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“Second, while I haven’t really noticed the pups, that’s not because I find them distasteful or weird. You’ve just spent more time watching them, and I’m very…content might not be the right word, but it’s not wrong. I’m happy in my life, so I might’ve missed how you were curious about something. But that’s my bad, not anything you did wrong.”
Yeah, he was happy in his life.
He liked his work, and he liked that he could pay the bills, and he liked that he had someone to hover over.
Me.
“There’s nothing wrong with being happy.” I wasn’t quite as content as he was, but it wasn’t something I was upset about. “You’ve got a lot going in the right direction now.”
It hadn’t always been that way, but it wasn’t his fault.
“Third, you need to tell Eli that you feel safe and you’re not worried, because I don’t think he’s going to leave until he knows you’re alright.” Leif’s slightly dry tone made me smile…well, I smiled until Eli spoke.
“Smart men are very sexy.”
Oh no.
Popping out from under my blanket, I glared at him. “No. No flirting. No confusing him.”
Leif might not be my boyfriend or anything, but I certainly wasn’t going to let Eli have him.
Ugh.
That drama queen smirked. “Fine.”
Leif groaned and sounded tortured. “Don’t give me anything else to be confused about.”
I definitely couldn’t promise that, so I focused on snuggling back into him to show Eli that Leif was my snuggle buddy, and not his anything.
“It seems you’re fine for the time being, so I’m going to head back to work.” Gesturing toward the window, he chuckled as I blushed. “Feel free to watch as long as you obey the rules.”
No jerking off.
Nothing weird.
I still didn’t know what weird might be, but I nodded and that seemed to make him happy.
“The pups will be doing a shoot tomorrow at seven in the evening because we’re having to work around a few annoying day jobs right now.” His frown said he didn’t appreciate that, and I couldn’t blame him. “But that should give you time to talk about a few things between yourselves and then Leif will be much better prepared to watch the shoot.”
Oh.
“Yes, that gives us time to at least get the conversational ball rolling.” Leif sounded too confident about that for my liking so I went back to hiding under my blanket. “I think it’s going to be a slow process.”
Eli snorted.
He was so rude.
“Don’t get up. I’ll see myself out.” His snotty tone got a chuckle from Leif, which might’ve been what he wanted because he sounded flirty as he stood up. “Thank you for the tea and the fascinating company…and don’t worry, we’ll do this again soon.”
Because of the gear or because he was shockingly nosy?
Leif didn’t ask, so I decided it was probably both.
“It was enlightening.” Leif’s response made Eli laugh as he walked through the apartment, heels clicking until I heard the door shut.
Leif finally let out a long breath and seemed to deflate into the couch, but luckily, he took me with him and snuggled me closer.
He liked cuddling.
