Page 66 of Reckless Dynasty (Knight's Ridge Empire 9)

JODIE

My body burns as Toby continues to tease me mercilessly. He knows exactly how to play me, to get me right to the edge and then bring me back without me even getting a toe over the cliff.

My chest heaves and my teeth grind as I desperately try to keep my reaction to what he’s doing off my face.

The bottle begins to slow, and I pray that it’s not about to land on me. I swear the second anyone looks, they’ll know what’s happening, and our dare will involve everyone around me getting to experience more than I’m sure they need to.

“You hot, baby?” Toby asks, paying zero attention to the bottle as he holds my drink up in front of me with his free hand. “You really should drink.”

“You’re an arsehole,” I breathe.

“Just having fun, Demon. And from the way you’re dripping down my hand, I think you might be having the time of your life too.”

“I hate you,” I hiss, throwing back the remains of what is arguably the strongest cocktail I’ve ever drank. It burns all the way down to my stomach and almost instantly adds to the buzz I’d already got going on.

Toby chuckles in my ear as the bottle comes to a stop, thankfully not on us.

“Yes,” Brianna shouts, and when I focus once more, I find the bottle pointing straight at Nico.

“Go on then, Princess. Let’s see what you can come up with,” Nico says, a wide, boisterous smile splitting his face.

“Oh no,” Stella says, shooting my best friend a conspiratorial look. “I think it’s fair that Bri gets to choose your dare.”

“That’s not the rules,” Nico argues, looking at Alex.

“Sounds fair to me, man.”

“Cunt,” Nico mutters, knowing that what’s going to come next is going to be painful, either physically or just to his overinflated ego.

Toby’s fingers slow as we all wait for Bri to come up with something, but as desperate as I am for him to finally make me fall, I also really want to see what’s about to happen.

Bri holds his eyes, her face deadly serious as her plan plays out in her mind.

“Come here and get on your knees.”

One side of Nico’s smile increases.

“Any fucking time, Siren. You know that all you’ve got to do is ask.”

He happily gets up, and after pushing the table back a bit, he drops to his knees before her, licking his lips in preparation.

He must be drunker than he looks because, there’s no fucking way she’s going to ask him to—

“Tell me she isn’t,” Toby pleads.

“No, she isn’t. She’s got him exactly where she wants him though.”

Slipping her foot from her shoe, she lifts it and presses it to the middle of his chest.

“Worship my feet, playboy. Show me how good you are with those fingers.” Her words drip with innuendo, and everyone sniggers around them as Nico glares daggers at Bri.

“Oh, you look disappointed, babe. Oh my God,” she gasps innocently, covering her heart with her hand. “Did you really think I was going to dare you to give me head? Puh-lease. I’d sooner go and find a dead fish in that lake to get me off.”

Alex, Theo, and Seb all fall about laughing at Nico’s horrified expression, and Toby’s body vibrates with amusement beneath me.

“Anyone would think you assume my best friend is a whore who gets her pussy out for just anyone, Nico,” I quip, regretting my actions the second all eyes turn on me.

My cheeks burn as if the blanket covering us is see-through and they’re all able to see Toby’s fingers disappearing inside me.