Page 32 of Confusing Hearts

“Second base, then?”

After the moment we had just shared, I don’t think I could have said anything more surprising to her. She giggled and buried her face in my chest, still shaking her head no.

My forehead creased as I forced her to look at me.

“Just how far does this challenge go?” I asked. I already knew Jenna was not the only virgin among the panthers. They all were. It was the number one reason my fraternity brothers continued to frequent their house. That many virgins in one place had started a sort of frenzy for domination.

“Home run. Nothing less,” Jenna told me. I sucked in a sharp breath.

Everything in my being screamed to take her right then. I didn’t think she’d resist either, but her first time should be more than a quickie with my brothers down the hall waiting for us to join them. Channeling every ounce of resolve I could muster, I pulled the sweats back up to her waist and kissed her forehead.

“Not happening tonight, princess.”

I could feel her disappointment hit me like waves in the ocean. Relieved to know she wanted me as much as I wanted her helped ease the transition away from the bedroom.

“Trust me, it’s not that I don’t want to, I definitely want to, I just don’t want my brothers and Anita waiting for us down the hall when that happens. I plan to take my sweet time and enjoy every second of it.”

Her skin flushed, but a new kind of confidence seemed to blossom before my eyes. She moved with cat-like grace, mesmerizing me. It reminded me of the trance she’d put me in watching her dance at that party. I thought maybe she’d be embarrassed walking out of my room with the others forming assumptions about what had happened between us, but that was absolutely not the case.

She took a moment to smooth down her hair and check her appearance in the mirror. Satisfied with the results, she curled into my side as we headed back to the main den. I left her at the door for only a moment to run back in and grab a second set of my sweats.

She did pull away as we entered the main area, just out of reach of my touch, but she carried herself with the new confidence I was seeing evolve before my eyes. Just before we reached the others, she grabbed my arm and leaned in to whisper in my ear.

“I know what home plate is, but if that was only second base, what’s on third?”

I doubted she had ever been as candid with anyone in her life, but she didn’t even blush asking me. I leaned back and whispered, “A whole lot of the same, but next time I get to use my mouth.”

Her body stiffened, and I smelled her arousal.

“Oh,” was all she could say.

I chanced a quick look towards my brothers. Yeah, I was certain they had heard and smelled her too. If they were anyone else, my wolf would not have been happy, but two mated males were no threat to us.

Anita was watching us suspiciously but didn’t say a word. I saw her check out the new outfit Jenna wore and laugh.

I threw her the second set of sweats and left no room for argument. “I can take you home now, or you can put these on. You two are better than this.”

Anita sighed and put the sweats on right over her clothes. “It was only in good fun,” she said, then dropped down into a chair and sulked. “What’s wrong with dressing up and prowling for guys?”

“What’s wrong is that you deserve better than that, both of you. You really want your first time to be some meaningless booty call?”

“This coming from the biggest man-whore on campus? And you told him we’re virgins?” Anita asked Jenna, turning fifty shades of red.

I was glad the heat was off me, but her “man-whore” comment didn’t sit well with me.

“I didn’t have to, he already knew. Says it’s some sort of wolf thing. They smell really good.”

Anita’s lips formed a straight line and she closed her eyes, holding back a laugh.

“That’s not what I meant.” Jenna looked at me and shrugged. “Fine, you do smell good, but I meant wolves have a heightened sense of smell, and well, they noticed. That’s why all the D.O.G.s, have been sniffing around our place.”

I think Anita was more shocked at Jenna’s frank comment regarding my scent than anything else. I didn’t have to really know her at all to understand Jenna would be facing a full inquisition later. Luckily for us, Matt came back at that moment and slunk down on the oversized chair next to Anita.

“You’re back early,” I commented as I joined my brothers on the couch and picked up a controller. Jenna hesitated for a moment, and then joined us.

“You bailed on me, and a fight broke out between Theta and the panthers. I’d had enough. What are we doing? Call of Duty?”

“Yup, room for one more,” I offered, but felt Jenna stiffen. Somehow, I knew she wanted to say something, and when I looked at her she was biting that damn lip. “Would you like to play?” I asked her curiously. She nodded, and a mischievous grin broke out across her face. I handed her a controller. “Sorry, dude, you and Anita can be on deck to play the winners if you want.”

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