Off-Limits Roomates: A Reverse Harem College Sports Romance by Rebel Bloom

Author:Rebel Bloom [Bloom, Rebel]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: anonymous
Published: 2024-09-05T00:00:00+00:00

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***Ella***

When I got home that night, I rushed upstairs and straight to Booth’s room. I knocked before I could chicken out and as soon as he answered, I wrapped my arms around him in a tight hug. “Thank you. For earlier. I didn’t get a chance to thank you because of…everything…so I just wanted to say it… So, thank you.”

He leaned against his door frame after I slipped out of his arms and watched me. “I’m sorry I ran off. I was jealous.”

I rocked back on my heels like he’d slapped me. I had to open and close my mouth a few times before I could form my thoughts into a sentence. I wasn’t used to such blatant honesty. “You were jealous?”

He nodded. “I’m doing my best to be a better friend to Vaughn but it isn’t easy. Seeing Fish get to touch you is hard. So, yeah, I was jealous. I wanted to be the one holding you.”

My cheeks heated and I stammered. Hearing him admit it so openly was somehow both butterfly-inducing and a balm to my wounded ego. I’d been convinced that he hadn’t liked what we’d done or that Vaughn had told him about what we’d done in the library. He’d pulled back from me hard and while I understood it, I didn’t like it. “You were jealous.”

He smiled and his dimples made it devastating. “I was jealous. Am jealous.”

“You are jealous.” I realized I was starting to sound like an idiot and shook my head. “Sorry. I just spent the last two weeks thinking that I’d done something wrong so I’m a little shocked.”

“You thought you’d done something wrong?”

I smirked up at him. “Now you’re repeating me.”

He glanced down the hallway and his jaw muscles clenched. “You did nothing wrong.”

“Vaughn found my panties in your room. If the way he came after me was anything like the way he came after you, I assume it wasn’t pretty.” I looked down at Vaughn’s door and sighed. Things were weird.

“He was more hurt than I expected.” Booth stepped forward and brushed his knuckle down my cheek. “I don’t want to be a bad friend.”

I nodded as a heavy weight settled over my chest. It was for the best. One of us had to be strong enough to stay away from the other. It clearly wasn’t going to be me. “I get it.”

“No, you don’t. I don’t want to be a bad friend but I’m going to be. I can’t watch other guys touch you and keep my sanity, Ella.” His cheeks went pink. “I called my mom and tried to talk to her about it today. That’s how close I am to losing my mind. She thought I was gay and was super disappointed that I’m not. It was a whole thing that I wish I could’ve avoided.”

I snorted. “She thought you were gay? If she only knew…”

“Really, Ella?” He shook his head. “She’ll never know because I’m not going to ever tell my mother how much I like eating your-”

“Incoming.

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