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“Are you all right? You seem to be having trouble retaining information.”
“It’s just… you’re there. Jolie’s there. You have her phone. Are you, I mean, Jolie never said, um?—”
“Hmm, I’m going to try and fill in some blanks here. Yes, I’m at the Ranch. With Jolie. I’m taking care of her, remember? I found out she was here and followed her because she ran from me. Don’t worry, not a stalker. I had to basically convince the guy who runs the place of that before he’d let me stay. Then I had to convince Jolie that I do want her, that I’m capable of taking care of her. Don’t think she believes me yet. Stubborn brat. I answered her phone so it wouldn’t wake her. She needs her rest. What else?”
“Are you a Daddy Dom?” she blurted out.
He narrowed his gaze. He’d already shared way more than he had intended to. But this woman was Jolie’s best friend.
“If you tell anyone any of this, I will ruin your life,” he promised in a dark voice.
“Whoa. You went from zero to a hundred at light speed,” she muttered. “And I would never do anything to hurt Jolie.”
“Well, good,” he replied. “Then all you need to know is that I’m taking care of her, and I’m going to ensure she gets whatever she needs.” He ended the call, then looked for somewhere to put her phone. Ahh, above the fridge. Perfect.
Yeah, she’d probably be annoyed if she found out. But she needed a break from everything.
He was wondering if that was part of the reason she was here.
Looking at the camera, he noticed her stirring.
Perfect.
Time for her bottle.
Damn. He had this Daddy stuff down.
CHAPTER 11
“Brand, you can’t just feed me a bottle.”
“Why not?”
“Well, because I mean we haven’t even discussed how this would work.”
“I figured you could rest back against my chest, and I’d hold the nipple to your mouth. Or you can sit on my lap and rest back against my arm. Maybe that would be better.”
“Not that.” She rubbed at her head as she tried to explain what she meant.
“Do you have a headache?”
“Um, no. Not really. I just, I’m having trouble working out how to explain this. It’s just a lot is happening and maybe we need to go slower.”
There. That was a reasonable request, right? He couldn’t get upset over her wanting some time to get her head wrapped around the change in their relationship.
But when her gaze was drawn up to his, she felt a stab in her gut at the look of vulnerability on his face.
What have I done?
Brand never looked like this. He was arrogance and confidence personified.
He didn’t do uncertain.
And she didn’t like him looking that way.
She definitely didn’t like that she’d caused it.
“Is it because you can’t see me as a Daddy Dom?” he asked. “As your Daddy Dom?”
