Page 34 of The Heavier the Doubt…

“Is he single?”

I wanted so badly to tell her that he wasn’t, but that’d be a lie. As of right now, Hunter was very single, no matter what had happened between us. Of course, this mess was all my fault for avoiding Hunter and not clearing the air between us, but still. I also couldn’t tell Jessica that he was off-limits just because of the other night, because I wasn’t ready to share such a personal thing with her. Besides, it wasn’t only my business to tell. I had no idea if Hunter wanted anyone to know about us, especially since we’d both been drinking. If I was a regret in his life, the last thing that I wanted to do was broadcast that fact.

Nevertheless, the idea of Jessica and Hunter hooking up had me feeling nauseous. Though it wasn’t anything that I could stop, I didn’t want Jessica to know what it felt like to be taken by Hunter Finley. Hell, I didn’t wantanyof the girls on this campus to know that. My feelings for Hunter were the real deal, and I didn’t know what to do with them now that everything felt like a jumbled mess.

Regardless of everything that was going on between me and Hunter, I wasn’t going to lie to Jessica, no matter how much I wanted to. “Yeah, he’s single.”

She got that sly look in her eye, and I could feel my stomach really testing me. “What about his roommate, Baron Memphis?”

“What?” I asked, praying that she wasn’t goingthere.

“Well, when I looked him up, I found out that he’s rooming with Baron Memphis,” she replied. “Have you met Baron?”

I nodded slowly. “Yes, I have.”

Jessica’s grin matched that glint in her eyes. “Well, while I know that you’re saving it for marriage, I wouldn’t mind having a good time with those two.” I had to let out a low, deep, steady breath. “Do you know if Hunter is into that kind of thing?”

I thought back to what Hunter had told me at the party, about not being into threesomes. “As far as I know, he’s not,” I answered as honestly as I could. “As for Baron, I don’t know him like that.”

Jessica wrinkled her nose. “Well, I know that some guys are okay with threesomes when there’s two girls, but they’re not really into threesomes when it’s two guys.”

I had no idea what to say to that.

Finally, I said, “I have no idea how either Hunter or Baron feel about that, so you’ll just have to ask them yourself.”

“Can you give me Hunter’s number?” she asked hopefully.

“Uh, no,” I answered. “Not only is it rude as hell to just hand out someone’s phone number without asking their permission first, but you can send Hunter a message through any one of his social media accounts if you want to introduce yourself, Jessica.”

She immediately stiffened. “Well, that’s rude as fuck.”

“It’s really not” I countered, even though I could have chosen my words better. “You’re asking me to help you set up a threesome with one of my dearest friends. Not only is that tacky, but you haven’t even considered to think that you might be putting me into an uncomfortable spot. I don’t need to know about Hunter’s threesomes.”

“Sounds like you’re jealous,” she accused.

I was.

I could admit that.

However, I wasn’t going to admit it to her. “Sounds like you can’t find your own dates,” I fired back.

“Whatever,” she huffed, pulling out her phone, effectively ending our conversation.

Not wanting things to be uncomfortable between us, I said, “Look, I didn’t mean to offend you, Jessica. I just really don’t want to get in between you and Hunter.”

“Still sounds like jealousy,” she insisted, and since she wasn’t wrong, I let it go.

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Hunter~

Ihad to work at the store this evening, but that was okay. I had two shifts with Alexandria later on this week, so she was going to have to talk to me sooner or later.

In fact…

Me:Grabbing drinks after work Friday

Alex replied almost immediately, which surprised me.

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