“We should play a game!” Hammer declares.
“A drinking game!” Rix adds.
“How about never have I ever, the tequila version!” Essie suggests.
“I thought we agreed that shots were a bad idea,” I interject.
“We’ll do full margaritas, and it’s a sip instead of a shot so we don’t end up hating our choices tomorrow,” Dred suggests. “And please make mine a zero-proof one.”
The women seem to think this is a great plan.
Tristan and I exchange a look.
Connor arches a brow, staring down at his wife. “I’ll go first.”
“Villain,” Dred warns.
“Dredful Menace.” He winks and kisses her cheek. “Never have I ever—” He pauses for dramatic effect. “Gone skinny-dipping.”
“That is not what I thought you were going to lead with.” Everyone takes a sip of their drink, including Tally.
“When?” I ask.
She widens her eyes. “Dance camp.”
“You know, it might be time for me and Lexi to go.” Roman pushes back his chair and extends a hand to his wife.
“Seriously, Dad?” Hammer rolls her eyes.
“Callie is babysitting Ariel, and we said we’d only be gone a couple of hours. Plus, there are things I just don’t want to know,” he says.
“Let’s be real, Roman. There are also things you don’t want your daughter to know.” Lexi winks at the table.
That gets a chorus of laughter.
Roman gives Lexi a look, but his ears turn red as he guides her to the door, bending to whisper something to her on the way.
“I bet they’re freaky in the bedroom,” Dred muses.
“Probably,” Hollis says.
Hammer slaps his chest.
“What? There’s a good chance. Roman can’t be super dad all the time.”
“Never have I ever fallen asleep while making out,” Dred tosses out, then sips her drink.
“Not with me, you haven’t!” Connor says defensively. Then frowns. “Who was this idiot?”
“Dallas actually fell asleep with his face between my thighs,” Hemi says gleefully.
“Honey, why you outing me like this?” He holds up a hand. “In all fairness, it was after her brothers came to visit.”
“You mean the time they took you on a twenty-kilometer hike?”
“It was a different time, and it was just as fucking awful. I felt like I deserved a real reward for not dying, and I maybe was more exhausted than I realized.”
“Half an hour, just sawing logs on top of my pussy.”
