Two minutes.
It should have felt like an eternity under his burning gaze, but instead, time seemed to warp.
She did not dare move.
Did not dare breathe.
But then…his thumb brushed against the bare skin just beneath the hem of her shirt. Just a hint…just a slow stroke that made her stomach flip.
She flinched.
The second she did, his grip loosened, his expression shuttering back into cold indifference.
Nobody probably noticed what passed between the two of them,but the group erupted into cheers as someone dramatically counted down the last few seconds.
"Three! Two! One! Time's up!”
Ivy scrambled off his lap, her face burning, her entire body humming with an unfamiliar tension. She did not dare look at him.
Ashley grabbed her hand. Her grin was downright wicked. “Oh, that was way mo
