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Tom had been right to suggest something to take the edge off. Had she taken him seriously, perhaps she wouldn’t be six rounds in, completely sockless, wishing she had a buzz to ease her nerves and her irritation, as he was obviously enjoying watching her experience this stone-cold sober.

Smarmy git.

He played a yellow three, and she frowned at her pathetic hand, ignoring his smirk. She could take off another of her dwindling clothing items, or test the odds of potentially getting a yellow card. Tom was only down a jacket and a tie. Knowing him, he would go straight for his shirt next. The thought made her blush. Hoping he didn’t notice, she drew another card and flipped it face up onto the stack with a deep sigh of relief.

Yellow reverse. The gods were smiling down on her.

“You’re not in this for the cards. You only want to humiliate me by making me take off my clothes,” she accused, setting her cards face down on the table.

“Something like that,” he admitted.

“Let’s level the playing field, then.” She slid one of her cards to the side. Then she pulled off one of her shirts, leaving her shoulders bare in a camisole. His eyes widened in surprise. “I’ll take off something for every card I set aside.”

“I get to choose what you take off, then,” he demanded, blatantly admiring the freshly revealed skin and making her feel horribly self-conscious.

“Not a chance,” she shot back.

“No deal, then,” he shrugged, turning his gaze back to his cards and pretending to rearrange them. “I’ve almost won, anyway.”

“If you win right away, this whole game would have been for nothing on your end.”

“How so?”

“Would you be satisfied if I simply lost the stage like this, fully clothed?” she asked, scrambling to think of a way to turn this in her favor.

He nodded. “I do enjoy watching you lose.”

She scowled.

“But… I would enjoy it much more to see you lose while nearly naked, clinging to the hope that you might actually win.” He waved his two cards in front of his face. “And the odds are not in your favor.”

“Alright, you get to choose, then,” she conceded, crossing her arms.

I’m obsessed with Sin Bin. It’s such an amazing story.

The 90’s gamer au? I’m also OBBSESSED with.

Oh I hope life is being kind to you and that you have a wonderful day!!

Thank you so much!!! I would love to publish this someday, but the idea of adapting it for publishing is kind of overwhelming lol Once I finish, I hope I'll have the motivation to do that.