Page 86 of Learning to Run

For so many reasons.

“Maybe he was more comfortable after seeing that we’re notvanilla?” Cash didn’t seem confident about the idea, but it sounded right as hestarted explaining his thoughts. “I mean, I’d have felt a lot moreuncomfortable about the whole showing them your pup side thing if I hadn’tknown Brady was little. We’ve had years to get used to the idea, but had Judeever seen us play with Brady?”

Oh.

I wasn’t sure if he had or not, so I looked over at Bates.“Has he?”

“We’re not going to discuss why you think I’d know that muchabout your life.” Bates seemed to want to brush off his eavesdropping, so I lethim. “But not really. I think he was little-ish a few times you were all aroundJude, but I don’t think he ever noticed the marker fight or you guys bribingBrady with playtime.”

He really had known a lot about us before he’d come up totalk to us.

Turning back to Cash, I couldn’t miss the way he was tryingnot to laugh. “I’m starting to understand how he fell for us so quickly.”

Cash nodded. “He already knew everything about us.”

“Yeah, that probably made it a lot easier.” And we wouldn’thave been surprising either.

Bates was grinning ear to ear. “I didn’t know about Gareth’soral obsession or that Cashel was a switch or that you would look so sexytogether.”

Okay, he had a good point.

“You had the highlights at first and then settled in tolearn the details.” Sounded like a good way to learn something to me.

Reaching up, I wrapped my arm around his neck and pulledBates down for a slow kiss. When he finally eased back, he rubbed his noseagainst mine and smiled. “I’m loving learning about all the details.”

“Do you think that’s a reason, too?” Cash seemed to thinkwe’d followed his logic but both of us frowned as Bates straightened. “Oh, Imean, Jude. Do you think it was learning more about us and not just seeing usin passing that helped? I think dinner was the longest we’ve ever spent in aroom together where we weren’t kind of frustrated and just glaring at eachother.”

“Good point.” We hadn’t exactly shared much about ourselves.“And it was easier to talk to him with Bates around, so maybe he just needed tohave another Dom around to feel safe? Three subs to one Dom might’ve been a bitoverwhelming.”

We were kind of interesting.

Bates chuckled. “I hadn’t thought of it that way, but youmight be onto something. Between learning about his sub and how confused youguys were, it might’ve been overwhelming for him?”

And the internet said some Doms didn’t like feeling stupidor backed into a corner.

We might’ve been doing both to Jude…mostly accidentally, ofcourse.

“Either way, I think we’re good to all hang out togetherwith Brady’s family, and you and Brady had a great time playing which was goodto know too.” Cash leaned over and gave me a quick peck, grinning when I poutedas he moved away too quickly. “Jude didn’t even mind Brady cuddling up withBates.”

Bates waved that off. “He was just glad he didn’t have tofigure out how Brady could drink from a bowl.”

Quite possibly.

Cash snickered, nodding and leaning back on his hands.“Okay, you have a point. I wasn’t sure what to do because Jude is always sonice and never tells him no.”

“That was kind of frustrating in the beginning.” I justhadn’t realized it then. “We have different parenting styles. We’re not theoverly indulgent kind.”

Our don’t be ridiculous line with Brady was a lotclearer than where Jude’s was.

Bates was nearly giggling but managed to get words out. “Ihadn’t thought of it that way either, but you’re right. You all have verydifferent ways of taking care of Brady, and maybe he didn’t understand thateither.”

So, there might’ve been a lot of reasons we’d rubbed eachother the wrong way.

“I’m glad it wasn’t stressful tonight, though.” I couldn’tresist stretching and wiggling again, loving the way my muscles ached and howhard my dick was still. “I got cuddles and rubs and Brady loved throwing the balland we got to watch puppy cartoons. I didn’t even mind that I didn’t get tocome.”

Yet.

“Very subtle.” Cash shook his head as Bates grinned. “Idon’t think you get props for keeping your dick covered while you play.”

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