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JENNA
More than an hour into our impromptu little party, I was feeling no pain. The fire crackled. The stories flowed. The couch itself was probably the most comfortable piece of furniture I had ever rested my ass on, and my third glass of wine went down even better than my first two.
Best of all, none of us were the least bit tired.
The house itself was something of a marvel; a 1950’s mid-century modern home with sweeping curves and enough windows to make for a spectacular, three-hundred sixty-degree view. Luca had bought the place while still on his last tour in Afghanistan, purely based on photos and an engineer’s report. Now that he was home he planned on fixing it up, and he had a long way to go. So far, as a sort of coming home present, Tyler and Jay had helped make the living room, well… livable.
The rest of the house might be falling apart, but I knew Jay had a carpentry background and Tyler was a jack-of-all-trades. They’d get things done for sure. Luca himself was absolutely amazing. He was charming, funny, and interesting as hell, in addition to being smoldering, panty-drenchinghot.
You would’ve thought with sex off the table it would’ve put a pin in my libido, at least for tonight. Instead it was the polar opposite. Being sandwiched between Tyler and Luca on the couch, knowing I wassupposedto be having them, was driving me absolutely wild. And I couldn’t get over how great Jay looked either. In the past he’d been the lanky, happy-go-lucky goofball that made everyone laugh. But now he’d matured, and big time. While I wasn’t looking, the best friend of my ex-boyfriend had shed his boyish, surfer-boy looks and had grown into one hell of a fine-lookingman.
Every time Tyler leaned in a little, it made my stomach flutter. I wasdyingto kiss him — to rekindle the white-hot sparks I already knew were still there. Each minute that passed was slow torture, staring at these men, knowing what we could’ve been doing right now…
It was enough to drive a horny, wine-buzzed, sex-starved girl straight over the edge.
I was in the kitchen retrieving yet another round of snacks when I ran into Jay. He handed me a popcorn packet, then pointed out the microwave while I rummaged around for bowls.
“Up there,” he said. “Top shelf.”
I reached up to grab a bowl, and my shirt slipped off my shoulder again. Visions of the girl from the movie Flashdance came to mind as I quickly pulled it back up.
“What was that?” asked Jay.
The smile on his face told me he pretty much already knew. I shrugged anyway.
“Nothing.”
“Didn’t look like nothing.”
I turned ever slightly, and in my peripheral vision I could see the black strap of my lingerie still peeking out. I pretended not to notice.
“C’mon,” Jay urged. He leaned casually back against the counter and crossed his arms. “Show me.”
God, he looked good. So tall and well-built. Solid as hell. And those arms…
“Why?” I finally sputtered.
“Because it looks good,” he grinned. “It looks… interesting.”
The way he was staring at me seemed suddenly different. Like he could already see through my outer clothes, to what was underneath.
“Plus, I wanna see.”
A cold realization stole over me. All new butterflies erupted in my stomach.
“They told you, didn’t they.”
Jay slowly shrugged. “That they were helping you out of a jam?” He smiled and winked. “Tyler and I tell each other everything. You know that. You dated him long enough.”
“Yeah, well…”
“Well what?”
I found myself staring at the floor. “The whole thing is stupid,” I said, fixing my shirt again. “The idea was crazy to begin with. Something that sounded better on paper, in the heat of the moment. But now…”
“What about now?”
He pushed off the counter and took a step closer. Reaching out with one long arm, he gently plucked the bowl from my hand.
