Page 39 of Rocky Mountain Home

Jesse’s sudden change of topic offered a welcome respite from things she didn’t want to think about right now.

She poked him gently. “Jeez, where’d that come from?”

“Curiosity. I lost my virginity in the back bed of my truck. You?”

Blunt talk usually didn’t get her this flustered, but there was something about discussing it with Jesse when they couldn’t have sex that sent her cheeks heating. “I should tell you it was in a seedy hotel room one February when I had a one-night stand.”

Jesse grinned. “Hey, I will admit I stole your cherry, but neither of us were virgins that night.”

She gave him that much. “Fine. It was on a floating swimming platform at camp with my camp boyfriend the summer I was sixteen. We snuck out of our cabins after curfew and went skinny dipping.”

“Daring.”

“Stupid, but fun,” she admitted.

“Was it any good?”

Dare tilted her hand. “It was exciting because it was forbidden, and I think I got off more on that than his technique.” She wiggled upright. “Most forbidden thing you’ve ever done, since you took us down this bunny trail.”

He looked uncomfortable for a moment, which shocked the hell out of her. The man who had blown her mind so many ways that night in February didn’t seem the type to ever hesitate while discussing sex.

“I don’t know what you consider forbidden. You’d better clarify before I confess to the most vanilla of adventures.”

Recklessly Dare went on. “I had sex with a camp counselor—not the same summer, but the following. That’s only slightly forbidden because he was nineteen to my seventeen, but it counts.”

“Wild child. Sounds as if I should’ve gone to camp.”

She made a face, remembering back to the chaos of those days. “It was Caleb’s solution to getting us younger ones out of the way for a month every summer. I don’t blame him, and it was actually a good thing because being surrounded by organized activities pushed me out of my funk.”

“My brothers pushed me when I got into asshole mode,” Jesse admitted. “Especially Joel.”

Dare pulled her legs up and wrapped her arms around them, gazing at Jesse comfortably now as they talked. “Do you miss him? I’ve heard stories about how close twins can be.”

His poker face failed for a moment. It was clear there was some hurt involved in this topic.

She was going to apologize for the question then change the topic when he finally answered.

“I miss him like crazy, but this is what I’m doing right now.”

She nodded. “Move on, do the next thing. That was my mantra—still is, I guess.” She wanted to get rid of the sudden awkwardness, so she took a cue from him and went for shocking. “You’re holding out on me. Ever have sex with a guy?”

“Nope. Not my thing. You?”

She grinned. “Yeah, I’ve had sex with guys.”

“Tease.” Jesse’s gaze trickled over her, his admiration clear. “Tell me about your pillow fights, darlin’.”

“I don’t kiss and tell.” She drew herself up haughtily before offering a dirty grin. “Well, just this time. Tried it once. We both got off, but I spent more time giggling than riding that edge of excitement, if you know what I mean. I think if there’d been a guy with us, it would’ve been awesome.”

Jesse raised a brow. “A threesome?”

He didn’t look as shocked as she’d expected, and then she remembered his brother lived with two other people. “To be blunt, I like cock. But man, did she ever know how to go down. Blew my mind.”

“I’ve heard that.”

She eyed him. “You? Threesomes?

His cocky nonchalance seemed to be teetering on the edge of discomfort as he confessed, “Yeah. For a while it was a thing with me.”