Page 75 of Awakening His Daddy

“Don’t you hey me, Izaiah David Collins.”

“Uh-oh. Full naming. You’re in trouble now,” I tease.

“Don’t you start with me, Joseph Leslie Long.”

Izzy snorts a laugh. “Leslie.”

I give my boy a friendly glare. “It’s a family name.”

“Never mind that. What the hell were you two doing that was so important you couldn’t answer my calls?”

Izzy turns beet red, and I feel the heat in my cheeks as well. “We were making breakfast,” I say.

“Pancakes!” Izzy blurts.

“Pancakes without me. You bitches.”

“Hey, it’s not my fault you had to go down under or whatever.”

“Don’t make a sex joke,” I cut in.

“Aw, come on. I had a really good one.”

“No,” I state more firmly, but I don’t expect him to listen to me.

“You’re no fun. Anyway, I have bad news.”

“Your flight is arriving early?” I tease.

“Whatever, you know you want me there for Christmas, old man.” He’s not wrong. “I won’t be there until Christmas Eve.”

“What? Why?” Izzy whines. “We already decorated without you, and you said the twenty-third.”

“Yes, but the airports are still backed up with people stuck all over the place. I can’t even leave until the twenty-third now. I’m going to get a massage, a bottle of champagne, and charge it to my boss because I’m so fucking annoyed.”

“Isn’t your job finished?”

“Yeah, but since I’m still here, he’s paying me up the ass to update some of their older systems.”

“That sounds boring.”

“It is, but I got you a really nice present today,” Leo tries to bribe his pouty best friend.

“How nice?”

“Let’s just say it will help you with what we were talking about the other day cause your left hand?—”

“I don’t need anything. Da—Joe is taking care of me.”

“You did not just call my dad Daddy.” Leo sounds like he’s teasing, but we both know him well enough to know he’s not.

“No, I called him Joe, and he’s been helping me.”

“Iz, what did we say about straight guys?”

“Nothing good can come from it.”

“That’s right. Besides, he’s been around since you were like ten. It would be like kissing a family member, and yuck.”

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