Page 19 of Wish You Were Mine
“Oh, come on, Bash,” Alessi groaned. “You know pretty much every woman has done that.”
And true enough, Alessi, Lucy, and Nora all took a sip of their drinks. And then—not too surprisingly—Miles did too.
Everyone turned to look at him, waiting for an explanation. He shrugged casually, a slight smirk playing at the corner of his lips. “Alessi dared me to test a theory about her mom’s cougar friend having a thing for me.”
“And did she buy you a drink?” Ky asked, amused.
“Oh yeah,” Miles said, his chest puffing out a little with pride. “Tried to take me home, too, but I told her I had an early football practice in the morning.”
“She was devastated,” Alessi explained. “Completely heartbroken.”
“Only for a minute.” Miles chuckled, waving the thought away. “Since one of my college teammates saw me leave the desperate housewife, and well…I think they’re actually still together.”
“Nice!” Ky laughed. Then he took his turn, saying, “Never have I ever gone skydiving.”
To which only Bash took a drink for.
Miles was next to Ky, so he took his turn, saying, “Never have I ever shoplifted.”
Which immediately made my muscles tense because yeah, I had to take a sip for that one.
“What?” Alessi’s jaw dropped when she saw me taking my drink. “You’re like the last person out of this group who I’d think would do that.”
“I was quite the rebel when I was three.” I chuckled awkwardly, feeling my face heat as I peeked to see Lucy looking at me with curious eyes. “Ran out of the grocery store with some yellow squash.”
“Wait, really?” Ky asked, pulling his head back. “Did you, like, really love squash or something?”
“I don’t think so,” I said, holding my hands up. “Pretty sure I was just bored while my mom was shopping and thought they looked interesting. But don’t worry, my mom caught me and made me give them back.”
“So it wasn’t even a successful mission,” Ky said.
“I guess not,” I said. “I guess it’s good I never decided to go into a life of crime.”
Not that I’d ever want to. Having one family member spending the last decade in prison was more than enough for my family.
“Anyone else successfully shoplift?” Miles asked, looking around the group.
“I stole lip gloss from the supermarket once,” Lucy said, raising her hand. “But unlike Owen here, I never got caught.”
“Oooh, such a rebel!” Nora chuckled, nudging her friend with her elbow.
“You know it,” Lucy said before taking a sip of her drink. “But yeah, I did feel guilty enough about it that last year when I was doing self-checkout at the store, I scanned another lip glossthat I was buying two times instead of one so I could kind of pay back for the one I’d stolen.”
Well, that was actually really sweet. Told me a lot about her character.
“Okay, it’s your turn, Nora,” Ky said when no one else fessed up to any shoplifting.
“Hmm…” Nora thought for a moment, tapping her chin.
“Done too many things, Nora?” Miles asked, a flirtatious tone in his voice. “Having a hard time thinking of anything you haven’t done?”
“Har har,” she said, rolling her eyes at him. Though from the way she blushed, I couldn’t help but think she might actually like his teasing—like pretty much every girl who talked to Miles.
After a few more seconds, Nora said, “Never have I ever broken a bone.”
Pretty much everyone took a sip for that one.
“How is that even possible with you being a gymnast?” Alessi asked. “Aren’t regular injuries a part of the deal?”
