“Nicholas!” Calden warned in a low voice. “Stop this madness! Let’s go!”
Nicholas ignored his friend. “But if you lose, you’ll kneel to Calden here and apologize!”
“What do I have to apologize for?” I was unfazed.
“For tricking him into marriage, for leaving him for another rich man, for being a gold-digger!”
Nicholas was confident he could win. He had been watching me for a while now. I seldom touched my drink. After almost an hour at the club, I was still nursing my first glass of red wine.
Nicholas jutted out his chin. “What do you say? Do you dare to accept my challenge?”
I looked from Nicholas to Calden, who said nothing. Did Calden put Nicholas up to this? What was he trying to pull?
I thought I had made it perfectly clear that I wanted nothing more to do with
