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He’d gotten out about an hour ago and dried off while watching her swim around and play. Xavier had stayed in a bit longer to play with her. It was easy to see they’d done this before. That they were good friends.
Xavier had gotten out about twenty minutes ago and gone to take a shower before dinner. Elias and Sterling were in the pool house getting dinner ready. He’d watched her and Xavier together with surprising ease.
Okay, he’d had to fight his jealousy a few times. He was only fucking human. But he hadn’t felt the urge to murder him, which he was pretty sure he’d do with any other fucker who made his girl smile like that.
Sure, he’d thought about murdering him. But he hadn’t done it. That was what counted, right?
Now he just had to get his little mermaid out of the water.
She had the audacity to shake her head at him.
Brat.
He moved to the side of the pool, hands on hips, and glared at her.
“It’s nearly dinner time, and you’ve been in there too long.”
She scrunched her nose and didn’t move.
Oh, for someone who was owed the rest of her spanking tonight, she was being quite bratty.
“Do you want to add to the spanking you have owing?”
She narrowed her eyes and shook her head again.
Stubborn. Brat.
“I’m going to count to three and you best be out by the time I finish. One.”
Her eyes went over his shoulder and widened. He could guess who was moving up behind him. Didn’t change anything. Xavier knew what she was. He didn’t know if the other guy was a Dom or not. That didn’t matter, it was obvious to Brick that he’d never taken a firm stance with her. Probably spoiled the little brat.
“Two.”
“There a problem?” the man behind him asked carefully.
“No problem. Just a naughty girl who is going to find herself over my knee if I get to three and she’s still in the pool.”
Juliet’s mouth dropped open and Xavier stepped up next to him. “You can’t spank her.”
Brick turned and gave him an incredulous look. “Sure, I can.”
“No, you can’t.” Xavier gave him an angry look. “You’ll hurt her.”
“Yeah, a spanking hurts, but I’d never harm her.” Brick eyed the other man for a moment. “This is what she agreed to.”
Xavier’s face blanched. He looked like he’d been slapped. “There’s no way she agreed to you hurting her.”
Brick sucked in a breath. “Listen, asshole—”
Then she was out of the pool and between them, staring from one to the other, her face pleading with them. She looked about as scared as he’d ever seen her. That made him suck in a breath to calm himself.
This guy was just trying to protect his best friend.
He closed his eyes. “Look, if you’re not in the lifestyle, then I wouldn’t expect you to understand, but Juliet told me that you know she’s a Little. So, I thought you’d be more open-minded.”
When he opened his eyes, both of them were gaping up at him. What?
“I’m in the lifestyle,” Xavier gritted out. “I’ve been a Dominant for years. I know her. I know the lifestyle. And I know that she is too delicate and fragile for the harsher side of BDSM.”
