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My cheeks flushed.
“I just, well, I don’t know how much I can give. My head is a mess right now, but I don’t want to see you hurt.”
He offered a small smile. “I don’t think you have it in you to hurt anyone, Harper. You’re such a sweet person.”
Was I? I remembered how I had torn his family apart. I averted my gaze, afraid my guilt might become obvious.
“As long as you’re honest with me, Harper, and I know you are. You’re the most honest and sincere person I’ve probably ever met. It’s one of the things I admire about you.”
The shame and guilt weighed heavily on my heart. I had to tell him.
“Nate, I have something to tell you, I—”
A knock at the door stopped me in my tracks. With wide eyes, I stared at Nate who didn’t seem too worried.
“Yes?” he called out.
“It’s Jackson.”
Nate looked at me as if to ask, “Well?”
I hurried out of bed to try and find my clothes.
“He’s not going to care, Harper.”
“How can he not care?”
“Because we have all had you, we shared you already. Why would he care now?”
I stopped in my tracks. “This is different,” I said in a hushed voice.
Was it, though?
“Harper? Is that you?” Jackson called back.
“We’ve already been found out,” Nathan said. “And we did say we wanted to be honest.”
I slipped my shirt back on as the door opened before either of us had told Jackson to come inside. He just walked into the room.
“Hey, why did no one invite me?” he said, playfully pouting.
He seemed to have sobered up a little since the drama earlier, which was a plus.
“I’m sorry, Jackson.”
“No need to be sorry,” Jackson scoffed, shrugging and turning to Nate. “I’m the one that owes you both an apology for my behavior earlier.”
“You don’t need to apologize to me,” Nathan said. “It’s Aiden and Mom who need to hear it.”
Jackson flinched. “I know. I’m just working my way up to talking to Mom and well, with Aiden, it’s complicated, as you know.”
“I know, but you still owe him an apology.”
“He owes me one too.”
“Sure, both of you need to be nicer to each other,” Nathan said.
I was still in awe that Jackson seemed completely unphased by finding me in his brother’s room. He kept sneaking glances in my direction, but he didn’t say anything else about finding me half naked with Nathan.
