Total pages in book: 56
Estimated words: 53081 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 265(@200wpm)___ 212(@250wpm)___ 177(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 53081 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 265(@200wpm)___ 212(@250wpm)___ 177(@300wpm)
“Me neither,” Hawking agreed.
Kestrel nodded. “I think that goes for all of us.”
“Definitely,” Magnus muttered. His ball cap helped him hide his expression, but Caesar knew he was feeling emotional.
Phoenix smiled at everyone. “So, it’s settled. We stay together. We’ll talk to Kingsley and tell him we want to continue working here at Danger Bluff. Hopefully, he won’t evict us.”
Caesar shuddered. The idea of Kingsley sending them all back to their previous lives made bile rise in his throat. For many of them, there was no previous life. They’d been merely existing between the time Kingsley had sent a team to rescue each of them and when he’d called in their markers.
Return? To what? Caesar’s life was here. He and Isla hadn’t discussed her willingness to stay in New Zealand again since the first time he’d suggested she find a nursing job here, but they would soon, and he knew she would not want to part from him or her new family. He could tell by the way she was gripping his neck as though if she let loose, she might be ripped from him and float away.
Isla cleared her throat. “I know I’m the newest member of the family, and I’ve only been here a few short days, but I feel like I belong. Like I’m home.” She let out a sob and wiped tears from her face.
All the Littles nodded their agreement, murmuring words of acceptance and agreement. It warmed Caesar’s heart. So, that was settled. Now, they just needed to solve this unknown crime and arrange a meeting with Kingsley.
Rocco set Sadie on her feet and rose to stand. “Enough with the long faces. Let’s have a movie night.”
Sadie clapped her hands together. “Something scary?”
“Hell no.” Caesar couldn’t even be certain who, besides him, blurted that out. It had to have been several of the Daddies all at once.
Rocco took Sadie’s hand and headed for the giant sectional to pick up the remote. “I’ll look for something light. Maybe a rom-com. Something the Littles will enjoy that will make us all laugh.”
Hawking leaned to one side and pulled his phone out of his pocket. “I’ll see if the restaurant can make us a huge batch of popcorn.”
Celeste grinned. “Can we have soda, too?”
Kestrel groaned. “Lemon-lime. No caffeine.”
Zara pushed out her bottom lip. “Then can we at least get candy, too? Maybe some chocolate?”
Magnus shook his head. “Oh boy. If we start adding soda and candy, the Littles will end up conspiring against us.”
Juniper giggled. “You love it when we conspire, though. Admit it. It makes your palms twitch.”
Phoenix flexed his hand. “Guess we better start stretching our fingers and wrists. I say we Daddies place bets on what percentage of the movie we’re able to watch before bottoms end up in the air.”
Lyra swatted at his flailing hand. “Don’t be ridiculous. We can watch an entire movie without getting into trouble.”
Caesar’s face hurt from smiling. Yeah, bottoms were going to get spanked. Fun was going to be had. And he wouldn’t have it any other way. These men were his brothers. These women were their perfect Littles. If they didn’t find a way to get into trouble, life would be boring.
Isla set her lips on his ear and whispered. “I’m going to fit in just fine. I feel some seriously naughty behavior bubbling up inside me.”
Caesar rubbed her back as he continued to grin. He kissed her cheek and nibbled on her ear. “I hope so because I’m looking forward to spanking your bottom with that plug inside you. After all, that’s what happened in the book you were reading.” He leaned back and lifted a brow.
Damn, she was cute when her cheeks turned pink and she couldn’t meet his gaze. “I’m never sharing my books with you again.”
“You will, Little Fish. You will,” he promised.
Chapter Eighteen
Isla truly felt like a member of this giant family, especially when all the Littles piled up on the floor in the middle of the U of the sectional. They brought down dozens of pillows and blankets and snuggled up with popcorn and sippy cups of lemon-lime soda.
The Daddies had not consented to candy in the end because they’d been worried about everyone getting enough sleep tonight before the big dive tomorrow.
They had all seen the rom-com before, which made it easier to glance at each other and whisper among themselves. They played a repeating game of telephone where one would think of something and whisper it to the next, and so on until it got back around. Usually, it was slightly altered, which caused them to stifle their giggles.
In the end, they agreed that they would all wake up more refreshed and ready to tackle the day tomorrow if they slept hard tonight, and the best way to ensure a full night’s sleep would be if it followed a good hard spanking.