Westley’s eyes went wide. He pointed his fork at me. “You have! That’s cheating.”
I shrugged. “I may have gone a little out of my way to make sure if they needed anything the two of you weren’t doing, that I got it done.”
Kip glared. “Mom lectured me for two weeks about how ‘Braxton came over and changed all the cabinet knobs. Why don’t you do things like that, Kip?’ Ugh. You’re so annoying.”
“Kip!” my mom exclaimed. “That’s no way to talk to your mate.”
“Yeah, Kip! That’s no way to talk to your mate,” I said.
His mom handed me the plate with the largest slice of chocolate cake, and the only plate that had any ice cream on it, all while my mate glared at me.
I leaned over and kissed his cheek.
“Suck-up,” he said.
I laughed. “I prefer to think of it as strategic.”
Chapter 15
Kip
My mom and dad packed a large grocery sack full of leftovers for Brax and me to take home. As if we didn’t know how to cook and could no longer take care of ourselves now that we were mated. Then again, we had spent the last two weeks on vacation, and since Braxton had left on a whim, all of his food in the fridge was spoiled.
I had opened it in search of some creamer for my coffee and saw more than one whole society of bacteria growing in variousTupperware containers. I promptly closed the door and decided that was a problem for a different day.
“I suppose tomorrow we have to return to work?” Brax said as we settled onto the couch.
“Yeah, we better. And we’ll have to face the rest of the den, let them all know we’re mated.”
“Indeed,” he said. He was quiet for a moment, staring off into space like he was lost in thought. “I’ve waited a long time to be able to stake my claim publicly. But now that it’s happening, I just want to keep you close to me, in private. Like we have been.”
I grinned. “I know what you mean. I’ve wanted a mate for what seems like forever, but we’ve been so spoiled the past two weeks with just you and me.”
“The vacation isn’t over quite yet,” Brax said.
“Oh? What did you have in mind?” I could guess. We never spent much time alone without being naked in each other’s arms. It was the newly mated phase, and I was here for it.
“I want you.”
“I’m yours.”
“No, I mean, I want you. Your monster cock. In me.”
I raised a brow. “Are you sure?”
He nodded, the eagerness lighting up his eyes.
“Brax, I’ve never—”
“Me neither.”
“Yeah, but I just assumed that I’d never. I’m not sure—”
“Do you want to? We don't have to. I am satisfied with you just as we are. I don’t want to pressure you, so if it is not something you want, then we don’t have to.”
“I...” I trusted him. So much. It hit me then just how much I could trust him. I could say that I didn’t want to and he would drop the subject forever. But also, I would never lie to him. “I want to. It never really occurred to me before, but I’m not going to lie, when I’ve seen my cock disappear into that luscious mouth of yours, I’ve been dying to know what it would look like buried in your ass.”
“Then let’s find out,” Brax said, his voice dropping to that low, rumbling tone that never failed to make my knees weak.
