Page 48 of My Boss's Sons

Noah spit out the water he’d just taken a sip of and started coughing as he choked on it. He patted his chest and glanced at where Lily was lounging in the living room, just one room away from us.

“Don’t worry. Between the TV and the puppies, she hasn’t heard a thing in the last hour.” I grinned and shifted closer to him to pat his thigh. “You’ve traveled the world but you’re still scandalized by a little salad tossing talk?”

Ethan held up his hands. “Wait. How do you know what Soph’ssexy time skillsare like?”

Ava stretched over the table to grab another brownie. “Oh, this is beautiful. Let me just get this little snack and settle in. Milo, this is what happens when you make weird choices as a child and have to face them in public years later.”

My entire body burned as I realized I’d just outed myself and Jack. I met Jack’s gaze and saw that he was laughing at me. Groaning, I slumped lower in my chair and looked anywhere but at the guys. “It was prom night and we don’t need to talk about it.”

“Um. No, I think we should talk about it.” Noah rested his arm along the back of my chair and played with my hair.

“I’m going to let you handle this one, babe.” Jack stood up and walked to the fridge. “Anyone want popcorn for the show?”

I flipped him off and sank even lower. “We decided it would be a good idea to lose our virginities to each other and test to see if he was really gay.”

Ava choked on her brownie and shook her finger at me. “Don’t just make it seem like it was nothing. You two came back to our house that night in a fit of giggles and when Mom asked y’all if you’d done drugs, you both just blurted out that you had sex. Mom cried! I remember hearing her talking to Dad in their bedroom later that night and she felt so bad for you because she thought you didn’t know Jack was gay.”

I nearly gagged on the embarrassment. “I spent the next year trying to convince her that I wasn’t upset that Jack wasn’t interested in dating me. It was humiliating. And then you called and told me an old guy was better at sex than me, Jack, and I cried!”

He scoffed. “Those were misguided tears. You were really upset because Troy Broner told all his friends that you were bad at blow jobs.”

“Oh, my god, Jack!” I curled into Noah’s chest to bury my face. “I never even didthatwith him!”

“Oh, now she can’t even say blow job.” Jack sat down again. “Anyway, that’s the story. Your lady was willing to give up her virginity so I could know if I was gay. And then Troy made up lies about her and I beat his ass.”

Noah’s chest rumbled under my ear as he spoke. “That’s a lot to unpack.”

Ethan’s voice was full of laughter as he spoke. “From personal experience, you have to be the gayest gay that ever gayed if Sophia’s-”

“Oh, my god!” I cut him off and sat up. “Let’s talk about the weather. Talk about a hot day, right?”

“Wow, Soph, four out of the five men in this room have been inside you.” Ava, doing her job as my little sister to mortify me, so helpfully provided that tidbit.

“Three out of five plan on being there again very soon, from the looks of things.” Jack was right up there with Ava at being great at embarrassing me. “I could babysit the three kids if you need a night to yourselves.”

Ava tossed a napkin at him. “You shut up.”

“Let me know your hourly rates.” Alex’s deadpan comment made everyone laugh and when I looked at him, he winked.

“If they don’t run after this conversation, you might be stuck with them, babe. None of them have flinched at our sordid prom night story.” Jack pulled me up and into a hug. “I should go. I only meant to stay for a little bit but this was fun. I like embarrassing you in front of new people.”

I held him tight. “You’re lucky I love you and it can’t be helped.”

He pinned me to his chest and spoke over my head to the guys. “And she didn’t flinch at the idea of y’all sticking around. That’s pretty big.”

I pushed away from him and slapped his chest. “Get out of my house. You’re nothing but trouble.”

Lily walked into the kitchen and hugged Jack’s leg. She looked up at me and pouted. “Do Ginger and Jasper have to go home with Ethan, Mom?”

I cut my eyes at Ethan and ran through a myriad of ways to torture him. Before I could come up with something to say to Lily, he spoke up, saving himself. “For now, they do. They need training so they learn how to be the best doggos ever. What if I sent pictures to your mom when I get them home so you can see that they’re safe and sound?”

“Okay, I guess. You’ll bring them back tomorrow?” She stuck her lip out even farther and batted her eyes at him. “Please?”

Ethan looked like he was ready to offer her his trust fund. “Of course. They need to see their new best friend, don’t they?”

She ran over and hugged him. “Thank you, Ethan!”

I looked up at Jack and sighed. “Do you see what you got me into?”

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