Page 96 of Saved By A Dark Billionaire
We arrived at the sorority row where we planned on hopping from house to house and enjoying the different festivities at each. We paid the cover at the first house, waiting for Leo and Rachel to meet up with us. We headed outside to the backyard where different games had been set up. It was less crowded out here than inside. Lucas grabbed me a whiskey as we waited.
"Wanna play a game, Rose?"
"Always."
"I'll tell you something about myself and you guess if it's true or not. If you guess wrong you take a drink. Then we'll switch"
"Sounds like fun." I felt like I knew Lucas pretty well now. Of course, I don't know all about him. A month is not enough time to know everything, but I feel like I could make good inferences based on what I know about him.
"Okay, first statement," he said, shifting his shoulders to stand up straighter. "I was arrested once." I hadn't expected him to say that. I, honestly, had no clue and could see it being either.
"Can I ask a question?"
"Only one," he said, holding up his index finger.
"How old were you?"
"17."
"Then I say it's true." I figured a lot of 17-year-olds get in trouble. Besides, if it was when he was 17 then it meant John was alive. If John were alive, then they must have gotten into some shenanigans together.
"That is…" he waited a moment to try and keep me in suspense. "correct. I did indeed get arrested. I guess I have to take a drink since you got it right.'
"What did you get arrested for?" I asked him curiously. I can imagine it being something stupid, but I am curious to know exactly what it was.
"John and I were messing around after a soccer game and jumped a fence to get into the baseball field after drinking a bit. We were caught instantly." Lucas laughed at his past self as I'm sure the memory played out in his head.
"I could see that," I mused. "Okay, my turn. My tattoo artist taught me to play guitar." I was trying to throw him for a loop, but all it did was make him laugh.
"My one question is how many tattoo artists have you had?"
"Two." I held my fingers up as I answered.
"Then I say it's true."
"That's right, but how'd you guess?" I took a drink of my whiskey while I waited for him to answer.
"I saw the guitar in your closet a while back. I could tell you played, and I didn't figure you learned from your dad. Ian doesn't seem the type to play, and you didn't have many friends then." He knew me so well, even past me.
"I hadn't realized you knew I played. I haven't played in a little while." I need to pick it back up before my fingers soften back up.
"I want to hear you play one day." He rubbed my cheek sweetly with his thumb while he spoke.
"One day." I nodded.
"What can I do to get you to let that day be today?" He stepped forward, closing the space between us. He was trying to use this close-proximity to entice me into doing what he wanted.
"Hmm, you'd have to show me something you can do that I haven't seen before."
"Okay, deal. Wait right here," he said as he raced off from my side.
I'm not sure where he went or what he's doing, but I didn't like the fact I was now alone. I played with the drink in my hand to keep myself busy. My eyes roamed the party, scanning for any familiar faces. I could see a couple of engineering students getting plastered in the distance. They were taking shot after shot. I would have never guessed one of them as a party animal.
"Liv?" An all too familiar voice came my name.
I should have figured he'd be here.
Chapter 34
