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But Quinn started to laugh His older brother, who defined restrained, laughed so hysterically tears rolled down his face He laughed so hard he doubled over on the couch He’d look up at Dalton, then at Ben, and cackle, giggle and wheeze with laughter

Not the reaction Ben had predicted

Finally, Quinn calmed down He wiped his eyes He addressed Dalton, who’d taken a seat during Quinn’s laughing fit "I understand your concern, okay? I don’t knoould’ve reacted seein’ Ben in that situation But you’ve taken it totally out of context"

"Bullshit"

"So you ever been to a bar or a club in a big city like what you seen in Gillette?"

"That don’tall Ben’s secrets bare I’ from you"

"Fine Whatever"

"You’ve lied about how many women you’ve fucked, haven’t you?"

Dalton squirmed "Huh-uh"

"Come on, Dalton Adotta live up to that man-whore reputation," Quinn cajoled "You ain’t the stud you pretend to be are you?"

Took a solid minute, but Dalton blushed and shook his head

"How old are you again?"

"Twenty-four"

"You’re awful damn naïve," Chase answered "I wish you’da told us your suspicions besides the vague Ben needs help and he’s too proud to ad"

"Wait," Ben inserted "Dalton didn’t tell you guys anything?"

Gavin said, "No Just that it was urgent and Ben’s brothers needed to intervene"

Ben wasn’t sure which shocked hi Gavin, or that they hadn’t questioned why they should couys takin’ this seriously?" Dalton demanded "It’s some heavy shit"

Quinn lifted a brow at Ben "I’m sure you would’ve preferred to keep this quiet as you have for years, but given the circumstances, you wanna explain? In plain terrasp on it?"

"I’m what’s called a sexual doe But in order to be doive herself, her body, her will, to the Dom A Dom does not take what isn’t offered There isn’t rape There isn’t torture At least not in my scenes I don’t expect my subs to be lifestyle subs twenty-four/seven I’ave Dalton a pointed look "With worace to be flustered

"On the surface, the Doonna lie, the sex is what drew e of power is heady stuff But when I’m in my dominant role, I’m completely attuned tohave you been a doht years"

"But what about the whippings?" Dalton blurted out "That ain’t right"

"That’s not for you to judge" Ben looked at his brothers "What bothered Dalton was I wasn’t sexually involved with those suble tail whip on the sub at the request of the sub’s Dom That Dom decides when I stop"

Chase asked, "Do you do that a lot?"

"Whip another Doood with a whip The new Dole tail but their sub really gets off on it So I fill a need"

"So you like beatin’ on wo at his clueless cousin would serve no purpose "Only if they ask hed "Yes, it is I’ quite the education I’m impressed, Ben Shocked, but relieved"

"Not me I sort of suspected," Chase said, "when I noticed instruments of the trade Ben accidentally left on his bar last summer And the missus says soe to do whatever he tells her"

Ben’s eyebroent up "Ava said that? Really?"

"Yep Now I’m wonderin’ if you can teach me that trick" Chase smiled slyly "Because, bro, the ‘be a ave you the ‘be a man’ advice? Hell, when me’n Libby were havin’ problems he told me I needed to romance her Be a different man than I’d been"

"And it worked, didn’t it?" Chase said

"Best thing I ever did"