Chapter 0368

"Okay," he says, his smirk softening to a smile. "But...I mean, are you mad? That I'm not a virgin, like you?"

"Wait, how do you know I'm a virgin?" I ask, narrowing my eyes.

He sniffs the air around me. "I can tell by your scent."

"What!?" I screech, eyes wide.

But he just laughs at me and shakes his head, and I shriek again and smack him on the chest when I realize that he's kidding.

*I just... put the pieces together, Ari. I think you've had a sheltered life and Jesse would have teased you about it in front of me if you'd had a serious boyfriend before. He wouldn't have been able to resist that bait. And I think if you'd slept with Luca...he'd have let me know."

used it as leverage against Jackson - wouldn't have been able to resist it in the same way Jesse can't resist

again. "Just...an educated guess. But...I mean,

surprised. When Daphne came into the room that time you were ready to bolt -

did,"

cute - second only to Rafe, in her estimation. "Shut up," I growl, jealousy rankling

getting started on the story. "Her name..." he hesitates, "Do you want to know

a

he continues, holding my gaze. "And

I lean back against his arm a little, still clutching the sheets to my chest so

murmurs, and then he leans forward to press a long kiss to my lips, passing all his love and assurance and adoration down the bond to me before he starts, letting me hold onto it while he speaks so that I know that the story

away he looks at me curiously, asking

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