“Me and Reed?” Guilt had to be plastered all over her face. Before the avalanche, they’d been questioning how Cassie would react to the news of them...together...now, Erika wasn’t so sure her friend needed anything else that could potentially stress her out.

All of the corporate retreat people were doing okay, including Tom, and the company had signed waivers releasing Snow Trek Tours from injuries caused by acts of nature, therefore her friend wouldn’t have to deal with any lawsuits, but Erika knew she still felt responsible for bringing them along on the rescue to help the hikers.

Adding this bombshell didn’t feel right.

But her friend laughed. “No, you and my other brother. Yes, you and Reed!”

“Nothing?” Could she get away with that?

Cassie turned to Tank. “So, Reed’s kissing everyone like that after rescues now?”

Tank shrugged. “As long as he keeps his lips off me...”

Cassie stared at her.

The pressure was too much. “Okay, fine... Something’s going on. I’m not really sure what.” That was the truth. She had no idea what was happening, except that her feelings for him were getting stronger each minute she spent with him. It was more than just sexual attraction...but she had no idea if it was love. She’d never been in love before. Was she supposed to feel this conflicted and slightly nauseous? Excited but definitely overwhelmed? Torn between what she wanted and what she saw happening realistically?

“There was a sexual energy between you both during the rescue—I could feel it the moment you all arrived.”

“I think that was just nervous energy you were feeling.” Letting her friend know that she’d gotten close to her brother was one thing. Admitting that they were having sex might be a little too much. She didn’t have a brother, but if she did, she doubted that she’d want to hear about his sex life.

Which kinda sucked, because she wished she could tell her friend all about the mind-blowing experiences she’d had with Reed.

“Okay, maybe, but definitely afterward there was a vibe between you two, and that kiss outside the hospital—holy fucking shit.”

Holy fucking shit was the perfect description.

But Erika was shaking her head no. Just kept shaking her head no.

“We all saw it,” Cassie said.

“We were all very tired after the rescue...” Would her friend believe she was so exhausted and in pain that her imagination had exaggerated the kiss?

“Come on. Tank, you saw it, too, right?”

The guy glanced at Erika through the rearview mirror and she kept shaking her head no. Word about the night she and Reed had spent together at the station had obviously traveled through the group, but he just shrugged. “I didn’t sense anything between them,” he said.