Hours later they had finished off the bottle as well as a pizza they’d ordered.

“So, I’ll call Jacob in the morning and set up a meeting to hash out my participation in the game.”

The other two women at the table nodded.

“Tonight, I think I need to find a way to forget about all this for a while.” Chance looked at Juliet with a weary smile.

“I think taking our minds off this is a good idea,” she said with a smile of her own. The bourbon buzz was already helping her body warm up to that unspoken idea.

“Go, you two. Do what you need to.” Katherine said then turned to Juliet. “You just make sure you get it all out of him. He needs his head in the game when the time comes.”

Juliet laughed, the bourbon erasing her embarrassment. It felt good to finally laugh. It helped her body release all the pent up tension and the worry that clouded her brain.

Everything about today had been crazy, ending with the last few hours. The plan that the three of them had hatched out could very likely end in Chance getting killed.

And Juliet right along with him.

Let it go, girl.

There was little that she could do now, except spend the last moments they had together enjoying one another.

Chance stood up and offered his hand. “Let’s see where this night takes us.”

Juliet pushed her concerns to the back of her mind as she took his hand.

* * *

The bourbon definitely helped.

Watching Chance pull off that t-shirt to expose his rock hard chest, didn’t just push her fears to the back of her mind, it totally obliterated them.

They were back at his apartment, where he insisted she stay with him. They had practically rushed, hand in hand to his bedroom, and entangled themselves in one another. Maybe the fact that this could very well be their last time together was what made it so heated and intense.

Juliet practically ripped the zipper down the side of her dress and tore it off. She quickly unhooked her bra and snapped it off her arms, following it with her underwear until she was completely naked.

Chance was working just as furiously on his jeans while stepping out of his shoes at the same time. He shoved them down his legs and did a little jig to step out of them before rushing back toward her.

They didn’t bother with a condom, having already discussed STDs (none) and birth control (pills for her). That was good. Juliet wanted to feel all of him inside of her, completely without barriers.

She pushed him toward the bed and straddled him. Chance was already rock hard and she lifted herself onto her knees then reached down to guide him into her.

“Oh, God Chance,” she moaned as his girth slowly filled her while she sank down onto him. She fell down onto him and arched her back so that her chest pressed into his.

Chance brought his arms around her back to pull her in even tighter. He hurried his face into her neck and practically devoured her, inhaling her scent and tasting her skin. It sent shivers through her body that were met with the waves of pleasure being released from the other part of him that was servicing her.

“God, you’re amazing,” he said as he jerked his hips up to penetrate her over and over.

Juliet grabbed his shoulders and held tight stroking her body on top of him, feeling the fill and release of his dick as they fucked each other crazy.

Her nipples were hard as rocks as they grazed the hair on his chest, the friction becoming almost painful. His hands on her back and ass felt like fire, raising her body temperature until she began to feel the sweat hit her skin.

Her moans became screams as the swell of her orgasm hit her. It broke free, crashing inside of her with wave after wave of volcanic, shuddering orgasms.

Chance followed, his fingers gripping her hips hard. Juliet looked into his eyes, which were that stormy color, getting darker and darker as his own orgasm built up inside of him. She worked her body to help him along.

Chance closed his eyes brought her body down hard, impaling her one final time on his shaft as he released his seed inside of her. The groan that escaped his lips was deafening.

Juliet brought her arms around his neck and hugged him tightly to her. She felt his embrace squeeze her even harder.

They stayed like that, each of them cementing the feel to memory, knowing that the next few days would try this relationship like nothing either of them was prepared for.

* * *

The next morning, they were on a plane to New York City. Feeling reckless, they had splurged on first class tickets.

Chance considered it a good omen. Arrive on the tails of good fortune, leave with good fortune.

Juliet considered it something to keep Chance in good form. The last thing he needed was the discomfort of stuffing those long legs into a coach seat. He had let her have the window seat, and right now she stared out of it, every possible scenario of what they were embarking upon going through her head.

“Stop it.”

She turned at the sound of his voice. She inhaled, a protest forming on the tip of her tongue.

Chance brought his hand up to her face, his thumb stroking her bottom lip. “The only thing I want coming from those lips right now is a smile or a kiss.”

She exhaled a relaxed laugh, but pulled away. “Chance, I’m not trying to worry you, I’m not, it’s just…I can’t stop thinking of all the ways…” she shook her head, unable to finish.

“Here’s what I want you to do, Juliet. For the next forty-eight hours I want you to not just believe, but know for a fact this plan will work. I’m not saying that as some sort of omen or think positively bullshit; I’m saying that because I’ve got you in my corner. You, with that amazing head of yours that has worked this thing backwards and forwards and found every possible failing eliminating them until it’s a one hundred percent guaranteed result.”

Juliet acquiesced, feeling her smile come out big and bright and completely uncompromised. Something in the way he said things, so self-confident and assured, always made her believe it could happen, despite piles of evidence working against both of them. Then she reached a hand up to cup his face. “That was my smile, now here’s my kiss.”