Page 14 of His Love

“Oh, no, Ms. Giggle Pants, I want to know.”

“This place is so happy.”

“Yes?”

“You are not so happy.”

He threw his head back and laughed. “Fair point, baby.”

I loved when he called me baby.

“What’s your favorite pizza?” he asked as he paid and then took out plates and utensils from the self-serve rack.

“The chocolate one.”

“Chocolate pizza?”

“Yes?

“That sounds disgusting.”

“You’re disgusting,” I argued.

He bent low and whispered in my ear, “You didn’t think I was disgusting when I had my mouth on that sweet little pussy of yours.”

I looked at my feet and dug the toe of my shoe on my good foot into a groove in the tile. “Axel,” I whined.

He kissed me on the cheek before straightening and leading me through the line. I pointed out each piece I wanted and he would add it to my plate. When we got to the chocolate pizza, I asked for two pieces.

“That is just a giant cookie.”

“Nu, is a chocolate pizza.”

“I should have known when you asked to come here it was because they had giant slices of a cookie.”

“Nu, is a pizza. Is a circle.” There was no way he could fault my logic.

He added a small piece to my plate. “A cookie is a circle too, baby.”

“Two,” I demanded, nodding my head toward my plate.

“Absolutely not.”

“Two,” I demanded again. I was angry that he denied my request and maybe just a tiny bit curious to see if he would stick to his guns.

“No. End of discussion, Paisley.”

“Two,” I said, banging my crutch on the floor.

“None,” he answered. To my horror, he snatched the cookie from my plate and moved it to his. I realized I’d gravely miscalculated.

“My pizza!” I cried.

“Now it’s my pizza.”

“That’s not nice!” I spat. I hadn’t expected him to take all my chocolate pizza away.

“No, I have been very nice. You are the one who was unkind with your actions.” Axel’s voice was hard, but not in a mean way. He sounded… like Onyx when Paisley was pushing limits, or like Pike when Dallas was breaking rules . He sounded like a Daddy. The realization both excited and terrified me.

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