Mastering the Virgin Box Set Five: A BDSM Ménage Erotic Romance novel Chapter 26

Flushed with glory, Jenny settles to watch the boys’ final. She can’t bring herself to sit. Josh is also a finalist, and she’s looking forward to it, as she is sure he will win his match also.

Josh’s opponent is tall, heavily-built and fast, and Jenny watches in fascination as the two test each other. They are well-matched, almost even in abilities, but as she watches, analysing as she spectates, Josh has the edge.

“I’m sure he’ll win,” she says.

When Chad doesn’t reply, she turns to see him, all but mesmerised as he watches the fight.

And after a while, she realises he is watching Josh.

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“The match to Joshua Henderson!”

Breathing heavily, Josh leans forward, resting gloved hands on thighs slicked with sweat. Triumphant, as he straightens up, he swipes glossy black waves of hair back from his face.

Briefly his eyes meet Jenny's and he grins, mouthing congratulations to her, in the manner of one professional meeting another.

A girl comes running up to him, throwing her arms around his neck with a squeal. “You won! You won!”

Chad's face falls.

“What's wrong?” asks Jenny.

Colour rises up his face. “Nothing,” he mutters, but he won't meet her eye.

A shadow falls across the pair: Mr Kalkowski. “I believe congratulations are in order, Jenny. Regional boxing champion. A first for our school.”

She is flushed with excitement and with victory. “I can't believe I won!”

“I am sure you will have many more victories, young Jennifer.”

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Six Years Ago

Mrs Collier watches the girl sitting in her favourite chair, cosy by the fire in chilly weather. “What are you reading now, Jenny? I've never known anyone read as many books as you.”

Emerald-eyed, Jenny smiles. “It's a prospectus for the university science department.”

Mrs Collier pauses in her washing, frowning. “A prospectus? You mean you want to go to university?

“Yes, Mr Kalkowski says he thinks I should, and the more I read about it, the more I think I'd like to do it.”

Mrs Collier wipes sudsy hands on a towel. “But you're supposed to be marrying Chad. You’ll be his wife. How can you do that and go to university? And when the children come, how would you take care of them with your nose stuck in a book all day?”

Jenny has no answer. Her eyes mist over and she looks away.

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Later that day, things don’t get any better. Over the evening meal, Brett, blank-faced, says, “Eleanor tells me you’re thinking of leaving us.”

But Brett keeps talking. “You'll have to work very hard to raise that kind of money. Hah! University? Physics?”

Jenny pokes her food around the plate, her appetite gone.

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“Levi, I'm not happy about the wild ideas you're putting in her head. She has the makings of a good life with Chad. And you're interfering with it. She doesn't know her own mind. She's just a child.”

The teacher does not reply immediately, instead knocking out his pipe, then repacking it with a plug of tobacco. Lighting it, he puffs a couple of times, drawing heavily before blowing blue smoke.

Then, “Eleanor, much as I respect you, I disagree with what you say. Jenny is only just a child. She will soon be a young woman and she is entitled to the level of education that will enable her to make her own life choices.”

“She has already chosen to marry Chad. What about his life choices if his so-called wife leaves him for university?”

“If Chad and Jenny are destined to be together, they will find a way to do it. Jennifer has a fine, keen mind and an active curiosity about the world. It should be encouraged and nurtured in her, not suppressed. In any case, I think that is a matter for the two to settle between themselves wouldn't you say?”

Mrs Collier’s lips press to a razorblade line. “And when she has children? Who takes care of them? She’s off doing…. what? Playing with …. test-tubes or telescopes or something. Is Chad supposed to look after them?”

His reply is mild. “Perhaps they don't want children. Or perhaps not immediately. Have you tried asking them?”

Her voice is set, her spine stiff. “I don't see Mr and Mrs Bennett being happy about their son marrying a girl who doesn't want to give them grandchildren.”

“Eleanor, it’s not their marriage. Chad and Jenny must work out their lives for themselves.”

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