Page 59 of Royally Tempted

I bit my lip, falling into Cade’s eyes. “Well, thank you, but I’m okay.”

I sighed, shaking my head at the offered smoke again and sipping the champagne instead. The moment felt perfect. I felt safe, and happy, and just at ease with these two. Hell, I’d just told them aboutHenry,and I hadn’t even told my sisters that.

Caspian suddenly laughed. “Shit, why do I feel like we’re in high school right now?”

His brother chuckled. “Maybe ‘cause we’re hiding from the party, drinking champagne from the bottle, and smoking pot?”

I laughed, a snorting laugh that made me laugh more as they laughed along with me.

“If this was high school, we’d need to be playing spin the bottle or truth or dare or something stupid like that.”

I instantly caught the interested look on Cade’s face.

“Notplaying spin the bottle, Mr. Chivalry,” I said, trying to hide my grin.

“Wouldn’t have even dreamed of it.”

“I would have,” Caspian said, making me shiver as I laughed it off.

“I could be okay with truth or dare though?”

Both of their brows perked up.

“Oh really?”

“Told you I wasn’t the innocent little princess from the tower you thought I was.”

“We’ll see about that.”

I swallowed the shiver at Cade’s words, the heat in the room sizzling through me.

“Okay who goes first?”

Caspian shrugged. “Go ahead.”

“Just ask either of you?”

“Sure.”

I grinned as I sank back into the couch, feeling the warmth tease through my body, the room feeling smaller like it was just the three of us in the dim firelight in this moment.

“Okay, you,” I pointed at Cade.

“Uh-oh.”

I giggled. “Truth or dare?”

“This is so high school,” he laughed. “But fine. Truth.”

The words left my lips before I could even think about it.

“Haveyou two ever, you know…” I blushed. “With one girl?”

They both froze, and Cade’s jaw dropped. “Damn, you don’t beat around the bush do you?”

I quickly shook my head. “You don’t have to answer that.”

“Yes I do.”

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