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Xeno nods. “I’ll let Dax know the plan and once you’ve caught up with Lena, he’ll bring you home.”
“Home?”
“Yes, our home. Yours too…If you want it to be one day, that is,” he says softly, keeping his face free from emotion but I feel it, nevertheless. God, do I feel it.
“I do.”
The electricity crackles between us as we lock eyes and I swear to fuck if someone gave me a lightbulb to hold right now, I wouldn’t be surprised if it lit up brighter than Leicester Square on New Year’s Eve.
“Good,” Xeno says loudly, his voice rising just enough to be heard over the music. “Get back to it. I don’t want to have to call you out on this again, Pen. I expectcompletecooperation. No more slacking. Got it?!”
I have to smother a smirk at his attempt to cover up our conversation with a telling off. “Sure,” I respond. “You’ve got my complete and utter cooperation,” I say sweetly, before turning on my heel and joining the rest of the dancers.
The rest of the rehearsal is spent practicing our group dance. Zayn’s choreography is shit-hot and despite Madame Tuillard’s suggestion of bringing in some external choreographers, that hasn’t materialised, so we’ve continued to practice the epic routine Zayn has put together for us all.
* * *
“Let me get this straight,you’re seeing allfourof them at once?” Clancy asks, her cherry-red lips widening as she smiles. She’s sitting on my bed watching me pack a weekend bag. I’ve no idea what to take so I’ve put in a selection of casual and semi-smart outfits. Tales won’t be open tomorrow night, but I figure I should make a bit of an effort at least.
“That’s about the sum of it, yep,” I confirm, my cheeks heating as I pop my wash bag into the holdall.
“Well, fuck me.” She squeals, then jumps up, throwing her arms around me. I stumble a little, laughing.
“Stop it, you lunatic.”
“I can’t help it, you are literally living my best life,” she replies letting me go with a wide grin.
“I’m not.”
“You bloody well are! Do you know how jealous every woman will be of you.”
“I’d rather we keep this between us,” I say, frowning.
Raising her pretty eyebrows, Clancy laughs. “Hey, you won’t catch me gossiping, but do you really think people won’t start noticing? You’ve already kissed York in front of everyone in tap class. Zayn has made it perfectly clear he’s got the hots for you and anyone with a lick of sense can see Dax and Xeno are fucking crazy for you.”
“Is it that obvious?”
Clancy shakes her head, her pretty curls bouncy around her face. “Err, yes. It is now. All that I-hate-you-but-I-love-you sexual tension has been replaced with I-loved-you-all-along-and-now-we’re-fucking-like-goddamn-rabbits.”
“Shit,” I say, wincing.
“Girl, just fucking embrace it. You’ve got a harem of your very own. I’m so jealous I could puke!”
“A harem?”
“Areverse haremto be precise. Come on, tell me you’ve heard of the phrase…” Clancy screws up her nose at my blank look, then bursts out laughing. “Jesus, you need to get educated. Here you are living the dream and you’ve no idea. I’ve got some incredible romance books you could borrow if you want?”
“There are romance books about harems?”
“Reverse harem,” she corrects me, and I pull a face. “Oh, Jesus. You really have been living under a rock. Remind me when you come back from your sex-fest weekend and I’ll loan you a few. You’ve seriously never heard of a reverse harem?”
“I’ve heard of aharem. One dude with loads of women. Normally some kind of Sheikh or whatever.”
“Precisely. Except you’re the male equivalent, so to speak. Hence areverseharem. Girl fucking power and all that! It’s about time you got your freak on. I can live vicariously through you.”
I laugh. “Well, when you put it that way.”
“You’re literally living a polyamorous life. It’s like the best of all worlds. You’ve got four fit guys in love with you and they’re totally cool with each other being in your life as well. All those cocks. Hmm… but only three holes...” She tips her head to the side, actually thinking about the logistics. My cheeks flame. I hadn’teven considered that. I mean individually, yes, absolutely of course. Even being with two of them at once, because I’ve already explored that, but all four…
