Total pages in book: 220
Estimated words: 212755 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 1064(@200wpm)___ 851(@250wpm)___ 709(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 212755 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 1064(@200wpm)___ 851(@250wpm)___ 709(@300wpm)
Now what?
Leaning over, I kept my voice low so I wouldn’t embarrass him in a bad way. “You’ve gone very still. You okay?”
He nodded and whispered back, finally looking fun nervous, not startled and worried. “Just scaring myself with the idea that Carter might see me on the site.”
That made me laugh. “Oh, I’d pay to see their faces when they realized you aren’t as boring as you pretend.”
Archer shoved his shoulder into mine and tried to look serious as he frowned. It didn’t work. “At work I want to be as boring as I look.”
I scoffed and rolled my eyes but nodded since that was what he wanted to see. “Whatever makes you happy. But I think we both know you work for the most unique family ever and they wouldn’t mind.”
Local gossip and just the stories Archer had told me said his boss was not vanilla or boring in any way.
Archer was dramatic and stuck his fingers in his ears. “I don’t want to hear about my boss's sex life.”
As Declan and I both laughed quietly, he huffed. “Work is for work, not telling weird stories of your weekend at a BDSM club.”
Oh, that was right.
“I forgot there was a club around here. Where is it?” Ian had mentioned something about a club, but I’d been distracted…what had he said?
Archer shrugged and gave me a look like he thought I was insane. “I don’t know exactly. Somewhere up near DC.”
Yes, I was going to have to look into that…especially now that I was thinking about staying, as long as I could find a decent apartment.
No matter how sweet and patient Wesley was about the whole thing, I couldn’t live in his guest room forever.
And speaking of my cute temporary landlord, Wesley magically appeared with Tyler at the top of the stairs, surveying the chaos and the way Eli and Roman were climbing all over each other, kissing in the corner.
I loved how confident he looked even though I knew how nervous coming into the studio made him. Eli’s exuberance was not something Wesley was comfortable with, but they were both doing much better at establishing boundaries and staying in those boundaries.
It was hard for Eli, but he wanted Wesley to be comfortable, so he was trying.
He even stopped making out with Roman as soon as he realized the audience had shifted. He looked over, grinning, and bounced across the room, excitedly greeting Wesley.
“I’m not sure what I’m going to do yet.” Wesley was so cute as he practiced laying down boundaries, but Eli’s enthusiastic nod didn’t give any hints about what he was really thinking.
As they started moving deeper into the room, we stood and Archer’s nerves started growing again as his shoot got closer to becoming a reality. So, deciding he needed a distraction, I grabbed his hand and tugged on it. “Come on.”
When we reached Wesley and Eli, I gave them all a big smile and nodded toward Archer. “Wes, this is Archer.”
And because teasing always made things more fun, I grinned at Archer. “I can’t call him Wesley anymore because the way his Dom says it just ruins it for anyone else.”
As Archer giggled, Wesley blushed and rolled his eyes at me, knowing very well what I was doing. “You’re insane.”
“That does not mean I’m wrong.” I could’ve had fun teasing both of them all night, but then Tyler walked over…probably to see if he needed to protect Wesley.
“Tyler, this is Archer. See, he’s going to be cute to photograph.” I couldn’t wait to see how the pictures would turn out.
Archer rolled his eyes and seemed to be trying to look laid back and professional. It was so cute. “There’s a lot more to photography than me not being homely.”
Archer seemed to believe what he was saying, but I was ready to call bullshit when Tyler chuckled and jumped in. “Yes, not everyone is photogenic, but as long as you can relax and have fun with the subject, I think you’ll do great.”
Declan decided that Archer needed some Dom confidence because he wrapped his arm around his boy and growled low. “He’d better have fun with his subject or I’m going to think he’s hiding something.”
As Archer blushed, realizing quickly that Declan was the subject in question, he snuggled even closer to Declan and turned an even more vibrant color as Declan whispered something naughty. Whatever it was got the right response from Archer, and his sweet, sexy response had the rest of us giggling.
Tyler nodded between the two of them. “That’s exactly what I meant. That blush and his wicked grin. Whatever he said gave you guys the perfect expressions. Now all we need is for you to be in fewer clothes and it will be perfect.”
That got another dramatic groan from Archer, but as he sighed and nodded against Declan’s chest, his Dom chuckled. “That’s the plan.”