Total pages in book: 78
Estimated words: 74916 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 375(@200wpm)___ 300(@250wpm)___ 250(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 74916 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 375(@200wpm)___ 300(@250wpm)___ 250(@300wpm)
Can I tell him I was a happy pup? I think he’d like that and it would be a conversation that made sense.
Because the current one didn’t.
They were silent entirely too long before Bates’s message popped up.
Yes, and that’s from both of us. You’re a cute pup and there’s nothing wrong with telling people like Brady. They’re family even though they’re really dramatic.
Bates was really smart.
They were dramatic.
“I was a pup for the first time. I was really cute and Cash was happy about it and Bates threw the ball. So we’re good.” Well, it was a distraction at the very least.
Brady’s eyes went wide and he bounced off the couch, completely ignoring the TV and his Daddy. “Oh, you’d be a very cute pup. Do you have a tail?”
“Yes. Thank you for asking.” At least he knew the most important part. “I have a wonderful tail and it was a lot of fun.”
Brady gave me a hug and made a presents on Christmas kind of squeal. “I’m so glad you found your pup. You’ll have to tell me all about him and tell me what kind of toys he likes for Christmas.”
Oh, I got more toys?
Human ones and pup ones?
This just kept getting better and better.
“I’m still figuring that out, but I’ll let you know what he likes to play with.” The ball had been fun but there were a lot of options. “It’s new, but I’m kind of wiggly so it works.”
I wasn’t sure what else he needed to know but so far I seemed to have made Brady happy.
“You are wiggly and very playful.” Brady sighed as he stepped back, finally not sounding stressed. “This makes so much sense. Pups are a lot of work with all the exercise and attention they need. Of course, you need two partners.”
Hmm.
“I do need a lot of attention.” That probably explained a few things. “And I liked my quiet time while they went out. Some pups need quiet time too.”
Right?
Nodding enthusiastically, Brady gave me a relieved-looking smile and nearly skipped back over to Jude and plopped himself in his Daddy’s lap. “He’s a puppy, Daddy.”
Since Brady seemed to think that made everything much clearer, I waved and escaped before Jude could decipher what was going on in Brady’s head. I figured that might take a few seconds at least, and I knew I was right when I managed to close the door and Jude was still looking confused.
Thanking the universe that some Doms needed more processing time than others, I hurried downstairs just in case Jude managed to get his brain working faster than I expected.
“Safe.” Locking the door behind me, I slumped against it and smiled as they laughed. “For future reference, I think we need the buddy system. I didn’t know what to say.”
“Well, it looks like you survived unscathed.” Bates came over and pulled me into his arms as Cash took the cookies.
He had his priorities straight.
“I did, but it was a close call.” Curling into his chest, I sighed. “That was confusing. Brady was worried about something, but he stopped worrying when I explained that I was a pup. Evidently, that made everything clearer, and I think he knows why I need two boyfriends now?”
That sentence still didn’t make sense, so I shrugged as I kept poking at it. “We seemed to have decided that I need a lot of attention, so that means he doesn’t have to worry?”
Bates’s chest jerked but he managed not to laugh at Brady’s silliness. When he got his giggles under control, he took a deep breath. “Well, I’m glad Brady isn’t worried any longer, and you do like having both of our attention. So we can let him think that’s why you need two boyfriends.”
Nodding against Bates, I thought about that and liked it. “Yeah, it won’t hurt anything.”
If Brady didn’t realize more love made everything better, then I probably wasn’t the person to explain it to him…maybe his mother could?
Chapter 14
Cashel
“All done. Now it’s dessert and an orgasm.” Gareth nodded, mostly to himself as he tossed the dishtowel on the counter and smiled at Bates. “Since we don’t know exactly what he wanted, I think we need to give him both, just in case.”
He was ridiculous…but generous…so I wasn’t going to argue with him.
“I agree. It’s only fair.” Bates’s response had Gareth’s head nodding a thousand miles an hour.
“Yes, exactly.” Bouncing across the small kitchen from where he’d been doing dishes, Gareth gave me a quick kiss. “Do you have an orgasm preference?”
He asked me the most insane questions.
“No.” I didn’t think there’d be a wrong way to orgasm, so I wasn’t going to fight my embarrassment to actually figure out an answer.
Bates was trying not to laugh and doing a terrible job of hiding his delight, but eventually he managed to nod and get his excitement under control. “I think we should go back to our original plan of kissing him all over, but what do you think about getting out the cuffs again?”