Total pages in book: 74
Estimated words: 70558 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 353(@200wpm)___ 282(@250wpm)___ 235(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 70558 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 353(@200wpm)___ 282(@250wpm)___ 235(@300wpm)
It was genuinely impressive.
“That’s right.” He bounced excitedly, nodding like it was the smartest thing he’d ever heard, and even gave me a cute cheek kiss. “You’re so smart, Daddy.”
And easily manipulated.
“Thank you, sunshine.” Kissing his forehead and doing my best to ignore his half-naked state, I fixed my pants as I stepped back and looked toward the bedroom. “Jammie time.”
Nearly bouncing as he dragged me through the house, he started rambling about the show and talking about the awkward dragon that was either entirely too young to be buying a house or a little. I couldn’t tell which from the show…and that seemed suspicious to me.
I was betting one of the writers had a little at home or was a little. It was just too well done to be something accidental. Just the fact that none of it was clear told me it’d been done deliberately.
But if Addison knew, he wasn’t telling.
Every time I asked, he’d giggle and shrug like he had no idea what I was talking about.
“Sunshine ones, Daddy?” There was a subtle shift in his voice that told me he wasn’t trying very hard to pretend to be big anymore. “Sunshines on Daddy’s sunshine.”
Making himself giggle, he bounced and bopped his head to whatever music was playing in his imagination until we got to his dresser. He managed to stop the wiggles long enough to throw up his hands, clearly under the assumption it was my job to finish getting him undressed. “Ready, Daddy.”
Chuckling, I smiled. “Because you’re my good boy.”
He beamed, thoroughly loving the praise or just knowing he’d made me happy. “Lots of goods.”
Oh yes, it was little time.
“All the goods.” Taking off his shirt before removing the remaining sock that’d somehow managed to stay on through the naked wiggles on my lap, I kissed his nose as I straightened. “And now my sunshine is ready for his sunshines.”
And underwear.
Picking out briefs that had ice cream cones over them even though he seemed to think they were grown-up underwear, I got him dressed without distracting either of us again. His cute pajamas didn’t take away from how sexy he was, but it made it easier to ignore all the places I wanted to touch and kiss. “All set. Teeth and potty, sunshine.”
That got another giggle out of him but he didn’t even seem to think about telling me he was too big to be told to go pee, so I knew I’d made the right call. But heading into the bathroom required more bouncing, this time like an actual bunny, and more humming the Daddy’s sunshine tune.
Eventually he got to the bathroom.
But getting out of the bathroom was another adventure because I had to time his teeth brushing, and by that point, he was dragging. “I…I think I need a glass of water?”
Since it came out more as a question than a whine, I didn’t let myself get talked into the one-more-thing game. I might not have been a Daddy before but I wasn’t an idiot. If he’d been cute and wanted to play, well, that would’ve been a different story, but Addison was exhausted.
He’d been working entirely too much, but there wasn’t much I could do about it. “Dragon house-hunting time. We’ll get water later. It’s not bedtime yet.”
That satisfied him entirely too easily.
“Yes…later…” Another yawn escaped as he waddled into the bedroom like a duck. “I have…we should…”
Every step seemed to suck another thought right out of his head, but supporting him seemed like the polite thing to do, so I nodded and made agreeing sounds as I got him into bed. “We can do that later.”
With a stuffy in his arms as he rested against the headboard, the chances seemed slim to none that he’d make it through an entire episode. “All set, sunshine.”
Grabbing the remote, I hopped up beside him and smiled as he immediately crashed into me, snuggling close like I was a new body pillow he’d just bought. “You’re the best TV pillow, Daddy.”
Yep.
But at least he hadn’t bought me at Walmart?
I was high-class delivery all the way.
“You’re the best TV snuggler, sunshine.” My ridiculous response as the opening credits started to play made him giggle. “I still think he’s a butthead but I can see why Dragon likes him. Some guys just like bad boys.”
Addison’s yawn was cut short by a giggle. “Not your sunshine, Daddy.”
He slowly stroked my chest as the episode started to play, making soft happy sounds as he nuzzled against me. “You’re smart and funny and you play with me and you feed me good stuff and you know good restaurants and you…you know…”
And he was out.
And I was slightly stuck.
Kissing his head, I decided to watch the episode just to make sure he was sound asleep before I moved. It was a great plan.