Page 79 of Conquered

“I'm fine, Jax.” I smile back, pushing some of his gorgeous hair back off his face.

He takes another moment, clearly gathering his thoughts, then steps back, letting go of my neck and adjusting himself in his black jeans, not giving a flying fuck who sees him do it. I straighten my own clothes and hair, pulling my navy corduroy mini skirt down where it had started to ride up a little.

“What was all that about?” Loki asks us, turning to Jax. “You don't usually go in for so much PDA, dude.”

“I'll tell you what that was, you dickweed.” I narrow my eyes at the beautiful boy, taking a step towards him, my index finger pointed accusingly at him.

I take another step closer to Loki, so that I'm all up in his business, poking the finger in his hard chest.Damn! Now I have a sore fucking finger!

I’m aware that there's still a bit of a crowd gathered round us, although thankfully Amber and her cronies have gone, so I lower my voice.

“Your fucking bitchtit of an ex started a pissing contest that she didn't have the ladyballs to finish.”

“And…” he prompts, raising a perfect auburn brow, a lopsided smirk on his handsome face.

“And I corrected her, that it wasn't just you enjoying my ‘whore cunt’ as she so eloquently put it. I said both youandJax have been enjoying it. Together. That seemed to piss her off.” I smile again, thinking about the colour of her face when I revealed that little tidbit.

Loki throws his head back and roars with laughter, clapping his hands, and causing more than one set of eyes to glance our way. I even hear Jax huff out a laugh as he comes up next to me.

“I bet that ticked her off,” Loki says, wiping his eyes as he tries to get himself under control. “She's been trying to get us to have a threesome with her for years!”

“You're the only one who would ever tap that crazy ass bitch,” Jax grumbles as we begin to walk off. He takes my own much smaller hand in his huge grip.

“It was once!” Loki hisses back, holding up a finger. “And I was fucking wasted so I thought she was someone else. Anyone else to be honest.”

“Well, she thinks you'll get bored of me and go back to her,” I say, my voice quiet and small as I look down. That thought bothers me. A lot.

Both guys stop dead in their tracks, Jax's grip pulling me up short. I turn back, wondering why we've stopped in the middle of the hallway.

Before I can ask, Loki steps up to me, hand cupping my face. His palm feels so warm, I can't help but lean my cheek into it, closing my eyes briefly at the comfort I find, before opening them to gaze into his.

“I may have been...free with my attention before…” Loki begins, his usually mirthful green eyes serious. I hear Jax snort behind me. “Fine,” he rolls his eyes. “I may have been a bit of a man whore, but I won’t get bored with you. Ever.”

My breath hitches as he leans down and kisses me on the lips. It's a kiss full of sweetness and days filled with sun and laughter. It's a kiss full of a promise, one that I’m scared to believe in.

I know he loves me, and I love him back so much that sometimes it makes my heart ache. But do I dare believe that this is forever?

He ends the embrace, dropping a soft kiss on my nose that melts me completely.

I'm then turned round to face Jax, who looks me deep in the eyes too. He doesn't say anything, just nods and kisses me gently.

I guess we're going public, I think ruefully as he releases me, interlocking our fingers once again, just as Loki puts an arm across my shoulders, and we walk towards the dining hall.

CHAPTER TWENTY

LILLY

The next couple of weeks pass by in a rapid blur of intense studying, and mind blowing orgasms with Loki and Jax, sometimes separately, but often together. They're insatiable, and I can't help the feeling that they are trying to find escape in my arms, as much as I am in theirs.

Not to be outdone, Kai regularly invites me to cook with him, taking me by surprise when his fingers cause me to lose focus. Like with Loki in the beginning, he won’t let me reciprocate, just leaves me sated and my knickers damp. We’ve not managed any other hikes, although I can’t deny that even with a chill in the air I wouldn’t say no to getting hot and heavy outside with him.

Nothing has happened with Ash, not since the night of his party. Though his heated eyes follow me round the dorm, and I can’t forget the look on his face as he watched me, Loki, and Jax together.Smeghead!

I don't talk to my uncle, it still feels so strange calling him that. I’m not used to having any family other than Mum, andnow the horrible irony of gaining an uncle only to lose her cuts me to the quick.

He has sent me precisely two emails. One after my first week of being here, asking how I'm settling in, to which I get no response when I reply. The other was the week before autumn—sorry, fall—break. Apparently, I won't be able to go back to England, so he asked me to make alternate arrangements.

Although he still feels like a complete stranger, I can't deny the flash of hurt that runs through me at his casual rejection. It’s compounded by the fact that neither Lexi; my mum’s best friend, or Ryan; Mum’s boyfriend, have contacted me at all since Mum died. I’ve known them both my whole life, I even used to hope that Mum and Ryan would get married one day, and yet nothing. Not a text, an email, shit, even a letter.