He was never going to be able to look her in the eyes again.
****
Wyatt still wasn’t sure what he was going to do as he walked up the front steps to Garrett’s office. Normally, he got butterflies because he was so excited at the idea that he would even catch a glimpse of the Dom. This time, the butterflies had changed into man-eating vampire bats determined to eat their way out of his stomach.
Opening the door, he was still debating the best option when the wind came out of his sails completely. Master was standing right there by the receptionist’s desk waiting for him. Thank goodness.
“Hi.” Hopefully he didn’t look too excited, but he’d never been so glad to see the Dom.
“Hello, Sweet. Did you have a good day?” Garrett smiled and took Wyatt’s right hand, pulling him close.
“Yes. The store was busy earlier but things slowed down in the afternoon. We were able to get some of the new inventory sorted out.” This was so much less stressful than he’d feared, Wyatt didn’t know what to do.
“That’s wonderful.” Garrett leaned down a little and gave Wyatt’s forehead a kiss. “Melissa? If you could take a message if someone calls for me. I’ll get back to them later if it’s important. If it’s not, just tell them I’ll call back tomorrow.” Then he turned back to Wyatt. “You ready for our discussion, Sweet?”
Wyatt fought the urge to blush. “Yes…”
Garrett gave him a tender smile and nodded. Wyatt still wasn’t sure about it but Master said it was okay, so he settled with. “Yes, Sir.”
That earned him another kiss on his forehead.
“Don’t let Melissa’s vanilla looks fool you. We’ve seen what’s on her Kindle. She’s got more dirty books than I’ve ever seen.” Then Garrett looked over at her and gave her a wink. “She claims to be innocent but we’re not buying it.”
Melissa laughed and went back to typing something on her computer. “I’m more innocent than the rest of you, that’s all that counts. Besides, you should have never peeked.”
Garrett shrugged not looking repentant at all. “You said you were reading Gone With The Wind. For six months. It was like waving a red flag in front of a bull.”
She shook her head and ignored the teasing. “Some of us have to work and can’t quit early to play with our new…boyfriend.”
That made Wyatt blush, and he fought the urge to pace. Garrett must have sensed something was off. He wrapped one hand around Wyatt’s waist and discreet brought Wyatt’s opposite hand behind his back.
Feeling his master’s tight hold centered Wyatt, the urge to wiggle and fidget faded. He leaned his head against Garrett’s shoulder and waited for instructions. Master was in charge and all Wyatt had to do was relax.
“Perks of being the boss. Come on, Sweet. Let’s head back to my office. I have a present to show you.”
As they walked into Garrett’s office, Melissa called back before they could close the door. “Don’t let him take all the credit. It was Brent’s idea, and I picked out the color. Hope you like it.”
Her innocent comments had the bats doing circles again. Garrett’s pleased expression made Wyatt wary as well. “Present?”
“I think you’ll like it. And she only picked out the color because I had so many late meetings this week I couldn’t get away early enough to surprise you. This is the first day I’ll get off at a reasonable time.” The Dom was so excited Wyatt wasn’t sure what the present could be.
Led around the desk by Master, Wyatt looked in shock.
Sitting on the floor, tucked discreetly behind Garrett’s desk was a small cushion, almost the same brown color as the hardwood floors but with some kind of striped pattern. Wyatt wasn’t sure what to say.
It was what he’d wanted, what he’d fantasized about if he was honest. He couldn’t get over how normal everyone was treating it. Garrett must have guessed something about what was going through his head, because his master sat down and pulled Wyatt onto his lap.
“We’re discreet in the community, my sweet, but we’ve never hid who we were from our friends. It would be too difficult to constantly be worrying about how something would come across or if it gave too much away.” Running his hands over Wyatt’s legs soothingly, his master waited.
“Everyone in the office?”
“In some way or another. I almost didn’t hire Melissa because she looked so vanilla. I was worried she wouldn’t fit in. It wasn’t until the end of the interview she said she wrote romance as a hobby. She wanted to make sure it wouldn’t be an issue. Something about the way she said it made me sit up and take notice. So, I asked a few more questions. More than was probably reasonable. But it turned out she wrote BDSM romance novels.” Garrett laughed and shook his head. “I decided she’d probably fit in.”
“I can’t believe it.”
“Right?”
“Then her Kindle…”
