Total pages in book: 58
Estimated words: 56560 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 283(@200wpm)___ 226(@250wpm)___ 189(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 56560 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 283(@200wpm)___ 226(@250wpm)___ 189(@300wpm)
“I realize they were naughty, Daddy, but what did they do and does it involve my kitchen or the plumbing?” Terrence wasn’t dressed but he had a towel wrapped around his waist as he stood in the kitchen doorway. “Did they make the hot water disappear? You can spank them if they did.”
For fuck’s sake.
“Baby, your house is a goddamned disaster.” Shaking my head, I ignored my idiot cousins and went over to give him a kiss. “But we’ll head over to my house later so you can get a shower there. I’ll take a look at the hot water heater and see if it’s an easy fix in the meantime.”
Terrence leaned around me and looked at the mutts. “What did they do?”
There was no point in trying to downplay the drama, so I went with the truth. He was smart enough to understand the gravity of the situation.
“They told my mother I’d found the cutest man in the entire world to date and she wants you to come over for dinner tonight. To meet everyone.” When he didn’t react, I tried again. “Everyone. The whole family.”
Seconds ticked by before he blinked. “Yes, they need to be spanked, Daddy. They were naughty.”
Shaking his head, Terrence turned around. “I’m going to solve world peace instead. Have fun finishing my kitchen but no one is getting cookies. They were naughty.”
Well, at least he understood the gravity of the situation.
I just wished they hadn’t ruined my chances of getting cookies…I wouldn’t have shared my muffins if I’d known the chaos they were going to bring into my life.
Chapter 13
Terrence
“Houston, we have a problem.” A big one that involved a lot of people.
Leander groaned just like I knew he would. “The last time you started a phone call like that you were in jail.”
“That wasn’t my fault…neither is this.” Some people did stupid shit. “Enzo’s cousins set up a playdate with the whole family and now I have to pretend to be boring or normal or something. Oh, and how do I explain my job?”
People just had to keep complicating my life.
“I thought we had more time for me to plan shit like this.” At least it hadn’t been Daddy’s fault?
“You’re going to start at the beginning. What playdate? Who’s Enzo?” Leander sucked in a breath and then answered his own question. “Wait. Is that your Daddy’s name?”
Hadn’t I told him that?
Maybe not.
“Yeah, it’s good to finally know it, but I’ve just been calling him Daddy, so now I have to practice using his name. Enzo. Enzo.” I groaned as I imagined how bad that was going to be. “That’s going to be so hard. Most of the time he’s either been Bored Guy or Frowning Guy or Daddy in my head. Switching now is going to be painful.”
Once I got used to something, it stuck.
Leander snickered, clearly understanding the gravity of the situation. “Yeah, you’re totally going to call him Daddy when you meet…who are you meeting? Who’s having a playdate? Who are his cousins? Wait. Does he work with just his relatives? Were you flirting with them? God, Terrence. You’ve said inappropriate shit to his relatives already.”
Oh.
“Um, yeah. I hadn’t really thought about it like that…and they kind of saw me naked…well, I had a towel on. My water heater died. Evidently, that’s older than dirt too. The plumber might’ve lied so he could leave faster. It was a mess, but yeah, they’ve seen me in a towel and pajamas and I know they’re all hung like donkeys. Big dicks and preferences for tight pants run in the family.”
It was good to know I wasn’t the only exhibitionist Daddy knew, though.
Leander went back to groaning, so I decided to try to answer some of his questions. “Um, let’s see. Yes, he works with his cousins but the family breeds like rabbits, so there seems to be a lot more that I haven’t met yet.”
Judging by Daddy’s expression, it was a lot a lot.
“One owns that little Italian place you keep saying you want to go to.” Which was actually handy. “We went there for our first date last night and it was really good. The waiter was even really good at ignoring how wiggly I was.”
“You had noodles on your first date?” Leander’s shocked tone made me giggle. “Really?”
“Noodles and lemonade and we played toys later. It was supposed to be just for practice and he knew that, but I wasn’t at my biggest.” I didn’t think Daddy had figured it out, though. “He’s going to be a good Daddy.”
“You had noodles at a restaurant in public and he came back this morning?” Leander paused, then I paused, and then he sighed. “Your Daddy went home last night, right?”
Well, he’d stayed at a home last night…but Leander would get dramatic with that logic and I didn’t have time for anyone else’s drama but my own. “No. We had orgasms and then a sleepover.”