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up on my bar?” He leaned in. “You know I’ve always wanted to land a fireman in bed. I’ve had my eye on that one in the ball cap for a year now.”
    She watched his face as he drank in the sight behind her. She didn’t dare turn around. “Why don’t you hit on him? Offer him a drink on the house?”
    “You know me. I have no gaydar. Do you think he swings my way?”
    “Well you swing both ways, so it’s quite possible. There’s only one way to find out, Joey.”
    “Yeah.” His eyes seemed to haze over as he stared beyond her. She went back to sipping her drink, her heart pulsing heavily as she strained to hear the firefighters’ talk. They were razzing one of the guys, who just told them in a gruff voice to stuff it up their asses or he’d do it for them.
    “You’d love that, wouldn’t you, Herc?”
    She and Joey exchanged a look. “Do you think that stands for Hercules?” Joey whispered to her.
    “Probably. Some of those guys are huge.”
    “But not as big as that one you went home with. C’mon, Hanna. I’ve been trying for weeks to get the dirty details from you.”
    She laughed and stirred her straw around her drink. “I’m not telling you the size of his cock, Joey. You’ll just have to be satisfied with my answer that it was enough for me.”
    He burst out laughing. “Girl, you could take a fire hydrant in there.”
    Her jaw dropped, but she was quick-witted enough to jerk her drink into her hand. With a flick, she sent the alcohol arcing all over Joey’s face and shirt. He stared at her for a long heartbeat before they both folded in laughter.
    He licked the alcohol from his lips before grabbing a bar towel and patting the wetness off his face and shirt. “You know I’m teasing, Hanna. I love ya, girl. If I didn’t value our friendship so much, I might make my move on you. Especially knowing the way men flock to you.” He waggled his damp brows. “I’ve always wanted a threesome.”
    “I have no doubt you’ll get it someday, but not with me. You know I don’t do relationships.”
    He sobered. Several minutes passed while he served a few drinks to other customers. When he set a club soda before her, she met his gaze.
    “Oh no. I see the ‘talk’ forming on your lips. Don’t say a word.”
    Joey looked rejected. “You know I have your best interests at heart. You can’t go on shutting out men forever.”
    “I don’t shut them out.” Or she did once they started liking her too much. With Jagger, she’d run before he’d awakened. Somehow she’d known the strange intimacy they’d shared would carry into the morning hours, and she couldn’t let Jagger ruin a good night of sex with some silly words or empty promises.
    She drank her club soda, her brain snagged on what the firefighters were discussing. Glancing around, she eyed their crew but Jagger hadn’t sneaked in and joined them. She caught snippets of conversation.
    They were talking about a fundraiser to be held this weekend. Joey started talking to her, and she hurriedly shushed him so she could overhear. Catching on, he tried to appear busy as he eavesdropped too.
    “Date with a firefighter—”
    “Can’t believe you’re giving it up, Gabriel. You haven’t dated in what…a decade?”
    “Ha-ha,” the guy named Gabriel said dryly. “Figured the best way to earn money for the firehouse repair fund was to donate this.”
    Hanna turned in time to see the beefcake in the Sox cap running his hands down his sculpted chest. When she turned away, Joey’s face was red.
    “There you go,” she whispered. “Bid enough money and you’ll have a chance with him.”
    “I couldn’t go to the auction.” His eyes sparked. “Unless you do.”
    “Oh no. No, no. I don’t need more dates with firefighters.” One was enough for her, especially when she couldn’t evict the gorgeous man who’d done such naughty things to her from her head.
    “This weekend, Hanna. I’ll pick you up.”
    “No. Absolutely not.”
    “I