“I won’t be mad. I just don’t want you to do it again.”
“I transferred the money back into your account. Then I closed the account with the casino. And deleted the cookies.”
Kaden narrowed his eyes. “So…there was some money left.”
“Check Apple Pay.”
Kaden froze. Then stared. Then swore. “Fucking hell. Seven hundred and fifty pounds. You wonsix hundred pounds?”
“Yes.”
“How?”
“Skill,” Joe said. “Strategy. Luck. And I played the maximum number of tables at the same time that they’d allow. Eighteen.”
Kaden looked at him for a long moment, then rubbed his palm over his chin. “Are there limits to what you can do, or should I just assume you’re amazing at everything?”
“I have no idea how to fly a plane. Or ride a horse. Or speak Chinese. Assuming I’m amazing at everything might be dangerous.”
“Talking of dangerous. I’ve booked axe throwing for tomorrow.” He stood and pulled Joe up and into his arms, laughing despite himself. “You better not be dangerous at that. But just how smartareyou?”
“Pretty smart.”
Kaden snorted.
“Smart enough to know axe throwing is going to end badly.”
“For you?”
“For the targets,” Joe said. “Possibly for your pride.”
“Is that a challenge?”
“No, a fact.”
Kaden’s eyes sparkled.
Joe was beginning to realise how shit yet another part of his previous existence had been. He assumed those who were chosen to mate on his planet not only felt honoured but enjoyed the experience, but then no one ever talked about it so maybe they didn’t enjoy it. Maybe nobody enjoyed anything. They had no idea how much they were missing.
He fell asleep wrapped around Kaden and woke with his hand slung over Kaden’s waist. Kaden lay on his back with his arm thrown over his head.
My cock is hard.
Joe hadn’t had that happen in the morning until now. A spontaneous erection.Wow.He squeezed his cock gently and bit back his moan of pleasure.Oh, that’s nice.For a moment, he was tempted to make it even nicer but instead he leaned over and slowly trailed his tongue from the hollow at the centre of Kaden’s throat down his sternum to the point where the bone ended. He felt Kaden’s heart jump as he woke up.
“What are you doing?” Kaden said with a groan.
“Licking your xiphoid.”
Kaden laughed.
“What’s funny?”
“That you know that word.”
“Am I doing something wrong? Isn’t this how I’m supposed to wake you?”
Kaden stroked Joe’s hair as his mouth sank lower and lower. Joe paused over Kaden’s navel and felt a flutter against his tongue. Kaden had his fingers entwined in Joe’s hair but he wasn’t pushing him down, just holding him in place. Joe licked over the head of Kaden’s cock and was rewarded by a loud groan. He tasted salty-sweet. Joe swirled his tongue over the tip and encircled his fingers around the base. He might not have done this before, but he’d watched it done, read about it being done, wanted it done to him, but doing it to Kaden was just as exciting.
