Page 26 of Office Intrigue (Office Intrigue Duet 1)
“You started her out slow,” Justin said, chuckling.
Slow? They considered a woman being spanked in a dungeon slow? Or was he being facetious?
I focused on repositioning my napkin in my lap. Being that I was seated between Landon and Langston while directly across from Ben, I wasn’t in a position to talk to Jordan, who was the only real friend I had at the table. Which had me wondering whether they’d done that on purpose.
“I’ll get her worked up to the more intense stuff soon enough,” Langston said, giving me a sideways smirk.
I wanted to tell him I was already progressing, but I kept that tidbit to myself.
“It’s officially been three weeks,” Justin stated, his voice drawing my attention to him.
I smiled. “It has been.”
“And you haven’t run screaming from the building,” Ben noted with a smirk, obviously sensing my discomfort.
“Not yet,” I teased, dropping my gaze to the table.
Landon laughed. “I promise, it’ll only get better from here.”
I was pretty sure there was an innuendo in that statement. My eyes darted over to Jordan as though he might be able to save me. Unfortunately, he was chuckling and his expression gave nothing away. Something told me they’d all set me up here.
Thank God for the wine. A little liquid courage was just what the doctor ordered.
I figured I had two choices. One, I could sit around and blush like a schoolgirl and make this rare occasion weird for everyone. Or two, I could participate in my own special way and let them know that I wasn’t intimidated.
Granted, I was intimidated. However, that didn’t mean I couldn’t play with the big dogs.
“Do you have big plans for her one-month mark?” Jordan asked.
He had a knowing smile on his face and it was then I realized there was some sort of inside joke that I wasn’t privy to. I waited, but no one said anything. However, Landon did chuckle, which told me all I needed to know.
Then the table fell silent once more and I felt the tension rising. I had to do something to get these guys talking. Fortunately, our salads arrived a few minutes later. I wasn’t all that hungry, but the third glass of wine was definitely going a long way to ease some of my tension.
“Well, since you managed to get me here,” I told them, keeping a smile firmly in place as I set my fork down, “maybe now would be a good time to play a game.”
“A game?” Langston leaned back and regarded me coolly.
“Yes.” I made eye contact with each of them. “A way to get to know each other?”
“What did you have in mind?” Justin seemed oddly curious.
“It’s simple, really. It’s called Never Have I Ever.”
“And how do we play this game?” Justin queried, his eyes flashing with amusement.
I glanced at Jordan and noticed his subtle nod. He knew how to play this game.
“All right. We’ll play the simple version. Typically, each one of us would come up with something outrageous that we’ve never done before. Everyone holds up five fingers. If you’ve done the outrageous thing that’s mentioned, you’ll lower one finger. And so on and so forth. Since we’re playing the condensed version, the person with the most fingers still up after the questions are asked will be the winner.”
Jordan chuckled. “I think, to make this interesting, we should let Luci ask all the questions.”
“Me?” I frowned.
“I think it’s safe to say you’re the one who’s done the least outrageous things.” He shrugged. “Otherwise, this could last a while.”
I glanced from one man to the next. They all seemed to be on board with Jordan’s twist, so I figured what the hell.
“All right.” I made eye contact with Justin. “But just to be sure, we’re off the clock, correct?”
Landon nodded. “Correct.”
“And you realize I’ve had three glasses of wine?”
“Duly noted,” Langston said.
“So, anything goes?”
Langston’s smile was wicked. “Anything goes.”
Taking a sip of wine, I ran through a million things I wanted to know about these men. Although I figured they’d all done some crazy things, there had to be a few they hadn’t done.
“Okay, I’ll go easy on you the first time. Never have I ever…had sex in the office.”
My gaze dropped to each man’s fingers and I knew I looked a little shocked when every one of them put down one finger.
“You’ve all had sex at the office?”
My four bosses all glanced over at Jordan.
“What?” He shrugged and I could see his cheeks turning a brilliant shade of red.
“I don’t even want to know,” Justin said, his attention returning to me.
“All right, then.” This was going to be harder than I thought. I grinned as my next question came to me. “Never have I ever…had sex at the office while one of the six people at this table was present.”
Jordan was the only person who didn’t lower a finger.
