Love’s Cunning Ruse

Chapter 218

“Don’t you know this game? It’s super easy!” Daphne stood up and explained to Annalise, “We all form a circle. You say ‘I love you’ to the person on your left and ‘shameless’ to the person on your right. You cannot say more than three sentences consecutively between two people. If someone messes up, they have to drink!”

“I’m still confused…” Annalise pointed at Daphne, “Can you show me how it’s done?”

Daphne gave Annalise a helpless look, and turned to the person on her left, “I love you!”

However, she had forgotten that Lionel was the one sitting on her left.

The room was dimly lit, and Lionel’s eyes were sparkling under the light. He smiled at Daphne, who was standing on his right, “I love you too.”

The expressions in the room instantly became complicated.

Daphne’s face turned red. She angrily told Lionel, “Wrong! You should have said ‘shameless’!”

Lionel seemed to enjoy seeing Daphne angry. He nodded obediently, “You’re shameless.”

“Not ‘you’re shameless’, just ‘shameless’! Just say it like that!” Daphne wondered if Lionel was genuinely clueless or if he was messing with her. She preferred to believe that Lionel was just being silly.

Finally, Lionel cooperated and said to Daphne, “Shameless.”

Daphne turned to Julie sitting next to her, “Shameless.”

Julie nodded, “Sure, I was indeed shameless back in school.”

“Julie, can’t you just play along?” Daphne glared at Julie.

Julie looked at Daphne with a smile, “I love you.”

Daphne didn’t have the courage to turn to Lionel and say ‘I love you’ again, so she turned to Julie again and said, “Shameless.”

Then she explained to Annalise, “Because Julie and I have already exchanged three sentences, Julie now has to turn to Kieran and say ‘I love you’. Do you get it

now?”

“Oh!” Annalise suddenly understood. She slapped the table like Adeline usually does, “I got it! Let’s get this party started!”

“Are we

going with the current seating arrangement?” Dylan asked.

“This seating is perfect. My wife loves me, Kieran immediately replied.

“Disgusting!” Dylan looked at Kieran coldly.

The current seating arrangement indeed seemed interesting. Dylan suggested, “How about we do a trial run? Starting from Mr. Watson, okay?”

Marlon turned to Lionel on his right, ‘Shameless.”

an eyebrow at Marlon, ‘I love you”

his left, but decided to turn to

to Daphne with a big laugh, “Shameless.”

on her right,

to Kieran, “Shameless.”

“I love

Julie, “Shameless!”

“I love

guys have already exchanged more than three sentences! Bottoms up! Kieran, you keep telling her ‘I love you’ tonight! I don’t believe you

handed two drinks to Julie and Kieran, “I propose they toast each other. Any objections?”

unanimously said, “No

looked at Julie helplessly, “Darling, are you going to toast with me?”

give you my drink, and you can toast yourself?”

in a smile. He leaned in and

smiled slightly, clinked her glass against Kieran’s, and downed her

Round two.

to Adeline on his left, “I love you.”

Elliot’s eyes and

love you’ didn’t sound like it was part of the game, but rather like a confession that had been suppressed for years. This left Elliot stunned. He knew that even if he called Adeline ‘shameless’ now, it would just be part of the game, but in the end, he couldn’t bring himself to do it. He turned to Annalise on his left

thought, turned to the person on her left and quickly said ‘I love you’, because she clearly remembered that Hayden was on her left. But at some point, the person on her left had

the other hand, was thrilled

loudly said to

didn’t want to engage with Payne, so she tumed to the person on her left and

say “I love you,” but suddenly realized that the person on her

in the room burst into laughter.

at her arrogantly. Under the dim light, his

man was getting

wine in one

you love me.” He whispered

and clear. So, he also said to Julien shyly, “Julien, I don’t mind you calling me shameless either, but why would

round!” Dylan turned to Harding on his right, “Shameless.”

to

to Lionel,

turned around and said to Marlon, “I

up pace. Marlon, following the rules, turned to Harding on his left and said, “I love

second, Marlon poked his waist lightly, and Harding snapped back to

burst out laughing, “You love shameless? What does that mean?”

tried to stifle their

you taking her to a hotel room. Otherwise, she’ll never

go. Daphne was left speechless, remembering how close she came to being dragged into a hotel by Mr. Watson last time. She didn’t

I

and asked, “Are you two actually having an affair?”

so handsome and witty, how could I ever