Page 123 of Sweet Temptation

“Yeah, we saw,” I said with a grin.

“And he’s asked me to meet him at the Ferris wheel,” she said. “I think I’m going to faint.”

“You’re not going to faint.” I laughed. “But you should probably take a few deep breaths.”

She nodded and slowly dragged a breath in before easing it back out.

“Better?” I asked.

“Not even close.”

“When are you meeting him?”

“In, like, five minutes.”

“You should probably get going then.”

She nodded but didn’t move. I think she was still in shock.

“Do you want us to walk you there?” Lily asked.

“No, I’m good.” Cress shook her head. “I guess I better head over there. Wish me luck.”

“Good luck.” I gave her arm a squeeze, and she smiled at me before heading off in the direction of the Ferris wheel.

The sound of raised voices caused me to turn back to the kiss or scare booth. Anna was standing behind her seat with her arms crossed over her chest. She was glaring at Luther, who sat opposite her.

“You can’t buy all the tickets, Luther,” she complained. “That’s not how it works.”

“I’m just doing my part to help the fundraiser,” he said, grinning at her. “Just like you’re doing yours.”

“You don’t actually want to kiss me. Let alone twenty times or however many tickets you just bought,” Anna said. “You’re just doing this to mess with me, and it’s not very funny.”

“I would never,” he said.

“Fine. Put the blindfold on, and get ready for a scare because you better believe I’m going to find a toad for you to kiss.”

“I’m not afraid to kiss a few toads.” Luther smirked and lowered the blindfold over his eyes. He spun the wheel, and Anna breathed a visible sigh of relief when it landed on scare. Despite her promise to make him kiss a toad, Anna reached down into a box at her side and produced a bunny for him to kiss. Luther spun the wheel once more, and when it landed on scare again, Anna made him kiss a snakeskin handbag. By some miracle, Luther’s third spin also landed on scare, and Anna held a chocolate doughnut to his lips.

Luther didn’t complain once and simply smiled brightly after every unexpected kiss he experienced. He was actually enjoying it. “Mmm, fluffy,” he said after kissing the rabbit, and after the doughnut, I heard him moan dramatically, “Anna, your lips are so soft and sweet.”

Luther’s enthusiasm was only frustrating Anna more and more with each turn. She looked like she was ready to get the toad out if Luther spun the wheel and landed on scare for a fourth time.

However, on Luther’s fourth spin, the wheel finally landed on kiss. Anna scrunched her face up with disgust. She glanced around like she was searching for a way out, but she must have realized there was no escape. After one last grimace, she leaned over to Luther and gave him the quickest peck on the lips I’d ever seen. If there was a contest for speed kissing, she’d just won it.

“That was hardly a kiss,” Luther said, pulling the blindfold up to look at her.

“Well, you can take that up with management because I’m done.” Anna lifted her arms before storming away. She headed straight over to us, her cheeks flaming red.

“Oh my gosh, you guys saw that?” she said.

“It was hard not to,” I replied. “You two weren’t exactly subtle.”

“Ugh, because Luther is so ridiculous. Can you believe him? He bought every ticket for my shift at the kissing booth.”

I laughed.

“Shut up. It’s not funny,” she said. “I’m so embarrassed.”

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