Not likely. It’s just this woman I hooked up with last night.”
    Reggie’s eyes went wide. “You hooked up with someone already? Damn, Aaron, you’ve still got the touch.”
    “It wasn’t even like that. I wasn’t trying to hook up with someone. It just happened.”
    “Funny how sex with beautiful women always just happens with you.” Reggie leaned in. “How was it?”
    “I thought it wasn’t about the sex, married man.”
    Reggie frowned and waved a hand. “Don’t give me that. Every man I hang out with now is married. You’re my only single friend, so indulge me a little.”
    “Fine, I went to the restaurant across from the hotel. Momma’s Kitchen. You been there?”
    Reggie’s eager smile quickly hardened into an angry scowl. “My momma owns that place, and my sisters and my wife work there, along with half of my female cousins.”
    Motherfu— Aaron worked to keep the easy smile on his face. If there was anything that fired up his otherwise gentle friend, it was the thought of someone screwing around with the females in his family. All through college Reggie had told Aaron stories about the men who’d played his mom and tried to seduce his sisters. He vaguely remembered Reggie going home to confront some older guy who’d slept with his baby sister. Having a little sister of his own, Aaron understood Reggie’s protectiveness. But sometimes Reggie was nearly medieval when it came to the women in his family.
    A sinking feeling started in Aaron’s midsection. The bartender, Monique, and Kacey were sisters. What would be the chances that he’d come into town and slept with his friend’s sister?
Son of a bitch!
This partnership would be over before it started if that was the case.
    Aaron straightened. “No one working there. I’m just saying, I started out there.”
    Reggie relaxed. “Good. Sorry, Aaron, it’s just that truckers always go through and try to get in the pants of every woman in my family. As if my momma’s reputation belongs to all of them.”
    Aaron looked away from Reggie’s tight expression. Aaron knew Reggie loved his mom, but he also knew her reputation was a sore spot. Four kids by four different men in less than five years. Aaron knew it embarrassed Reggie more than he’d admit. And it was the reason Reggie was so
medieval
when it came to his sisters.
    “But, hey, finish your story,” Reggie said, with renewed enthusiasm. “What happened last night?”
    “I don’t want to get into all the details.” And he wouldn’t until he verified that there was still some slim chance he hadn’t spent the night having sex with one of Reggie’s sisters.
    “Just give me the good details.”
    “The good details are all the details. Nothing about this woman wasn’t good.”
    Reggie rubbed his hands together. “Aww, damn. Now I really want to hear the details.”
    Aaron’s laughter caught and his throat constricted. He covered it with a cough and tight chuckle. He always gave Reggie every single dirty detail. Usually with precise clarity. But he couldn’t this time, not if he was talking about the guy’s sister.
    Reggie’s eager eyes met Aaron’s. The desperate look of a married guy waiting to hear about the type of wild one-night stands he could no longer have. “What did she look like?”
    “Umm, she was cute.”
    Reggie frowned.