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“Then food it is.” His voice had a big smile in it. “I’d rather you smell like watermelon if I’m going to give you kisses after your bath.”

Naughty kisses?

Hmm.

“Cheek kisses or naughty kisses?” I liked kisses. Grown-up me liked both kinds, so helper me probably liked both too.

Santa snickered. “You’ve got two kinds of cheeks, silly goose.”

Happy Santas were cheeky.

Ha.

I was so funny.

“You’re the silly one.” I hadn’t been thinking about my other cheeks, so I sighed and pretended that he was a handful. “Definitely naughty kisses.”

My sigh made him laugh. “You know your Santa very well.”

I did.

And that meant I knew I had a good Santa.

“But we’ll just figure that out and see what Santa’s helper likes best.” Santa shrugged. “It might be one. It might be the other. It might be both. It might be neither.”

“No. Not neither.” That was so silly. “I like kisses.”

“See? You already know something important. You know a few important things. You know you like kisses. You know you don’t want to smell like flowers. You know the toys you want for Christmas.”

“You can surprise me with them before Christmas if you want.” I wouldn’t stop him if he got excited and they came early.

Santa laughed. “Oh, you’re going to tempt me. I like buying you presents.”

He did.

I had a closet full of silly clothes and sexy clothes and work clothes to prove it.

“You’re very good at buying presents.” So it was only fair that I gave him a new way to buy me more. Dr. Miles said he thought that was very good logic. “And it makes you happy, so I’m not going to stop you.”

I liked making him happy whether he was my Rhett, my Sir, or my Santa.

Chapter 7

Rhett

Listing off all the things he knew he liked had my brain jumping to all the things I knew. Like, I knew he wanted to be a helper, not a little. I knew I was Santa, not Daddy, but I got to do Daddy things because I could buy him toys and give him bubble baths.

He was also not doing his best to look grown-up and was even slouching over and had his hands between his knees again as he wiggled against me.

I knew he could handle me buying him toys because he’d done his field trip to Walmart to prove it. I understood why he’d done it that way, but that didn’t mean I had to like it. But I wasn’t going to pout because I was supporting his journey and not doing it for him.

That wouldn’t be helpful and wasn’t what a good Dom would do.

I also didn’t have to like that the reminder about that always ended up coming out in Dr. Miles’s voice in my head.

But I did like cuddling with Stirling, so I kissed his head and snuggled him closer as I reached down to flip the handle that would turn it into a glider. He made a happy sound when I started us moving back and forth, and it felt like he was finally starting to relax.

“You do a good job of making me happy.” Brushing my lips against his head, I used my feet to keep us going and tried to make sure he knew we didn’t have to move until he was ready. “But I like making you happy too…that might be me picking out a snack or dessert for you later.”