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“Yes.” And the amount of luggage our sweet girl had brought over would give him a good clue about the second phase of the plan as well. “He’s going to be even more excited when he finds out that you’re going to stay over tonight.”
As her smiling face whipped back and forth between us, she looked like the weight of the world had been taken off her shoulders. “He was excited I was coming over?”
Nodding, I leaned in and gave her another kiss as Harper started moving toward the door, too curious to wait. “He was very excited you were coming over. He missed you. Webothmissed you this week and we’re both going to be excited that you’re going to stay the night.”
There was something in her smile that said she was finally starting to get it… that she finally understood we wanted her around and we were her Doms. But before I could decide what to say or if I should just ignore her epiphany, the front door opened and a very excited Harper was filling the doorway. “My sweet girl and her grumpy Dom.”
Laughing, Tabitha nodded. “I came to have a sleepover, Daddy.”
Now we just had to figure out what that would look like.
Chapter 14
Harper
“Sleepovers are the best.” Wrapping my arms around Tabitha as she barreled into me, I hugged her tight, trying to get a clue from Gaylen about if this was a grown-up sleepover or a little one.
He just shrugged, no help at all as I squeezed Tabitha, earning a giggle. When she pulled back enough to see my face, I made sure the only thing she saw was excitement. Whatever had happened out at the car had made nervous energy radiate from her for a few long moments and I had no desire to feed her worries.
“Does Gaylen have your clothes for tomorrow?” It was designed to be a softball question, so I wasn’t surprised when she nodded. “And you brought your little stuff too? That’s going to be wonderful.”
She was nearly bouncing as she kissed my cheek, throwing herself into a hug again. “Sir said you were happy I was coming over.”
Had that been a question in her mind?
“Happy for that and now incredibly excited for a sleepover.” Kissing her head, I decided she was bouncing between littlish and grown-up Tabitha, probably because something with the whole staying over idea had made her very nervous.
Had I known she was going to stay over?
I had several classes finishing up a big project and it’d been a long week, but I couldn’t remember talking about that with Gaylen. That didn’t mean we hadn’t discussed the option, though.
“Daddy, you’re supposed to talk about where I want to sleep.” She was still swinging back and forth between the two sides of her personality as Gaylen finally came up behind her, sandwiching her between us. “Everyone gets a vote and there’s no two against one. That’s the new rule.”
Huh?
Looking to Gaylen to translate, I loved the barely suppressed laughter in his eyes. “We are not allowed to make plans or decisions for the three of us without including Tabitha earlier in the process. Well, unless it’s something that we should decide as her Doms.”
Ah, something we should’ve realized earlier.
No two against one.
Got it.
“I think that’s a good idea.” Giving her a quick kiss, I reached around and tugged Gaylen closer, giving him a quick kiss as well. “I guess that means we’re going to have family meetings on a regular basis to make sure all three of us are getting a chance to talk.”
Tabitha’s eyes went wide with what seemed to be surprise before they went soft and sweet. “I like family meetings, Daddy.”
I was missing something, but I knew Gaylen or Ender would point it out at some point, so I didn’t worry. “I’m glad, sweetheart.”
Giving her another kiss, I took her diaper bag and forced myself to step back. “Inside so we can cuddle and make a plan. I’m not sure this is a front porch discussion.”
The slightly overgrown state of the trees at the front of the yard made it hard to see the house, but any excuse to cuddle and have good private time with them both was wonderful to me.
“Yes.” Tabitha bounced into the house, excited and completely comfortable with just hurrying inside. It didn’t give me any clues about what she wanted but I was glad she was happy. “And we didn’t have dessert at the restaurant because we wanted to have it with you, Daddy.”
As much as she loved dessert, I was touched. “Thank you, sweetheart. I appreciate you waiting for me.”
Gaylen gave me a quick kiss as he followed her into the house, barely stopping to whisper quietly. “She was worried about overstepping when she asked to stay over. It was her idea.”
