Page 20 of Her Gentle Daddy

Before he finished the last word, Gabby leaped into his lap and wrapped her arms around his neck, completely catching him off guard. He held her quietly as she buried her face in his t-shirt, and for a moment, he was worried that he’d upset her until she finally pulled her head away from his chest, and she was smiling shyly.

“You really want to be my Daddy?”

He nodded.

“More than anything, Gabby.”

Gabby licked her lips and stared at him for several seconds before something flickered in her eyes, and her expression fell to sadness.

“What’s wrong, baby girl?”

She began to wiggle off his lap, and while he wanted to stop her, he refrained and allowed her to scoot back over to the pillows.

“I… um… do you want sex in return?”

Sean felt as though the wind had been knocked from his lungs.

“What? Gabby, no. Sweetheart, look at me, please.”

She slowly moved her gaze from the carpet to his.

“I don’t want to be your Daddy in exchange for sex. I promise. I want to be your Daddy because I care about you, and I think you would benefit from having a caregiver who wants what’s best for you. I love being a Daddy, and I get so much enjoyment out of it.

“If we decide that we want to have a physical relationship one day, then it will be something we both agree on. I hope at some point you decide that I am your forever Daddy. But the only thing I want from you while being my little girl is to be who you are.”

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GABBY

She stared at Sean in disbelief. He wanted to be her Daddy. He said he didn’t expect sexual favors in return, and she believed him. But the talk about him being her forever Daddy, she knew that would never happen. He didn’t know about her past and how damaged and yucky she was. As soon as he found out, he would want nothing to do with her. Not that she would blame him. But maybe, just for a little while, she could live in the fantasy world that she’d built up in her head where she had a caring Daddy. He was offering her that world, even if it was only temporary.

“What would you expect from me as your little girl?”

Sean opened his legs and patted the floor in front of him.

“Come sit in my lap, and I’ll tell you.”

A shiver ran down her spine. He had never really told her what to do and while the command was gentle, being instructed to do something by Sean made her feel funny inside. Good funny.

She crawled on her hands and knees to sit between his legs while leaning her back against his chest as he wrapped his arms around her.

“There, that’s better. I like it when you sit in my lap. I love holding you.”

Yeah, she did too.

“What I would expect from you as my little girl… well, first and foremost, I would expect honesty and communication.”

Gabby instantly tensed.

“Calm down, little one. I know you have a hard time talking about your past, and I can be patient when it comes to that. But when it comes to the present, I need you to be honest with me. If I ask you a question, I need honesty. If you aren’t feeling well or you’re scared or panicking, I need you to tell me immediately. That’s what I mean when I say honesty and communication. Do you think that would be doable?”

She relaxed against him again and nodded. She could do that. As long as she wasn’t forced to tell him all about her past, she could handle that.

“Okay. What else?”

“I would expect that you obey the rules I give you, and I would expect you to obey me when I tell you to do something.”

Shit. Why did the word obey make her tummy flutter? She shouldn’t like that word, right?

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