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)
Oh, that wasn’t…
“We’re not taking relationship advice from Brady.” Cashel didn’t even look around to see if Brady was there or not, he just charged right into fixing the situation. “He means well but he’s not in the same kind of relationship.”
“That’s good. I wasn’t sure I could follow the rules he thought would make things easier in the long run.” Gareth’s beaming smile just got wider as he bounced over, hugging and kissing me and then Cashel. “That’s so much better.”
Cashel was right.
Someone needed to watch Brady closer.
“It is.” Giving both of my boys a quick kiss, I pulled them close so I could snuggle them while we figured out what Gareth thought of the plan. “This is also wonderful too.”
Cashel chuckled as Gareth nodded and made a happy sigh, resting his head on my shoulder so he could look cute as he peeked over at Cashel. “Did he like the idea? He did, didn’t he? I didn’t pester him all day long so I don’t know how much he loved it.”
As Cashel snorted, I tried not to laugh too much. “Well, Brady was the one pestering all afternoon. But yes, Cashel loved it and we had a wonderful time. He even loved the restaurant you helped me pick out.”
Wiggling excitedly and radiating pride, it took Gareth a moment to go still. “Wait. Brady bothered you?”
He sat up, studying us for a few seconds. “That’s why you told me to keep him occupied. But he was already with Jude, so I didn’t know what you were talking about.”
And that cleared up a few more things.
“He’s been texting all afternoon asking odd questions about our relationship with Bates.” Frowning, Cashel didn’t mind tattling on Brady. “He’s been a pain in the ass.”
“Sorry?” Gareth didn’t seem to know what to say. “I answered his questions and then he gave me advice that I wasn’t sure was helpful and then Jude came to get him for lunch. His Daddy was responsible for him after that.”
I tried not to laugh as Gareth made it sound like he’d been babysitting Brady.
“I’m not telling Jude to watch Brady better.” Cashel’s statement had Gareth making a face and shaking his head.
“No, it’s not worth the drama if we do it.” Gareth gave a wonderfully manipulative smile as he cuddled back into me. “But Bates can. They expect him to give firm boundaries because he’s a Dom and we haven’t told them you’re one too.”
“Because that’s private?” I wasn’t sure I’d guessed right, so I wasn’t surprised when I got headshakes from both of them.
“Because it’s confusing.” Cashel’s answer didn’t clear up much.
Gareth shrugged, not seeming to have the same logic. “He’s not out of the closet on that…I think there’s a closet for that. Right?”
Cashel went still. “Well, I guess there might be a closet, but it doesn’t seem like something other people needed to know. Brady said stuff like that can be very private…and I didn’t want to confuse him or argue with him.”
So it would be confusing to Brady?
I could buy that logic.
So could Gareth. “Oh, yeah, he’s never mentioned light switches before. What if he doesn’t know you can go up and down?”
Cashel snorted, but for the most part, ignored the silly light comment. “I don’t know what he knows and it just felt like the conversation would get a bit mixed up.”
He probably wasn’t wrong.
“I think we can come up with a good way to explain the situation to Brady, but we’ll push that down the road a bit. For now, I can think of something else more fun we should be discussing.” My teasing had Gareth nearly shaking with excitement and left Cashel trying not to laugh.
“My surprise.” Gareth straightened, wiggling and looking like he was going to explode any second. “I was so good today. I helped plan a great date and I was patient and I did my chores and Cash’s so we didn’t have to hang around here and we could go back to your place for a sleepover.”
His utter confidence that he was spending the night was adorable but it had Cash sighing. “You’re supposed to ask, not just assume.”
Gareth snorted, giving Cashel a look that said he thought he was being ridiculous. “He’s my Dom and my boyfriend and he takes care of me too. Of course, he wants me to sleep over.”
Confidence was so sexy.
Before Cashel could try to inject his own version of logic into the situation, I gave both of them quick kisses. “And clothes. We keep forgetting. No more walk of shames for Cashel.”
That got a groan from my dramatic boy but a bouncing nod from Gareth. “I remembered. Well, something Brady said made me remember but I have everything ready and I went and grabbed extra toothbrushes and phone cords for your apartment, so we’ll be all set.”