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    “Then Carlos stole his swim trunks and towel and hid them so Tanner was forced to walk into the middle of the party wearing nothing but his birthday suit,” Talia says.


    Christian isughing so hard he has tears streaming down his cheeks.


    “Oh goddess help me, he did it and when everyone stopped to stare at him …” he begins and both of them beginughing so hard they can’t


    continue.


    “Then what?” Shane asks.


    I have to admit, the story is funny. Talia is a good storyteller, but I’ve never seen Christian like this before. He’s so … normal. I’ve never seen him this rxed before. It’s making it even harder not to be jealous. But it’s also showing me another side of him, one that I really want to see more of.


    “He looked around with his hair dripping water all over the floor, like we were the ones who were crazy, and said, ‘What?‘,” Talia finally gets out, sending both of them into another round of hystericalughter.


    “Then he went to the bar and got himself a drink before finally going upstairs to get dressed,” Christian finally finishes. “It was fucking fantastic.<i>” </i>


    “You’d have to know Tanner. Next to Christian, he’s the most uptight man I’ve ever met. Can you imagine Christian walking into a partypletely naked and acting like nothing was wrong?” Talia says,


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    wiping her eyes.


    I look at Christian. “No,” Shane and I say together.


    “Exactly.


    “I’m not uptight, Talia,” Christian growls, but it’s muted by hisughter.


    “Oh honey, I hate to be the one to tell you this if everyone in your life has been blowing sunshine up your ass, but you’re wound tighter than a drum.”


    “I doubt Tiana would have kept quiet about that,” Shane says.


    “Who’s Tiana?” Talia asks, still trying to regain control of herself.


    “Sebastiana, Christian’s sister. I call her Tiana,” Shane says.


    “You call her Sebi, right Christian?” Talia asks.


    “Yeah, but Sebi decided that she and Shane were going to be partners at the Academy, and the two of them… well, what did you decide? It felt like you too came to an agreement over the weekend when she was here,” Christian asks.


    “We did. We’re going to remain exclusive until after we leave the Academy,” Shane says.


    Talia looks at him. “If I may, you should be careful with that. At the Academy, there are clear boundaries for the sex ss. It’s a ss, it’s not dating. If the two of you are exclusive before you go, that sounds like dating. I know for Christian and I, we were always very clear that we wanted our mates, and it was just a ss. It’s a fun ss, don’t get me wrong, but if you have feelings involved before you even get to the Academy, it will make it harder if the two of you don’t end up being


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    mates. That’s just my suggestion, take or leave it.”


    I look at Shane and I can tell that he is struggling with what Talia said. I know he’s already got feelings for Sebastiana.


    “We can talk about it more at ater time, Shane. You don’t have to make any decisions tonight,” Christian says.


    “So, you didn’t start having feelings for Christian while you were at the Academy? Being together in two sex sses didn’t make things more personal?” I ask.


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