Total pages in book: 60
Estimated words: 57876 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 289(@200wpm)___ 232(@250wpm)___ 193(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 57876 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 289(@200wpm)___ 232(@250wpm)___ 193(@300wpm)
One that Nicholas probably had to define judging by how Jerker said it.
“Well, you aren’t lacking in education either. You’re just having to change the focus of your education and learn something new. That doesn’t mean you’re not smart.” He was brilliant. “And I like hearing about what you’re learning. You make me see things in a new way. Like the conversation about the nuggets. I hadn’t thought to question why we made some food fun and not others.”
I wasn’t sure I wanted to know the answer but it was a good conversation.
“And you made that lady think about what her husband wanted.” I was pretty sure I’d seen rings as they’d walked away, so I didn’t think assuming they were spouses was a reach. “When you learn things, you help everyone else to learn too.”
Because he was amazing.
Giving me a hug, Jerker used another tentacle to stroke my head. “You are a wonderful enthusiast for your mate, my Theo.”
I had a feeling he meant something like cheerleader, so I nodded and cuddled into him. “Because sometimes you forget how amazing you are.”
Starting over wasn’t easy and he forgot that sometimes.
“You seem to have the same memory flaw, my Theo.” Patting my head when I sighed, he kept me pressed close to him. “I will help you to fix it as well.”
I helped him and he’d help me.
Great.
“I don’t mind focusing on you.” That definitely sounded like more fun.
His thinking sound made me sigh which got me more snuggles but he didn’t agree with my suggestion. “Because you are a wonderful submissive human, that would be your preference. However, as your Master, I do not believe that would be the best course of action.”
Thankfully no one was close enough to hear the Master part, but it was easy to decide that this wasn’t the place to be a brat and try to get my way. “I understand.”
I could do my best to distract him later.
“We shall discuss what you are thinking so you can explain your emotional reactions when we have privacy.” Jerker made a laughing sound as I crashed my head into one of his larger tentacles that he was using as an arm to push the cart. “Drama. Yes, that is an indicator that I chose the correct course of action.”
What pain in the ass had told him that?
“Larry was very helpful and gave a detailed course on brats and the emotional variation called drama.” A tentacle stroked over my head as I sighed, showing another form of drama. “It was highly educational.”
Great.
Larry was a pain in the ass.
“I’m not nearly as dramatic as Nicholas is. So you don’t have to worry.” It seemed like a bad idea to make him think I was as insane as Nicholas. God only knew what Larry had said about his human mate.
“I’m just as curious as Nicholas is, though.” Yes, that was a much better topic. “What kind of research have you been doing at the grocery store? You seem like you’ve been people watching at the very least.”
Bingo.
“Humans are very interesting to watch.” I had a feeling that was an understatement, but I didn’t distract him and just let him keep going. “The issue with decision-making is not just limited to submissives, my Theo. At least once every visit, I must help a human pick between two objects. They are not always able to pick the item they like best. I do not know why.”
Oh, let me count the ways.
“Um, well, some people deliberately don’t pick the thing they like.” And we were off on another grocery adventure trying to explain why humans did the things they did.
I was starting to wish I knew a psychologist we could have dinner with once in a while.
Chapter 15
Somehow he made putting groceries away a very studious experience and I was starting to wonder why he was tracking every item like we were packing for a trip to Mars. I should’ve questioned it sooner, but he watched me all the time. Sometimes it just took me a while to figure out when it’d crossed into confusing territory.
“What are you thinking, Master?” Yep, communication was good and using his favorite title was even better.
And when it was accompanied with a cute smile, I knew I’d get a thorough answer.
“I am making sure I know your preferences for food organization.” His response was logical but I waited to see if he would give me more.
There had to be more.
Yep, there was more.
“I must understand your system before I can request communication to improve it, and I must see where everything belongs in order to know what is missing.” Looking in my tiny pantry, he nodded and went about studying every shelf.
Taking what he’d said and where I thought he was leading us, I put the last of the fresh stuff in the fridge. “You’re making sure you understand what we’ve got and where it goes so you can do more of the grocery shopping?”