Page 24 of Bossy Baby

Four

Hayley

Hayley woke up feeling better than he had when he’d gone to sleep. There were no moments of confusion. He knew exactly where he was. In Mac’s home. In one of Mac’s guest rooms. At least Hayley didn’t think this was Mac’s bedroom. There was nothing in the bedroom that spoke of it being used.

He sat up, peering around. No, he couldn’t see the big man going to sleep in there every night. Not that it wasn’t a nice room—Hayley loved the bright yellow walls and décor. Even the comforter he’d been lying under was a beautiful yellow. Not what Hayley had expected.

Swinging his legs to the side of the bed, he stifled a giggle. His feet didn’t come close to touching the floor. It was a really big bed. Tall and wide. Mac was a big guy but since Hayley barely topped off at five foot six, there was a huge difference in their heights.

Carefully climbing down, he looked around, thankfully spotting the bathroom easily.

In only his tiny briefs, the house was cool, and Hayley shivered. He really didn’t want to try to wrestle his jeans back on, though. Actually, he couldn’t believe he’d let Mac take them off. How embarrassing. The entire day really. Hayley had finally gotten his date with Mac and then screwed everything up.

Although he did end up in Mac’s bed. Even if he was all alone. And Mac had seen the small undies Hayley liked. Even though Mac hadn’t touched him.

Progress, though. Mac was interested in him. Hopefully Hayley hadn’t screwed everything up.

He’d taken a big chance, demanding a date. But Hayley knew what he wanted. He’d tried to be patient. Mac still hadn’t been ready to make the first step, so Hayley had done it himself. Mac hadn’t seemed to mind, either. Most dominant men would have written off Hayley at that point. Mac was different.Wonderful.

Now Hayley just had to figure out how to keep the big guy around. Hislittleside was never far from the surface, so maybe Hayley could ease Mac into becoming his Daddy.

Was that fair though? Getting into a relationship without Mac knowing the full truth?

Dang it, now Hayley’s head was beginning to ache.

He needed to stop thinking and find Mac. But first peeing. He really needed to pee.

Pulling his briefs down was easy enough. He even managed to pee on his own. Getting his briefs back up had him struggling and sweating. They were a little crooked, but it was the best he could do. Hayley flushed the toilet before looking at the sink. Could he just wash one hand? Well, he had to try. He ran the water in the basin before dunking his un-casted arm.

Since he couldn’t rub his hands together, he dropped the bar of soap into the sink and used that with his one hand. Jeez, more difficult then he thought. He had no idea how he was going to run his shop.

Hayley couldn’t afford to close up.

He had some money in the bank, a small rainy-day fund. But it wasn’t much. Organic stock was expensive, and his costs were high.

Hayley did not want to have to go home, or call his parents for money. They wouldn’t mind, but he was an adult. He should be able to handle his own problems. Maybe he could ask one of his brothers to come up here instead. Yeah, that was preferable.

Would it be weird to ask Mac his advice?

Probably. But Hayley wanted to do it anyway.

Turning off the water, he left the bar of soap in the sink for next time before haphazardly drying his hand.

Going back into the room, he saw a blanket on the back of the chair in the corner. He couldn’t walk around in his undies. Wrapping the blanket around his waist, Hayley held it closed with one hand.

He peeked out of the bedroom door but didn’t hear anything. Stepping into the hall, Hayley peered into the room across from his. It was empty. But that was obviously Mac’s room. There were books on the nightstand. Keys on a dresser. Clothes on the floor. Yeah, that was more like it.

The bed looked super comfortable, but Hayley resisted climbing on it.

Instead, he started down the hall. He took the stairs carefully. The blanket dragged along the hardwood floors and he didn’t want to trip. Hayley really would be useless with two broken arms.

Once he reached the bottom of the stairs, he heard a television and wandered in that direction.

Mac sat on the couch, television low, as he read a book.

It was the glasses perched on his nose that made Hayley gasp. He was absolutely the hottest guy Hayley had ever seen.

Obviously hearing him, Mac slammed the book closed and stood. He quickly removed the glasses as well.Ah, sad face.Hayley liked the glasses. “Are you okay? Are you in pain? I had your prescriptions filled at the hospital. You might not remember that.”

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