“After dinner, we can go shower and lie down. Sound good?” he says.
“Sounds wonderful,” I say. I look up and kiss him as Lance sets food in front of me.
“So,” Stacy says happily.
“What?” Jake asks her with a smirk.
“So, where do we go from here? Do we pretend none of that happened? Do we let it happen again? Is it a free-for-all?”
“After what Sadie did... I say a free-for-all,” Jake says, winking at me. “Now I know why Mason, Lance, and Dean are so happy.”
“What did Sadie do?” Stacy asks, and I laugh.
“She tried to suck my soul out,” he says, and everyone bursts into laughter.
“You are dramatic,” I laugh.
“Woman! You grabbed my hips and wouldn’t let me pull away from you,” Jake says.
“So, you got dominated by Sadie?” Stacy asks with a grin.
“Yes,” Mason laughs.
“No,” he says.
“I mean... I did take over at one point,” I say with a shrug as I eat.
“Girl, you better watch it,” he says with a warning in his tone.
“What are you going to do about it, Officer Ballard?” I ask with a sassy tone. He narrows his eyes at me, and I giggle. “That’s what I thought. Be a good boy and eat your food, Jake.”
“Oh shit,” Todd laughs when Jake stands up and walks around to get to me.
“No one will help you if he bends you over this table,” Dean warns.
“I had to take control last time. I’m not concerned,” I say. I yelp when he grabs me by the hair and jerks me up from my chair. Dean and Mason move everything out from in front of me. Instead of bending me over, he turns me to face him, still with a tight grip on my hair.
“Sadie,” he growls.
“Yes,” I say sweetly.
“Why are you being a brat?” he asks.
“Why are you defensive about being told you were dominated, like being submissive is a bad thing? I ask.
“Oooo. Good point,” Stacy says.
“Are submissives less than, Jake?” I ask with a sweet smile.
“Sadie, that’s not what I said,” he frowns.
“Then why is it a big deal if I was more dominant in that moment?” I ask.
“It’s not. It’s all your sass that I have an issue with,” he says. “Why are you being so bratty with me?”
“I don’t know,” I say.
“That’s a lie, and you know it,” he says. “What’s going on?”