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."

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

Jackson continues, shrugging again. "Just...an educated guess. But...I mean, are

say instantly, suddenly sorry that my reaction made him think that. "I don't care that you've had a history. I'm just... surprised. When Daphne came into the room that time you were ready to bolt - and she didn't even want to sleep with you

did," he murmurs,

mention that she did think he was cute - second only to Rafe,

at the Community," Jackson says quietly, getting started on the story. "Her name..." he hesitates, "Do you

consider it for a second, and

was Tasha," he continues, holding my gaze. "And it was all...really

tense and half calm. I lean back against his arm a little, still clutching the sheets to my chest so I have something to hold tight in

his love and assurance and adoration down the bond to me before he starts, letting me hold onto it

pulls away he looks at me curiously,

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