Page 230 of Daddy's Trust
He bet it was.
“But now that I have Addie, I think I have a sense of responsibility and purpose, a reason why I’m here. So thanks, Bonnie. If you hadn’t brought me back here, I’d never have met her. I’d have never had a chance to spend time with my brother and sister. And I owe it to you.”
“I’m just glad you’re happy,” Bonnie said. “Now let’s make sure Addie is happy, too. Do you think you’ll go back into the apartment to live?”
“No, I don’t think so,” he said.
“Well, when you do find a new place,” Bonnie said. “You will come here to furnish the playroom, right?”
“Of course we will, Bonnie. We wouldn’t go anywhere else.”
When she left, he turned to Addie. She still looked a bit shell-shocked, although he saw that there was some color coming back into her cheeks. Maybe the weighted blanket was a good idea.
Walking over to her, he lifted the blanket up and then climbed under it, so he was curled up behind her, his arm around her.
“I was scared for you, Addie girl,” he told her. “I was scared that I wasn’t going to see you again. Fucking terrified. Thank fuck the Fox is a paranoid bastard who had cameras set up around the alleyway or we might not have found you in time.”
“Fox?” she managed to whisper.
Relief filled him. If she could talk then she was starting to feel better. “Yeah, the Fox is Brody’s boyfriend. Did no one ever say his name?”
“Not that I remember,” she managed to say.
He kissed the top of her head. “Yeah, that’s his name, but it’s best not to talk about him with anyone outside of the Iron Shadows. The Fox has done some interesting things over his lifetime, but he helps us now, and he’s never hurt anybody that was innocent.”
“It’s okay,” she said. “I like him.”
“So do a lot of the other girls,” he said. “Some of the guys have a bit of an issue with him. Mainly Duke because he keeps buying Sunny crazy gifts. But I owe him big time. He helped me find you.”
And he didn’t give a fuck that he’d done it by putting up cameras around to keep an eye on him to watch for Ortega.
“I was so scared,” she told him. “I didn’t know how I was going to escape them. I knew you’d be looking for me . . . but I didn’t know how you’d find me before they . . . before they hurt me.”
“I will never let that happen again,” he said, tightening his arms around her. “Never again.”
She clung to him tightly, still trembling.
“No matter what, I’m always going to be here for you, Addie. I’m not going anywhere. We’re going to get through this. Monroe is safe, Dotty is safe, and you are safe. We’ll find somewhere else to live. We’re going to create an office for you and a playroom and you can decorate it how you like. Although I’m kind of hoping you don’t like pink as much as Bonnie does.”
She let out a small, soft laugh, and he relaxed even further. His girl was coming back to him.
“This is forever, remember? You’re mine. I’m yours. The girl that brought me back my control, that gave me a sense of purpose. The girl I love, I trust, and I cherish. My forever girl.”
EPILOGUE
Addie grabbed the sprinkles and poured them straight onto the gooey mess on the mat.
Sure, they kind of went everywhere, but who cared? That was a problem for Daddy, not her. Daddy wouldn’t get mad.
Well, maybe he’d be a bit upset at her. But he wouldn’t yell.
Her bottom tingled, reminding her that she’d gotten a spanking for sneaking out of bed this morning to work while Cash was working out in their home gym.
He was up early so why couldn’t she be?
Okay, yeah, she’d worked later last night than she was meant to. And yes, he’d told her that he wanted her to sleep in.
But a girl had to get her work done, didn’t she?
