Free Sweet Spot (Summer Rush #1) by Cheryl Douglas

behind his imposing mahogany desk as he pointed at a black leather chair across from him.
    Before Rowan could respond, the waitress tapped on the door and poked her head in. “I’ve got your drinks here, boss.”
    “Great, bring them in, Maura.”
    They both accepted their drinks, saying “Thanks” in unison before she winked at Rowan and left the room.
    “So, uh, about your sister…” What can you tell me about her? When Rowan realized how stupid that sounded, he began questioning his sanity for coming here at all.
    “What about her?” Walker asked, tapping his beer bottle against Rowan’s. “Is she giving you a hard time already?”
    Rowan could tell how protective Walker was of his little sister, so he knew he’d better be willing to take the blame if he expected any help from Walker. “We kind of had it out today.” He tipped his bottle back while Walker did the same. “I overstepped. It was all on me.”
    “And let me guess… my sister let you have it?”
    “Yeah, you could say that.”
    “What happened?”
    “We ran into a friend of hers while we were having lunch in the park. Actually, he’s a customer of yours. Sounded to me like they’d been out together a few times—”
    “Andrew,” Walker said, scowling. “He’s the only one of my customers she’s ever dated. She knows how I feel about my employees mixing it up with the customers, so she usually steers clear, but I guess this guy wore her down.”
    “What do you know about him?” Rowan knew he was overstepping again. He had no right to ask about the other men in Tenley’s life. They hadn’t even slept together yet, and after the way she’d left him hanging today, he wasn’t sure they ever would.
    “He runs one of his daddy’s car dealerships,” Walker said, looking disgusted. “He was born with a silver spoon in his mouth. Wouldn’t know how to do a hard day’s work if his life depended on it.”
    Walker and Rowan obviously had that in common—they were no strangers to hard work and had no respect for anyone who was. “Doesn’t seem like Tenley’s type.”
    “I wouldn’t have thought so either,” Walker said, shaking his head. “But maybe she was ready for something different.”
    “Different how?”
    By the way his blue eyes flashed with regret, Rowan guessed he’d said more than he intended to. “Let’s just say she’s hooked up with some losers over the years. After the last one cheated on her, she said she was done with men, but this Andrew guy somehow convinced her he wasn’t like all the rest.” He shrugged. “I don’t think she’s serious about him. They’ve gone out on a couple of dates at most.”
    “Has she said anything to you about me?” Rowan could almost hear Tenley screeching in his ear, warning him to back the hell off, but that didn’t stop him from asking. “I know this may sound like a stupid question, but you think she’s into me?”
    Walker laughed, raking a hand through his short dark hair. “Man, that’s tough to say. Wasn’t all that long ago she swore she’d never go on another date again.”
    “Why is that?” Seemed like an extreme statement for a beautiful young woman to make, even one who had been burned one too many times.
    Walker sighed. “If you grew up in our house, you’d understand.”
    “That bad, huh?”
    “Let’s just say we didn’t have the best role model growing up. Our mother was—is—pretty messed up, and Tenley didn’t want to follow in her footsteps.”
    “So she hasn’t dated a lot?” Rowan found that hard to believe. Sweet and innocent weren’t words he’d use to describe Tenley. If that had been his perception, he never would have pursued her. A girl like that would never be able to handle the groupies and lifestyle that came with his career.
    “I didn’t say that. She’s dated, but she’s…” Walker checked his Omega. “Man, I’m sorry, but I’ve got to get back out there.”
    Before Rowan could stand to shake his hand,