Page 2 of Hitting the Jackpot (Las Vegas Littles #4)

Dom shuddered as he nodded. “But first can we go to the club tonight on Lake’s break?”

Remi glanced at him.

Lake’s immediate reaction was wanting to hide. He hated any attention on him, which was difficult to avoid when he was six foot four and two hundred and eighty pounds.

“I think that’s a great idea,” Remi said with a smile. “I know my boy is getting antsy being in the house.”

“But is it safe?” Lake would never want his friend at risk just to make him feel better.

Both Remi and Dom nodded.

“The doctor actually encourages it. Dom will always be on the anti-rejection meds but if we’re careful and take precautions, he needs to get back out there and live his life,” Remi explained.

“And I'm going back to work next week,” Dom said.

Remi narrowed his eyes. “You might return to work next week.”

Dom’s sigh was long and dramatic.

“You’ll ask the other guys?” Lake questioned as he moved to the dining table where the food was already waiting. It did smell amazing.

“I’ll text them after we eat,” Remi promised.

Taking his seat, Lake caught Dom’s gaze. “Maybe you could help me get ready for work.”

“Yes!” Dom pumped his fist as he danced his way to the table.

Remi joined them and started to pass the dishes.

Lake filled his plate as he took in the warmth and comfort of a real meal with family. This was what he’d always wanted with his birth family but never got. He might be getting a late start on living his life, but he had a beautiful future in front of him. They all did. Life was damn good.

* * * * *

Jesse

“That’s him?” his twin brother leaned over to whisper in Jesse’s ear.

Jesse nodded but didn’t take his eyes away from Lake where he stood watching the door. This had become Jesse’s table since it gave him the best view of the boy that had stolen his heart.

“He’s gorgeous,” Jacob commented.

“Off-limits,” Jesse growled out. He had to agree with his brother though.

Lake’s tight black pants cupped his ass in the most perfect way.

The body suit was pale yellow, making Lake’s tan skin nearly glow.

Jesse leaned forward. Lake’s skin was more than glowing.

He shimmered. “Is…is he wearing body glitter?”

“And his makeup is done perfectly,” Jacob added. He sighed as he continued to stare at Jesse’s man.

“I will take you out in the desert and bury you in a deep hole,” Jesse threatened.

“Chill, bro.” Jacob held his hands up in surrender. “I can appreciate an attractive boy.”

“Not when it’s my boy,” Jesse replied.

“Didn’t know you’d finally claimed the boy,” Jacob muttered.

Jesse ignored his twin. He hadn’t claimed Lake and they both knew it. It wasn’t that Jesse didn’t want to. No, he burned with the need to have Lake as his own. Lake just wouldn’t let Jesse close.

He knew that his money and power intimidated other men, but he’d hoped that Lake would see past that.

Lake was a notorious softy around the club members, always offering a friendly word and smile.

Unless Jesse was around. It didn’t matter how many times Jesse had tried with Lake, Lake was closed off to him.

Since this business literally revolved around consent and communication, Jesse had backed off.

That didn’t mean that he’d stopped wanting the precious boy.

Jesse just kept those thoughts to himself. Well, and his brother. Jacob had been his confidante his entire life. He just didn’t want Jacob to get any ideas when it came to Lake.

The fact that they were both into a form of Daddy kink and both preferred the littles had to be almost mathematically improbable. Jesse had a gentler hand when it came to his boys and preferred sweetness over bratty when Jacob was all about trying to tame the brats.

Lake was the biggest sweetheart that Jesse had ever met.

Even though Lake towered over most members of the club, including the Daddies, his personality was pure sugar. When Lake was fully immersed in his little persona, Jesse was enamored.

Jacob slapped his shoulder before refilling Jesse’s glass.

Jesse tried to pull his attention away from the front of the club, but Lake threw his head back, laughing, and Jesse saw the makeup that Jacob had mentioned.

Fuck! Jesse hadn’t thought that Lake could be more beautiful, but the boy managed it. He’d lined his eyes with black, making the hazel color pop. His high cheekbones were brushed with something pink and shiny that matched his lips.

Jesse grasped his glass and downed half quickly.

“Is this a drinking night already?”

Jesse whipped his head to the side where Remi and Dane were grinning at him. Wait! If the Daddies were there then the boys wouldn’t be far away.

Sure enough, Jesse spotted Dom dragging Lake toward the playroom, with Brandon and Ezra bringing up the rear.

“Would you guys like to join us?” Jacob offered.

Jesse found his voice. “Shit, yeah, sorry.”

Remi slid in the chair across from Jesse while Dane sat next to him and across from Jacob.

“I take it you just spotted Lake?” Remi asked knowingly.

Jesse nodded. “I had a meeting with my manager and then Jacob arrived. I haven’t spoken to Lake tonight.”

“He was nervous about wearing the makeup for the first time, so we promised to come for his first break,” Remi informed him.

“That boy has nothing to be nervous about,” Jacob said. “He is beautiful.”

Jesse growled at his brother. He really was going to end up burying him in the desert.

The waitress dropped off two glasses of water with lemon for Dane and Remi before scurrying off. Great, now Jesse was scaring his staff.

Remi laughed. “Yes, he is. Dom helped him and even with both of us telling him how pretty he looked, Lake nearly lost his nerve.”

“I would tell him all day every day how beautiful he is if he’d let me,” Jesse murmured.

Jacob paused in refilling his and Jesse’s glasses. “You are really that far gone over the boy?”

Jesse lifted his gaze to Dane, daring him to bring up the one time he’d had a mental breakdown over Lake while Christmas shopping. Dane lifted his water and sipped, meeting his gaze.

Damn, the man had a face of stone. Jesse couldn’t read him.

Dane set the water back down and nodded. “Jesse has had a thing for our Lake for months now. Well as long as I’ve been around really.”

“Interesting.” Jacob tapped his chin with one finger.

“You look like an evil villain when you do that,” Jesse bitched.

“I look just like you, so…”

Dane and Remi laughed.

Jesse glared.

Jacob shrugged. “I knew you were interested,” he said. “I didn’t realize it was this bad.”

“There is nothing wrong with my interest in Lake,” Jesse defended.

Jacob hummed and Jesse received the look. The look that he knew well. They would be discussing this later.

“We’ll be throwing a housewarming party in a few weeks once we get past the six-week mark for Dom’s surgery,” Remi told him.

“It’s good to see him tonight,” Jesse said sincerely. “I hired a new cleaning team that disinfects the club every night.” Learning that Dom would be on anti-rejection meds for the rest of his life and would never have an immune system opened Jesse’s eyes to what more he could do for his members.

“You are a good man,” Remi told him. “And thanks again for all the meal deliveries that first couple of weeks.”

“You don’t have to thank me again,” Jesse replied. “I was happy to do it.” He had money. It was the least he could do.

Dane grunted. “Yes, we do. It was a stressful and scary time. And all the times you picked up Annabelle from daycare and watched her. It meant a lot to all of us and didn’t go unnoticed.”

Jesse nodded. He hated getting recognition for just being a friend. If he wasn’t a millionaire, no one would blink at asking him for a favor.

“What my brother means to say is you’re welcome,” Jacob said.

Jesse glared at his twin again.

Remi laughed. “Well, we appreciate it. And let me make this clear—”

Jesse straightened.

“You will be at our housewarming party,” Remi stated. “No excuses.”

Jesse pressed his lips together. He did not like being told what to do.

Dane grasped Remi’s shoulder. “It’s important.”

Remi nodded. “And Lake asked specifically if we invited you.”

“I’ll be there,” Jesse vowed. Not only would he do anything to spend any time with Lake but if Jesse didn’t show, he’d probably never hear the end of it from Dom. Dom was a lot scarier than his Daddy or any of the other Daddies in their group.

“Good.” Remi started to stand. “We need to get to the playroom before our boys end up finding trouble. You’re always welcome to come sit with us.”

Jesse nodded. He wouldn’t, though. When Jesse was around, Lake didn't relax as much as he should. Although Jesse might peek in later if he could get rid of his brother.

“We’ll talk to you soon,” Dane said.

Jacob waited until the two Daddies disappeared down the hall leading to the playroom before he spoke. “Why are you holding off getting what you want? I thought you would either be over this crush or had moved on by now.”

“It’s not a crush,” Jesse replied hotly.

“I can see that,” Jacob agreed. “So, tell me why.”

“You know why,” Jesse responded. He didn't want to talk about this. Jesse received enough advice and shit-talking from Eric, Dom, Remi, and Dane when it came to Lake. And that was daily. He spoke to one of them at least once a day, even if it was just text messages checking in.

Surprisingly Jesse had made some real friends there.

However, in every conversation, Lake’s name was usually mentioned. Normally it was just an update on what was going on with Lake and Jesse appreciated those, but Dom especially could be kind of mean.

“There are only two ways the interactions with people usually go. They usually want something from you, mostly money or for you to use your connections to help them out, or they want nothing to do with you,” Jacob said softly.

“Yeah, and Lake is visibly uncomfortable around me,” Jesse shared.

“It seems you have a good group of friends in your corner.”

“I do. But I am technically Lake’s boss. At a kink club! I must abide by his wishes. I need his consent,” Jesse said firmly. He was tired of talking about this.

“I just think—”

“How are your two houseguests doing?” Jesse turned the tables on his brother.

“They’re not houseguests,” Jacob argued, just like Jesse knew he would. “They rent the apartment above the garage.”

“For about a thousand dollars less than they should,” Jesse reminded him. His trip to visit his brother a few months ago had been eye-opening. He’d met his twin’s not-houseguests and knew Jacob had met his match.

“It’s not like I need the money,” Jacob said.

“True. So, they’re doing well?”

“Fine.”

Jesse smirked.

“There’s nothing going on. Scott is a very smart and dedicated student. I’m just helping him out by giving him a place to rent.”

Jesse snickered. “He was a very nice young man. We both know who I'm talking about though.”

“I only let James live there because Scott wouldn’t stay without him,” Jacob told him. Not for the first time.

“Uh-huh.”

“James is… He’s…”

“Sexy,” Jesse offered.

Jacob grunted.

“And drives you crazy,” Jesse added.

“He bought a motorcycle! Do you know the statistics on fatal accidents on bikes in California?”

“I bet you told him,” Jesse guessed.

“He winked at me before putting on a helmet!” Jacob threw himself back into his chair, visibly irritated.

“What did you do?” Oh, this would have been good.

“I called his brother Michael,” Jacob said. “Okay, I called his brother’s partner. His Daddy Finn, not the crazy one. Not Jackson. I can’t handle talking to him.”

Jesse barked out a laugh. “Because the crazy one would just encourage him?”

“Finn did inform me that he’d taken a motorcycle away from Jackson. Jackson said he sold it. Finn didn’t know that Jackson had sold it to James for twenty bucks. Michael was pissed when he found that out.”

Jesse had never met Michael, Finn, or Jackson but he’d heard a few very funny stories from his brother when the throuple went to visit his non-houseguests. “You tattled on him? Seriously?”

“It didn’t work. He still has the bike.”

He laughed loudly as his brother sat in front of him, pouting.

“It’s not that funny.”

Jesse wiped the tears from his eyes. “Usually, you can just scowl or give someone your professor Daddy look, and they fall all over themselves to follow your orders.”

“He’s a brat,” Jacob stated.

Well, that was his brother’s specialty. Jesse didn’t even have to say the words.

“He’s too young for me,” Jacob said. “He’s the same age as the students I teach.”

“But he’s not your student,” Jesse pointed out.

Jacob shook his head. “It’s a bad idea.”

Jesse was all too aware of how sometimes what they wanted was the worst idea. That didn’t mean that it wasn’t hard to stop wanting what they saw. Lake was a complication that Jesse didn’t need. The smart thing to do would be to avoid Lake and find someone else to spend his time with.

There was no chance in hell that was going to happen though.