Total pages in book: 78
Estimated words: 76603 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 383(@200wpm)___ 306(@250wpm)___ 255(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 76603 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 383(@200wpm)___ 306(@250wpm)___ 255(@300wpm)
“I have questions.” Gideon wasn’t ready to back down but his Daddy was trying not to smile. Uncle Jarrett always thought Gideon’s cop confidence was cute.
Daddy sighed. “I am not surprised.”
Giggling would not help the situation but I had to remind myself of that several times before I could be helpful. “Daddy likes to research things. He and Austin have talked a lot about the club.”
If it sounded like Daddy’s research was just from his conversations with Austin, well, it wasn’t like I’d actually said that. Gideon blinked at me several times but I just tried to shift the conversation again. “Do you want milk or to make Papa Ansel nauseous?”
The silly Daddy in question pouted, but Gideon let me distract him. “Milk. But who’s going to brave the twins?”
Looking around, the Daddies sighed and the littles giggled. I thought it was funny but Daddy made a frustrated sound. “You are ridiculous. They’re easy to manage.”
What did he know about them?
That was probably a stupid question.
Everyone was back to watching Daddy like he was an alien, but he just ignored them and gave me a kiss. “I will go brave the naughty duo if you’ll be okay for a couple of minutes?”
Glad he hadn’t asked me to go downstairs yet, I nodded. “Yes. I’ll be fine.”
The way he kissed my head again said he didn’t believe that at all, so I wasn’t surprised when he turned to Marty. “Will you snuggle with him while I’m brave?”
Giggling, Marty nodded but didn’t move away at all. “Yes, Papi Tyson.”
As Daddy blinked at Marty, surprised at already getting his playroom name, the little got naughty and smiled really sweetly as he tilted his cheek toward Daddy. “Kisses?”
Daddy huffed. “Cheeky brats.”
I couldn’t help laughing and leaned over and kissed Marty’s cheek. “He’s not a cookie.”
Daddy rolled his eyes. “We need a longer conversation on limits at the club.”
He wasn’t wrong.
Marty giggled while I climbed off Daddy’s lap and decided to squish Marty by sitting on his. Daddy made more huffs but I could see that he wanted to laugh even though he started shaking his finger at me as he got up off the floor. “A lot longer discussion.”
We were both giggling and flat on the floor by the time Daddy started heading downstairs because Marty’s lap was not meant for anything but a stuffed animal. But we kept everyone else distracted enough that they went back to playing.
Well, most everyone went back to playing.
Gideon decided he was tired of being worried, so he cuddled against his Daddy, who took him over to the big chair to snuggle, but Charlie was still feeling very brave and came over. The fact that he crawled over said he might’ve been feeling littler again, but I wasn’t sure.
“Is…” Charlie paused and seemed to think as he sat down beside us. “Your Daddy is smart. He was looking at me when he said to call Austin.”
Oh.
Hmm.
“Daddy likes knowing things?” I wasn’t exactly sure what Charlie did for a living. He was kind of too vague for it to be anything completely legal, but I didn’t want to point that out. It seemed rude. “He owns companies that work in information. He’s kind of famous?”
Marty kissed my cheek as he sat up. “I’m going to color before I steal your cupcake.”
Charlie giggled but I just rolled my eyes. “Daddy will save my cupcake from any naughty boys around.”
He’d probably get mushy first but Uncle Jarrett would step in if Daddy got conned by a sneaky little.
As Marty hurried over to start coloring, probably so he could make my Daddy a picture just to make me crazy, Charlie wiggled closer. He wasn’t going to get distracted by crayons. “I don’t have my phone.”
Oh, so he couldn’t look up Daddy on his own.
Had we said Daddy’s last name?
He wasn’t in a lot of pictures online, so I realized that Charlie was trying to figure out who he was.
Hmm.
“Daddy likes privacy.” Leaning closer, I whispered as low as I could. “He really likes privacy, so you have to promise not to talk about him.”
Charlie nodded, probably used to keeping stuff from his Daddy since Ansel didn’t want to know the shady things Charlie got up to. “Yes, I promise.”
“Austin knows who he is and he got a background check.” Starting off with that seemed like the best idea and I knew I’d been right when I whispered Daddy’s full name and Charlie’s eyes went wide. “He’s smart and a good Daddy and he teases me and he’s already trying to build me a playroom at his house.”
“Oh.” Charlie cocked his head, more surprised about that than about who Daddy was. “He seems like the playroom right away type.”
“He makes up his mind very quickly. It’s all the information.” I almost giggled when Charlie nodded seriously. “But he learned how to be a Daddy because he wanted a sub and he likes taking care of me. He’s good at that.”