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“What would your books say about that?” Salem asked dryly.

“Well, in plenty of them the Little doesn’t work. But in most of them, they do. Hell.”

Salem looked to Alexei. “What about you?”

“If Roman wants me as a kept brother-husband, who am I to say no,” Alexei said.

“Brother-husband?” Roman asked. “Is that what we’re calling each other?”

“No,” Salem snapped, sitting once more. “Alexei is being an asshole because he doesn’t want to answer my actual question.”

“Which was?” Alexei challenged.

“I know you’re a Dom, but you’ve never mentioned being involved with a Little or being a Daddy.”

“Are you asking if I’m a Daddy, then?” Alexei asked.

“You can be a pain in the ass sometimes,” Salem grumbled.

Alexei sighed and crossed his arms over his chest. “The truth is that I’m not good at being nurturing and caring. Before I got kicked out, I’d go into the club, do a scene, then leave. I chose subs who wanted minimal aftercare.”

“So you just want to be a . . . a Dom for scenes and, uh, in the, uh, bedroom?” Roman asked.

“I don’t know. If she’s a Little, then she needs someone who can give her what she needs.”

“She has us for that,” Salem told him. “And you will give her something she needs and wants. We’ve seen the way she looks at you. She wants you.”

“I don’t want our relationship to be just about sex. Or to just be the person who ties her up and spanks her when she disobeys. I need to be more than that,” Alexei said.

Salem was unsure what to say. What did Alexei want?

“When are we talking to her?” Alexei finally asked.

“I thought this weekend we could all invite her for dinner,” Salem said.

“Fine.” Alexei turned and walked out of the room.

“Is he all right?” Roman asked, standing. “Should we talk to him? Is he upset?”

“Leave him. I think he’s realized he needs to think about everything.”

Roman sighed and sat back. “Well, that could have gone worse.”

Salem nodded. “On the whole I think it went better than expected.”

“He didn’t break anything, punch any walls, or storm off to the gun range so I agree. Definitely better than expected.”

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What do you want?

Do you want to be the guy that spanks her, ties her up, fucks her, then leaves?

Are you just going to leave the aftercare to Salem and Roman?

Salem, he could see.

But before their chat yesterday, Alexei hadn’t been aware that Roman knew how to take care of anyone else.

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