Had his question last night been a slap in the face? It had. But not because of anything he’d done. Hell, heshouldbe asking those questions of somebody he thought he’d hired.
I was the one lying. I always prided myself on knowing how to handle whatever came my way, but this situation wasn’t one I knew how to fix.
I couldn’t tell Sawyer yet, but I hated how open he was with me when I was still holding back.
I made the decision then. I’d be as open and honest about everything in my life, about who I was—that way, when I finally came clean, he’d know the real me…minus the not-an-escort part.
It was a shit plan, but what else could I do?
Sawyer leaned back against the couch, resting against my arm, and then he looked up at me. “You like a challenge, right?”
Was he reading my mind now? Because yeah, this thing between us would be a challenge, but not because we weren’t compatible. It was so natural with Sawyer, but I couldn’t think about that right now. We had a game to win.
“Yeah,” I said. “Yeah, I do.”
“All right, lovers, pick up your whiteboards,” Rome said, prowling the room, his gaze sliding over each of us. “Let’s start with something simple. Nothing that’ll ruin your relationships. Yet.”
“That’s not ominous at all,” Drew said, reaching for the mini whiteboard that sat on the low table in front of him.
I grabbed one too, along with a marker, and immediately flipped mine around when Sawyer scooted closer to me.
“You know cheating is frowned upon,” I said.
“I wasn’t looking.”
I smirked. “You were maybe thinking about looking.”
“Thinking isn’t the same as doing. But…do I get points for restraint?”
“Pretty sure we only get points if we match.”
Rome clapped his hands once, drawing everyone’s attention back to him. I still couldn’t get used to the idea that the guy I’d seen in movies for years was standing in front of me acting like a game show host. Or the fact that he was Sawyer’s brother.
Crazy.
“Question one will be for all green markers to answer for blue markers,” he said. “If your partner could only consume one thing for the rest of their life, what would it be? And no, ‘your partner’ is not an appropriate answer in the presence of ladies.” He gestured to his moms, and Lily shook her head.
“No need to be PG on our accounts,” she called out.
“Overruled,” Rome said. “You have thirty seconds.”
Across from us, Hudson leaned over his board and started writing like this was a final exam, while Drew chewed on the cap of his green marker.
“If you get this wrong,” Hudson said without looking up, “I’m reconsidering our relationship.”
“Nah, I got it, I got it.”
I had no idea what Sawyer was going to write, but based on what I’d seen of him so far, there was only one answer that stuck out to me.
“All right, boards up, you gorgeous blues,” Rome called out.
Sawyer flipped his first.Coffee.
“And now you sexy greens.”
I turned mine.Coffee.
Sawyer’s mouth fell open. “No way.”