Page 5 of Gunner

Chapter 3

Regret wasa bitter taste in his mouth as he focused on her question and realised he would likely be dead before too long, and for the first time in a long while he wished things were different. “No, I won’t be there. My life is on a different path now.” He didn’t say anything else, and she didn’t ask.

“Hey, do you want to play a drinking game?” She grinned, and the sudden way she changed direction on him had laughter bubbling up in his belly.

“Sure, why not? We’re not going anywhere for a bit.”

“Okay, let’s play never have I ever. I’ll say something I’ve never done, and if you’ve done it, you take a drink, and we take it in turns. Okay?”

“Yep, all set. Let’s get some shots and make this interesting.” He called the waitress over and ordered another round of beers and cosmos and some tequila shots. When they had their drinks, he lifted his pint glass for her to go.

“Never have I ever jumped out of a plane.”

Gunner took a drink. “That’s cheating. You know what I do for a job.”

“I don’t make the rules, Viking.”

He chuckled at her calling him Viking, remembering she had at the wedding too and he’d liked it then as much as he did now, even after explaining Vikings came from Norway, not Iceland.

“Never have I ever walked a catwalk.”

Lacey took a drink and her turn. “Never have I ever sung karaoke.”

Gunner shook his head.

“Never have I ever been to the hairdressers.”

He saw her surprised look as she drank again and he had a feeling he might win this game but after a few more rounds where she drank twice what he did, she changed things up.

“Never have I ever swum naked in the sea.”

Gunner felt his balls tighten at the thought of Lacey naked. He saw the challenge in her blue eyes that had gone lazy with desire. He took a large drink to give his brain time to calm down and erase the image of her lush body dripping wet as she stood in the sea like a siren.

“Never have I ever watched Fifty Shades of Grey.”

He grinned as she drank.

“Never have I ever sent a naked selfie to someone.”

He shrugged and didn’t drink. He wasn’t a fool, but his dick was definitely interested in this game and the thought of her taking naked selfies.

“Never have I ever had phone sex.”

His eyes brows shot up when she threw back a shot, and he had to adjust his jeans as his dick went from slightly keen to straining against his zipper.

“Never have I ever been tied up in bed.”

Jesus fucking Christ she was going to kill him. He’d never been tied up so didn’t drink.

“Never have I ever said I love you.”

Lacey drank as he’d known she would, and he saw her leaning sideways on her chair. He was almost double her weight, so was always going to win this game, but he had to admit it was the most fun he’d had in a very long time. He couldn’t deny that the thought she’d said I love you to someone made him feel all kinds of jealous which was crazy considering they were nothing to each other and never would be now.

“Never have I ever brought myself to climax in front of someone.”

Gunner almost choked and took a drink to clear his throat and then realised it looked like he’d done it when he hadn’t.

“I never have, but fuck, woman, the images you’re putting in my head are dangerous.”