Page 53 of Until I Find You

“Because it’s right.” His confidence shakes my bones.

We settle into another kiss. Kiss after kiss, languorous and without goal or end.

“What do we do?” My voice is lighter than it usually is. I’m giving in. To this. Letting my true self come out. “I mean…how do we–”

“Just be my good girl and let me take care of you. That’s all you need, Camilla.”

I melt into his arms, pressing my face into his shoulder and winding my arms around his back. “It can’t be that simple.”

He pets my hair, kisses the top of my head. “Well, there are other elements if we want to get into it. I’ve done a bit of light googling. We can talk more about all this dynamic. If you want.”

“Oh, I want.”

“We have to run Keiki. And I don’t want you to do anything different with that, but when the work is done, all you have to be is whoever you want to be. My baby girl. My princess. I’ll be here to catch you.”

I kiss the hollow of his neck.

“I’ll take care of everything. Anything you need.”

“Jack…”

“Ah! What I say goes because I’m...”

I bite down on my lip, unable to stifle the smile. “Daddy.”

Jack smiles back at me. “Never gets old. Sure, sometimes, if you’re bad, I’ll have to punish you–” Jack squeezes my waist, sending tickles through my body.

I screech, trying to pry his hands off me. He just smiles, pulls me flush to him again.

“But I think you’ll find I’m a fair hand when it comes to punishment,” he says in a soft voice before kissing my forehead.

I sigh. “I must be dreaming.”

“You? No. It’s my dream. A beautiful woman agreeing to let me take care of her?” He drags his mouth down from my temple to my ear. “Be my good little girl.”

If my body could be any looser, I’d be liquid.

“You have no idea how…” Jack pauses and inhales deep to get a hold of his point. “How much I want to give to you.”

“I have no idea why, but–”

“You don’t need to know why. And even if I wanted to explain, I couldn’t. Just from the second I saw you, I felt something.”

I giggle. “That’s why you were so cold to me, huh?”

“Okay, punishment time.” Jack grabs my waist again and tickles me until I’m laid out on the bed, screaming in laughter, tears pouring down my cheeks.

He finishes his punishment with a solid kiss to my mouth, then retreats. “No business today. Just you and me. Whatever you want to do. Okay?”

I can’t believe this is my life. “But?—"

Jack nips a kiss at my jaw. “Business tomorrow. Not today.”

“Fine, but I need to take a shower first and wash my hair. I have to wash it so much more here because of the humidity.” I pick at one of my curls that feels stickier than usual.

“Mmm…” Jack stretches his body out long next to mine. “Can I wash it?”

I frown. “You want to wash my hair?”

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