locker-room atmosphere by drumming her hands on the table. "Yoo-hoo, Jess. I think we all understand your rules. Now are we going to play or what?"
Jess turned his attention to Poe. "Yes, we're going to play. And since you started this mess and put me in charge, I've decided you get to go first."
Shaking her head, Kinsey clucked her tongue in disappointment. "Put a man in charge and he still needs a woman to get things started."
"I hate to break it to you, Kinsey," Doug said, sitting between Lauren and Poe and ignoring the threatening glares from both women. "But not only can we get things started without a woman, we can finish things off the same way."
Poe waved off his comeback. "Tell that to the centerfold sharing your special moment."
Every man in the room squirmed.
"Imagination and touch are more important than visual stimulation to a woman," Lauren added, directing a pointed glance at Doug. "Which is why we can start and finish with or without the help of a battery-operated boyfriend."
"Good ol ' B.O.B." Kinsey sighed. "A fresh supply of batteries and he never lets a girl down."
Anton snorted and rolled his eyes before downing half his bourbon. Doug, on the other hand, stared at Kinsey in disbelief. "Are you telling me that you get off every time you, uh … take B.O.B. to bed?"
Kinsey only smiled sweetly, tossing back her long blond hair. "Why don't you ask me that when it's your turn to play?"
Doug shook his head and under his breath muttered, "Women. More trouble than they're worth."
Poe dug an elbow into his ribs to shut him up. "You can get back at Kinsey and all of womankind later, after I get through getting back at Jess."
Jess groaned and thumped his forehead on the edge of the table before looking up and grimacing at Poe.
Poe crossed her arms on the edge of the table and leaned forward, sparing a glance for Ray at her left,
Doug at her right, then Anton across the table, before she settled her sights on Jess. "Now, Jess. Since we're discussing sexy toys, my question is this. Have you ever done it with an inanimate object and, if so, with what?"
Jess's expression remained deadpan. "Such as?"
"Oh, I don't know. A blowup doll. An apple pie. That sort of thing."
"I think Poe has been watching a few too many movies," Kinsey said, and Ray snickered. Then Doug snickered. Sydney couldn't help herself and she snickered, too. Jess remained totally cool. She had to give him credit.
"Are you talking all the way back to puberty?" he asked, leaning over the table toward her. "Or during my recent sex sabbatical?"
Poe leaned even farther over the table, until her breasts threatened to spill out of her top. "I'm talking any time during your life, sweetie, though I'd really like to hear more about this sex sabbatical."
Jess leaned forward, too. "Well, then, sweetie. I take the dare."
Jess's refusal to answer brought him everything from howls to sympathetic groans to hysterical laughter, the latter from Lauren, who Sydney was beginning to think had had too much to drink.
Sitting back with a smugly satisfied smile, Poe laced her hands behind her head. "Since you dug yourself in deep with that one, I'll make it easy on you. You have to kiss one of your dinner companions. Girl or guy, it doesn't matter. The only caveat is that you have to look like you mean it."
"That's it? That's his dare?" Kinsey registered the complaint and Sydney followed with "That sounds more like a reward."
"And a punishment for whoever he chooses," Lauren added.
Jess scooted back his chair and got to his feet. " Tsk-tsk , ladies. I realize this is going to be hard on those of you who don't get to experience my incredible expertise."
Anton brought his fist to his mouth and coughed to cover up his exclamation of "Bullshit."
"Yeah. What Anton said. You can just keep your tongue to yourself, mister," Kinsey said.
Jess ignored the outburst and circled the table, passing each woman once before stopping behind Kinsey on his second trip
Jess turned his attention to Poe. "Yes, we're going to play. And since you started this mess and put me in charge, I've decided you get to go first."
Shaking her head, Kinsey clucked her tongue in disappointment. "Put a man in charge and he still needs a woman to get things started."
"I hate to break it to you, Kinsey," Doug said, sitting between Lauren and Poe and ignoring the threatening glares from both women. "But not only can we get things started without a woman, we can finish things off the same way."
Poe waved off his comeback. "Tell that to the centerfold sharing your special moment."
Every man in the room squirmed.
"Imagination and touch are more important than visual stimulation to a woman," Lauren added, directing a pointed glance at Doug. "Which is why we can start and finish with or without the help of a battery-operated boyfriend."
"Good ol ' B.O.B." Kinsey sighed. "A fresh supply of batteries and he never lets a girl down."
Anton snorted and rolled his eyes before downing half his bourbon. Doug, on the other hand, stared at Kinsey in disbelief. "Are you telling me that you get off every time you, uh … take B.O.B. to bed?"
Kinsey only smiled sweetly, tossing back her long blond hair. "Why don't you ask me that when it's your turn to play?"
Doug shook his head and under his breath muttered, "Women. More trouble than they're worth."
Poe dug an elbow into his ribs to shut him up. "You can get back at Kinsey and all of womankind later, after I get through getting back at Jess."
Jess groaned and thumped his forehead on the edge of the table before looking up and grimacing at Poe.
Poe crossed her arms on the edge of the table and leaned forward, sparing a glance for Ray at her left,
Doug at her right, then Anton across the table, before she settled her sights on Jess. "Now, Jess. Since we're discussing sexy toys, my question is this. Have you ever done it with an inanimate object and, if so, with what?"
Jess's expression remained deadpan. "Such as?"
"Oh, I don't know. A blowup doll. An apple pie. That sort of thing."
"I think Poe has been watching a few too many movies," Kinsey said, and Ray snickered. Then Doug snickered. Sydney couldn't help herself and she snickered, too. Jess remained totally cool. She had to give him credit.
"Are you talking all the way back to puberty?" he asked, leaning over the table toward her. "Or during my recent sex sabbatical?"
Poe leaned even farther over the table, until her breasts threatened to spill out of her top. "I'm talking any time during your life, sweetie, though I'd really like to hear more about this sex sabbatical."
Jess leaned forward, too. "Well, then, sweetie. I take the dare."
Jess's refusal to answer brought him everything from howls to sympathetic groans to hysterical laughter, the latter from Lauren, who Sydney was beginning to think had had too much to drink.
Sitting back with a smugly satisfied smile, Poe laced her hands behind her head. "Since you dug yourself in deep with that one, I'll make it easy on you. You have to kiss one of your dinner companions. Girl or guy, it doesn't matter. The only caveat is that you have to look like you mean it."
"That's it? That's his dare?" Kinsey registered the complaint and Sydney followed with "That sounds more like a reward."
"And a punishment for whoever he chooses," Lauren added.
Jess scooted back his chair and got to his feet. " Tsk-tsk , ladies. I realize this is going to be hard on those of you who don't get to experience my incredible expertise."
Anton brought his fist to his mouth and coughed to cover up his exclamation of "Bullshit."
"Yeah. What Anton said. You can just keep your tongue to yourself, mister," Kinsey said.
Jess ignored the outburst and circled the table, passing each woman once before stopping behind Kinsey on his second trip
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