The Triplet Alphas' Secret Mate

Chapter 210: No Longer A Virgin

​Scarlett’s POV

​The ride back to the pack house was a blur of heavy silence and shifting gears. Liam’s hand stayed firmly over mine the entire way, his thumb stroking the back of my knuckles as if he couldn’t bear to break the physical connection. When we finally walked through the front doors, the mansion was dead quiet. The shadows of the hallway felt thick, but the crushing weight of his brothers’ jealousy had finally faded into the night.

​Liam escorted me all the way to my bedroom door. He turned to face me, his dark eyes soft and completely filled with an emotion I hadn’t seen in him for five long years. Emotions that made my knees buckle.

​"I had an incredible time tonight, Scarlett," he murmured, his voice dropping into that smooth, romantic baritone that always made my knees weak. "Thank you for giving me today."

​He leaned in slowly, pressing a soft, lingering kiss to the corner of my mouth, making my breath hitch. He pulled away just an inch, only to press another sweet kiss to my forehead, then to my flushed cheek, and finally down to the sensitive skin of my neck.

​Fuck.

​The sensation sent a violent jolt of pure lightning straight down my spine. I couldn’t take it anymore. The fake walls I had built up all day crumbled into dust. I wanted him. I wanted to feel exactly how he tasted, and God, I wanted him inside me right now.

against my lips, his control snapping instantly. He pushed me backward into my room, his foot kicking the door shut

suddenly everywhere. He reached behind me, his long fingers finding the zipper of my navy dress and sliding it down in one smooth motion. The heavy fabric loosened, and he pulled it off my shoulders, letting it pool around my waist. He trailed his lips back down my neck, his hot breath making me shiver

the cool air hit my skin, but it was immediately replaced by the intense heat of his mouth. Liam leaned down, taking one aching

brushed against my entrance, a cold, terrifying reality slapped me

completely under

had never gone all the way back then. But now... I wasn’t. My body was completely different. If he put his fingers inside me right

wrists and pulled away from him, stepping back into the shadows of the room. My chest was

with lust, but as he looked at my terrified, guilty expression, the passion in his face

down at his hands, then back up at my covered chest. "What is it? Did I

throat. My heart was pounding so hard I could hear it in my ears. I couldn’t lie about this. Not about my body. I had to just say it

no longer a virgin," I whispered, my voice trembling

that followed was

went pale, and his jaw clenched so hard the bone looked sharp. To Liam, this was a devastating betrayal. He had spent the last five years living like a monk, keeping himself entirely pure and celibate for the day his fated mate returned. He had assumed I was