“Show us.”
Rainey pulled it out of her pocket. It had been burning a hole there all day, but she didn’t want to put it anywhere else. What if someone walked in and saw it? What would they do?She also wanted to bring it with her so she could show Deccan if she needed to.
“What the fuck?” Daddy whispered.
“How do you know it was Pete? Did you see him?” Deccan asked.
“I didn’t see him, but I asked my employee if she sawhim, and she described him to a tee. I don’t want to cause any trouble within your club, but I just needed to know if he was here. I don’t want to be near him at all.”
Deccan placed a hand over hers. “I’ll take care of it. I’ll get back to you in a coupleof days.”
“No, you’ll get in contact with me,” Daddy stated.
She looked between both of them. Deccan was glaring at Daddy.
“It’ll be her, or I’ll break into your house and tell her myself.”
Rainey took Daddy’s hand and squeezed it.
“I’m okay, Daddy. My eyes are only for you, and I’m sure Deccan is interested in Echo.”
“Interested isn’t the right word. More like obsessed.”
She gave Daddy a smile. “See? Obsessed with Echo. Hey!” She turned her head toward Deccan. “Just be careful with her. I know I’ve said it before, and I have no right to say anything but, like, just be careful.”
Deccan held his hand out, and Rainey placed hers in it. Giving her a confused look, he dropped her hand.
“Phone.”
“Oh, right. I knew that. Sorry.”
Deccan turned toward her Daddy. “Does she always say sorry for things she doesn’t need to?”
“Yeah, I’m going to start working on that.”
Deccan hummed as he put his phone number into her phone.
“I’m creating a group chat with your Daddy, so he doesn’t have to feel left out,” Deccan informed her before turning to her Daddy. “You answer for her, and we’ll have problems.”
“What if I’ve gotten my phone privileges taken away?” Rainey asked. “Or what if I was taking a nap and it was urgent? Do you really want Daddy to wake me up?”
That wasn’t one of her punishments, getting her phone taken away, but she wanted to create reasons in case Daddy did reply, he wouldn’t get hurt.
“No, he can reply if he knows the answer, but it won't end well if it becomes a thing.”
Deccan handed her phone back and started to walk away.
“That was intense,” she whispered as she leaned into Daddy’s embrace. “So intense.”
“You did so well.”
“I don’t know what his deal is with me answering. Kind of weird if you ask me.”
Extremely weird. She didn’t understand his reasoning, but she wouldn’t question it. Deccan had threatened Daddy several times.
“Let’s get you home.”
“And to bed?”