Page 98 of Little Bits of Daddy (Montana Daddies)

“He’s just trying to do something nice,” she told him, wincing at his glower. “In his own weird way.”

“He’s a controlling asshole,” Duke replied. He ran his hand over his face with a sigh.

“Are you really mad?”

“Mad about First Class tickets? Kind of hard to be mad about that.” He eyed her. “I wish I could give you that.”

Reaching over, she grasped hold of his chin. After a week of him making her nap and basically babying her, she was feeling so much better. And she knew that he needed her right now.

“Daddy, you give me everything I could ever want and more. You love me. That’s all I need. Everything else is just extra cherries on an ice cream sundae. This is nice.” She waved around where they were. “But it’s not what I need. That’s you. Understand?”

The look on his face lightened. Leaning in, he kissed her gently. “I need you too, baby girl.” He settled back in his seat; her hand held tight in his. “What do you want to bet that he’s upgraded our hotel room as well?”

“Oh Daddy, I’m pretty sure we’ll have to suffer through staying in the penthouse.”

“Yeah, that’s what I figured too.”

Stepping out of the bathroom,she found a garment bag lying on the hotel room. The very flash hotel room. Just as they’d both suspected, the Fox had upgraded their hotel room to the penthouse.

Sneaky Foxie.

“Duke?”

There was no answer. Chewing at her lip, she moved toward the bag and grabbed the zip. If he didn’t want her to look, then surely he wouldn’t put it on the bed, right?

Just a small peek. It wouldn’t hurt.

As she undid the zip, all thoughts of taking a small peek disappeared. She gasped in delighted shock, and pulled out the dress.

“It’s an Alice dress!” she squealed. The blue dress puffed out at the bottom and had a white apron over it. It was simply gorgeous. It even had little capped sleeves.

“Millie made it for you.”

With a gasp, she turned to look at Duke. He carried a cake box in his hand.

“She did?” Her eyes watered. “It’s amazing. I can’t believe she did this and that you managed to get it here without me seeing.”

“Hey, it wasn’t meant to make you cry, little rebel.” Setting the box on the bed, he reached over and drew her against him. The towel she had wrapped around her slipped and fell to the floor. He ran his hand up and down her back.

A shiver of arousal rushed through her. Hmm, she wondered if they had time . . .

Smack!

“Owie!” She glared up at him as she rubbed her bottom cheek. That stung. “What was that for?”

“Just getting your attention.” He tapped her nose. “I know what you were thinking, and much as I appreciate where your mind was going we have to get moving. We have plans.”

Ooh. Yes, they did.

“Although I probably should spank your butt for peeking at the garment bag without me.”

Her mouth dropped open. He wouldn’t!

Using his finger on her chin, he closed her mouth. “Then again, I did know when I put it on the bed that you’d likely have a look.”

“Daddy, don’t scare me like that.”

Duke grinned, looking so carefree and gorgeous that she felt her breath catch. She loved this man so much.

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