Page 7 of A Little Christmas Wish

Her T-shirt also had the Grinch on it and she had her pale-blonde hair up in two ponytails that she’d braided and threaded green ribbon through.

In other words, she looked adorable.

And Betsy instantly liked her. There was something about her smile. She seemed so open and friendly.

Unlike her grouchy friend.

“Not happening,” Ink said firmly.

Her mouth dropped open. “But, Daddy, they’re so cool! And I’ll be able to get around the house so quickly in them. Imagine how fast I’ll be when I’m doing the vacuuming.”

Ink’s eyes widened with horror. “That definitely isn’t happening.”

Betsy sighed and turned to Bonnie. “Sorry, my Daddy is very overprotective.”

Bonnie nodded solemnly. “I understand that most of them are. It’s a good quality for a Daddy to have, but it can often ruin a Little’s fun.”

“You are right,” Betsy said mournfully as she stared down at the Rollie shoes. They were so cute too.

“Don’t worry, I’ve got some light-up ones that don’t have wheels in them.”

“Really?” Betsy asked.

“Uh-huh and I’ve just gotten in some cute Christmas outfits. Want to see?”

“Yes, please.” She started walking after Bonnie when Ink wrapped an arm around her waist.

“Excuse me, are you forgetting something?” he murmured in her ear

“Oh, I’m sorry, Daddy. Silly me. Did you want to look at cute Christmas outfits?”

“I would,” he said, squeezing her lightly. “I would also like to remind you that you shouldn’t wander off without Daddy.”

Uh-oh.

Ink didn’t like when she did things like that. She gave him a guilty look over her shoulder. “Sorry, Daddy.”

“Hmm. We’ll talk about this later at home.”

Yikes.

She didn’t like the sound of that.

“We’ve got a spanking room,” the big behemoth said.

Betsy turned to gape up at him. What the heck? Who just blurted those sorts of things out?

Who even had a spanking room?

No one.

Spanking rooms should be banned.

“If you need it,” he added with an evil-looking grin.

Okay, it was a normal-looking grin. But she was going to call it evil. Because it was evil to tell a Daddy that you had a spanking room.

“Hmm. Interesting.” Ink gave her a knowing look.

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