Dammit, I desperately need some distance from these guys.
“Mom expects me home.” I pick up some toast and eat a few bites. “I don’t usually stay out all night.”
“We don’t have school tomorrow.” Jack looks at me hopefully. “We can play all day, sweetheart.”
My insides soften and heat at his words. I’m so screwed when it comes to these guys. Everything they do and say makes me want them.
“I need to go home, change, and check in with my mom, but I might…” I can’t believe I’m about to say this. “I might be able to hang out this afternoon.”
Nico’s smile captures me. We haven’t caught up yet. Everything has gone so fast with him being a horseman and joining in their games with me. But his smile is soft. He wants more than my virginity. Even Caden seems to want more.
The others, I’m not so sure of yet.
I’m also not sure how that will work. I mean, relationships with multiple partners exist, but I’m not sure how it works long term. And we’re only high school seniors. Our whole lives are spread out before us. How many people actually end up with their high school boyfriend? Especially five of them, and all probably going to separate colleges.
Maybe I should enjoy them while I have them and not get too attached.
My gaze stops on Eli. His dark hair and eyes have held me captive on more than one occasion. I could see him being a lawyer. He’d look good in a suit, and with his commanding presence, he could rule the courtroom. When he notices me noticing him, he winks.
A little spark ignites in my chest.
“By hangout, you mean?” Jack scratches the scruff on his chin.
I turn to Jack. “I mean hangout, not just play sex games all afternoon.”
“Maybe we can alternate.” Caden’s deep voice in my ear makes mewant to sink into him. “A movie, some spin the bottle, Monopoly, seven minutes in heaven, a little swimming.”
“Monopoly?” I glance over my shoulder at him. I can’t imagine these guys sitting down and playing Monopoly.
Caden’s grin is sinful as he lifts his hand to cup my breast. “Strip Monopoly with more interesting ways to get out of jail.”
I can’t help the laugh that comes out of me. “And you’ll all play Monopoly?”
I raise my eyebrows as I look around the table. Everyone agrees until my gaze stops on Luke. His eyes burn into me, and my core clenches, knowing that look. He wants to fuck me. And part of me really wants to rip off the Band-Aid and feel him inside me.
Feel them all inside me.
But I also don’t want to give in this easily. After all, this wasn’t my plan to begin with. They bullied me into being with them. I’m still afraid once they get what they want, they’ll leave me. Words are all good, but I don’t know if I can trust them yet.
Though they’ve been building that trust, little by little. They seem determined for me to give them my virginity, and even though they’ve had opportunities, they haven’t taken it.
I can’t forget their “punishment.” The seven minutes in the closet at school. A shudder rolls through me. When will they decide to punish me again? How far will they take it next time?
“Sure, princess, I’ll play Monopoly.” Luke’s gaze doesn’t release mine.
I shake off the feeling. “Who’s driving me home?”
I followNico to his car, and he opens the door for me. The guys actually played rock, paper, scissors to figure out who got to take me home. I guess alone time with me, even in a car, is precious right now.
When he starts the car, I turn to him. “Tell me about your life.”
He grins as he backs out of Caden’s driveway. “New York was a tripafter growing up here. I went to a really good private school. Made some friends, but no one as close as you guys.”
My mouth tightens. “When did you become friends with the horsemen? Seriously, we spent all our time together, so how didn’t I know?”
Nico cringes. “I might have wanted to keep you to myself. We were all noticing girls more in fifth grade, and I worried you might like one of them more than me.”
I shake my head. “You were my best friend. I would have stayed with you.”
