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The last thought that flickered through my head before I gladly obeyed him was that I couldn’t wait to tell him how wonderful he was.

Chapter 17

“I have lists of your preferred foods and your limits, but I do not have a list of dates, my Theo.” Jerker was looking very frustrated about that fact, but I wasn’t sure how we’d gotten to this point.

What had he been doing on his phone?

I’d gone downstairs long enough to grab our clothes out of the dryer and now he was personally offended he didn’t have a date list?

“I hadn’t thought about doing a list like that.” Yes, we needed to fix this right off the bat. “You come up with the best ideas. Thank you.”

Giving him a quick kiss as I headed into the bedroom to set our clothes down, I scrambled to figure out what to say next. This was not his idea, so he’d either read something ridiculous online or someone like Larry had been winding him up.

Was both a reasonable guess?

He was looking slightly less offended and more confused by the time that I came back to the living room, but I didn’t like him worried, so I went over to him and lifted my hands up like a needy little begging for uppies.

Perfect.

His smile came out as I went up. “Thank you for making sure our clothing was clean, my Theo.”

Running my hands over his larger tentacles so I could give him a slightly awkward hug, I wiggled so he’d hold me tighter. When I was trapped against him and he seemed much more relaxed, I aimed happy thoughts in his direction. “You’re welcome, Master. Thank you for letting me take care of you this time.”

He had a love-hate relationship with the washing machine that I wasn’t ready to deal with yet.

In his mind, it was nearly barbaric and we were doing it all wrong. I wasn’t sure how we were supposed to be doing it because he didn’t have the English vocabulary to explain it, but we were basically going down to the creek to scrub the clothes in his mind.

He’d get over it eventually because he had a thing for claiming household chores and he’d only let the stupid machine freak him out for so long. But for now, it was my way of taking care of him for a change and I was going to enjoy it.

“You take very good care of me, my Theo.” Stroking over my head, he smiled and snuggled me closer against his body as he walked us into the bedroom. “Now I must take care of you, and according to the internet relationship advisors, I must make sure we have dates.”

Oh.

“Larry said he has a list from his human mate about appropriate options.” Jerker was working himself up again, but before he could get too far, I jumped back in.

“Well, Larry probably only needed a list because they don’t communicate as well as we do.” Oh yeah. I was a genius when it came to making my mate happy, at the very least. “You know how well we talk about things, so you weren’t worried.”

Nope.

He’d been frustrated and cranky.

But as he set me down on the bed, I decided not to mention that part. “And thank you for researching ways we can have a healthy relationship.”

I wasn’t sure the internet was the place to go for good advice about that kind of stuff, but it was cute that he was making sure he was doing it right.

“Should we go out to dinner? Oh, have you been to the movies?” He’d mentioned going on a few get to know Earth field trips, but he hadn’t mentioned the movies yet. “I think it’d be fun cuddling up to you in the movies.”

He went very still before his limbs went back to petting me. “Movie theaters are places of entertainment with a large screen where the same movies from the television are projected.”

Well, he knew what they were at least.

“Yes.” He didn’t seem like he understood the excitement, but he also didn’t seem like he hated the idea. “Or we could go try out a new grocery store together.”

He really liked doing that so I was surprised when he frowned. “I am not allowed to run errands on a date.”

That was interesting.

“I don’t see trying out a new grocery store as running errands.” Although, I could see why he did…the internet had told him it was. “I thought it would be fun to go to show you one of the expensive grocery stores. They’re different than the regular one we go to.”

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