Chapter <b>1 </b>


    At the party during a truth or dare game, my husband’s female bestie was penalized and chose truth.[]


    Someone egged her on to reveal a secret about <i>my </i>husband.[]


    She looked at me and blinked.[]


    “Ryder has to get approval from me before he sleeps with his wife.“]


    The moment she finished speaking, the air around us fellpletely silent.[]


    She shrugged carelessly, “Ohe on, don’t be so awkward! It’s Ryder’s birthday–anything goes! I thought you all could handle it!”


    “Fine, fine, let’s just say I failed the penalty then. I’ll just choose dare next time. You guys don’t believe me when I tell the truth anyway.”


    Wren picked up her wine ss and brought it to her lips.


    Before she could take a sip, arge hand covered the rim.[]


    Following the hand up, Ryder was looking at the quiet crowd.]]


    “Why wouldn’t that be the truth? Wren’s penalty passes. Game continues.“[]


    Wren smiled.


    She immediately put down the ss and nced at me meaningfully.]]


    “My Ryder always has my back. You guys <b>just </b>can’t handle it!“]


    Some peopleughed along.[]


    Others who weren’t too drunk carefully watched my expression, trying to smooth things over.


    “Wren and Ryder have known each other since childhood. It’s normal for them to be close… we all understand…”


    I said nothing and spun the bottle on the table.]


    A few secondster, the bottle pointed at Wren again.]


    I smiled serenely, “Since you said you wanted to do a dare, my request is for you and my husband to do it right here in front of everyone. Oh, and by the way, no approval needed.“[]


    The moment those words left my mouth, the room fell silent.]]


    Ryder’s face turned stormy, <b>“</b>Jessa, are you out of your damn mind?!“]


    No one responded.]]


    Wren’s eyes instantly welled up, “Sis, you’re being way too obvious with the targeting. We said anything goes tonight. I just told my own truth–how did I offend you?“[]


    I grabbed the wine bottle from the table.]


    Golden liquid glugged into my ss.]


    “I heard you two have been close since childhood.“[]


    “If he needs approval just to sleep with his wife, I figured you two must be real intimate… like, physically intimate.”


    “Give everyone a show. Spice things up.“]


    Nobody said a word.[]


    I looked up, surprised, “What? Not feeling it?“]


    I ced the wine bottle in front of Wren.[]


    She clutched Ryder’s arm.


    Biting her lower lip, looking utterly humiliated.[]


    I just smiled, “A penalty drink works too.


    “Pick one–are you gonna chug this whole bottle of Dom Pérignon<b>, </b>or should I use your little heads to-


    “Smash it into pieces?”


    The air froze again.]


    I looked around at the rigid smiles stered on everyone’s faces.]


    1 asked:


    “Why’d you all stopughing? Isn’t this a birthday party where anything goes?“]


    “Jessa-!”


    Ryder shouted my name, his face ashen, “Sit down! That’s not how you joke around! We’re all just ying a game here, you don’t need to turn it into some kind of-!“]


    Some kind of what?


    He didn’t finish.


    I raised an eyebrow, “What? Finally realizing how trashy your little game is?[]


    “Don’t be a sore loser.”


    “Hook up in front of everyone or take the penalty drink. Your choice.“[]


    Chapter <b>1 </b>


    Everyone at the table stood up, trying to hold me back.]


    Attempting to y peacemaker.[]


    Wren shot to her feet, face flushed red, “You can’t humiliate people like this! We’re all adults–what’s wrong with ying some risqué games? Nobody even invited you in the first ce!“]


    Her eyes reddened.]]


    Ryder immediately stood up, positioning himself in front of her.]


    “Jessa, when the hell are you gonna stop?!“]


    His crew surrounded me, everyone talking at once, trying to defuse the situation.[]


    “Sis, Wren doesn’t mean any harm–she’s just a kid.“[]


    “Exactly! We’ve never seen her as a girl anyway. She’s been one of the bros since we were little–Ryder definitely doesn’t see her that way either.“]


    “I mean, how can two dudes hook up anyway?“]


    “CRASH-”


    In all the pushing and shoving, someone knocked into the table.]


    The opened Dom Pérignon toppled over.[]


    Wine spilled everywhere.[]


    I let out a coldugh.]]


    Then picked up a te of pasta from beside me and dumped it on Wren’s head.]


    The sticky noodles slid down her hair and face, making her shriek in shock and horror.[]


    As soon as I finished speaking, Ryder panicked.[]


    He shouted my name loudly while frantically grabbing napkins to wipe Wren’s face.[]


    “Oh, almost forgot about you.” I coldly picked up another te of pancakes covered in syrup and smashed it into his face.


    Then I turned to face everyone:]


    “Since you all think there’s nothing wrong with this arrangement.“[]


    “Later, I’ll teach your wives to get approval from other men before they sleep with their husbands.“[]


    With that, I grabbed my purse. Turned and walked out without another word.[]


    Before closing the door, I thoughtfully locked it for them.[]


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    “Hello, 911? I need to report suspicious prostitution activity.“[]


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