“That’s a great idea.” Looking relieved that he didn’t have to figure out how to get a spanking without admitting to flirting with the thousand-year-old dirty bird, he nearly jumped out of the truck. “I took pictures, so we can see how it looks. I have a magic app.”
He was so excited that waiting for me didn’t seem to have occurred to him, so he was out of the truck and dashing toward the house before I could ask him what a magic app was. I had every intention of continuing the odd conversation but that was quickly derailed.
As I got out of the truck, he started patting himself down at the front door and frowning. “Hurry, I forgot my key.”
Did he have a key?
Knowing Knox, the answer would be yes but it would also be strange, so I frowned and treated it like it was normal. “I’m sorry. I’ll remind you about that next time.”
And then I’d wait and see what he actually did.
“Thank you.” As I came up to the front door, he was so excited he bounced and gave me a quick peck. “You have such a good logical mind. It’s amazingly useful.”
Huh?
Oh.
“Well, yours is creative enough for the both of us, so someone has to be the logical planner.” I was glad when he nodded, stilllooking like he’d given me a wonderful compliment. “Alright, let’s get inside.”
As soon as I had the door unlocked and open, he bounded into the house and barely paused long enough to take off his shoes. “Let’s go see how they look.”
On his magic app.
Well, magic apps would have to wait until after he saw my surprise.
Three.
Two.
One.
Knox stopped right in the doorway, eyes cartoonishly wide. “Oh wow, the gremlins brought bookshelves this time.”
Oops.
“No, I bought bookshelves for your office and had them delivered while we were out.” The gremlins were not getting credit for the damned things. “That was why we had to leave the house. I had a friend come over to let the delivery guys in.”
Blinking several times, it took his brain a few seconds to get going again. “No gremlins still? Really?”
I should’ve planned better for his surprise.
“No gremlins.” Wrapping my arms around him with my chest pressed against his back, I walked us into the room. “We’ve been checking the photos and nothing has moved.”
At some point he’d need therapy if he couldn’t stop checking the photos, but we had to figure out what the fuck was going on before I pushed him to take that step. I didn’t want him to look legitimately nuts when I took him in to see someone like that.
Knox was interesting enough that I wanted his brain firing on all cylinders when I took him to see a professional. Traumatized with an explanation I could handle, but rambling about gremlins would get him locked up.
“We’ll...we’ll have to take pictures of this room but...but I have bookshelves in my office now...and...and you even got me art for the walls.” Knox wasn’t moving away from me yet, but he was slowly taking in the new furniture, so I was patient. “Oh, the chair. You remembered.”
Being startled with a possible gremlin attack showed just how stressed he was about the weird situation, but I let him push it to the back of his mind for the time being. I simply held him tight and pointed to the ground to distract him. “And a new rug. It should be soft enough that you can kneel for a long time on it.”
That got a naughty giggle from my dirty-minded author and he nodded. “It even squishes under my toes. I can pace on this perfectly. Thank you.”
Adorable.
Turning around in my arms, he pressed his chest against mine and started subtly rocking back and forth to make sure my dick knew it was time for him to come out and play. “I...I should say thank you.”
Hmm, I wasn’t going to argue with that plan.
