Page 27 of Daddy's Little Surprise

“Little girl?” Daddy touched her arm.

Rainey shook her head. “No, he’s not in the picture.”

Daddy cupped her face with one of his hands. “What was your thought just then?”

Rainey shook her head once again. He didn’t need to know about her ex-boyfriend. He was in the past, and she wanted to move forward.

“If it starts to hinder you, you will be telling me, but I’ll leave it for now.”

Her eyes went wide as he said those words.

“Shit. I’m being really forward. You will be telling me if you agree to be with me and me being your Daddy. Just think about it. I’m going to go get you some water, but I’ll be right back.”

“Tea?”

“Water, and then you can have some tea.”

Rainey pushed her bottom lip out as she looked up atDaddy. He bent down and kissed her forehead before leaving the room. She started to pet Dane once again.

Marco was being really forward with what he wanted, but part of her liked that. He knew what he wanted and went for it. Was it a little intimidating? Absolutely.

She had never had a man be so forward before. It was a little odd, but she found it attractive. Now, she just needed to figure out if she wanted him to be her Daddy. Rainey was already calling him Daddy in her head. It was a bad habit since he wasn’t officially her Daddy, but it felt natural. It felt like they were meant to be together.

She looked down at Dane. “What am I going to do with Daddy?”

CHAPTER TEN

RAINEY

She was going stir-crazy. Daddy hadn’t let her leave the bed all morning and into the afternoon. She told him several times she didn’t need to be on bed rest, but he insisted.

Daddy told her she needed her rest. He was probably right, but she didn’t need to be confined to the bed. He even resorted to carrying her to the bathroom. Rainey knew for a fact she should be able to walk to the bathroom, but he told her to let him do this. He needed to take care of her.

Rainey sighed. She was getting bored just lying in bed. Dane had been keeping her company, giving her all the snuggles she wanted and needed, but even then, she was still bored.

“How are you feeling?” Daddy asked as he walked into the room.

“I’m fed up. I don’t need to be on bed rest.”

“I think you do. When was the last time you sat down and actually relaxed before this?”

“That’s not important. I need to go back to the coffee shop and see how things are going.”

This was the first time she had left the coffee shop in the hands of Grace. Rainey knew Grace was capable of running the coffee shop, but it was her shop. She didn’t want anything to go wrong; they hadn’t been open that long. What if Grace needed something and didn’t want to bother her?

“You will not be going to the coffee shop. You need to rest and not be stressed. You’ve already told Grace, and she can handle it.”

Rainey shook her head. “I know she can handle it, but what if she needs me and isn’t contacting me? What if a customer was rude to her and asked to speak to the owner? There are so many what-if scenarios. I need to go and check up on the shop and make sure everything is okay. It’s my baby. I don’t want anything to happen to it.”

Daddy took her hand and gave it a gentle squeeze. “I know it’s your baby, and I know you want to make sure everything is running smoothly, but you’re not going. I can get a friend of mine to go and check on it if you want. He can be just a regular customer and see how things are going.”

Rainey didn’t know about that. What if his friend lied and said everything was running smoothly when it clearly wasn’t? Or what if he didn’t know what to look for and said everything was fine, but in reality, it was all metaphorically burning to the ground? But Daddy wouldn’t have offered it if he wasn’t confident in his friend.

“Okay,” she whispered.

“Such a good girl. Let me call him real quick and ask him to do this.”

Daddy stepped out of the room, and she looked over to her right. She had completely forgotten her phone was sitting on the little dresser next to the bed. She had placed it there, so if Grace needed anything, she would be able to contact her.

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