“Please. Sit.” Taking Grant at his word, Isat down, pulling Asa onto my lap.
“Thanks.” As I got Asa settled so he couldcurl into me, I smiled at Grant. “This is my boy and boyfriend Asa. How haveyou guys been doing?”
“Great.” Grant was beaming and gave a nowblushing Carter a smacky kiss. “We’re getting married.”
Carter rolled his eyes. “He’s announced itjust like that to nearly everyone we’ve met lately. The valet at the restaurantlast week even got it.”
Chuckling, I stroked Asa’s back. “I thinkit’s announcement worthy. Congrats. When’s the wedding?”
Carter laughed as it was Grant’s turn toroll his eyes. “Let’s just say we’re still working out the details.”
Ah, the joys of a big family.
“When we figure out the details, you’ll beone of the first to know. I want a big wedding.” Grant’s excitement wasn’ttempered at all by Carter’s sigh. I had a feeling that they were still workingon the details on that too.
“Absolutely. Just tell me when.” Then,giving Asa a kiss on the head as he curled closer to me, I smiled. “I wanted tointroduce you to Asa so he could start getting to know more people here.”
Asa smiled, but aside from a quiet hello hedidn’t say much. They both smiled and seemed to realize that Asa was a bitnervous because it was Carter who spoke. “I’m sorry we were rude. It’s nice tomeet you.”
“It’s nice to meet you too.” Asa must havebeen feeling a bit steadier since they were so laid back because he spoke upagain. “Master told me that you own an antique store?”
Carter seemed delighted to be talking aboutwork because he sat up, straightening the lacy nightie thing he was wearing.“Yes, are you looking for something?”
Asa glanced at me with a questioning lookon his face, so I nodded encouragingly. It was enough of a push for him to turnback to Carter. “Yes, we’re looking to redo a guest room and turn it into anoffice.”
He squirmed a bit, shifting to give me asmile before looking back at Carter. “We’re going to be moving in together soonand we need to put together an office for me. I think I’d like some antiques inthe room.”
Giving him a squeeze, I returned tostroking his back as Carter started describing a desk that he said Asa had tocome and see for himself. With that door to a new friend peeking open, Asa begantalking about work and classes and everything he wanted in the room.
While talking about work wasn’t exactlywhat I’d had in mind when I’d pushed him to talk to someone new, it would dofor the time being. It wasn’t perfect…but it was a damned good start at makinga new friend.
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“I was so good,Master.” Asa started wiggling against me, smiling and flirting, before the doorto the house was even closed. While the club wasn’t the place he felt sexiest,clearly our foyer was. “I talked to Carter and Grant and I’m even going to meetwith Carter next weekend.”
Rolling my eyes, I grinned as I tossed thebag we’d taken to the club to the floor. “An appointment with him to look atfurniture doesn’t count as hanging out with him.”
Asa completely ignored that part. “Heseemed very nice, and he didn’t think it was weird that I was dressed.”
Running my hands down his back to cup hisass, I kissed him tenderly. “I love these shorts on you and you got a lot ofcompliments.”
Asa said he would wear whatever I wantedhim to when we went to the club, and I knew he meant it, but Asa would never bethe naked in public kind of sub unless it was for a scene. The tight blackshorts and white T-shirt were molded to his body and showed him off perfectly,while still making him feel covered. I thought it was a perfect compromise, buthe’d still worried.
Wiggling closer, he smiled as he curledinto me. “Carter liked it when I said his dress-thing was pretty.”
It’d been a slightly awkward butwell-meaning compliment that Carter had taken to heart. “He seemed to like you.He’s usually not that talkative.”
Bonding over furniture seemed to be the keyto getting the man to chat more.
“I think you’re going to have fun pickingout furniture.”
Asa’s head popped up and he frowned. “We’regoing to have fun.We, Master.”
Laughing, I gave his ass a pop. “Bossylittle thing.”
He nodded and kissed my cheek. “We,Master.”
“Alright,we’regoing to have funlooking at furniture next weekend.” And it would give us some time to clear outthe space and take some measurements.
