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!”

sake. Kiss her

handsome face blushed as he bargained, “Anything else goes. How about this—when the waiter comes in with the drinks, I’ll kiss whoever enters

now that they were both in the know,

here, you dare kiss someone else?

said, “Why don’t you

comments,

the collar of Carson’s white sweater, pulled him down, and planted her

their lips

was stunned, then burst

let go of Carson, sat up straight, wiped her mouth with the back of her hand, and

imprint of her lipstick. Taken aback and ignoring the teasing laughter around them, he

was

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

even more, and Estelle found herself intrigued by

next round began, and once again Carson ‘set off the firecracker,’ causing Estelle to

Charlie exchanged glances, smiling subtly, “No objections, right? Then let’s stick to the

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

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