Chapter 40

ISABELLA

Nicole, Samantha, Lara, Veronica, Jodie, Kim, Clarissa, Elena, Donna, Emily and the list goes on: these are the names of all the girls my dear mates have slept with, and some have even had sex with all three, but not at the same time, as one of them had the decency to tell me.

"Hey, where have you been? I went to get you a drink and then I couldn't find you."

"I sat on the dock to enjoy the view." I tell him, grabbing the glass he hands me. I drink it down and hand it back to him. Asher looks at me stunned, but refrains from commenting. "Do you know where Jax is?" My question surprises him. It seems he's the brother with the fewest female conquests. In first place we find Knox, with an impressive track record to say the least, closely followed by Asher, the eldest of the family, and a little further behind Jax. So yes, even though I know that they had a life before meeting me and that they're super hot, it's logical that lots of girls have fallen for them. Yes, it's normal, but it pisses me off. Does that make me a overly jealous girlfriend? Certainly, but I don't give a damn.

As if by magic, Jax arrives frowning.

"Is something wrong?" He asks me.

"I feel like going home if you don't mind." I tell him, avoiding Asher's gaze.

"Already?" He asks me surprised.

"I'm not feeling very..."

"You don't have to explain, I'll take you home." Asher cuts me off.

"I don't want you to walk me home I want Jax to." I reply without looking at him.

"Is something wrong?" Knox asks, joining us. I'm now surrounded by the three brothers and I feel like I'm going to suffocate.

"I want to go home." I reply simply.

"No problem, I'll walk you home."

"No!" I shout and heads turn to look at us. "I want it to be Jax." I tell him more softly.

"Why?" He asks me visibly hurt.

"Because you fucked over half the girls here." I say in an angry whisper.

Asher opens his mouth but I cut him off before any sound comes out. "And you too, and I'm not even talking about Nicole." He closes his mouth just as tightly, contracting his jaw.

"But Jax too..."

"Yes, but he's the least worst of the three of you." I cut Knox off before he can finish his sentence.

"Hey would you like to play a game of beer pong with us? Just like old times?" One of their friends asks them they're about to refuse but I cut them off.

"I'd love to, I haven't played since college." I tell him with a smile and immediately follow him.

JAX

Everything went to hell at the speed of light. Ash left her alone for ten fucking minutes and those vipers all rushed off to brag about which one of us they'd slept with. The plan was simple: don't leave her alone and the one who considers himself the smartest of the three of us did it.

Adrian fires a shot and it falls into the cup in front of Bella and she drinks it. We're up to five beers now and I'm afraid she's going to fall over.

"It's okay after this one I'm the one who drinks the next ones." I tell her.

"No way." She responds by digging her index finger into my chest. "Let's shrivel them up and I'll play by the rules all the way." She adds, swinging her cup behind her before throwing the ball and aiming just right once more. She jumps for joy and ends up in my arms, before pushing me away. "I'd forgotten you pissed me off."

"And here I thought I was the least worst of the three." I mumble.

She sighs. "Listen." She says, putting her hands on my cheeks. "Ti amo e sapere che ti sei scopato una tonnellata di ragazze non cambierà le cose nel lungo periodo, ma per stasera lasciami essere arrabbiata".

"I didn't understand a word you said, but hearing you speak to me in Italian gives me a hard-on."

"Learn Italian then... and take me back to fuck me." She adds, whispering in my ear.

"We'll leave you guys to it!" I yell before carrying her in a bride style and walking at full speed in the direction of the house.

Isabella giggles and I laugh. To her surprise, I carry her upstairs and throw her on my bed.

"You're not mad at me?" I ask her.

"For having had a life?" She shakes her head. "I just let my insecurities get the best of me that's all. But I do plan to talk to Asher about Nicole's threats tomorrow." She gets up from the bed and pulls my t-shirt over my head and I help her pull it off.

"What threats?" I ask her worriedly.

"I don't want to talk about it now because now I want you to fuck me like I'm the first and last. Like everything that happened before me never happened."

"It's going to be very simple because you're the only one who matters." But as much as I want to rip her dress off, I need to know what threats she's referring to and if they're serious. "But I want to know what Nicole told you... to protect you."

"Merda! She wants Asher...she told me that you and Knox should be enough for me. And she told me not to let him mark me or I'd pay for it or something like that."

"Something like that? I have to be sure what she told you."

"She told me I was going to regret it."

I pull out my phone and text Asher exactly what Bella just told me. I get an immediate response telling me he'll talk to her. Maybe the idea of Knox and his shovel wasn't so bad after all. We could easily dispose of her in a hole in the forest.