Total pages in book: 155
Estimated words: 146417 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 732(@200wpm)___ 586(@250wpm)___ 488(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 146417 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 732(@200wpm)___ 586(@250wpm)___ 488(@300wpm)
“Well played, Kent,” Eve said. “You want to keep those meals coming, you have a bottle of wine chilling for your lady after dinner and you let her relax while you deal with the dishes and the kiddos.”
Li huffed. “Kiddos? He’s got it easy. His is six. He missed all those terrible toddler years. Not that mine were bad. Daisy takes after her mother, and she’s practically a saint.”
“Sure she is,” Tag said while shaking his head. “All our kids are.”
“Mine aren’t,” Alex admitted with a sigh. “How did I go from we probably can’t have kids to having three? And don’t let Li overemphasize the toddler years. Yes, they suck, but I would take all the stinky diapers in the world to not have to answer questions about what is lube and why is there so much of it in your bathroom, Dad?”
Eve groaned. “I have to admit, I ran. I left him standing there to answer that one.”
“You don’t hide it well enough,” Tag replied.
“I hide it fine. Who do you think put Coop up to asking that question? I’ll give you three chances, and the first two don’t count,” Alex shot back.
“See, my Daisy doesn’t know anything about that. An angel of a girl that one is.” Li looked perfectly satisfied with his self-delusion.
“Not if she’s around Tag’s monster she’s not. You need to talk to Kala about…everything,” Alex said. “Just everything.”
“I’ll get right on that,” Tag replied in a way that said he wouldn’t do that any time soon.
“Is Kim coming back?” He was waiting for the moment when she walked in the room.
“She wanted to run by the kids’ club,” Charlotte explained. “We have to call it that now or I can’t get Travis to go. It’s not a nursery anymore. It’s a very cool club that only kids get to go to. It’s important that it be elite.”
“It’s important that his dad is banned,” Tag groused. “I really thought that slide would hold my weight.”
The conference room door opened and Kim walked in. Beck shot to his feet and pulled out a chair for her. “Hey, I got you some coffee.”
He’d even put it in one of those little thermoses so it would stay hot.
She smiled as she sank into the seat he’d saved for her. “Thank you. I could use it.”
“Did you get me coffee?” Ezra asked, taking the seat across from Beck.
Beck simply stared at him.
“All right then.” Ezra settled in. “I’ve been meaning to cut back. Discipline is good for the soul.”
“It’s good for a lot of things.” Tag winked his wife’s way.
Beck wouldn’t know. He hadn’t been able to discipline his sexy sub at all. And now he had some questions because he was fairly certain they’d agreed it was dangerous for Ezra to be out and about. “Why is Ezra here? I thought we were keeping my brother in a bunker somewhere.”
“Nah, they’re keeping me in a sex club,” Ezra replied. “Mr. McKay tried to tell me it was some sort of a gym given the large hamster wheel that lights up, but I didn’t think that bench thing was for weights.”
“You stashed the priest at Sanctum?” Li was suddenly sitting up straight.
“Well, it was good enough for Jesus,” Tag replied.
Beck couldn’t help but laugh, which earned him a stare from Kim. He saw church in his future.
“I’m serious,” Tag continued. “Contrary to what most people think, Jesus liked to hang with a rough crowd. Also, there’s nothing wrong with sex. What consenting adults do is a beautiful thing. I personally am very grateful for sex.”
Beck would be grateful for sex. So freaking grateful. When he looked at it, this situation was really his brother’s fault. Had his brother not decided to get involved in some very unsavory activities years before, he wouldn’t have faked his death, and then there would have been no divorce and he would have been fucking his wife for years.
Yeah, not even he could fool himself about that. They’d been on thin ice before the divorce, and it had been all about his own anger and jealousy.
“Father, you don’t have to stay at Sanctum,” Li said. “You can come stay with me and my family. My daughter is a saint of a girl, but my boy could use a little religion, if you know what I mean.”
A smile tugged at his brother’s lips. “I’m fine where I am. I find it amusing, and I agree with Mr. Taggart. Sex is a gift.”
“One you do not partake of,” Beck pointed out.
“Well of course he doesn’t.” Li looked at him like he’d lost his mind. “He’s a priest.”
“It’s all right. I’m also his brother,” Ezra said. “Beck is having to adjust to a lot of hard truths he didn’t understand. I think he’s doing a good job of it so far.”