Page 35 of Learning to Run

“Very loving.” We couldn’t forget that.

“Very loving.” Bates was wearing an ear-to-ear kind of grinand seemed very excited at how loving we all were.

It was probably because he loved us a lot, but he didn’t letus get distracted.

“Time for our pup to play.” Bates gave us both more foreheadkisses and a hug before he was ready for me to go play, though. “Playtime.”

Yes.

Nodding, I grabbed their hands. “Now can I see my gear?”

It’d come in a thousand different boxes and pieces and we’dbeen waiting on the last box for days and days. Bates had wanted me to wait andsee all of it at once but it’d taken so much patience. “I thought the boxwasn’t supposed to get here until next week.”

It’d seemed like the universe, or the delivery people, hadbeen fighting against me getting my tail but we’d won whatever karmic battlehad been playing out behind the scenes.

Bates shrugged. “Yes, you can see it now and it came inyesterday. The tracking website still shows it being stuck somewhere up north,though, so I have no idea how it got here.”

Magic.

“I’m going to be such a cute pup.” Dragging them out of thekitchen, I stopped. “Where do we do it?”

Bates chuckled but squeezed my hand. “The living room hasmore space for you to play and I think those blinds close tightly enough thatwith the curtains it’ll protect our privacy.”

Turning toward the window, I frowned. “Did you always have curtains?”

As I tried to remember what his living room had looked likethe last time we’d been over, Cash shook his head. “No.”

Bates was back to almost laughing. “No, I put them upearlier in the week because I wanted to make sure we had enough privacy for youto run around.”

“And for all the blow jobs we end up having in here.” Cash’sresponse had me and Bates both nodding.

“Yeah, that’s a good point. The neighbors probably wouldn’tmind watching, but we don’t have their consent, and Brady said that’s reallyimportant.” For some reason that had Cash’s eyes going scary wide and Bates gotlost in the giggles.

We were never going to find my pup side if they couldn’tstay focused.

Pointing that out would be rude, though, so I just waitedpatiently until they remembered they were the Doms.

It took a lot longer than it should have.

But when Bates could breathe and Cash had managed to closehis mouth, I was rewarded with another kiss from Bates as Cash shook his head.“You are fascinating, pup.”

Yep…and patient.

“Thank you, Sir.” But my ability to wait quietly would onlylast so long and I could feel it escaping. “I’ve been very good too.”

I didn’t want him to forget that part with all his laughter.

“You have and you’ve been very patient.” Bates set theduffle bag on his chair as I smiled at him, proud he’d realized how amazing I’dbeen. “But now we’re going to dress you up and we’ll see how it feels.”

Yes.

It wasn’t hard.

Barking. Balls. Tail wagging.

“I can do it.” None of it was rocket science and I didn’teven have to talk. “It’ll be fine. You don’t have to worry.”

Cash sighed, clearly already worrying. “We’re supposed totell you not to worry.”

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