“Why do you call me that?”she asks.
I contemplate how I’m going to explain that to her without sounding weird.
“I want to take care of you.I want everything you depend on to come from me.I crave doing that for you.I’m not into any of that daddy kink.I just want to be everything for you.Do you understand?”
“I like that you want to do that.I get tired of making all the decisions sometimes.But that still doesn’t explain why you call me little girl.”
“When I call you it, I’m reminded that you’re mine.Mine to take care of and protect.”
“Okay.I thought it had something to do with my height.”
“It does that too, but I’m not making fun of you in any way.Your height is perfect for me.You fit me as if you were made for me,” I say, and a soft smile comes to her lips before she takes another bite of food.
After we’re finished eating, I help her clean up the little mess, then we feed the dogs before taking them for their final walk of the night.
I text Totten and let him know I’m almost ready, then tuck her into bed before I kiss her softly and walk out the door, locking it behind me.
ChapterSix
Daphne
It’s Friday, and I’m relaxing in my apartment before I have to leave for the salon.I took both dresses out of their bags just in case, but I decide to take my sister’s advice and wear the gift she sent me.She’ll be here tomorrow, and I’ll pay her back for them.Well, for the shoes at least.
I’m sitting in my large chair with the girls cuddled up next to me while I read one of my dark alpha books.I can’t help but picture Dare as the hero as I read.Ever since his confession on Monday, I’ve been turned on.I like that he wants me to depend on him for everything.As an independent woman, I know I shouldn’t, but I like that he wants to.
In the book I’m reading, the hero is completely in control of the heroine.He not only buys her clothes and tells her what to wear, but he took her off her birth control so she would get pregnant.
I wonder if Dare wants kids.We’ve talked about so much, but not that.
He’s come over a few times for dinner this week.He only kisses me gently on the lips, not pushing for more like he did that first night.I’m beside myself with need.I want him to take control so I don’t have to worry if I’m the only one turned on.
Oh, I know he sports an erection a lot of times that he’s with me, but don’t most men get hard around women?
I need to talk to my sister.I text her and ask her to give me a call.All my life, when I didn’t understand something, she’s been there for me to question, especially about human behavior.I’ve always felt more comfortable around animals than people.
My phone rings.
“Hey, Daphy.What’s up?”
“Um… Do men get erections for all women or just ones they desire?”I rip off the Band-Aid and get straight to the point.
According to my romance books, it can be either or.But I need to know if Darrell is into me as much as I’m into him.
“Wow!That was forward of you.”She teases me, and I can’t help the blush warming my cheeks.I’m embarrassed I don’t know the answer to that question.“Honestly, it depends.They don’t get hard for just any woman.If he’s sporting a woody around you, he desires you.”
“So that means he likes me?”
“Well, yeah.Are we talking about Darrell?”
“Yes.He only kisses me, and I feel it, but he isn’t pushing for more.He said I’m not ready for what that means.”
“Those were his exact words?”She pauses, and I hear the hesitancy in her voice.
“Yeah.”
“Anything else?”
I haven’t told her yet about how much control I want to give up.She wouldn’t understand.
