Page 32 of Three Hearts on the Line

“You obviously don’t know him well enough yet.”

I looked at them both. “What are you two talking about?”

“Put your pants on and you’ll find out,” JJ said, getting to his feet to pull his clothes on.

I did the same and once we were clothed, I went to the door to open it. On the other side was Dominic with a box in his hands. His dark brown hair was swept off his face; his jaw was cleanly shaved.

“Hi,” I greeted, unsure why he was here.

“Are you all decent?”

“Yeah.”

He ran his fingers through my hair. “You look thoroughly fucked. I like it.” Then he pushed his way into my house. I watched him go through the living room, giving a, “Hi, boys,” to Greer and JJ. He stopped in the kitchen where he put the box on the counter like he lived here.

I followed, as did Greer and JJ. “Care to explain?” I asked.

He looked between the three of us. “I’m guessing they didn’t.”

“Nope.”

“Greer was at the fortress with JJ when X called him. They said they were going to your place. It’s been a while since I’ve been here. The last time was for one of your parties for your employees. I didn’t even think about how close you are to the fortress until today. We’re practically neighbors, Dex. A dinner invitation would be nice. Just saying.”

“I see you at the club all the time.”

He rolled his eyes. “Anyway, I asked what they were going to say to you because I knew this shit would be heavy, since you were all tangled in this web together. JJ looked me dead in the face and said they were coming over here to bake a cake. I played along and asked what you were celebrating. He said dick. Big fucking dick. I didn’t have time to bake anything and truth be told, wasn’t in the mood, so I went to the bakery.”

“You bought a cake?” I asked idiotically. I’d say this was a weird conversation, but it was par for the course with Dominic. Nothing he did surprised me anymore.

“Not just any cake.” He removed the tab on the box and lifted the lid to reveal a cake in the shape of a dick, balls included, with white icing and purple trim. It read,Happy Big Fucking Dick Day!in the same purple color.

JJ busted out laughing. Greer shook his head with a chuckle.

And I stared at Dominic. “There’s a bakery nearby that made this?”

“I mean, I had to pay them a chunk of money. Dick cakes aren’t their norm, but I think they did pretty good.”

JJ went to the drawer where I kept the knives and pulled one out. It warmed me to know he remembered where my things were stored. He paused though, his gaze on the coffee machine. The same model I bought him forever ago. He smiled, lost in thought. When he turned, his eyes held mine, memories passing between us. He came over and cut the tip of the dick off the cake, popping it into his mouth. “Strawberry.” He smiled around a mouthful of cake.

Sure enough, I looked down and there was a strawberry filling.

“I thought the added fruit flavor would be a nice touch,” Dominic mused. “But now it looks like it has a festering open wound.” He dipped his finger in the filling and licked it off. “Tasty though.”

I was still shocked he came to my house with a cake shaped like a fucking dick. I shouldn’t have been. A thought suddenly occurred to me. “Do you think we can get them to make phallic cakes for our birthday parties at the club?”

Dominic’s eyes went wide. “That would be great! But maybe a custard filling instead, or a vanilla cream. At least then we can pretend it’s cum.” He propped his hip against the counter. “Now that JJ brought up a big dick, does that mean you’re packing, Dex? I’ve seen the impressive outline but never got up close and personal.”

JJ growled and put his hands on Dominic’s shoulders to steer him out of the room. “You won’t ever find out. If you bring up his dick again, we’re going to have words.”

“But… But the cake…”

“I’ll bring a piece home with me,” Greer supplied.

“This is the thanks I get,” Dominic grumbled. He turned when he got to the front door. With the way my living room was next to the kitchen, you could see from the kitchen to the front door. It wasn’t one big open space, rather partially open. Dominic grinned. “Eat a dick. All of you.” He winked and left with a laugh.

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