Gilbert by Bailey Bradford

both men and asking them to call him as soon as possible regarding a Warren family emergency.
    “Okay, Abbie and Zeus…” Gilbert studied the pups who were in their usual bouncy mode. “Outside first. I don’t know how you two will do with a baby, and I can’t risk you jumping up and hurting him. This is going to be fun.” He unlatched their boxes and their nails clacked as they scrambled for the back door. “Don’t dig,” he chided, grinning despite his concerns about the dogs. He hoped they would behave around the baby and not jump all over whoever held him. Gilbert didn’t think the pups would deliberately harm anyone, but their enthusiasm could be a little much at times. They were just too cute, and he still had no idea what he was going to do with them.
    “They’re adorable,” Jihu said from behind him. Gilbert turned and found his mate holding his son. “Daniel Lee.”
    Gilbert frowned and literally scratched his head as he tried to make sense of that. He just…couldn’t. “What?”
    Jihu gave him a half smile and held the baby up a little higher as he looked at him. “Daniel Lee Warren. What do you think?”
    Gilbert walked over and caressed one soft, tiny cheek. His heart flipped over as love for the small child filled him. Gilbert had always been a big softy, and looking at the son of his mate, it was easy to love such an innocent being. “I like it. It’s a beautiful name.”
    “A strong name,” Jihu whispered, as Daniel opened his eyes. “He’ll be a strong boy, a strong man. No one will raise him up telling him he’s inferior and only good for one thing. No one will hit him or—” Jihu broke off, sucking on his bottom lip.
    Gilbert was beginning to put together a whole list of people he wanted to throttle, beginning with Chung-Hee and encompassing, it sounded like, just about everyone in Jihu’s past. He was going to be a busy man if he ever got the chance to dish out some payback.
    To Jihu, though, he nodded. “That’s right. We’ll protect him and make sure he’s able to defend himself. He’s going to be just fine.”
    Jihu glanced at him then. “I’m afraid. I know we’re mates. The desire that keeps my body burning is proof enough, as is the way my leopard keeps urging me to mate with you. It’s just in here.” He rolled his eyes up as if he could see his brain. “I’m scared, and what we did earlier felt great, but I don’t think I can, you know…”
    Gilbert didn’t know, not for sure. “No, I don’t. Please, there’ll be no secrets from me. If you know about mates, then you know we will be together until we die. No one will come between us, and our bond will grow every day. Fate has found us the person we are best suited to, and that’s a shortcut a lot of people don’t have. So please, don’t be afraid to speak your mind or ask me anything.”
    Jihu huffed, blowing his breath out and up with a curve of his lip. The shaggy fringe on his forehead fluttered up and out before settling right back on his brow. “I just mean, I don’t think I can fuck you, okay? I…I really didn’t like it when I had to do that to Daniel’s mother, even if she seemed to get off on it. I think she enjoyed knowing I hated it.” Jihu flapped a hand in the air before shoving at the lank of hair. “But that’s in the past. We can do other things, right? You could…you could fuck me. God.” Jihu blushed and Gilbert ran hot with those words.
    “We don’t have to do that,” he rasped, his cock going erect so quick he could barely think, much less speak. It took him a couple of tries to continue, because now all he could envision was his big dick spearing into Jihu’s tiny ass. Talk about a tight fit… “We can do other things, whatever you want to try. It doesn’t have to be anal.” Maybe it was a good thing Jihu couldn’t share his thoughts, otherwise he’d know how much Gilbert wanted to feel Jihu’s ass caressing Gilbert’s length.
    Jihu’s dark eyes burned with a