Total pages in book: 79
Estimated words: 76523 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 383(@200wpm)___ 306(@250wpm)___ 255(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 76523 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 383(@200wpm)___ 306(@250wpm)___ 255(@300wpm)
“I think you deciding what your pup side would look like makes the most sense, but if you need help, I’m sure Cashel and I would both be able to give you opinions.” Bates smiled as he volunteered Cash to talk about stuff that would make him squirm.
Doms were kind of wicked sometimes.
“Are there any colors or types you don’t like?” I didn’t have the disposable income to buy pup gear that either one of them hated and didn’t want to see me wearing.
Both of them were shaking their heads as I glanced over at them, so that made things easier, but didn’t give me a starting point. “Okay, should we try a harness tail first or the plug kind?”
There were a lot more decisions that needed to be made than just what color I would be, and they were going to help me narrow down at least a few of them or I’d never buy anything. “We can try one and then next month the other.”
As long as I spread it out, we could make it work.
Cash was squirming again but Bates reached over and paused the video so I looked over at him. He was giving me a curious look and finally shifted so he was sitting sideways on the bed. “Do you want to test it out slowly? There’s nothing wrong with that, but I want to make sure I know what’s going through your head.”
Probably smart…sometimes my head confused me too.
“It’s expensive.” Cash’s nod made me feel better about that. He was good with managing our money and I didn’t want to screw up the budget. “Cash handles the budget and stuff, but I think it would be easier to spread it out over a few months. He says we have to plan for things just in case my parents forget me again.”
Bates blinked but after a second slowly nodded. “Okay, well, I think as your Dom it would be appropriate for me to buy the gear. That’s very common in a lot of BDSM relationships and I think you’ve even heard Jude talking about buying stuff for Brady. Like the toy conversation last week.”
“We really are way too loud.” Cash’s quiet drama made Bates grin, but his words didn’t tell me what he thought of Bates buying stuff.
Leaning closer, I hoped I wouldn’t sound like I was calling him a liar. “Um, is he allowed to do that or would it be rude? I don’t know the manners stuff for this.”
Brady’s mom said knowing all about manners was very important.
Cash shrugged and thought about it as Bates smiled, waiting patiently…he was really good at that. “I can see the logic either way, but I don’t think it would be rude to let him pay for it as long as he has the money. I’m also not sure he wants to wait to stretch out the…the hands-on research for this over several months.”
Good point.
Bates’s smile widened and he gave Cash a quick kiss. “You’re very smart. My patience could not wait several months to figure out if he liked wagging his tail.”
That made Cash blush but he didn’t get dramatic. It made me realize how much he wanted this for him to actually answer questions without groaning. So I did my best to take what he was saying seriously too.
“What about money?” Trying to remember everything Cash had said as I looked at Bates, that stuck out to me the most. “You said you had a part-time job but college is expensive.”
Bates didn’t brush it off or refuse to talk about money like other people I knew would have. “I’m getting my master’s in mathematics because I work for a company that does statistical analysis. I got started with them when I was an undergrad and they’re paying for most of my degree. They’re letting me work from home too, so I can pay for the gear without it being a problem.”
Huh.
“So, you’re like average smart and lucky with getting your foot in the door or like that professor on campus who jumps around from class to class because he’s ridiculously smart and kind of odd?” Cocking my head as Bates started to do a really good impression of Cash, wiggling and sighing, I realized the answer should’ve been obvious.
Interesting people always seemed to fall in the too smart to be normal category and the way Bates started stumbling through his answer made that clear. “Um, well, I like math.”
Duh.
“Math is good.” At least he’d always have a job? It seemed like one of those skills that jobs would always need. “We don’t mind that you’re smart.”
The building was so weird it might make things easier, honestly. He’d have probably known what to do with the spider a lot faster than we had.
“Maybe you could help us with Gareth’s taxes this year? His parents keep forgetting to claim him and then we have to fix it and then they go back and claim him. It’s been a mess.” Cash’s idea was brilliant and earned him a big kiss from me.