Femme Fatale: The King's Deadly Temptress Chapter 137 - The Drinking Game

Damien quirked his brow up, "A drinking game? I thought you aren't a good drinker."

"That's right, I'm not. But I'm guessing you are?"

He shrugged and turned to face Katherine, a playful smile lingering on his lips as he asked, "What kind of drinking game is this?"

"It's simple. I think you already know to play this - Two Truths and a Lie," she announced just in time that the bartender set down their drinks. "You want to get to know me… this will be perfect."

"If I guess which lie you're saying, you drink and if I guessed wrongly, then I drink?" he probed and saw her nod. "Yeah, I guess we could do that. How about you try your drink first to see if it's to your liking?"

Katherine picked up the gla.s.s and asked, "What is this?"

"Key lime pie martini. It has vanilla vodka, lime, triple sec, and pineapple juice. I figured you like something sweeter."

She brought the gla.s.s to her lips and took a sip. "Hmmm. Is that graham crackers on the rim? It's so over the top."

"Yes," he smiled. "Do you like it?"

"I love it, I like pineapples." She picked up the c.o.c.ktail pick and bit off the pineapple chunk, all while looking at him.

His gaze settled on her lips before he said, "Would you look at that, I already know one thing about you. I'm liking this game already and we haven't even started yet." He took a swig of his whiskey.

Katherine giggled, "You're supposed to play the game with me, why did you start drinking already?" 

"That was a celebration."

She rolled her eyes at him for being silly before she added, "I don't think I can have more than one gla.s.s of this though."

"Then you can have just that one gla.s.s. More than drinking, my goal is to get to know you - not get you drunk." 

His stare bore into her, it was too intimidating that she had to look away and clear her throat. "Okay, I'll start — I like dancing, I hate skating and I hate swimming."

Damien turned his body so that he was directly facing her and gazed at her seriously as though he was studying her. "Hmmm… I can bet you like dancing, but I'm not sure about the other two… so the lie is - You hate skating."

The corners of her lips curled up as she spoke, "Drink up, Mr. Park."

"s.h.i.+t, okay." He brought the gla.s.s to his lips and eyed her as he took a sip of his drink. "So you like swimming then?" He saw her nod. "Good to know. My turn — Let's talk about the sports that I play: soccer, tennis, and ice hockey."

Katherine swept her eyes on his figure before she confidently answered, "You don't play tennis."

Damien had an unreadable expression on his face as he maintained his gaze at her. She tilted her head and raised a brow. "So?" she probed.

Without saying anything, Damien drank his drink, making her throw her head back. She was having so much fun and they have only just started.

Seeing her laugh, he couldn't help but grin. She looked gloomy when he first saw her at the bar but she was now smiling with him. She was wearing a mask but he could clearly see the way her eyes sparkled when she laughed, and he liked seeing the way her lips curl up.

"I have another game in mind," he said.

"We're finis.h.i.+ng this one already? But we're having fun… You're having fun, Mr. Park," she teased. They only had one round each but Damien already lost twice.

He called the bartender to refill his gla.s.s before he looked at Katherine again. "Let's try a faster one. Do you know how to play 'Never have I ever?' This one's easy."

"I played it once," she admitted.

This is a known party game but it is also quite fun to be played by only the two of them. They could say anything crazy or suggestive things that they have never done. If the other person has not done it, they don't take a drink but if they have, then they will drink.

Feeling challenged, Katherine started, "Let me try… Never have I ever given a speech in front of more than a hundred people."

"I see… so you want to get me drunk? Are you planning something?" Damien asked before he drank his drink. Obviously, given his status, he had given speeches in front of a crowd plenty of times.

A playful chuckle resounded from her. "I'm just playing the game that you chose, Mr. Park."

"Fine." With a serious expression, he aimed for a sure one. "Never have I ever lied about knowing the owner or host of the party that I have attended."

Damien saw Katherine's eyes widened before she huffed and scoffed. "You are never going to let that go, huh?" Of course, Damien had to remind her about that one time they met at the anniversary of Bayside Resort where she lied that she knew the owner and she didn't know that it was actually him.  1

She brought the gla.s.s to her lips and took a long sip. The c.o.c.ktail drink was very refres.h.i.+ng that it woke up her senses. 

"Let's see… Never have I ever been hit on by a girl at a party," she said in a clear voice.

"I'm losing in this game." He chuckled under his breath and shook his head.

"You are seriously—what?" Damien was just about to take a sip when he saw Katherine also brought the gla.s.s to her lips and drank. "Huh…" He slowly formed a smile, realizing that she had also been hit on by a girl.

"What? It's not against the rules to say something that happened to me too…" She defended herself. Damien had been drinking since and she felt just a tiny bit of pity.

"You sure are full of surprises, my unnamed beauty," he muttered.

He leaned at the counter, raised his hand and his finger ran across his bottom lip. He was going to take a blind swing but he had this crazy thought and he just went with it. "Never have I ever gone skinny dipping 1 ." 

Katherine took a deep breath…

And then drank her c.o.c.ktail without looking at him.

A s.e.xy chuckle escaped his lips, making the hair on her nape stand on end. He was evidently amused at what he just learned about this woman. "Well well well… looks like we have a wild one here." 

She acted as though she wasn't affected at all. She felt bolder and wanted to be a little suggestive. Turning her head, she started another round, "Never have I ever kissed a stranger."

Damien's ear perked up upon hearing her line. The two of them locked their gazes at each other. He tightened his jaw and s.h.i.+fted in his seat, their knees slightly touching.

She watched as he slowly lifted the gla.s.s to his mouth… but then his hand paused in the air and he continued to stare at her before he placed his gla.s.s back down to the counter. "I don't kiss strangers," he said.

"Well, what do you know…" Katherine flashed him a smile before she downed the rest of her drink, surprising him.

She got off the stool and just as she landed on her feet, someone b.u.mped her from behind, causing her to slip. Damien grabbed her elbows, steadying her on her feet. "Are you okay?"

"Yeah, I'm fine." She could still feel his warm hands on her skin as he did not let her go.

"I'm sorry, Miss. I didn't see you there." The man who just b.u.mped her apologized and when he saw her figure, his eyes lit up. "Um, would you like to dance?"

Raising a brow, Katherine immediately shook her head. "No." 

She turned towards Damien and a s.e.xy smile appeared on her face. "You, however… Dance with me." She grabbed his hand and brought him to the middle of the dance floor before he could even protest — not that he was trying to.

With the song "Promiscuous" by Nelly Furtado blasting through the speakers, Katherine started swaying her hips from side to side while her back was facing Damien who just stood and watched her while secretly wis.h.i.+ng that it was only the two of them in the room right at that moment.

~Promiscuous girl, wherever you are

I'm all alone, and it's you that I want

Promiscuous boy, you already know

That I'm all yours, what you waiting for?~

His hands found her waist and as soon as she felt them, she leaned closer so that her back was now pressed against his front and she continued to dance. 

She heard him release his breath at the same time that his body lightly moved with hers. They were so close and they were lost in their own little world, not caring that there were a lot of people also dancing around them.

Feeling his warm hands on her waist and his hot breath above her ear, Katherine turned around so that they were almost hugging.

She placed a hand on his neck and pulled him closer to whisper in his ear, "The truth is... I haven't kissed a stranger."

Pulling back, Damien stared at her. "Then why did you drink?"

Matching the intensity of his stare, Katherine replied, "Because I'm going to kiss one tonight." Refer to Chapter 8 - On Top? Swim naked