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attached. “I guess I would have dealt with it, if that had been the case, huh?” He tugged on the cap hard, it popped out of his hand, flying across the restaurant and hit a passing waiter.
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    Laine peeked behind him then snapped his head around, facing the table, his eyes wide as the waiter looked around to see what hit him. Caroline glanced at Laine, the bottle—still in Laine’s hand—and back to Laine before she started laughing.
    Laine smacked his forehead with his empty hand and groaned, but he too was laughing.
    Dev and Cole exchanged looks and cracked up.
    Grammy chuckled. “That’s my boy.”
    Cole cut into his steak. “Reminds me of the time Caroline threw the ketchup bottle across a restaurant.”
    Caroline groaned and took a bite of steak.
    Laine put some steak sauce on his plate and put the lidless bottle back. “Do tell.”
    Dev grinned, remembering the incident Cole was talking about. Caroline and Cole had been dating. “She was trying to put ketchup on her hamburger and she was shaking the bottle trying to get it to come out—”
    “She got it to come out all right. After she lost her grip and it went sailing over her shoulder,” Cole said.
    A huge grin spread across Laine’s face. He nudged Caroline with his shoulder. “How did you manage that?”
    Cole chuckled. “She was shaking the hell out of it and it slipped. Ketchup went everywhere, and the bottle broke when it hit the floor. She got ketchup on her back, my arm and all over the people at the table next to us.”
    Grammy covered her mouth to muffle her laughter. “You two should keep them away from each other.
    That sounds exactly like something Laine would do. They could be quite a dangerous team.”
    Dev nodded. “I actually thought that this afternoon. Maybe we need to add to the company budget, Cole. We might need a ‘bail Lainey and Caroline out of jail’ fund or maybe a ‘pay for things Lainey and Caroline break’ fund.”
    Laine snorted, his eyes twinkling with mirth. “Oh, come on, we aren’t that bad.” His foot rubbed Dev’s calf under the table.
    Cole took a swig of his beer and kissed his wife’s cheek. “If Laine drives anything like Caroline, we definitely need a ‘traffic ticket’ fund.”
    Caroline elbowed Cole and looked at Laine. “What kind of car do you drive, Lainey?”
    Laine blushed and glanced towards Grammy.
    Dev didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. Apparently, Laine did drive as bad as Caroline. “Okay, Grammy, let me have it. Is he going to cost me an arm and a leg in insurance?”
    Grammy beamed at him. “Only if you can get him insured, Devlin.”
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    Cole started snickering.
    “I’m not that bad,” Laine protested. “I’m a good driver.” He looked around the table. “Really.” He sighed and shook his head, overlong red bangs falling in his eyes. “Things just have a way of jumping out in front of me.”
    Grammy grinned. “I’ve had to replace our garage door three times, our mailbox six times. I used to have to buy him a new set of tires every six months from him hitting and rubbing up against curbs. He’s gone through a total of eight cars since the age of sixteen.”
    Dev’s eyes shot wide, staring at Laine. “Good Lord, Lainey.” Thank God Laine was a wolf and not easily killed. Not that that was going to keep Dev from worrying…much. He looked back to Grammy and very seriously asked, “Does Asheville have public transportation, Grammy?”
    Cole laughed so hard his face turned red.
    Caroline reached over and squeezed Laine’s shoulder. “That settles it. I’ll drive us to the mall tomorrow afternoon when the guys go on their business meetings.”
    Laine started giggling. “You’re supposed to be on my side, Caroline.” He mumbled something else and took a quick drink.
    Dev arched a brow at his mate and ran his booted foot up Laine’s leg. “What was that, Lainey?”
    “I said, my car is in the shop anyway.”
    Everyone laughed, including Laine.

    Laine excused himself while Grammy, Caroline and Cole were finishing up their desserts and Dev was waiting to pay the check. He couldn’t remember the last time he’d had such a good time. He probably looked like a goober from smiling so big, but he couldn’t help it. The evening had gone way better than he’d imagined. He’d known