CHAPTER 14
Day Six
CURA?AO
KATIE
“This is going to be so much fun.”
Nessa is a ball of energy next to me.
Usually I’m the opposite, but after this afternoon, I’m feeling pretty energetic as well.
“Why do you think they had us sign non-disclosure agreements when we entered?” I whisper back to her.
Before she can answer, his voice is in my ear. “Obviously things are going to get interesting. What do you think about an orgy?”
Glancing over at his smirk, I roll my eyes. “Why not? It’d be an interesting way to end the day.”
Nessa snorts. “You? In an orgy? Yeah right.”
I shrug. “I mean, who knows. I could end up at a glory hole. Life is unexpected.”
She chuckles. “I’ll believe it when I see it.”
I haven’t had a chance to tell her about our afternoon. She’s going to shit a brick when she hears about it.
Instead of meeting up with the group, we had a quiet dinner by ourselves before retiring back to the room. I thought we would have sex again, but instead, he cuddled me while we watched a movie.
I didn’t want to get up and come up here, but this is my sister’s trip. The whole reason I even came was for her.
Now that I’m here though? I am kind of excited.
What we did this afternoon was way outside of my comfort zone, yet I had a lot of fun. I’m hoping tonight is similar.
“All right, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you for signing the necessary paperwork. I know it seems like a bit much, but by the end of the night you will understand why we do things this way. Now before I begin, I need to take care of some housekeeping. First and foremost, let me start by saying this. This is an adult event meant for participants eighteen and over. If you are under that age, leave now. Trust me, you don’t want to be here. Number two, if you are easily offended or cannot handle crude or sexual stuff, then you need to leave now. No offense meant, but this is not the activity for you. This activity is for those who like it down and dirty and have a wicked sense of humor. Now I’m going to pause for a moment and give anyone who would like a chance to leave to do so now.”
Dominic wraps his arms around me, whispering in my ear, “Want to make a run for it? Think you can handle this?”
I turn, kissing his cheek. “I think I can handle about anything with you by my side.”
I can see the pride in his eyes as he takes my face in.
Before he can say anything, the organizer speaks again.
“Great. Now that we have that taken care of, this is the adult scavenger hunt. This isn’t like your normal scavenger hunt. Instead of being given the list of items to hunt for up front, I’ll be reading the list of things that you have to obtain or do. That’s right, some of these are actions. Now I will let you know that you do not have to do anything you don’t want to. If at any time you want to leave, you may. Or if you want to sit out, but stay, that’s okay too. So this will not be a pass and fail. This will be a points competition. Now first, I want you to get into teams. We counted as you came in the door, so there are enough people to do four teams of eight. I’ll give you a few minutes.”
Grant and Nessa stay next to us.
Barrett comes up beside us by himself. “Can I join you?”
I shrug so Dominic answers him, “Sure, man. Where’s your girl?”
He clears his throat. “I’m not messing with her anymore.”
It takes a couple minutes, but Nessa ends up getting one of her bridesmaids, Samantha, and one of the groomsmen, Brock, on our team.
Dominic stays close and I don’t miss the look he shoots over at Barrett. It’s almost as if he’s jealous.
Maybe that’s wishful thinking on my part.
Although when we started this he did say he hated Barrett.
Could he only be with me to stick it to Barrett? Am I falling for him when this is all a big game for him?
Before I can get lost in my thoughts, one of the staff members comes over to hand us some name tags.
“All right, now that we have our teams. Write your name or whatever you want to be known as tonight. You can pick a nickname or make up a whole new name. Then below it put your team name.”
“What’s our team’s name, guys?” Nessa asks.
As they debate, I come up with a plan. I’m going to pick Dominic’s name.
After they have settled on Wedding Party for a team name, I turn to Dominic.
Grabbing the Sharpie and Dominic’s name tag, I smile.
Dr. Schlong.
Then I write the team’s name below it.
When I stick it on him, he looks down. Then he smiles.
“Really?”
I nod. “Gotta keep your identity a secret.”
He shakes his head, grabbing my name tag and the Sharpie. “Well then, it’s only fair you be my Mrs.”
He sticks the tag over my breast, proudly displaying Mrs. Schlong.
“Asshole.”
“Oh wait. I forgot the team name.”
As he writes across my breast, I can feel my nipples grow hard. Fuck, this guy is bad for my health. Or maybe he is good for it.
“There. All good.”
Nessa looks at my name tag and chuckles.
I glance at hers and see that it says Mrs. Parker .
“Is everyone ready?”
A chorus of “yes” ring out.
“Great. So for the first task, I want each team to bring me up one high-heeled shoe.”
Dominic smiles at Nessa.
She rolls her eyes, nudging me. “Why don’t you ever wear heels?”
“I do when the occasion calls for it.”
She hands her shoe to Grant, who runs it up front. The man marks our points as Grant comes back.
“Perfect. Now bring me a bobby pin.”
“Shit,” Nessa curses.
I smile, reaching up to grab the one I placed in my hair to hold my baby hairs off my neck. Holding it out, she smiles.
“Your man has to take it,” she says.
Dominic grabs it, taking it up front. Once he is gone, Barrett comes closer to me.
“We would have missed those points if it weren’t for you. I remember you always loved wearing your hair up.”
I give him a tight smile. “Yep. Can’t stand hair on my neck.”
He goes to speak again, but Dominic is back.
“Turn, I’ll put it back in your hair.”
I roll my eyes. “You’re a dude. Like you can figure it out.”
“Hush, woman. Turn around.”
So I do. Much to my surprise, he figures it out.
When I give him a questioning look, he smiles. “I was watching you earlier.”
“Of course you were, stalker,” I tease.
“All right, let’s amp this up a bit. How about a T-shirt?” the announcer asks.
This time Barrett offers to go up. Only this time, the leader keeps the item.
“You will get your property back at the end, I promise.”
After a few more rounds where Samantha gave up an earring and Grant took off his socks, things started to get hot.
“All right, now that we have a collection of items, how about we start with actions. This time, each team will have a judge watching.”
As he says this, a staff member makes their way to us. They give us a small smile, turning back to the front of the room.
“Okay, action number one. I want you to nominate one person on your team.”
“I’ll do it,” Brock offers.
“All right, now that person has to hug every single person on your team.”
He laughs, but moves around, hugging each of us. Our staff member smiles, nodding to the head of the room.
“Great, now I want each person on the team to kiss one other person on the team on their lips. Here’s the catch, they can’t be your romantic partner.”
Barrett steps closer to me, but Dominic glares at him.
I roll my eyes, and turn to Samantha, raising a brow silently asking. She laughs as she steps in close and kisses me.
Then I turn to Dominic. “You better not kiss a girl.”
He sighs, turning to Grant. “Come on, buddy.”
Grant’s eyes widen. “No way. I’m not kissing you.”
“You don’t have a choice. Our girls are competitive. They aren’t going to let us lose this.”
As they bicker a moment, I catch Barrett looking dejected beside me.
I frown, looking to Nessa.
She follows my eyes before giving me an exasperated look. “Listen, you either kiss your bestie or you kiss your brother. Either way, the three of you are all that’s left. I kissed Abby.”
Grant stops bitching, wincing when he realizes his choice.
“Come on. I’m a great kisser,” Dominic jokes, grabbing his neck to press a kiss right on his lips.
It’s a quick kiss, but something about it stirs my libido.
“That leaves Barrett,” I say quietly.
Samantha rolls her eyes, heading over to him before pressing a kiss to his lips. He doesn’t reciprocate, but it must be enough for our judge.
“Jesus, I never needed to know what my best friend’s lips feel like,” Grant grunts.
“Soft like pillows, right? Isn’t that what the girls say?” Dominic jokes.
That’s something I didn’t expect from him. Before, he seemed stoic. I never realized he could go with the flow. I would have had him pegged as the guy not willing to kiss another male. Yet, he seemed to be fine with it.
“Do I need to worry about you stealing my man? I think he might have a little crush on you now,” I joke back.
Dominic wraps his arms around my shoulders. “Never. I’m all yours.”
I smile, bringing my hands up to grab his arms. “I’m going to have to keep an eye on you two.”
He smiles too but turns his attention back to the front.
I have to admit, I don’t want to give him up.
DOMINIC
After several rounds of this scavenger hunt, things have escalated.
I’m in only my boxers while thankfully my woman actually wore a bra. She’s down to it and a pair of shorts.
The rest of our team isn’t much better. Between actions, the leader has been asking for articles of clothing. It’s surprising one of us isn’t naked yet. One of the girls on the other teams is already topless without a bra. I guess she forgot to wear one.
“Our next task is for one lucky member of your team. Choose one quickly.”
We choose Grant.
“Great. Now you take the keycard for a female member of your team then go to their room and change into their sleepwear. You have ten minutes to get back.”
Grant takes off running. He already has a keycard since he’s sharing a room with Nessa.
“While they are off, I need you to elect two players from your team.”
Naturally, it ends up being myself and Katie.
I pull her closer. I hate the way Barrett keeps looking at her. Logically, I know that she’s wearing as much as she does in her bikini, but I hate that it feels more intimate.
“All right, I want each pair to come up here.”
I grab her hand, walking her to the front. Once up there, I laugh. Each team picked their pairs, but some of them are same sex. There’s one team with two males and one with two females.
“All right, now I want one of you to be blindfolded. Pick which one.”
Katie frowns. “I feel like this is going to be a little crazy.”
I nod. “Do you want it to be me or you?”
She hesitates. “Me. I’d rather be blindfolded.”
They hand out the blindfolds. I secure ours onto Katie.
“You okay?”
She nods.
Then the leader speaks again. “This is how this is going to work. Each member not blindfolded will kiss the blindfolded people. We are going to gather you on the side and let you go in a random order. Here’s the catch. You can’t kiss them on their lips or near their ears, lest you cheat and whisper. If your blindfolded partner guesses correctly, you get a point.”
Katie frowns, so I whisper, “Do you want to back out?”
She shakes her head. “Don’t kiss them good.”
I chuckle. “No hickeys. Got it.”
The leader has the blindfolded participants lined up at the front of the room as he motions for the rest of us to line up at the other end of the room. The staff member there mixes us up before handing us a sticky note with a number.
Then the fun begins.
As the announcer calls for contestant number one, I watch as he moves to the first woman. He kisses her on the forehead. Then he moves to the next and repeats the action.
When he gets to Katie, I feel that familiar sense of rage flare up. I don’t want another man’s lips on her.
I keep my eyes on her as each man in front of me goes. When it’s finally my turn, I saunter up.
I’m the last one to go, so I was able to watch each man and where they kissed.
Some kissed the hand or cheek while others switched it up based on who they were kissing.
That’s my plan.
As I approach the first woman, I simply place a chaste kiss on her shoulder. I continue down the line, even kissing the men in line in the same place, until I get to Katie.
With her, I move in closer, pressing my lips to the place on her neck that I’ve left a hickey.
Her body shivers as if she knows it’s me.
I smile, hurrying down the line to finish.
“All right, my blindfolded friends. Turn around then take your blindfolds off. Please write down the number of the lucky person who is your partner.”
I’m nervous as I watch Katie write down her answer. She doesn’t even take time to think about it. I hope that means she knew it was me.
I feel antsy to get back to her.
As the announcer goes down the line asking for their numbers, to my surprise there is a mix of people who got it wrong. One, a large man, even chose me as his partner.
When he gets to Katie, she looks over at me.
“Number six is my amazing boyfriend.”
I can’t help the smile that spreads on my face.
Her answering smile is like sunlight in the middle of a storm. All I want to do is rush over to her and kiss her.
Once the points have been awarded, Katie doesn’t hesitate. She doesn’t rush over to our group on the other side of the room. No. Instead, she comes rushing at me.
As she jumps up at me, I catch her easily. Her legs wrap around my hips while her hands find their way into my hair. Then her lips are on mine.
I kiss her back with everything I have.
“I knew it was you. Only you can make my body react that way,” she manages to say between kisses.
A sense of pride fills my chest, making me kiss her harder.
In that moment, I realize that she’s mine. I think she’s always been mine even when she didn’t know it.
I hope she’s ready for me though because I’m never going to let her go.
All this time I was waiting for a love like my parents, not knowing she had been in front of me the entire time.
Before I can push her up against the wall and fuck her until the entire room knows who she belongs to, the door bursts open.
I pull back, glancing over.
Katie’s head meets my temple as I watch the sight in front of me.
Then I see him.
Grant.
When my body starts to shake with my barely contained laughter.
There, standing inside the door to the room, is my best friend.
Only, he isn’t dressed normally.
Instead, he has on a see-through teal negligee with thong panties and a pair of slippers.
Katie moves her head to look where I am.
“Oh my god. I did not need to see him dressed like that,” she groans, burying her head into my neck.
I smile. “Oh come on, babe. He’s hot.”
I start to walk us toward our group, not missing the way Barrett is looking at us instead of the spectacle of men filtering in the room.
“I knew I had to worry about him. I’ll shank him if he tries to steal you.”
“Don’t worry, baby doll. You’re the only one I want.”
When we reach the group, she untangled her legs from my waist, so I lower her to the ground, keeping my hands on her.
“We are going to fucking win this. I went all out,” Grant proclaims as he walks over.
“Are you wearing my thong? What the fuck, Grant? I’m going to have to throw that entire outfit out now. You damn brute,” Nessa says.
He leans down, kissing her, making her smile. “Come on, my little Loch Ness Monster. It’ll be worth it when we win. Besides, tell me this doesn’t make you hot?”
She tries to glare, but her smile bleeds through.
“You asshole.”
“Did he call my sister the Loch Ness Monster?” Katie whispers.
I smirk. “I don’t think we were meant to hear that.”
She shakes her head, smiling.
I call over to Grant, “Bro, I’d do you.”
“Fuck yeah, you would. I’m a damn snack.”
We all laugh, but it’s Katie who has my attention.
She always has my attention.
I can’t get enough of her.