Page 20 of The Step Dare

“Ah, yes. Our parents.”

“They totally ruined our lives.”

“Right?” He chuckles, and the sexual tension eases off, doesn’t feel as suffocating. “I didn’t think it would be this hard to stop.”

“Same, man. I swear it doesn’t matter how much I jerk it, I’m horny all the fucking time.”

Taylor groans, and I figure my words went straight to his balls, and yeah, that makes me smile.

“It’s the right thing to do for our parents,” he reminds me.

I scratch the back of my neck, wishing it wasn’t true. “I agree. Not gonna lie, the whole stepbrother thing is hot, but again, I know my dad, and he’ll be concerned. I don’t want to ruin this for him.”

“I don’t want to ruin it for Mom either. And like we said, it was just a little fun for us. Not worth fucking stuff up for them so we can drain our dicks.”

Maybe if we tell ourselves that enough times…

“I’m sure it’ll get easier soon,” I reply, just as my phone buzzes with a text.

Mila: Hey, you’re back in town today, right? Want to get a coffee or something?

We’ve been texting off and on all summer. She’s cool. I like her and definitely want to hang with her now that I’m back. She’s met a few people here this summer, but she’s still getting used to a new town.

Me: Bet. In about thirty minutes? Does that work?

“Who’s that?” Taylor asks.

“Mila from the coffeehouse. I think we’re gonna chill for a bit.”

“Oh…right now?”

“Yeah. I’m gonna clean up real quick and go. Is that cool?”

I have no idea why it wouldn’t be cool, but then Taylor nods and I realize my question was silly. “Of course. Why wouldn’t it be?” He stands up, so I do the same.

“Do you want to come?” He’d like her, and there’s no doubt in my mind she’d like him too. If we hadn’t been gone for the summer, I would have already introduced them, but I haven’t seen her since we met in the spring. All our communication has been on the phone.

“No, I think I’m gonna see what Lance or the guys from Alpha Theta Mu are doing.”

I get a strange twitch in my chest. Lance is hot as fuck, but from what I know, totally straight. Not that it matters. Lance can be queer, and Taylor can bang the whole frat house if he wants…and if he was going to experiment with any of them, it would probably be Marty, who I think is bi-curious.

I shake those thoughts from my head, not even sure why I’m thinking about Taylor having sex with any of them.

“What?” he asks.

“Nothing.”

“So…what’s the deal with Mila?” he asks as I follow him to his room.

“Nothing.” Why the hell is he asking me about Mila? “You know what I heard? Dax, the guy I told you I banged last year, he’s Sigma Alpha now. And there are some wild rumors about him.” He’s apparently a pretty kinky motherfucker, and…why am I bringing this up to Tay?

“What? Didn’t you learn all his kinky secrets when you hooked up?”

I grin. “That too, but I’ve heard other stuff.”

“You’re such a gossip,” he teases.

I just shrug because it’s kinda true.

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