Page 35 of Taming the Beasts
Bennett was the only one who looked composed. He was sitting at the kitchen island reading the paper, ignoring everyone around him. He took a sip of coffee as Titan cursed under his breath.
“Morning,” I said and cocked my hip against the island.
Bennett looked up at me over his coffee mug. He set it down as his eyes trailed down my exposed legs.
“Now waking up to this I could get used to,” Huxley said. The buttons of his shirt were undone and his tie was untied and hanging over his bare chest. “Although…” He put his hands on the bottom of my t-shirt like he was about to tear it. “I think you’d look better in one of my shirts.” He started to tug.
“Hey,” Otto said. “That’s my shirt, man. Come on.”
Huxley chuckled, but he didn’t let go of my shirt.
“Seriously,” Otto said.
I glanced over at Otto.
Even though he sounded serious, he had a playful grin on his face. “Later,” he said and winked at me. He put the bagel back in his mouth and walked out of the kitchen.
“Now, where were we?” Huxley said. He grabbed my waist and hoisted me onto the counter.
“That’s not sanitary,” Titan said and sat down at the kitchen stool right next to me.
Excuse me?
He proceeded to eat his toast without looking at me. “And get dressed.”
Seriously, excuse me?The first things he said to me after almost mauling me to death were my ass wasn’t sanitary on his counters and that I needed to change? Screw him.
Huxley must have thought Titan was talking to him instead, because he stayed between my legs but started buttoning his dress shirt. When he buttoned the last button, I grabbed the ends of his tie and started to knot it for him.
“I could really get used to this,” he said.
“Me too.” I slid the knot up to his neck and straightened it for him. “Speaking of getting dressed, where did you put my clothes that you grabbed for me last night?” Because I knew that Titan was talking to me, not Huxley.
“I think this is probably what you’re looking for,” Ace said and plopped a duffel bag onto the counter next to me.
“Thanks, Ace.” I unzipped the duffel bag and pulled out a lacy bra. And then another. And another. “Um…” I looked back up at Ace. “There is only lingerie in this bag.”
“Don’t look at me. I wasn’t there.”
I turned to Huxley who was still standing between my thighs. I raised my eyebrow at him.
“You’re cute when you do that.” He ran his thumb along my eyebrow, smoothing it back into place. “And can you blame us? Most of your drawers were filled with lingerie and other things…”
Other things as in lots of sex toys. I cleared my throat. “Well, did you check the closet?”
He nodded. “For like a second. We saw all your camming equipment in there. And Bennett was starting to get pissed so we had to go.”
Oh.I had way more lingerie and sex toys than the average girl because of my job. Drawers and drawers full. And I’d completely forgotten about all my equipment in my closet. My ring lights, cameras, and extra computer monitors. I hadn’t thought about how that would make them feel. “I gave it up,” I said. I kept my eyes on Huxley instead of Bennett. But I could feel Bennett staring at me.
“We know,” Huxley said. “Do you need to do anything to shut it down though? And the personal fitness stuff?”
I pressed my lips together. “Um…maybe like a goodbye video post? And I’ll just text my personal fitness clients. I can wrap all that up today no problem.” I needed to log on one more time to talk to King about the coin. Not a post, but a live. I had a lot of questions and I couldn’t disappear from my account until I did.
“Make sure you’re clothed,” Bennett said.
I looked over at him. His paper was folded on the table and he was just staring at me.
I swallowed hard. “I’ll probably just wear this when I text my clients.” I forced a laugh.
