Page 69 of Marked By the Pack
He looked over his shoulder again before sitting back down. “And how exactly do you know about that? Because Emma can’t tell you that one.” His eyes searched mine. “And why are you so calm about it?”
Why did everyone always ask me that? “I found out. And I’m into it.”
He lowered his eyebrows. “You’re…intoit?”
“It’ssohot, Bennett.”
He gave me a weird look. “What part exactly?”
“All of it.”
He just kept staring at me.
I couldn’t tell if he was pissed off or just confused. “I think I’m finally ready to settle down. I honestly think the whole reason I haven’t already is because the thought of being with just one man for the rest of my life kind of freaked me out.”
He lowered his eyebrows even more.
“But being with five men?” I whispered. “Bennett, I’m definitely into that. I have no idea why you keep it a secret. I’m so into it. And now I totally get why you fingered Emma on the Ferris wheel. You really were trying to tell if she liked an audience. Becauseyoulike an audience. Right?” The twins said that Bennett usually chose the woman they were with. Which meant he was the one in charge. And I had a feeling I knew exactly what he was into.
Bennett leaned back in his chair and smiled. “Oh. That secret.”
Not the reaction I was expecting. But I could work with it. “And don’t be mad at Otto, Huxley, and Ace for telling me about your big secret. It all kind of just happened the other night. And they only just told me that you usually choose the girl. And…I’m hoping you want to choose me. Because I know you said you were looking for something serious. And I want to be serious. With you. And them.”
“So the necklace…it’s from Huxley?”
I was kind of hoping he’d react to my wanting to be serious with him. Not ask about Huxley’s gift. I touched the gold choker. “Yes, he gave it to me last night.”
“And the hickey is from Ace I’m guessing?”
I nodded. If anything the choker just highlighted the mark on my neck.
“And you were with Otto too you said?”
“Yes. Otto invited me over for dinner and…everything kind of just happened from there. I don’t think any of them planned it out.”
Bennett sighed. “Of course this started with Otto. So he invited you over to dinner? At our place?”
“Oh, you live there too?” Everything was starting to click. “I actually invited Otto to dinner at my house first. And then he invited me to your place the next night.”
“That first dinner with Otto…did anything happen then?”
I figured Bennett would have questions. But I didn’t think he’d be so direct. “Things may have gotten a little heated under the table.”
“Was it just the two of you? Alone?”
“We were doing this kind of double date thing with Emma and Callum.”
Bennett shook his head. “Well, at least you weren’t alone with him.”
I pressed my lips together. Why did it matter if I was alone with Otto? “Callum dating Emma has kind of freaked me out a bit. Otto’s been coming over most nights to hang out with me. To make sure I’m safe.”
“To make sure you’re safe?” Bennett looked truly shocked. “Just Otto?”
I nodded. “Last night he couldn’t come, so Huxley and Ace came instead.”
Bennett sighed. “I really need to get to work. Don’t hang out with Otto alone anymore.”
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