Page 14 of Their Naughty Student
“Why sugar?”I asked.
Cav frowned.“What?”
“Why do you use that endearment when you talk to someone you deem to be a submissive?”
He stared at me for a moment, confusion warring with amusement in his pretty blue eyes.
“Because you’re sweet,” he said simply, smirking.
“So why not something else?Like cupcake?”
His smile intensified, reaching all the way to his eyes.“My apologies,cupcake.”
I laughed, but my amusement was smothered by a warmth that ignited in my core.I liked hearing him call me that, but I didn’t know why.
There was no denying that I was innately curious about everything, but mostly about people.The things they said, the things they did, the reasons they did them.Since a very young age, I’d wanted to know what made a person tick, including myself.I’d been the annoying kid who could spew a million questions and irritate anyone within earshot.That was a trait I still had, one I wasn’t going to apologize for.
“When you sayshare, do you mean dinner and drinks?”I kept my expression neutral.“Or submissives?”
Cav leaned in, his eyes locked with mine, that drawl suddenly thicker than before.“Let’s just say, I’m open to sharin’ everything with Edge.”His smile turned mischievous, his eyes glowing.“But that’s onourterms, cupcake, not yours.”
Hmm.That tone set sparks off inside me, made heat coil in my belly.I liked the fierceness in Cav’s gaze, the look of a Dominant who did not make excuses for his desires.It was the same ferocity I’d glimpsed in Edge’s eyes earlier.
Exactly what I was looking for.I wanted to study them, to see their interactions with others.
I took a sip of my Sprite and allowed my thoughts to gather.I was inquisitive by nature, but I knew I had to go at this slowly.I didn’t want all my answers to be verbal in nature.After all, that would defeat the entire purpose of my being here.
Granted, I’d never had the opportunity to pick a Dom’s brain.My brother certainly wasn’t the sort to answer my questions when it came to the inner workings of a Dominant’s mind.In fact, he’d once mentioned he would rather have his tongue cut out than do so.Always dramatic, Zeke was.
“How long have you two known each other?”I asked, aiming for something innocent to throw them off their game.
“Since college,” Edge stated, his gaze shooting to Cav’s.
“Really?”That didn’t surprise me.“Which college?”
Cav’s smile was sinful.“Columbia.”
I tried to hide my surprise but couldn’t.“Columbia?As in … New York?”
“One and the same,” Cav stated.
I was sitting here with two Ivy League graduates.
“Surprised?”Cav teased.
Yes.“No.”
Okay, yes, but I had no idea why that was.It wasn’t like me to be quite so presumptuous.
Edge chuckled.“Don’t worry, Miss Lautner, most people have that reaction.”
I opened my mouth to say something, but closed it.I felt rather shitty for my reaction.
“We won’t hold it against you, cupcake,” Cav said softly.
Yeah, well, I would.
The two men shared a look I couldn’t decipher.Figuring the only way to get out of this was to forge ahead, I waited until both men turned their attention back to me before I said, “How long have you been in this scene?”
