Page 83 of Be My First

She continues, “Honestly, this is perfect. We’re already here together.Alone.”

She is making a lot of solid points.

“Please.” Her eyes are glistening. I’m afraid she’ll start crying again.

“Juno, I don’t...”

“Please don’t make me beg. This is already humiliating enough,” she says, looking down at her coffee mug.

“Humiliating?”

Her face grows red. “Yes. It’s humiliating to be a virgin at my age, and look at me, I’m literally begging you to have sex with me. That doesn’t do much for my self-esteem.”

I laugh. “You think I don’t want to have sex with you?”

She throws her hands up. “What do you think we’ve been talking about, Bode? Haven’t you been a part of this conversation? I’m literally throwing myself at you. I have been this whole trip, and I’m begging you to be with me right now.”

I laugh again.

“Stop laughing at me,” she snaps.

“I’m not laughing at you.”

She huffs. “You are.”

I smile. “I am, but not for the reasons you think.”

“Really?” She bites her lower lip.

“Juno, I’d like nothing more than to fuck you. I’ve thought about fucking you every day since we kissed.”

She falls completely still.

I lean forward and lower my voice. I point at her mouth. “The way you bite your lower lip drives me crazy. It makes me think of how much I want those lips on me – all over me.”

Her jaw drops open.

“Sexual attraction is not a problem. I’m not debating whether Iwantto sleep with you or not. I’m debating whether I’mgoingto do it.”

Her mouth is still hanging open.

This is the point where I should stop talking, but I don’t. “I’ve thought about asking you out a million times since that kiss, but...”

“But what?”

“You’re a lot younger than me, and you’re my best friend’s sister and...”

“There’s more?” she asks.

“You’re right – the rest of your brothers are terrifying.”

She laughs. “They like you.”

“Not if I start fucking their little sister.”

She crosses her arms. “I told you. My sex life is none of my brother’s business.”

“And I agree with you.”

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