Total pages in book: 28
Estimated words: 25958 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 130(@200wpm)___ 104(@250wpm)___ 87(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 25958 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 130(@200wpm)___ 104(@250wpm)___ 87(@300wpm)
“Ace wants to come over,” he blurted.
“Okay,” I said simply, not sure why he was nervous about asking my permission for that. I wanted Anurak to have friends. Friends were a vital part of his recovery. “He can come over.”
Anurak frowned at me, his brows furrowing. “Really?”
I chuckled and stood, backing him up against my desk. He swallowed thickly, his Adam’s apple bobbing as he leaned his head back to look up at me. I palmed his narrow hips, giving him a gentle squeeze. “Yes, perrito. Really. You need friends. You need to be sociable outside of me and Bento.” His cheeks warmed a little. Leaning down, I planted a soft, tender kiss on his sweet mouth. “Ace will be a good friend for you. He’s protective, loyal, and he’s… smitten with you.”
“Smitten?” Anurak’s brows furrowed. “I don’t like him like that though.”
Yet, I silently thought because it was coming. One hundred percent, it was going to happen. And I wouldn’t stop it. I wanted Anurak to have everything, and the way those two had looked at each other when they met… yeah, growing feelings for each other was definitely inevitable.
I laughed softly and shook my head. “Not like that,” I assured him. “I mean he’s smitten with you as in he thinks you’re adorable and sweet and just wants to be in your company. You might find he can be overbearing, but he’ll be good for you.”
I wanted all the good things for my boy.
Anurak beamed at me then and leaned up, pressing a sweet kiss to my lips that made my heart flutter in my chest. When he pulled his lips from mine, I took a step back, letting him slip past me. He yanked his phone from his back pocket and began to rapidly type on it, almost running into the door frame of my office as he went. I sighed, dropping back into my desk chair.
“Careful, perrito,” I warned.
“Sorry, Papi,” he called back, disappearing around the corner.
Papi. Fuck, I never knew I wanted to be someone’s Daddy. That it would be my kink. But it worked for us. It fit us. Anurak was eager to please and serve, and I craved to take care of him like I needed to breathe.
Grabbing my phone, I typed out a quick message to Niran.
Rico: Let me know when Ace gets here.
Niran: Yes, sir.
I set my phone back down and focused back on reading through the contract my attorney had sent me.
Niran knocked on my open office door. I glanced up at him. “Sir, Ace and his husband, Gunner, have arrived. I’ve shown them to the living room where Anurak is.”
I nodded once and saved what I was doing before turning my laptop off. Standing, I looked back at Niran. “Is Bento with Anurak?”
“Yes, sir. I also prepared coffee while waiting for them to get here. It’s in the living room as well.”
I rounded my desk and followed him into the living room. Ace and Anurak were sitting on the floor, their heads bowed together as Ace showed Anurak some video on his phone that had my boy giggling. They both looked up when I walked into the room, and Anurak smiled at me. Leaning over, I dropped a kiss to the top of his head then headed over to where Gunner was standing, leaving the two boys alone.
We hadn’t officially met before, though I did know who he was. I held out my hand, and he clasped mine in his, giving me a firm handshake that I definitely approved of. It was firm and showed his strength without him trying to prove himself to me. One look at the man and I knew he wasn’t a man who felt the need to prove his masculinity. It oozed from his pores.
“Rico Martinez,” I introduced myself. “Gunner Matthews, correct?”
His lips twitched. “Jax warned me you’d probably know my entire life story.”
I shrugged. “The moment I was aware you and Ace were together, I did my homework on you. I’m protective of that boy, even if he doesn’t know it. He’s an extension of Jax, which makes him my family.”
“You’re not like that with his other brothers.”
I shook my head. “They tolerate me, and I tolerate them. That’s about as far as that goes.” Honestly, it was about as far as it would ever go. I didn’t appreciate their abandonment of Ace. I gestured to the couch. “Take a seat. Niran has made us coffee.” I watched as the man himself walked in carrying cookies and sodas on a tray. My lips twitched. “Seems our boys will be on sugar highs soon.”
Gunner snorted and then walked over to Ace, gripping his hair to pull his head back. Ace looked up at him, his blue eyes bright and happy. “Yes, Papa?”
“If you start bouncing off the walls, I’ll bend you over my knee and spank you before forcing you to take a nap, understand?”