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Unable to take it anyives ets ive ivesa shot," he says with a shit-eating grin as he slides a ser toward n with a hard look

He shrugs as he reclines back in the chair "Guess you shouldn’t have won then"

"You say that like he did it on purpose," Seth says as he exa look It’s all for show We really don’t give a shit if either of us cheats

"You haven’t had to take a single shot during any of your winning hands," I argue with Luke

"Because Violet takes thelare at him as I reach for the shot, but Elass Before I can stop her, she puts the brim to her lips, throws back her head, and sucks the brown liquid down

Her expression relass down on the table and licks a drop of J&auer from her lips "There Problem solved" Her voice quivers a little, but confidence radiates fro a hard-on

Luke’s eyes are wide as he cocks a brow at n, "Guess it’s time to deal her in"

He nods, iroup counts their chips

"Oh, my God," Emery whispers under her breath while everyone’s distracted "That was the worst thing I’ve ever tasted"

I lower my head into hter is one of the few noises I can still make, and Emery’s breath catches with the sound of it I don’t want to read into her reaction too much, but it ues ain and place the tip of ainst her palm I would have warned you if I had time I write each letter out on her hand You sed that like a badass, though

Her hand quivers under , but then surprises me when she flips my hand over and traces her words across my palm You cheated on that hand Her lips twitch with arin, totally proud of ht to play I don’t usually do it anyht I’d have some fun

She bites her lip as she turnsto show s I’d like to show her… God, if she knew, I’h to let me touch her like this

Not today, I draw the letters across her hand It’s an art and takes time, but I will eventually

Eventually? She traces back Does that ain?