Being Jane: A New Adult Erotic Romance: Fountain of Love by Arabella Quinn Page A

of him. I wanted so much more.
    He was watching me
so intensely; it almost made me forget to breathe. At that very moment, I had
no doubt in my mind. I wanted to give myself to Dusty Hamilton. I wanted him to
take me. I would worry about the consequences some other time.
    “Dusty, I want- ”
    Our moment was
shattered. “Michelle is looking for you.”
    Chad was standing
right next to us. His voice got more urgent. “Dude, she’s looking for you. Your
girlfriend is on her way over here right now.”
    His girlfriend? I stiffened in Dusty’s arms. What the hell?
    I couldn’t hide
the shock or hurt that washed over my face. And Dusty certainly couldn’t hide
the guilt that washed over his. “Jane, I…”
    I took a step
backward and Dusty let me go. The sudden loss of his support made me stumble and
almost fall flat onto my ass. I barely righted myself when Dusty’s girlfriend, Michelle,
walked over to us. Her smile of smug superiority reminded me of Dusty’s high
school girlfriend, Glenna.
    “Dusty, where have
you been hiding?” The cheerfulness in her voice sounded fake.
    I wasn’t sure if
she’d seen me with Dusty, but I saw her look me over, sizing me up. And her
eyes focused like laser beams right onto my chest. I knew my nipples were hardened
and protruding from the thin fabric of my top. I wasn’t wearing a bra, I had
just been extremely aroused and I knew my headlights were showing.
Unfortunately, I was standing in a pool of light cast from a floodlight mounted
on the back of the house.
    Oh yes, Michelle
had noticed. Her eyes narrowed even though she was still smiling. “I don’t
think we’ve met before.”
    Dusty glanced at
me. And he noticed my nipples, too. Jesus, could this get any worse?
    “I’m Jane.” I
decided to keep it simple.
    “Oh. Huh.”
Michelle shrugged me off. Then she turned to Dusty like she had forgotten I was
there already. “I need to tell you a secret…” She leaned all over him to
whisper in his ear.
    I felt nauseous
watching the display. I turned and walked to the back door of the house as fast
as my legs would take me without risking a humiliating tumble. I entered the
house and stumbled around until I found the bathroom.
    I was drunk, so I
was really close to breaking down into tears. It took me several minutes to
compose myself. Hold it all in, Jane. When I was ready, I gathered my strength
and headed back outside.
    I headed toward
the bonfire, not even looking in the direction that I knew Michelle was
practically dry humping Dusty in.
    On my way down the
yard, I got stopped by a nerdy looking guy. “Hey, you wanna shot?”
    “Hell, yeah.”
    I picked up the
shot glass from his plastic tray and downed the liquid in one motion. I
returned the glass and resumed my walk toward the bonfire.

Chapter 8
     
     
    Dustin
     
    The night had
turned into a fucking disaster. First, I had to leave my own party to go pick
up Michelle. Instead of waiting a couple of hours until the party started, she
decided she needed to go out.  So she left my house and then got stuck at
her friend’s house with no ride. I tried, but I couldn’t get out of picking her
up. I had to drive thirty minutes to get to her and then thirty back again.
Luckily, I had only just started drinking before she called.
    After we got back,
Michelle pretty much ignored me. Unless she needed a new beer. For some reason,
she couldn’t get her own damn beer. She had to come find me whenever she needed
a new one.
    I made the rounds
of the party and that’s when I saw Jane. She had come over after all and she
looked unbelievably hot. My excitement at finding her was short-lived, however.
Man, was I pissed when I saw Nate’s hands all over her. I felt like stomping
over there and pulling her away from him. Nate was a good enough guy and all,
but why the fuck was he touching Jane?
    It was when I saw
them break away from the drinking game that I made my move. I had just gotten
Michelle a new beer, so I knew she’d be