“You do. But you’re a good man who can’t turn his back on his siblings. That says a lot about you. You’re one hundred times the man your father ever was.”

Her words ignited a fire within me. “Do you really think so?”

“I know so.”

“Damn, Lacey.” I pushed her back against the wall and crushed our mouths together.

She opened at once, and I dived in, kissing her, licking her, running my tongue over her teeth, her gum line. I wanted to touch every part of her. I poured my appreciation for what she’d said into that kiss, and she responded with all the vigor I imagined.

She broke the kiss and gasped. “Not here!”

“Please,” I said. “I have to have you. I’m hard as a rock, baby. I need you.”

“I work here.”

“Don’t care.”

She pushed me away. “Well, I do. And your brothers and sister are waiting for us in the bar.”

I adjusted my jeans. Damn, I was rock hard. “All right. We’ll go deal with them. And then you’re coming to my hotel room.”

“Rock, I—”

“I’m not taking no for an answer. You want this as much as I do. Admit it.”

She closed her eyes and bit her lower lip. I touched her cheek, and her eyes popped open.

“Admit it, Lacey. Admit that you want me. That you want to be in my bed.”

“I… I want to be in your bed.”

I nearly creamed my pants right there. “You’ll be there. Right after we finish this meeting.”

I steadied her and we walked back into the bar. Reid, Roy, and Riley were still seated, talking, but went silent when Lacey and I sat back down at the table.

Silenced droned on as eyes burned into me. “I’ll do it,” I said. “And Lacey won’t be part of the deal. Though I do want your help,” I said to her.

“Of course. Whatever I can do,” she said.

“Finally you’re talking sense,” Reid said.

“Sense? No, I’m not talking sense. I’m about ready to take a job I’m in no way qualified for. If it was Dad’s desire to see his company run into the ground, he may just get his wish.”

“You won’t run the company into the ground,” Reid said. “I won’t let you.”

I shook my head. “I won’t let me either. The bastard may have fucked me over royally, but I won’t let him fuck the rest of you over. As much as I’d like to go running back to Montana, I can’t let that happen.”

Riley smiled, and for a moment, she was that happy toddler I used to play with. “Thank you, Rock. That means a lot to all of us. To our mother too.”

“Hey, I’m not doing any of this for Mommie Dearest.”