Page 29 of Bound Between You


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Niall rolled his eyes again.

That was starting to become a habit.

“He’s very chatty.” Niall’s tone made ithard to decide if he was frustrated about that or if he just found it aninteresting piece of information.

It was probably one of the things thatKeegan liked about him, though. That boring exterior with the dirty interiorprobably had his muse doing happy dances.

“I appreciate knowing where he stands onsomething and hearing what he wants.” Right now, that was for all of us to endup in bed together, but I wasn’t going to point that out.

“Yes, I’d have to agree with that.” Niallfinally sighed and looked a bit frustrated. “But that doesn’t help me to decidewhat would be best for all of us.”

And we were back to the original problem.

“Niall. You aren’t figuring out what’s bestfor all of us.” I shouldn’t even have to say that, but there we were. “You’redeciding what’s best for you and talking to us about it.”

I paused to let that sink in but continuedbefore he could charge back in. “You’re not making decisions for me. I’mdeciding how I want to respond to my sub Keegan’s request and you’re doing thesame. That’s it.”

I probably should’ve stopped there, but Iwas never good at holding back.

Another part of our issues.

“And don’t think that because Keegan is ayoung submissive he needs to be coddled or have you make the decisions for him,either.” That was just insane to even consider. “His mother is one of the mostwell-known Dominants on the entire East Coast. Shit. I know her personally.She’s not going to let him make stupid decisions, but it’s also clear that shetrusts him to know what he wants.”

Alexandra Banner would not send her onlychild into the world without making sure he understood exactly what he wanted.

Niall’s expression tightened and I couldsee something like frustration flash across his face. I just couldn’t tell whichaspect bothered him. Honestly, it could’ve been any number of things.

“We are both grown adults.” Especially me.Shit. I was pretty sure I was a year older than the asshole sitting in front ofme. “Just because Keegan is a submissive and there are times that I submitdoesn’t mean we shouldn’t be in control of our lives.”

I’d never been able to figure out if hejust had a skewed vision of what being a sub meant or if he was just an overly helpfulDom by nature, but it bugged the fuck out of me.

We either needed to change the subject or Ineeded to order my goddamned pancakes.

Niall was too quiet and I had visions ofthrowing my spoon at his head. Nothing sharp…just enough to jar him and get hisattention.

Taking a breath, I forced my shoulders torelax and I worked on the rest of my body, starting with my toes and moving myway up. By the time I’d gotten to my fingers, Niall seemed to have snapped outof his silence.

“That was not my intention.”

Then what was, fucker?

Shit. This was a bad idea.

Niall kept going like I wasn’t ready to slowlykill him. “I have every respect for submission. My need to protect just getsthe better of me sometimes.”

Protect me from what?

I wanted to scream the question out, butthat wouldn’t have helped either.

Did he really think I needed to beprotected from him? From life?

“I don’t need that from you.” I didn’t needto be protected. I wanted to have a safe place to let everything go. That wasit. But he’d never understood that. “We are talking about our relationship withKeegan. That’s it.”

Niall took a deep breath and let it outslowly, probably thinking he was being subtle.

He wasn’t.

“So what you’re saying is that Keegan wouldbe our focus and not…not one another?” Niall’s face was too blank at the momentto give me any clue about what he was thinking.