I continued to pace but stopped abruptly when she started to giggle. Her cheeks were still red. “Why are you laughing?”

She giggled a few more times and ran her fingers through her hair before smiling. My God, she is beautiful.

I didn’t see that smile often. Not the real one. Things had been so serious lately. And emotional. And draining.

But this? This was something I could get used to.

Her hands fell down to her sides, and suddenly, I forgot about everything we were discussing when I truly took her in. She was standing there, smiling, with nothing but my t-shirt on.

She took my fucking breath away.

“Ollie.” Her voice brought me back. “You are such a good guy.” Her smile fell a little as her eyes glossed over. “I know I didn’t know your mom, but she would have been so proud of the man you turned out to be.”

We stayed locked on one another, and I felt so fucking much. My heart was roaring, and the only thing I wanted to do was pull her into me.

And I wasn’t sure if I’d ever let her go.

Chapter Thirty-Nine

Piper

Ollie’s arms felt like chains of protection. The beating of his heart sounded like a lullaby made just for me. The smell of his t-shirt was my favorite scent. Everything felt beautiful when I was with him.

“Can we just stay up here all night? Away from the party and everyone’s watchful eyes?” My muffled words made him laugh with his arms locked around me.

His chin wobbled on top of my head. “There’s honestly nowhere else I’d rather be right now.”

Once he dropped his arms from my body, he pulled me over to his bed. We snuggled in under the covers, and I was back in my spot right in the crook of his arm. “I never thought I’d see the day where Ollie Powell didn’t want to party.”

His deep chuckle vibrated his chest along my cheek. “Neither did I, but I also never thought I’d take a girl’s virginity, but here we are.”

My face flamed. I never ever expected to tell him that little tidbit, but there was something about Ollie that had me spilling all of my secrets, one by one. It was as if he had the password to my diary. A few weeks ago, I would have hated that, but now, I loved it.

It felt good to be real with him. To show him all of me.

“You know I’m going to be making up for that, right?”

“Make up for what?”

“For taking your virginity. For being so…feral.”

I busted up laughing. “Feral?”

He pulled me away and drove his blue eyes into mine. “That was some serious sex. We were…”

“Passionate,” I finished for him.

He half nodded. “It’s hard to wrap my head around the idea that it was your first time. Are you sure?”

I gave him a look and playfully smacked him. “Of course I’m sure. I think I’d know.”

He thought for a moment as I snuggled back up to my spot. I wondered for a moment if Hayley was wondering where I was, but chances were, she already knew.

She’d been rooting for Ollie and me since the beginning.

Ollie cleared his throat. “So, how many people has it been since?”

Embarrassment washed over me. This conversation, really?

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