Chapter 42

Winnie

“I should probably head home,” I mumble in a tired voice. It’s already dark, and I can barely keep my eyes open. “I can come over tomorrow if you want me to, though.”

“Or you can stay the night,” Mark suggests. His arm brushes against my cheek as he

moves to turn off the TV.

Damn it.

Why is he sitting so close?

I’ve been holding back from leaning against him for the past hour. It would be nice since I’m tired, and he is RIGHT there, but he is

also shirtless for some reason.

It’s kind of making me keep my distance…

“Mhm, it would be nice if you stayed over,”

Jake says from the other side of the couch.

“Agreed,” Mark peers down at me. Unlike

Tobias, the twins are blue-eyed and have darker hair. “We could have a sleepover party, like one of those we used to have in

the past.”

“Sleepover party?” I repeat those words and glance between Mark and Jake in confusion. “You do realize we aren’t kids anymore, right? It would be weird if I stayed over!”

“Only if you made it weird,” Mark shrugs.

“Well…” maybe he is right? “I suppose I could take the guestroom.”

“Great,” Mark says. “We are also staying in the guest room since it’s the largest bed in

the house.”

Do the twins share a bed? Hot. But that isn’t

the point! “Oh, then I take the couch, I guess?”

“Nonsense,” Mark smiles at me. “You

should be sharing the bed with us. It’s more

comfortable than the couch.”

A short, unexpected laugh bursts from me.”

You’re both grown-ass men, and I’m a

woman!”

“And?” Jake grunts. He is blinking as if he is

failing to see the problem. “I don’t

understand the issue.”

“I don’t see the issue here either,” Mark

thoughtfully scratches himself under his

chin. “We are childhood friends, and it’s not

like you think of us as attractive or anything, right?”

I gulp but try not to let it show. The truth is that I’ve never thought of Mark and Jake as sexy, but it seems my body has decided to see them in a different light tonight.

They are both fine men. Tanned from the sun, and muscles for days. They are both drool-worthy, and something dark is gleaming in their eyes-something that looks like heat. It takes my breath away.

Surely I must be imagining it.

There is no way Mark and Jake want me. Yet they look at me like they want to slide their hands over my hot skin and kiss every inch of my body. My body hums at the thought, and the buzz grows louder the longer we

remain motionless.

is slamming against my ribcage. “I suppose one last sleepover

the couch. I try not to stare at their abs. I’m not a pervert, I’m

mantra

Oh my god.

They.

Are.

Ripped.

voice comes out

“Are you

staring

down into

are low on

you sure?” Jake ask.

busy checking you out,” Mark teases, making me blink away

focus on Mark instead, about to quip back at him, but my comeback never comes. Instead, I’m busy staring at

built. Did I enter a porno or something?!

noticed Jake and Mark have such beautiful bodies before? I

pay attention. But Andrew rejected me to

twins.

we don’t have time to stay here all

shriek, then laugh in surprise when I’m lifted onto his

where to place my

forward.

Jake says something else. “Remember when we won that chicken

fight?”

was fun!” I smile at the

memory.

Jake

thinking, I brush my fingers through his dark hair. He

shifting and bulging as he climbs the stairs. It sends shivers racing through me. Is it possible to get hot and bothered from being carried? Shit. I’ve never considered myself

but I am

my v-card. My friends all think I’ve already done it. Why? Because I’ve lied to some

immediately, I’m lifted off him by a pair of

solid.

point out it’s weird that I’m straddling him, but the words get lost in

holding me. It

We have hugged many

never felt like this.

for not wanting it to be

sooner or later

I realize this would be

they had a respective

Yet I don’t want the hug to end. My

is pressed to Mark’s chest, and I can hear his heart’s hurried, rhythmic beat.

will he let me stay like

nothing, thinking it might make the moment last, and then I shudder

up my back, joining the part.

me is leaving me breathless. He moves

later, I’m sandwiched between

unexpected butterflies

how intimate this is. It

feel friendly at all. Both of

Christ’s sake!

to sound as confident, cherry, and playful as I usually do.

on a movie?”

Jake murmurs, and I

warm breath hit my shirt as he

in and out.

yawns and

gets buried in the cleft between his pecs. He smells like wood and leather, and the

can’t help but reach out and touch Mark’s hip. His muscles flex and tense under my touch, yet I’m not called out, nor

passes through me, and I stifle a laugh when

this?”

guys are

pull down their sweatpants. Okay. I did NOT expect that

you guys drunk?”

lifts an eyebrow.

color on his cheeks. “I’m trying to stay away from calories… for some reason, I put on pounds so easily… it’s embarrassing.”

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