“Look, I’m reasonable. She was the one who agreed to the bet when I suggested it, but I kept the phrasing loose. She doesn’t have to touch me if she doesn’t want.” Tully spoke to my boyfriend as if I weren’t there. I swallowed and opened my mouth to speak, but Desi did the same. It was as if I were an object and not a person.
“What are you suggesting?” Desi put his hands on the table and clenched them as hard as his teeth were.
“I asked for an orgasm. So she can give me hers.” Tully shrugged. Again, he seemed downright bored. I was half-expecting a yawn.
“If you don’t get on with it,I’ll use my cards when I kill you,”Desi growled.
“As form of payment, I want to watch hermasturbateto completion.”
My eyes flew open, and I blinked rapidly. My heart sped up, attempting to leap right out of my chest. My stomach lurched again, and blood began to rise in my throat. I swallowed it down and tried my hardest not to cry.
“Uh, no?” Desi laughed.
“Now, hold on. This could work,” Dante interrupted, raising his arms again. My mouth fell open.
I thought he was on my side!
He glanced at me, offered me a sad smile, and looked at Desi. “I think this might be the lesser of evils. Tully still gets paid, and Scout is untouched.”
“In a way, I still get to watch,” Tully snickered. Desi stood up suddenly,and the room was alive with tension. The other two rose quickly,and I felt as if I were witnessing a stand-off. Tully watched Desi with an expression that I could only describe as—smug. “You can take my offer to watch her come by herself, or I can take her and make you watch. You want to see my cock sliding in and out of her? We can make that happen,Desiderio.”
It was almost a full minute of silence before. Finally, Desi glanced at me. Suddenly he looked exhausted and defeated. He gritted his teeth and sighed. “Fine.”
Tully clapped and grinned at me then. I felt faint. How did this even happen?
One minute there was a group of us all playing a friendly game of Poker. Dante had been showing me the ropes, but he was called away for business. That was when the bets and the game suddenly got harder. Tully had trapped me inafalse sense of security. Others around the table were betting outlandish things and winning, so I thought I could too.
“What would you like to bet?”
My mind was blank. I shrugged. “I have no money with me.”
Tully looked around the table and picked up another piece of candy from the bowl in front of him. He sat back and then chuckled. “What about an orgasm?”
The table began to laugh with him, and my cheeks flushed. I began to laugh too. He couldn’t be serious.
“Sure,” I smirked. “I’ve got good cards.”
But I didn’t. I had a shit hand, as it turned out. I lost within a minute of betting.
“So, how is this going to work? You can’t ask her to do it here,” Dante said, interrupting my thoughts. Horror filled my face as I shook my head.
Oh God, please,no. Not with Desi right here. He can’t see this.
“Nah, we’ll take her to oneofmy other rooms. I’ve got one with a two-way mirror. Get her some candy.”
“Candy?” I asked, my voice squeaking out.
“Don’t worry about it. Just eat it, and you’ll be fine.” Tully said sharply. His Jersey accent was thicker, and his eyes were cold and almost dead-like.
I closed my eyes tightly. Wishing this wasn’t real.
“Fine.” Desi snapped. My eyes popped open,and tears suddenly started with little warning. They slid down my cheeks as I stared at Desi, so angry, so—disappointed.
Dante went to the door and opened it.Tully followed him. Desi then came and snatched my hand from my face. He held onto my wrist and tugged me out of the room. I stumbled and tried to stop the crying.
“Go with them. I’ll be back.”
“Where are you going?” I cried out in panic.
