The Gift of Something Grand by Renee Vincent

Author:Renee Vincent
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: beach read, series romance, coffee shop, sweet contemporary romance, romantic comedy
Publisher: Renee Vincent
Published: 2014-05-03T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

JOSEPH’S LAUGHTER ERUPTED and he clapped in his excitement. “Perfect. This I gotta see.”

I take back what I said before. There was not enough alcohol in the world for me to do this. Asking him to reveal the photos in his album suddenly didn’t sound like a walk on the wild side.

“Come on, Sutherland. Strike a pose.”

I bit my lip. “I think we need a new rule.”

Joseph tilted his head to the side. “What’s wrong? You having a hard time with this one? It’s only the first block. I’ve never played the game before, but I imagine they don’t get easier.”

I’ve never played the game either. I only heard about it from my college days, but no one ever mentioned just how personal the dares could get. I figured they’d be physical challenges or tasks of a comedic nature. Weren’t the truths supposed to be of the intimate sort?

“I can’t do this one,” I exclaimed, flipping the block in his lap. “You win.”

Joseph picked up the block and reread it to himself. “Fair enough. This one is pretty personal and given we just started playing, I think we should add a rule. Each player has the ability to forfeit a truth or dare of his or her choosing without getting docked for it.” He held the block out to me. When I reached for it, he tightened his grip on it and didn’t let go. “Is this the one you’re forfeiting?”

“Yes, definitely,” I affirmed.

“All right, so what do we do with it?”

I took the block from him. “We add it to the top. Your turn.”

I watched as Joseph selected and glided his block free with ease. With an air of haughtiness, which was ever so sexy, he rolled the game piece in his palm until the words appeared. He read it to himself, glancing at me, and then back to the block.

“It’s a truth,” he confessed. “Describe your worst kiss.” He thought for a few minutes and came clean. “I suppose that would have to be with Irene Jacobson.”

I was hoping it was with Caroline because that would certainly put my mind at ease if she ever came around again. And I knew she would one day. Contagious diseases always had a tendency to reappear once they were in your system.

“It was back when I was a junior in high school. Irene was a little...how do I put this nicely...a little malnourished. And she was the only senior from her class that didn’t have a date for the prom.”

I listened intently as Joseph continued his story.

“I guess being raised with all sisters, I sympathized with the whole female thing about how important it is to have a date for the senior prom. I hadn’t asked anyone yet, and I figured I’d make her dreams come true. So, I asked her and she accepted. I think she might have even peed her pants a little that day. Or so the rumors had said. Fast-forward to the evening, I met her folks and she came staggering down the stairs in her frilly, puffy, lacey dress.

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