The group continued to eat, drink, and jest. About half an hour later, Susanna returned from her jog, panting heavily, her hair a mess, holding her sneakers in one hand, looking utterly disheveled. Magdalen asked again, "Is Ms. Murphy still up for the game?"

"Of course!" Susanna scoffed. "I refuse to believe I'll keep losing!"

"Wow!" Magdalen turned to the others. "I've never seen anyone as persistent as Ms. Murphy!"

Emily and Marina struggled to contain their laughter; they knew Magdalen too well, so her statement clearly meant, "I've never seen anyone as foolish as Ms. Murphy!"

Magdalen said to Amiee, "Let's keep the game going, deal the cards!"

"Hold on!" Susanna suddenly intervened, her gaze challenging as she looked at Amiee, "This time, I'll shuffle and deal the cards!"

Amiee nodded without a word, and handed the cards over.

Whether it was bad luck or something else, Susanna lost again.

The winner was Marina.

Marina asked, "Does Ms. Murphy choose truth or dare?"

After a moment's hesitation, Susanna chose dare.

"Since you just ran, how about push-ups this time? Given

genuinely annoyed this time, "Are you all ganging up on

voice was sharp, attracting the attention of the men nearby. Andrew looked over

accusing us of ganging up on her. Maybe

"If you

by Andrew, Susanna's pride was deeply wounded, and she stormed off, her face

about that, she can be immature. I apologize on her behalf to

as you're not

u

Magdalen replied with ant

care of

her juice glass, "No hard

not, it must

his

to

had the servant clear away the cards,

leaving everyone looking forward to more relaxing

the villa, Marina and Carson headed to the bar, Carson casually

up the stairs, turned back,

The Novel will be updated daily. Come back and continue reading tomorrow, everyone!

Comments ()

0/255