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“Nick has a pretty firm no-pets policy,” I said. Not that I could turn this little one away.
“Nick is asking me for a favor. He can kiss my ass. The puppy stays.”
Maybe his stubbornness wasn’t such a bad thing after all.
“Right. Of course. I better get back to work.”
“Or you could give me a tour of this place.” He scooped up Snowdrop and put her in the crate he had sitting next to the desk. “I vote that.”
And a tour it was.
Chapter 4
Campbell
Perhaps I had a bit too much fun teasing the nice elf Willy. He took the tour of the workshop extremely seriously, and he clearly knew a great deal about it. It was hard not to. His cheeks pinkened up at the slightest innuendo. Which was silly, the man worked in a place that had a station called Dildo Row. How could my teasing make him blush so much?
The sexy little elf was not immune to my charms, nor my muscles. The way he raked his eyes up and down my body as I stood up for the first time had all my attention. And when Igrabbed the hem of my shirt and used it to clean off my reading glasses, I hadn’t missed the way he stared at my stomach. I’d caught him looking, and he immediately glanced away, his cheeks rosy. So freaking adorable.
This I could work with. I’d been so unsure about coming here. I loved my brother, I really did. But I loved my life too and putting it on hold for three months to work in a sex toy factory hadn’t been on my to-do list. But now that I was here, and I’d met Willy… maybe it was a good thing.
Willy showed me Lube Lagoon, and I made note of several different varieties of lube that I wanted to try. I hadn’t been lying about my disappointment in some of the flavors I’d sampled in Nick’s office. Lube never tasted good in the human realm, but I thought that maybe, being made by elves and all, these might be better. I’d been so wrong.
After Lube Lagoon, we ventured off to Whipsy Lane. Impact play had never been my thing, but I wasn’t opposed to trying anything once, as long as I had a willing participant. I had to admit that the scent of the leather was intoxicating. The smoothness of the flogger’s handle felt good in my hands. Maybe this would be something I’d try out one day.
Next, we went to Dildo Row, where there was a group of elves all packaging up various packages. I didn’t see anything there that was surprising to me. After all, my brother had sent me plenty of the merchandise over the years, and his office was filled with samples. Still, it was eye-opening to see how many they produced in one day. The sheer volume they must deliver each Christmas Eve had to be mind-blowing.
We went from tame boring dildos, although the argument could be made that the dragon ones were exceptionally not boring, straight to the nipple clamps and cock rings. I’d thought my personal collection was impressive. It had nothing on the variety created here.
“Hello, sir. My name is Chester. I just wanted to introduce myself.” An adorable elf with mischief in his eyes and his intent clear came to my side, putting a hand on my biceps.
If I wasn’t mistaken, my assistant Willie didn’t really appreciate this elf coming up, based on the narrowing of his eyes and the way he clutched tightly to the tablet in his hand. Was Chester a troublemaker or was there possibly a little jealousy brewing? I’d be lying if I said I didn’t wish it was the latter.
“Well, hello, Chester, it’s nice to meet you. I’m Campbell. Nick’s best-looking brother.”
Chester chuckled a little too heartily at that. He squeezed my arm as he tipped his head back in laughter. “If you need anything, don’t hesitate to ask… anytime. I’m always available to help.”
Yes, as if that wasn’t totally clear. Did that normally work for him? It was doing nothing for me. Especially, not when his co-worker was standing beside him, fists at his side.
I took my brother’s handing me the responsibility of his workshop seriously, and I wasn’t going to mess that up by playing around… not with either of them. But a little flirtingnever hurt anyone. And if the flirting wasn’t meant to actually go anywhere, why not flirt with everyone?
“Sure thing, Chester,” I said. “I’ll bet you have tons of ideas on changes we could make around here, don’t you?”
As I spoke to him, I kept the corner of my eye on Willy. He bristled at my words. Maybe universal flirting wasn’t the best of ideas, not when I had to work side by side with Willy.
“Yes.” Chester’s hand traveled from my biceps to my chest. “So many ideas. I’ll bet you have some too. I’d love to hear them.”
Right. Shit. I needed to backpedal out of this. In my desire to rile up Willy, I was leading this other elf on. Sometimes I needed not to think with my dick.
“Perhaps we can talk about them,” I said. “Once I get a little more settled.”
“That sounds great.”
“Well, I don’t want to interrupt your day too much. I know Willy has tons of things for me to do.” I pulled away from Chester’s touch and stepped closer to Willy.
“Actually, I’m finished with your tour. You can do whatever you want.”
Oh yeah, he was pissed.
