Page 111 of Cherished


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“But you have,” Henry blurted out.

I grinned. “I sure have.” I took a long drink before holding the bottle to Henry, who blushed and took a swig.

“Anyone else?” I asked.

Bear grabbed the bottle and drank. A rage I didn’t quite understand burned through my chest, and I found myself glaring at him. His eyes widened as he took in my expression. “And it was terrible,” he said loudly. “A very unmemorable experience with a highly unmemorable person.”

The fiery anger in my chest eased slightly, and I realized I was feelingjealous. I’d never felt jealous of any of my high school boyfriends.

Bear crooked his finger at me. For a second, I considered being a brat and ignoring him, but my omega needed to show everyone he belonged to me.

I crawled over to him and he pulled me into his lap. He lowered his lips to my ear. “The only ass I want to take is yours. And I will take it. You’ll squeeze my cock so hard as you come over and over. Maybe one day I’ll even knot you there.” His hands moved to cup my ass, squeezing it so hard I squirmed against him. “You never have to be jealous, baby.”

I kissed his stubbled cheek before turning back to the rest of the guys. Henry was adjusting himself, and I winked at him.

“Who’s next?” I asked.

Liam cleared his throat. “Never have I ever gone skinny dipping.”

I looked around the room, but no one moved toward the tequila. I leaned forward and snagged it, gulping down a mouthful. I held out the bottle, but no one took it. “No one elsehas gone skinny dipping? I know what our next field trip should be. Is there a pool here?”

“No,” Gray and Liam said at the same time.

“You’re not going to skinny dip in a pool where other people could see,” Gray said.

Liam nodded, crossing his arms.

“See, you two are united on something,” I teased. “We’ll have to teach them how to live a bit more on the edge,” I said to Bear. “Oh, I have another one! Never have I ever been attracted to a man in this room.” I eyed them as I took a drink before placing the bottle in the middle of the table. I sighed when no one reached for it. “Well, it was worth a try.”

Henry grinned. “Cheeky.”

“Who knows, maybe it will happen,” I said. “Now it’s your turn.”

“Never have I ever been arrested,” Henry said.

There was silence in the room, and then Bear grabbed the tequila from the center of the table. After he’d taken a swig, Liam snagged it from him and drank. Before he could set it back on the coffee table, Gray took it from him. He put it back on the table and then I grinned as I reached out and grabbed it, the tequila burning my mouth as I took another shot.

All the guys turned to look at me. Henry’s eyes were wide as he muttered, “You’re shitting me.”

I burst out laughing. “I guess we’re all going to have to work hard to corrupt you.” I moved around the table so I could give Henry a kiss.

“When were you fucking arrested?” Bear asked, a slight growl on the edge of his words.

“Why are you so mad?” I asked, turning towards him. “Apparently, you’re all criminals.” I gestured at the alphas.

“Yeah, but I don’t want to think about you in jail. Give me names,” Bear said.

“You’re cute,” I said with a grin.

“Answer the question,” Gray said, sounding dangerous.

I huffed, pretending to be annoyed by their overprotectiveness while my insides felt warm. “Senior year of high school, my friends and I decided we needed to go out with a bang. There was an alpha-run country club downtown. It’s closed now, but it was very exclusive back in the day, and most of the alphas were designation assholes who supported anti-omega legislation. But my boyfriend…”

Growls filled the room and I fell against Henry, laughing. “At least I have one guy who doesn’t growl.”

He wrapped his arms around me tightly. “Still don’t like the reminder that you belonged to anyone else before us.”

I shifted to meet his gaze. “I’ve neverbelongedto anyone before you.” The words were out of my mouth before I could second guess them, but Henry just brushed my hair out of my face and kissed my cheek.