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)
He made a soft laughing sound and a tentacle stroked over my cheek, making me realize my eyes were still closed.
There he was.
“My Theo.” Still running his limbs over me, he leaned down and kissed my forehead. “That is how mates show innocent pleasure and happiness.”
He was so cute.
“I like forehead kisses.” Hey, words. “You can tell me you love me too.”
Grasping at words that were just randomly floating through my head was so exhausting my eyes closed again, but Master was worth the effort. Trying again as his limbs snuggled me closer, I was proud of myself when I caught a few.
I was the best sub ever.
“Because I love you and you’re the best mate. You’re going to be the best husband too because you’re…” Shoot they wandered off. No. There they were. “You’re the best Dom ever.”
“You are the best submissive human ever and require the best Dominant partner.” He ran a soft tentacle down my cheek, making me realize I was smiling. “You are the best mate and will be the best submissive husband as well.”
“The best. We’re both. You’re so.” So good at making me so tired. “I love date nights, Master.”
And I loved him.
And I loved lightning.
Why had I been so worried about so much pleasure?
Why had I been worried about so much wonderful submission?
There was nothing to worry about…I was his mate. I was his submissive. I was his Theo.
Epilogue
“No, Nicholas is the one with the issue. He’s just not thinking creatively enough.” I shrugged as Jerker petted my head as he made a thinking sound that meant he was glad I was agreeing with him. “You’re providing a necessary service to the community.”
Nicholas was just frustrated that he hadn’t thought of it first.
“Many humans do not decision-make well.” Jerker still wasn’t sure how or why that was, but he’d accepted it as a fact. “His focus on science might be why he does not understand business.”
Jerker on the other hand was an adorable and thriving capitalist.
“You’ve got a ton of clients so far and I’m very proud of you.” It wasn’t like any business I’d ever heard of, but it was interesting and totally unexpected.
He helped humans make decisions.
For a flat fee, he’d go grocery shopping and do things like that, or for something bigger, he’d charge a bit more and go pick out a house with an indecisive human.
My favorite part was the lady who’d paid him to tell her that it was okay to want to cut her hair. She’d gotten the Jerker praise package for free and he had a wonderful time telling her how brave she was and how nice she looked for a human female.
The grocery people made perfect sense and so did the hair lady, but I still didn’t understand how someone couldn’t realize which house they liked best.
Jerker was right.
Humans were interesting.
“You make people very happy.” Yep, we were a race who really didn’t like making decisions by ourselves.
I wasn’t sure if Jerker was right and that it was an evolutionary prey thing, but I was just glad he was having a good time helping people. Having more than just me to aim his decision-making and caretaking at was good for our relationship too.
“I provided several individuals with happiness today. You are right.” And just being able to say that puffed him up with pride and had his tentacles wandering over my ass. Making everyone happy made him frisky and I didn’t have to worry that I wasn’t giving him enough to control in our own life.
Trying not to laugh and draw attention to us, I gave him a side-eye and pretended to look serious. “We’re not in private yet, my naughty mate.”
He waited as we crossed the fancy lobby and hit the up button on the elevator to shrug. “This is what humans call close enough.”
His human education was fascinating sometimes.
He wasn’t wrong, though.
The elevators couldn’t be seen from the front of the building and his body was blocking most of mine from anyone who would walk by. There was even a discreet sign that said we were at a private elevator and shouldn’t proceed without approval.
I had approval since technically Jerker had a room until the end of the month. Of course, he didn’t have anything there, but they were sticklers for rules and schedules, so he still had a room even though he’d been living with me for weeks.
Since we’d met, honestly, but that didn’t really matter anymore.
“You are learning all kinds of interesting things about humans.” And from humans.
His pleased sound said he liked being able to agree with me. “My education is continuing.”
That was an understatement because if he wasn’t taking care of me or helping people decide which desserts they wanted, he was studying up on humans and all the different ways we were fascinating.