The group burst into laughter again, and Magdalen said, “Remember the rules, folks—truth or dare, Charlie, it’s time to state the penalty!”

Charlie turned to Marina, “Truth or dare?”

Marina, only somewhat acquainted with Estelle and not wanting to reveal too much at her first gathering, pondered for a moment before declaring, “Dare!”

Charlie seemed to have predicted Marina would choose a dare, showing no surprise, and without a second thought, he said, “Easy peasy. Since you and Carson both lost at cards, how about a kiss?”

Carson immediately protested, “No way, that’s off the table. Let’s do something else—take a shot, do some push-ups, anything more challenging. I’m game!”

Charlie’s lazy smile spread across his face, “Who’s calling the shots here, you or me? No changes, it’s settled!”

Magdalen chimed in, “No chickening out, we all want to see this. Get on with it!”

Emily and Estelle eagerly watched the commotion, while Josiah and the others egged them on,

“Mr. Foster, don’t tell me you can’t take a loss!”

“Exactly, you’ve never been this squeamish before!”

for Pete’s sake. Kiss her already, no more

else goes. How about this—when the waiter comes in with the drinks, I’ll kiss whoever enters

that they were both in the

Foster, that’s a bit much. Your fiancée’s right here, you dare kiss someone else? If you dare,

said, “Why don’t you ask Marina if she

comments, Carson

sweater, pulled him

large before him, their

stunned, then burst into

quickly let go of Carson, sat up straight, wiped her mouth with the back of her hand, and said with an unchanged expression, “Let’s continue

faint imprint of her lipstick. Taken aback and ignoring the teasing

tone was

in laughter, surprised to see the usually suave Mr. Foster

the private room heated up even more, and Estelle found herself intrigued by

and once again Carson ‘set off the firecracker,’

smiling subtly, “No objections, right? Then let’s stick

to interject, “I’m not choosing dare. I’ll take

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