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“Fine,” I said, kicking out my feet and crossing one ankle over the other while I watched the gears in his head start moving double time.
“He’s helping me plan the housewarming.”
“I thought we said lowkey for that. Even the two with the new home want it lowkey.”
“I am being so lowkey; it will be a snooze fest. I swear. I just want…some niceties!”
I couldn’t help but laugh, not wanting to encourage him. “Like?”
“Nice food, lighting, a few plants, because plants are a great housewarming gift that just so happens to be wonderful for the décor of parties.”
My mind nearly exploded. “How many plants are you planning?”
The old habit of chewing his cheek returned as he avoided my eyes.
“Theo!”
“Well!” He rolled his eyes, shifted his weight, and chewed more until he finally spat out, “Twenty.”
I almost fell off my chair. “Theo Gentry, I swear to God…”
“They’re small….ish.”
“Show me right fucking now.”
He pulled out his tablet, swiped, then swiped more and handed it to me. “Don’t get mad!”
The plants, primarily huge ferns, were as big around as my chest. “Theo, this is way too much, and I think you know that. Why the excess? They love you! You don’t need all this to impress or show them your love.”
“I know,” he said, taking the tablet back. “I just…I don’t know another way to show them how much they mean to me. It’s like the wedding, Hud. I want this huge celebration, and I want it so they know, Noah and Eli, that they mean a lot to me.”
“You mean you want it so you can celebrate that you mean something to them?”
As Theo’s eyes met mine, my sweet, annoying slave smiled as it dawned on him that I could be right. “You…think?”
“Come here.”
He crawled on my lap, and I held him, missing that between us. “Babe, let me make you a deal. How about you tone it down and do what the men with these celebrations want, then after these parties, sometimes, oh, middle of summer, maybe, we can have this big blowout party, you invite everyone, all our friends, our new family, everyone you can think of. You can spend a fortune and have it as elaborate as you’d like. That can be your party, the one where you can thank everyone for everything they’ve done for us.”
“Really? You’d let me?”
After a soft kiss, I said, “Yeah. I’d do just about anything to make you smile. Don’t you know that?”
“Yeah. I’m finally getting that.”
“Good, but you’ll have to be a perfect slave for me until then. Obey my every fucking word, and tonight, I’m going to fuck you so hard, you’ll forget all about planning parties and work.”
Theo melted at that offer. “That is…a fucking deal, Master.”
He toned it down right off, then found that less is more was in high fashion in most of the designer magazines he found online, so he was pretty pleased with his new décor choices.
After dinner, I set up the fucking machine again, and Theo stared at the thing like an alligator was about to attack him. “It wasn’t that bad, Theo.”
“It was great, but…”
“But nothing. I’m not taking your opinion. It’s about time you fucking obey me and stop backtalking.”
The look on his face was priceless, as he was about to be in a snit, then heard my voice better and snapped into line. He nodded and said, “I’m sorry. I…told you I would be difficult sometimes.”
