the fact that we knew Jenny was there, just behind the door, or maybe it was that now we had a secret that made us even more bound to each other. Either way, I couldn’t shake the feeling that this was the start of something new.
I also couldn’t shake the feeling that Johnathan and Frances were delusional if they thought that they were going to win the new contest that we just set up. I was going to be the first one to sleep with her, without a doubt.
Chapter Nine
Jenny
When I woke up, the sun was shining, and the birds were chirping. For a moment, I completely forgot where I was. But as I sat up and looked around, I remembered the events of yesterday in bits and pieces.
There had been a fight with Matthew in the middle of the night. He had stormed out, and then when I went to work, the wolves had attacked me and the bears had saved me.
Well...I didn’t actually remember the wolves attacking me, but it had been something I was afraid of for years. Mathew had threatened it many times, and it was not surprising that he finally went through with it.
I was so frustrated with him. How could he do this to me? How could he throw away so many years of a relationship, just like that?
Of course, there was probably a good chance he didn’t realize he had thrown it all away. He probably thought that everything was fine.
Well, I hoped he noticed a difference now. And the difference, of course, was that I was no longer in the house.
And I wasn’t going to go back.
I had made up my mind somewhere in the dark of the night. I had decided that as soon as the bears told me I was safe, I wasn’t going to return to the home I had made with him. I didn’t know where I was going to go, but my relationship was over.
I didn’t know how I would ever repay the bears. They had saved me from certain death. Matthew would have had me killed, and my three angels had swooped in and stopped him.
They hadn’t talked about any repercussions for him, and I hadn't asked, because I didn’t want to know. I hated violence, and I hated conflict, which is probably why I was in the position I was in now.
I slowly climbed out of bed and looked in the mirror. I had fallen asleep in the clothes that I was wearing yesterday morning, and I felt a mess. There were some pieces of leaves in my hair and my makeup was smeared all over my face. I always thought it wasn’t possible to sleep in jeans, but apparently, I had been wrong.
I was so tired, but I didn’t want to sleep anymore. This was a new kind of tired, a soul-weary tired that made me never want to look at another wolf shifter again
Technically, I never wanted to look at another shifter again, but I couldn’t stop that from happening right now. I told myself that bear shifters were different from others, and I had to be a bit braver than I had been. They hadn’t hurt me so far, and they had been the kindest souls I had ever met.
And the sexiest. Even in my exhausted state, that thought went through my head.
The sexiest men I ever met were standing downstairs, and I was still upstairs.
I frantically looked around and spotted a towel folded up on the dresser. I took it and went in search of the shower. I didn’t know what I was going to change into, but I at least needed to feel clean.
“Hello,” I spun around to see one of them coming out of the shower. It was Johnathan, and he had a towel wrapped around his waist and nothing else.
I almost swooned with how attractive he was. I felt like one of those girls out of a fashion movie. His tanned body sparkled with a few water droplets, and his dark hair was slicked back against his head.
“Good morning,” I managed. “Is that the shower?”
He looked behind him to the door he had just come out of.
“Uh, yeah, that’s the shower,” he said with a grin.
“Is it...is it OK if I use it?”
“Sure,” he replied. “One question, though.”
I froze. Was he going to ask me why I was such an idiot for staying with Matthew for so long? Was he going to ask me why I looked like