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I stared at him, shocked that he’d gone right to my weakest point. A few whistles sounded around the circle.
“Damn, West came to play! We’re only two questions in, too” Marcus laughed.
My face heated to the point where I thought it might pop like an overinflated balloon.
Selena sighed and folded her arms over her chest. “That’s such an obvious question. Look how embarrassed she is. The answer is yes, clearly.”
Fucking hell, how had I ended up here, being asked about my pathetic lack of a sex life in front of all four Ice Gods and half the team?
“I choose dare. I want to change,” I blurted out quickly. I just couldn’t bring myself to confirm the blindingly obvious in front of so many people. Of course, they all knew, but it was different to confirm it and try and not to seem like an embarrassed mess who was about to burst into tears.
“You can’t do that,” Selena protested.
“Fine. I dare you to bring me another drink,” Cayden said, sitting back and looking at me expectantly.
“That’s it?” Selena screeched.
I rose quickly and went to the bar. I grabbed a bottle that matched the one Cayden was drinking, hoping to get this whole thing over before he changed his mind.
“I wasn’t finished.” His voice drifted over to me.
I froze in place at the bar, aware of everyone’s eyes on my back.
“I dare you to bring me another drink, on your knees.”
I turned slowly around, my eyes meeting Cayden’s.
“Meaning?”
“Meaning,” he smirked and set down his empty bottle. “Crawl to me, Freckles.”
Silence met that order, until Selena tittered awkwardly. “Oh, I get it. You mean crawl, because she’s a bug, right?”
Is he being serious?But I knew he was, just like I knew I had no choice but to do what he wanted or answer the humiliating truth.You could just run away.No, not this time. There was a satisfied look in Cayden’s eyes as he watched me. What an asshole. He was determined to embarrass me somehow. He didn’t expect me to do it.
A sudden sense of rebellion washed through me. I was so over being the good girl and trying to live up to everyone's impossible expectations.Not this time.
Cayden’s eyes never left me as I sank to my knees.
Beckett whistled from the corner, stubbing out his cigarette. “This is getting interesting.”
Murmurs of shock rippled through the group as I fixed the open bottle in one hand and started toward him on all fours. I could feel the disbelief radiating from our observers, but my eyes were held prisoner by Cayden’s. He leaned forward like he wanted to lunge at me. His hands were closed in tight fists, his jaw hard.
He didn’t want me to really do it, I realized suddenly. He didn’t like everyone seeing. He was just fucking with me, like always.
I nearly grinned then, feeling like I had the power between us for the first time.
The bottle in my hand wobbled slightly, and I had to stop and grip it tighter. I belatedly realized that it wasn’t even beer, it was some fancy craft kombucha. He didn’t even have the excuse of being buzzed to torture me.
“Don’t spill a drop, Lillian, or you’ll have to lick it up,” Cayden ground out.
Josh whistled. “Is it getting hot in here, or is it just me?”
I reached Cayden and sat back on my heels, raising the bottle to him, my arm brushing his knee. The dark expression in his eyes stole my breath. His fingers slid along mine when he took the bottle from me.
“Okay, enough of this! Lily, it’s your turn,” Selena nagged.
I turned around and sat back in the circle. Everyone was looking at me, and for the first time ever, I was fresh out of embarrassment.
