Need.
What about what I wanted, too?
I had just enough restraint to hold backthe question. There was no point in starting the evening off getting punisheduntil I knew if that was something I’d want or not. Spankings would befabulous, but that was more of a treat than designed to correct my behavior, soI wasn’t going to push my luck.
“Thank you, Sir.”
It was either going to be the longestdinner ever or the best.
Chapter 8
Silas
I took him home.
There were countless restaurants where wecould have had enough privacy for me to play with him a bit, but nowhere thatcould guarantee enough for him to be able to submit for me. I wanted his firsttime kneeling for me to be something he’d always remember—but not because thepictures of it were all over the internet.
People might have accepted his nudistretreat phase, but they might not as easily forgive him kneeling for an alpha.
People were stupid, but that was the worldwe lived in.
As I gave the instructions to the asshole,who I was not going to call Mr. Smythe either, Austin started doing a happylittle wiggle. The pretentious driver was smart enough not to do more thansniff before nodding and raising the glass wall between us.
He and I were going to have a little talkif he kept his job.
I wasn’t planning on stepping in and doinganything drastic, but if in a future meeting about the club my concerns withthe driver came out, I wasn’t going to feel too badly. Austin shouldn’t have toput up with that kind of behavior from someone just because they thought theirjob was secure.
It made me wonder what Tanner and Wade hadtold the idiot when he’d gotten hired.
Everything they’d said and everything thatAustin had shared made me think they loved him, but that might not have comeacross when they’d hiredMr. Smythe. Because if he knew how they felt,he would never have started picking on Austin.
Austin might have been a handful, but hewas a loving person who did all he could for the people he considered familyand anyone who he saw as a business partner. Including bossy little old ladies.
Trouble continued to squirm and give mepuppy dog looks I knew were an enticement to let him come or at the very leasttell him what would happen. Trouble needed to learn some patience, though, so Ikept him talking about his plans for the neighborhood and what he’d done duringthe week.
As we pulled into the parking lot, Austinleaned close and licked his lips. “I was very good today and this week, wasn’tI?”
Reaching out as the car came to a stop, Itraced my fingers over his full lips. “I think you’ve been very well-behaved sofar, but now I’m going to test you and see how good you can really be.”
He let out a low moan and his tongueflicked out to caress my finger.
As I pulled back, Austin nodded, lookingslightly drunk on the desire coursing through him. “I’ll beverygood.”
All I wanted at that moment was to kisshim, but I couldn’t trust the driver enough to show that side of ourrelationship since I knew I would give away too much once I had him in my arms.That was going to be a problem in the long run, but there was nothing I coulddo about it now. But it really made me wonder what they’d been thinking whenhe’d been hired.
“If you show me how well you can behave,I’ll give you your reward later.” I grinned as he huffed and whined.
Trouble wasn’t satisfied with that promise.“How much later?”
I wanted to tell him that he wouldn’t haveto wait for long, but it was too early in the evening to promise that. I wasn’tin any rush and I wanted to see what kind of submission he liked. “After dinnerand after I get a chance to explore my boy a bit.”
He made a needy little whimper, but hisdick was so hard that even if I was an idiot, there would be no mistaking hisreaction. “Explore?”
Before I could give him an answer thatwould make him give me another of his sweet whimpers, the door opened. We’dhave to work on that too. If he was supposed to be a bodyguard as well as adriver, he was doing a piss-poor job at both.
“Come on. Let’s go inside.” As I exited thecar, because the moron hadn’t even opened Austin’s side of the vehicle, Iturned around and extended my hand to help Austin out.
I pulled him close as he stood and wrappedmy arm around him. “Do you have everything you need from the car? Phone? Housekeys?”
