“You don’t have to say it like that,” Neil says. “Like hell, I don’t. He’s asking you to throw your life away!” Beau insists. I’m standing just outside the kitchen door, by feet rooted in place. I know I shouldn’t eavesdrop. I should back away, give them privacy. This conversation isn’t meant fo
I am going to read this chapter, but I am not going to enjoy it. Yes. That is exactly what is going to happen. I can pretend it’s like research. After all, I have never had sex, so it makes sense to want to be prepared for someday. Although the title of the chapter sounds absolutely ridiculous. Li
Neil’s hand continues to move on his dick, though he’s slowed his pace considerably. He watches me with hooded eyes. His cheeks are delightfully flushed. His muscles are strained, like he’s held himself on the edge for a long time. “Close the door,” Neil says and it sounds like an order. I ste
“Good,” he says, and a zip of pleasure shoots through me. “Now take off your pants. Panties too. I want you bare for me.” I can’t take my pants off without moving my hands from my breasts. I don’t move them right away. “Chloe,” he says, sharper. I immediately drop my hands from my tits with a wh
The night of the event, I change Mia and myself into the golden dresses that Neil selected and delivered to us. Mine is glittery, sparkling under the light. I can’t help but feel beautiful, though I also can’t help but wonder how much this single dress cost. Mia’s dress isn’t quite as glittery, th
Down in the garage, the brothers are splitting into different cars to get to the event. Neil looks over, sees me, Archer, and Mia, and walks over. He glares at Archer’s arm on my waist. Archer pulls me a little closer. I blush. “Chloe,” Neil says. “Why don’t you ride with me tonight instead of
I stay quiet in passenger seat as Archer drives the car toward the dinner event. In the backseat, Mia mumbles softly to herself, apparently oblivious to my doom and gloom and the tension that is now thick in the car between Archer and me. He kissed me. He hasn’t kissed me since way back when, befo
Inside the hotel, the brothers had rented most of the first floor, including the bar area and all of the meeting spaces. Near the bar is where I spot Angela, so I head over to greet her. There are two empty martini glasses on the bar top behind her. A third is in her hand. “One more,” she says,
I’m happy because I have four hearts beating alongside mine.“Do you feel it, too?” I ask. “My connection to each of you?”I blink my eyes open once more. I want to see their faces, their reactions.Neil has his hand over his own heart. “It’s strange. It’s like part of you is inside of me.”“Me, too
In the darkness of my mind, I floated, surrounded by the comforting embrace of love. Distantly, I could feel another presence, one that grew stronger and stronger, the more I focused on it: my wolf.As I thought of her, she appeared before me as if I willed her into being. Maybe I did. We are in my
Damn alpha wolves and their heightened senses.“I’ve already made my choice,” I say. “Honestly, I think I made it a long, long time ago.”Archer relaxes marginally. Steven starts to smile.Neil turns to me, worry still on his face. “You say that now, Chloe. But the pull could be strong…”“I don’t ca
The eve of my birthday, I rest in bed and stare at my ceiling. It’s late, near midnight, but I still have my bedside light on.With my feelings shared and grown with Neil, Archer, and Steven, I didn’t expect to spend any night alone, especially the one right before the day that could change everythi
I awake to a sharp knock on my bedroom door. Neil’s arm is still draped over me but some distance had inched between our hot bodies in the night. I’m able to slink out from under his arm without him waking.Naked, I quickly stop by the bathroom to throw on my fluffy bathrobe. Then, after glancing ba
They.Beau glances at me and see my incredulous look. “What do I need to go out every night? Can’t a man just enjoy staying home for a change?”“You can do whatever the hell you want,” I say.“Good, then.” Beau slumps down on the couch. He stretches out, lifting his feet up and into my lap. “Now tel
For the rest of the morning, I desperately try not to think about Neil. Whoever he’s in love with, I won’t be offended by it. The hurt I feel has nothing to do with this new person. She must be great for her to have won Neil’s affections.The hurt is my own loss, my own problem. I let my feelings fo
After Steven and I have cleaned ourselves up with a quick shower, we fall back into bed together, giggling and laughing all the way. My now, Steven has discovered a few of my tickle zones, which he is exploiting. As revenge, I touch the places I now know make him shiver.For a while, nothing seems l
His hands fumbled with the buttons of his own shirt. Such usually steady hands are rendered useless by his nervousness.“Allow me,” I tell him. I lightly bat his hands out of the way before replacing them with mine on his shirt buttons. My times with Neil have served me well. I’m able to undo all th