Page 506 of His Virgin Romance Series

“It’s not anything terrible,” I rushed to tell him. “It was just…poor judgment on my part.”

He raised his eyebrows. “This would all make a lot more sense to me if I knew what you were talking about.”

“Right,” I said, biting my lip. “Well… I just want to start off by saying I loved the job. The people were great, and the interaction I had with the staff was… Well, let’s just say I made some friends.”

“Okay, so you obviously didn’t quit because you hated the work.”

“No.”

“Has this got anything to do with Seth?” he surmised.

I stayed silent, and that gave Jason his answer. “I see,” he nodded. “Well, if you’re worried I’m going to take Seth’s side over yours, then you have nothing to worry about it. He may be my closest friend, but you’re my sister.”

I smiled and gave Jason a kiss on the cheek. “You’re a good big brother.”

“Stop stalling.”

I gave him a small smile, and then I sat up in bed and Jason mirrored my movements. “I should preface this conversation by making a confession.”

“Okay?”

“I have been in love with Seth since I met him,” I said quietly.

“Whoa,” Jason said, as his expression changed into one of surprise. “That’s… Whoa…”

I smiled. “Does that freak you out?”

“I… Well… No,” he said slowly. “It doesn’t freak me out. It’s just… I mean, when you were younger we suspected you had a crush on him—”

“Who’s ‘we?’” I demanded.

“Mom, Dad, and I,” Jason admitted. “But as you got older, you seemed less…aware of Seth, and we all assumed you’d gotten over him.”

“No,” I said, shaking my head. “I just got better at hiding it.”

“Ah…”

“In any case, when I went down to the resort, everything was great, and I had a really good time. Seth and I didn’t see much of each other, and that was expected, but upsetting to me at first. I started dating casually, and Seth seemed to get jealous of that. Then the night of the resort Christmas party—”

“You slept with Seth?” Jason interrupted, his voice going up an octave.

“Uh… Well…. yeah.”

“Fuck.”

“It wasn’t just sex, okay?” I said. “We had a relationship… We were in a relationship.”

“For how long?”

“Since Christmas.”

“What?”

“Yeah…”

“Why didn’t you tell me?” he demanded.

“I didn’t tell anybody.”

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