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."

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

shrugging again. "Just...an educated guess. But...I mean, are you?

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

she did," he

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

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

for a second, and

continues, holding my gaze. "And it

say, feeling oddly half 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

assurance and adoration down the bond to me before he starts, letting me hold onto it while he speaks so that I know that

me curiously, asking if I'm ready

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