"Taste better?" he asked, eyebrows shooting straight up. "Don't tell me I taste bad." What was it about Pepper that just made him want to slam her against the nearest surface whenever he was within ten inches of her? He slowly let her back down to the floor. "The strength to do anything and everything to you when you got here. Why do you think I'm drinking protein shakes? I need the extra energy," he said as he picked it up and took a big gulp of the vanilla shake, the best kind on the market.