Page 10 of Hiding From Laughter

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Hey sexy. I lost track of time so howabout I take you out to dinner?

Six was generally on the later side for meleaving the office but that was because we both went into work early. Micha’sjob as a Special Ed teacher meant early mornings and late afternoons, so Iwasn’t sure if he was still slogging through the endless paperwork or if he washome.

It was taking him long enough to respondthat my guess jumped to driving as I saved the plans I’d been working on andheaded toward the parking lot. I’d spent so much time at work avoiding stupidshit, I was up-to-date on all my projects and had even spent time on a fewthiswould be cooltype plans.

A lot of landscape architecture companieswould’ve gotten frustrated with my fantasy projects but Howard encouraged itbecause he knew most of us were a bit more creative than average. He likedcreative types which was probably why the confused straight guy had ended upwith so many interesting employees.

When Micha finally responded back, I knewI’d guessed right.

I need a good bribe. It was a long dayand I had two IEP meetings that went completely off the rails.

Well, on one hand that sucked, but on theother, it meant he didn’t have the bandwidth to poke at me.

It also meant it was my turn to take careof him.

Pub burgers and ice cream it is. Meetyou there in about ten. If you get there before me do your meditation app.

He was much better at nagging me to takecare of myself than he was actually taking care of himself.

Micha’s only reply was an emoji that seemedto be waving at me.

As I decided how to respond to theIheard you but I’m not listeningresponse, I headed toward our favoriteburger restaurant and the place where we had what Micha considered our firstdate. He was crazy, but I was going to let him keep his delusion since he wasstressed.

He was also being a good Dom and makinghealthy choices, because as I pulled in beside him, he had his eyes closed andhe was relaxed back in the driver’s seat. The low hum of whatever the app wassaying was barely audible outside the car, but I’d timed it fairly well becauseit went quiet after a few seconds.

Micha let out a deep breath and opened hiseyes, rolling his head so he focused on me as he smiled. “Hi, baby.”

I was mostly reading his lips, but I winkedand blew him a kiss. He laughed, shaking his head and smiling wider as heturned off the car. I stepped back as he opened the door, but I stayed closeenough to give him a hug as soon as he was clear.

And since it looked like he still needed tolet out some stress, I patted his head and smiled. “Good job. You listened.Good Dom.”

Rolling his eyes, he tried not to lookserious but it didn’t work. “I’m not a puppy.”

Nope. He was fully grown in every way.

“You’d be cute.” Giving him a wiggle andwide eyes, I kissed his cheek. “We’ll get you a big tail to wag.”

I knew he’d dated pups in the past, but he’dunderstood right off the bat when I’d explained I couldn’t picture myself doingthat at all. If anything, he’d said I would be a sloth who wanted to be carriedaround and sleep all day.

That sounded like a great life, but notpractical.

Even Micha couldn’t carry me around thatlong.

“You going to lead me around on a leash?”Wrapping his arms around me tighter, he narrowed his eyes and glared at me.

He knew it made my knees weak, so he had towork at the expression to keep himself from laughing. Me, on the other hand,had to work at breathing and remaining upright. He was sexy as fuck. “With abig studded collar.”

Letting out a low growling sound he knewwould do wicked things to me, his hands tightened to almost painful as one duginto my ass. “I think I need to remind you who’s the Dom and who’s the sub.”

Oh yes.

And luckily for me, it would count ashelping my Dom let off some steam.

“What if I told you that you’d look sexy?”Aiming an innocent wide-eyed look at him, I did my best not to moan. “I’ll let youpick out what color the collar should be.”

Oh yes.

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