Page 22 of Daddies' Little Cubs

“Well ,what would you like to know?”

Stopping himself from blurting out that he wanted to know everything, he cleared his throat and started with an easy question.

“How about your favorite color?”

“That’s an easy one. My favorite color is dark purple.”

“Okay, next question. What’s your favorite food?”

“Now that one is a little bit harder to pick. I love all kinds of foods, but anything Italian would have to be my favorite guilty pleasure.”

Making another mental note, Eli opened his mouth to ask another question before Jessa spoke up, cutting him off.

“Oh no, Mister. You’ve asked two questions, it’s my turn now.”

He grinned down at her before nodding for her to continue.

“What made you choose economics?”

“Wow, we are starting off strong, huh?”

“I don’t see a reason to beat around the bush”

Eli busted out laughing at her response. He can appreciate the fact that she wanted to know the big things up front. It tells him a little bit more about who she is as a person.

“Honestly? I’m not really sure why I chose economics. I’ve always been really good at numbers. Growing up, I spent my summers working at my Grandfather’s bait shop keeping track of the books. He handed over that task to me once I turned fifteen and had shown an interest in learning the process.”

“That’s so cool and really sweet of him to take you in and teach you what he knew. I’m good with numbers, but not good enough that I would trust myself to do bookkeeping for a company.”

“Don’t sell yourself short, Little girl. I’m sure you could do anything you put your mind to.”

Jessa turned away from him, but not before he saw the blush creep up her face. Eli was disappointed that their walk to the classroom was coming to an end, but he was grateful that he got to spend a little bit of time with Jessa today.

He allowed her to walk inside first to not raise any suspicion among the other students. The last thing he wanted to do was make things harder for her. Eli didn’t like to be away from her already. That thought scared him as it meant he was getting attached quicker than he thought he would.

Determined to find more time to do that, Eli started crafting a plan in his mind. He knew that Jackson and he couldn’t pursue the girls this semester because he was Jessa’s professor and that had ethical issues that came along with it, but that doesn’t mean that he couldn’t start to craft the perfect date for them to go on once the semester ends.

The first thing the guys needed to do though was talk to Emmett. He hoped last week, when Jessa told him that herbrother-in-law was Emmett Benson, his reaction didn’t give away that he knew him.

They all had gone to college together and had taken many of the same classes together. Jackson was two years behind them, but when they had started dating Emmett never batted an eye and he opened up their friend group to accept him in, as well.

There have even been a few times that they all met up at the club the next town over and found Littles to play with for the evening. Of course, when Emmett and Miles found their Littles that had slowly dwindled down, but everyone knew that Jackson and him were still searching for their perfect Little to complete their home.

Eli wasn’t prepared for it to be two Littles, nor for them to be related to some of his great friends. Life had a funny way of changing things up though.

He refused to enter into a relationship with the girls without talking to Emmett first and explaining things. It was only right to do so and if roles were reversed, Eli hoped that Emmett would be man enough to admit the same to him.

Pulling out his phone, Eli opened his texts with Emmett.

Eli: Hey man.

Emmett: Hey! What’s up? How have you been?

Eli: I’ve been good. Jackson and I are doing great. How about y’all?

Emmett: Rae and I are doing well. Had a pretty eventful couple weeks, but we are settling into the new normal.

Eli: Oh? Is everything okay?

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