Page 274 of Forbidden Billionaires: Vol. 9
"What?" I started laughing. "I'm not doing that."
"Really, Mila. All those guys looking at you? It's going to drive J.J. insane. You gotta enter that contest."
"I can't."
“Ah, you have to, Mila!” Kristen said. “Reggie’s right, it’s going to drive J.J. crazy.”
I shook my head.
"Here." He grabbed my hand and Kristen’s and led us over to the bar. He ordered three shots.
"Reggie..."
He lifted one up. "Come on."
I sighed. "This isn't going to make me do it." I downed my shot, but Reggie was still holding his. "You forgot to drink yours."
"I think you're going to need this one too." He handed it to me.
I downed it and looked at him. "You can get me completely drunk and I still won't enter that contest."
“This one too,” Kristen said and tried to hand me hers.
“This is peer pressure.”
Kristen nodded her head toward the dance floor. I turned around. J.J. had his hands all over the blonde girl. He whispered something in her ear and she started laughing.
"Okay, I'll do it," I said. I grabbed Kristen’s shot and downed it too.
"Really?" Reggie asked.
"Wait, should I not?" Making J.J. jealous clearly wasn't enough. Maybe doing this competition would be the last straw. I didn't want to completely break our friendship.
"No, you should,” Reggie said. “I just didn't think you'd give in that easily."
"I'm going to need one more shot."
"You got it." He ordered another round. He was smiling at me.
"What?"
"I've never convinced a girl to take her clothes off so easily."
I laughed and pushed his arm. "It’s a bikini contest, not a striptease. But thanks for your help." I kissed his cheek.
“He really is the best.” Kristen kissed his cheek too.
I hoped that J.J. was watching us now.
"Are you sure you want that last drink? You're awfully flirtatious when you're drunk,” Kristen said. “Sometimes in a bad way.”
"I know, but I need it." I lifted the glass and downed my last shot. I drummed my hands on the bar. "Okay, wish me luck, guys."
"You don't need it." Reggie smiled at me as he wrapped his arm around Kristen. She sat on his lap. She was really good at acting.
“Knock him dead!” Kristen called after me.
Those Summer Nights - Chapter 18
