The Alpha Triplets And The Rogue
Chapter 20

Erica’s POV

Chris runs his fingers up and down my arm and I practically melt at the feeling of the tingles that are spreading throughout my body. My body is craving his touch and I want nothing more to give into the feeling.

Cupping my cheek in his massive hands, Chris leans in until his face is just a few inches from my own. “Tell me, Little Fox,” I can feel his hot breath on my lips. “Have you ever been kissed before?”

My mind is fuzzy because of his close proximity and I mumble mindlessly under my breath. “Bryce kissed me on my birthday.”

Suddenly Chris is no longer close to me and I can feel my senses coming back to me. Slowly I open my eyes and I see Chris walking back and forth angrily. “He did what?” Chris’s voice booms loudly through the room.

“He kissed me after you all left my room last night,” I say meekly, not wanting to start problems between the brothers.

“You were off limits,” Chris screams even louder.

Chris’s face is filled with rage and I cannot help but shrink away from him. He is pacing his floor, each footstep hitting the ground harder than the last. I want to ask what he means by “off limits” but I am too afraid to speak right now. I take several steps backwards and the backs of my legs hit the bed behind me.

Chris’s bedroom door swings open and Ace and Bryce come storming into the room. As soon as Chris sees Bryce he grabs him by the neck and slams him against the wall. “She was off limits,” Chris growls as he snarls at Bryce.

Ace hurries over to me and wraps his arms around me, trying to shield me from the fight that is getting ready to take place. “What the f**k are you talking about, Chris?” Ace snaps at him.

Chris turns to look at Ace but he doesn’t remove his hand from Bryce’s neck. “He kissed her.”

“What the f**k, Bryce,” Ace says angrily.

Bryce claws at Chris’s hand that is still wrapped around his neck. “It was before I knew she was our mate,” he manages to breathe out. “I was just flirting.”

“Somehow, that makes it even worse,” Ace g****s.

“It was her first k**s,” Chris growls even louder.

“Ah, f**k,” Ace says letting go of me. He walks over to Chris and places his hand on Chris’s shoulder. “You have to let him go,” Ace tries to reason with Chris.

“Yeah,” Bryce gasps for air and manages a painful smirk. “You have to let me go.”

Even now, with his life on the line, Bryce has time to be playful and funny. I can’t help but smile at his childishness. Now that I take the time to think about it, it is kind of cute.

Chris lets go of Bryce’s neck and Bryce falls to the floor with a grunt.

“I was the first to k**s her,” Bryce brags.

“I call her virginity,” Ace yells out loudly.

“She will love me first,” Chris responds angrily.

I roll my eyes and stomp my foot angrily. “I hate you! All of you!! I am not some toy to be played with. You don’t get to call dibs on my virginity or my love.”

Ace slaps a twenty dollar bill into Bryce’s hand and I glare at them both. “Ace didn’t think that you were a virgin.”

Twisting a strand of my hair around my finger, I almost snap it off. “Rule one. No more taking bets on me.”

“Oh, rules. That sounds kinky,” Bryce laughs as he sits on Chris’s bed and makes himself comfortable.

“Rule two,” I snap my head in his direction. “No more… sexy talk or innuendos.”

Bryce claps his hands over his heart and pretends like he is wounded.

“Rule three, I am never cleaning any of your rooms ever again. And rule four, Bryce has to apologize for stealing my first k**s.” I place my hands on my h**s and tap my foot impatiently while the brothers have one of their famous meetings on Chris’s bed.

The three brothers turn their heads in my direction and then go back to their private conversation. Bryce breaks away from the three and gets down on his knees in front of me.

“I am sorry,” Bryce says as he clasps his hands together in front of his body. “I didn’t mean to steal your first k**s.”

“I guess that is as good as it is going to get,” I g***n as I take several steps back, just out of reach of Bryce’s now outstretched arms.

Ace clears his throat, drawing my attention away from Bryce. Bryce crawls forward on his hands and knees wrapping his arms around my waist and holding me tightly. I try to push myself out of Bryce’s grip but he doesn’t budge. I let out a frustrated sigh. Chris reaches over and grabs Bryce by the back of his neck and pulls him off of me.

“Thank you,” I say to Chris. “Rule five. Don’t touch me.”

“Thank you,” I say to Chris. “Rule five. Don’t touch me.”

Clearing his throat again, Ace turns his blue eyes in my direction. “About rule two… if we don’t talk about it then how do we decide who gets to do what with you?”

I lean my head back and laugh loudly. “Did you not just hear rule five? None of you will be touching me.”

“Eventually,” Chris chimes in. “Eventually you will want to do things with us.”

“IF and when that time comes I will make the decision,” I cross my arms over my chest.

“That’s not fair,” Bryce yells from the floor.

“It is fair. If you don’t want to follow the rules then I will just leave now and we can put this whole messy situation behind us,” I glare at Bryce.

“Who gets to take you on your first date?” Ace asks curiously.

“That…” I say quietly. “You all can figure it out amongst yourselves.”

The boys huddle together for a few moments and whisper to one another. Suddenly, they begin to wrestle with one another.

“Stop!” I scream out loudly. “What are you three doing?”

All three boys look at me at the same time. “Ten second fights,” they all chime in at the same time.

“Do I even want to know?” I g***n at them all.

“We fight for ten seconds…” Ace begins.

“And whoever wins…” Bryce continues.

“Gets to take you out on a date.” Chris finishes.

Rolling my eyes I leave the room and shut the door behind me. The sound of them wrestling and banging into furniture echoes through the hallway. I can’t help but wonder who will win and a smile crosses my lips. Looking down at my suitcase that is sitting in the middle of the hallway, I realize that the girl that hated the triplets is gone. Letting out a deep sigh, I step around it and make my way to Ashley’s room.