Page 53 of Daddy's Wild Girl

“Yep.”

“Ahh, yeah, I watched some episodes before I came here.”

“Wanted to see what you were getting yourself into, huh?” she said dryly.

“I’ve learned not to believe everything I read or see on a screen,” he told her.

“Well, I’m glad some people think that way. Most don’t. They believe what they want to believe. And I was too young to see the damage it was doing to me until it was too late. I wanted out. I was about to go to my father when I overheard Ericc telling his friend that he was only dating me for the fame. That he’d never wanted me. I was a means to an end and that he had an actual girlfriend he’d hidden from me.”

“Fucking asshole.”

She snorted. “Yeah, he was a total dropkick. The thing is, I thought I loved him, I really did. And I would have done anything for him. My heart was utterly broken and I thought I wouldn’t get over it. I went to my mother and I told her I wasn’t doing any more episodes. My contract was up and she’d been pressuring me to re-sign.”

She shook her head and let out a deep breath. “She tried to convince me to stay, but I told her no. I was done. So to punish me, she aired the footage of me hearing Ericc say he was using me.”

“Wait. You’re saying your mother chose to air that footage? To punish you?”

Bebe smiled sadly. “Yeah, that’s what she does when she doesn’t get her way. She’ll find some way to punish me. It’s atalent, really. Finding a way to punish someone without being completely obvious about it. Still, I don’t know how my father doesn’t see through her after all these years. Guess love is blind, huh?”

“I don’t believe it’s that blind. How can you not know what your wife is doing? Especially to your daughter.”

“I don’t think I’ll ever forgive her for that. It was the most-watched episode of the series. There were memes made with my shocked, upset face. It . . . it was so bad and I don’t think she even understood why I was so upset. Can you believe that shit?”

No, he couldn’t.

“Anyway, I later realized that what I felt for Ericc was just . . . the stuff of first crushes. It had no depth to it. No layers. And sadly for him, his relationship with me did nothing to help his career. I heard that he’s working at a gas station in Ohio, has packed on forty pounds, and has two kids with another on the way. All to different women.”

Still. He didn’t sound miserable enough to Corbin.

He’d have to see if he could change that. Perhaps Ericc needed a visit from the IRS or to suddenly receive hundreds of parking tickets.

Corbin could make that happen. And more.

It would be his pleasure.

Bebe yawned. “Sorry.”

“Did you sleep at all? Did your headache keep you awake?” he asked in concern.

“I think I got a few hours. I don’t sleep that well on a good day.”

“You’ll need to take a nap later,” he told her firmly.

The words were out of his mouth before he could pull them back. Christ. What was wrong with him?

“Yes, Daddy.” She knocked herself into him.

She’s just teasing.

She doesn’t mean anything by it.

But damn if his Dominant side didn’t sit up and pay attention.

Turning his head, he looked down at her.

At the same time that she glanced up at him.

His gaze was drawn to those full, plump lips. She was the most intriguing, mesmerizing creature he’d ever encountered, and without thought, he found himself leaning in.

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