Page 52 of Doubling Down

Brandon grinned at him from in front of the counter while holding Ezra’s happy daughter in his arms.

Lake squeaked before rushing around the counter to tickle Annabelle’s stomach and make her giggle.

Brandon held her protectively against his chest as he eyed the big guy.

“Hey. I’m here to take you home.” Brandon didn’t take his eyes off Lake who was now making funny faces at Ezra’s little angel as she tried to mimic him.

“Who are you?” Dom demanded. “And why do you have Ezra’s baby girl?”

“I’m McHottie’s brother,” Brandon replied with a smirk. “And I’ve been on babysitting duty.”

“You can let Lake hold her,” Ezra said. Lake was dancing around as his fingers twitched obviously wanting to hold the toddler. Ezra didn’t often bring her around work since he’d gotten bad vibes from Joey and other members of security. “She loves him.”

With obvious reluctance, Brandon handed Annabelle over.

“McHottie has a cutie as a brother,” Dom teased. He leaned closer and smiled. “A real cutie.”

Brandon took a step back. “Uh…”

He groaned. Ezra had wanted Dom and Brandon to meet but not while he was sharing about what he’d done with Eric. “How much did you hear?” Ezra questioned.

“So much.” Brandon leaned forward. “Not that I didn’t already know any of it. I did walk in on the blow job.”

Dom made a choking sound. “I’m pretty sure that was left out. Let’s talk about that.”

“No.” Ezra untied the apron around his neck. “I’ve embarrassed myself enough for the night.”

“Oh, come on! It was just getting good,” Brandon teased.

“I think I like you,” Dom said to Brandon. “Dominic Humprey. My friends call me Dom. Hey, new friend.”

Brandon lifted one elegant eyebrow. “Friend.”

“I’ve adopted you,” Dom told him.

“You did what now?”

Ezra shook his head. “He does that. Just go with it. Fighting is futile.”

“It really is,” Lake agreed.

Brandon shrugged. “I could use a few friends.”

“Perfect.” Dom clapped his hands. “Now what do you know about Ezra and your brother?”

Brandon glanced over at him. “Too much. Much too much.”

And that was probably enough for one night. He wanted them to be friends not gang up on him. Ezra glanced from Brandon to Lake to Dom. He had an idea. “We need to plan a night together soon.”

Dom’s mouth dropped open. “Like you’re going to go out with us? You never do anything other than work and take care of Annabelle.”

“Maybe it’s time.”

“It’s totally time,” Dom agreed. “What are we going to do? Clubbing? Movies?”

Ezra laughed. “We’ll figure it out.” He still needed to figure out how to bring up Brandon being littles like them.

Brandon shrugged. “Sounds good to me. We’ll get my brother to watch Annabelle. It’ll be great.”

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