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For some reason, he started to shake his head again, but hiswords didn’t match. “Yes, that’s fine. We’ll have everyone over to Bates’sapartment. When we get back, Brady can go upstairs and pick out a few toys andget in the right headspace, and we’ll get you ready with your new tail.”

Probably the best idea.

I wasn’t sure Jude was ready for inside tails.

Some people just weren’t very open-minded.

Chapter 23

Cashel

How had I ended up as the voice of reason and the Dom incharge?

Probably because the other two nuts couldn’t function oncetails were mentioned.

I could understand why Bates kept snickering but Jude wasanother kind of insane altogether. Brady was going to need to have a talk withhim about why penises weren’t scary, but for the time being, I was just glad wehad Gareth’s new tail.

Jude really wasn’t ready to see the happy consequences of agood wag.

“Eventually you’re going to stop laughing, right?” Glancingover at Bates as he turned off the car, I sighed as he had to hold his breathto nod. “If you keep giggling, Jude is going to kill you.”

Once he snapped out of his shocked stupor.

Gareth was thinking about that too because as soon as thecar was turned off his head popped up between the seats and he pointed over towhere Jude and Brady were heading up the stairs. “Is Jude scared of penisestoo, or just mine, or is it something about pup penises that he has a problemwith?”

All of the above?

Bates actually managed to take a deep breath and soundreasonably serious. “I think he was surprised at how laid-back Brady was aboutthe whole tails and penises thing.”

“And he was probably wondering what Brady had been lookingup online.” My helpful addition had Bates’s laughter trying to come back, buthe did a good job and managed to keep it in check with a deep breath.

“Good point.” Gareth leaned against Bates’s seat and smiled.“He’s not old enough to be looking that stuff up. Jude should be taking bettercare of him.”

Nope.

I was not going to ask.

“Agreed.” Bates’s eyes were sparkling, but he managed tosound almost normal. “But we’re not going to worry about that because he’s Jude’sproblem now.”

“Yep, we’re not even babysitting either, so I’m not going toworry about it.” Gareth straightened and shoved his head and shoulders into thefront of the car to demand kisses from both of us. “Kisses.”

We gave the happy drama queen kisses before piling out ofthe car, and I was glad to see that Bates seemed to be taking the situationmuch more logically. “Alright, time for the pup to come out and play and for meto figure out a dessert for everyone later. How does that sound?”

Like I was supposed to be managing everything, honestly.

Did he even know what desserts were in the freezer?

“How about we use that cookie dough I froze last week andmake those after Gareth and Brady play?” It seemed like the best idea and hadGareth nearly bouncing as we headed for the door.

“And ice cream.” The way Gareth started nodding and wigglingsaid his pup was very much in agreement. “We have that vanilla ice cream thatwas on sale.”

“That sounds delicious, pup.” Bates tossed me his keys as hepulled Gareth into his arms. “And then later we’ll make sure our boy gets agood orgasm. Would you like that?”

It was a stupid question but one that made Gareth veryhappy.

“Yes, that sounds like a wonderful plan.” Squirming againstour Dom, Gareth was aiming for cute so he could get his way. “There are so manygood options. You could pound me into the mattress again or we could take turnssucking everyone off or we could—”

“Nope, we are not going to entertain the neighbors with alist of your favorite sex acts.” I thought I’d been fairly quiet until a voicecame down the stairwell.

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