“Because you’ve changed your mind?”

“Rainey, I haven’t changed my mind one bit. I still want you. I still want to be your Daddy. I’m not upset because you blurted that out.”

“Then why were you silent? Why didn’t your body move?”

“I was silent because I was shocked. I didn’t think you were going to give me an answer so quickly. I was expecting you to think about it more and take your time.”

“I was worried.”

“Worried about what?” He cupped her face.

“Worried that it was too soon. Maybe it was. I mean, we’ve only known each other for a day. What if it is too soon? Maybe I should just leave. I can sleep at my office until I have enough money to rent a hotel or a little place.”

Tears had pooled in her eyes as she spoke. Rainey didn’t want to leave, so maybe it was for the best if he didn’t want her anymore. The thought of leaving made her heart ache. They had only known each other for a day, but it felt like years. The way she was comfortable around him so quickly was abnormal.

“You are not going anywhere. You are not going to be sleeping in your office anymore. If I find out you do after this conversation, your bottom will be red. It will be red for a week straight, and you will have linesandcorner time. Do you understand me?”

Rainey nodded.

“Words.”

“Yes, Daddy. I understand.”

He kissed her forehead and ran his hands up and down her back.

“Are you sure? At any point, you can say you don’t want it anymore, but I want to make sure you really want this.

“I’m sure. Really sure I want this.”

“Then we’re going to need to go over safe words, hard limits, soft limits, and things that you’re okay doing but could easily become a safe word situation. We’re also going to write down some things you want to try. If you don’t know, then no worries.”

“Oh, okay.”

“Don’t worry, Little girl. All you have to do is answer Daddy’s questions, and I’ll write them down. If we need to revise it orjust want to look at it to remind ourselves of things, we can. This isn’t going to be a one-and-done thing. We could change it every day if we need to.”

Rainey relaxed a little bit. She had done this before, but this time felt more real and personal.

“Daddy is going to be right back. I’m just going to grab my computer.”

Daddy helped her sit up before he left the room. It didn’t take him long to come back and sit beside her. She watched in fascination as he pulled up a blank document and started to type. There were columns under each section, and he was writing their names in the appropriate boxes.

The one she’d filled out wasn’t this detailed, but yet again, both of them had been so new to the scene. And herswasn’t actually serious before. It was an online relationship before she met her ex-boyfriend. The relationship hadn’t lasted long because the guy was looking for something else, and she had figured out she was a Little.

“All right, do you have any hard no’s?” Daddy asked.

Rainey thought about it for a second. “Hitting me with a cane,” she whispered and shuddered at the memory.

Pete had been drunk that night, and she didn’t want to have sex, so he hit her with a cane several times. It was the most excruciating pain she had ever felt, and shenever wanted to experience it again.

“Okay, no canes. Don’t feel bad because I don’t like it, either. But spanking doesn’t trigger you?”

Her eyes went wide as she stared at Daddy. “How did you know?”

“Your body language. You grew stiff and shuddered when you talked about it. If you don’t want to tell me what happened, that’s fine. I just want to make sure I don’t trigger you. And remember, this can be altered at any time. If we find something that does trigger you or you thought you would like but don’t, we can change it.”

“Okay.”

With Daddy explaining things, it was less overwhelming. She hadn’t realized how much he paid attention to her body language. She figured he didn’t, but that was obviously false.