Page 54 of Grace

Is it in place? Did you feel that?

This is just the start, Darling.

Even though I’m sure he means the fun we can have with the toy, it feels like a whole lot more.

twenty-four

Daniel

Ishake Neil’s hand, thanking him for his time and closing the deal fully. Finally.

Neil grins. “I’m looking forward to this partnership and seeing more of you here in London. I’ll have to show you around. Since you’ll make the trip regularly, you’ll have to see Italy, Germany, Sweden.”

“Looking forward to it,” I say and watch him walk out of the office as my phone buzzes. With a quick glance, I see a name I dread. My ex’s name. Victoria might be the mother of my son, but in so many ways she was a mistake. We should have worked on paper, but her temper and mine, the ways we viewed the world, how my success changed her… it ruined everything.

Granted, I wasn’t a saint, either. I chased success and all it brought to me while she was complacent as a stay at home mom, relying on me entirely. Which made many more problems for us. Problems that got swept under the rug until one smalldisagreement would free all the issues that had been festering, and our divorce was just as nasty.

I take a deep breath. “Victoria, what can I do for you?”

“You can tell me why you’re kicking our son out after offering to help him,” she snarls. “He moved in with you! He trusted you to take him under your wing! So what is sowrongthat you’re kicking him out?”

“Victoria, it’s because I’ve helped him. I’ve set up a job for him that he doesn’t want. He left the apartment I got set up for him when he broke up with his ex, and now he’s dating someone from my company, flaunting her around and trying to tell me how to runmycompany,” I say, my voice ice cold.

“Oh, so he’s too much like you?”

“That’s—”

“You’re his father! You chose tostayhis father even when he lived with me. So be a real parent! Put him in his place, ground him, and give him the chance to succeed! Don’t kick him out.”

Ground him? He isn’t fucking ten!

“This is between Bash and me. If he has a problem with it, he can be theadulthe is and talk to me about it rather than running to his mommy and asking you to fix his problems,” I growl.

“He’s your son! It doesn’t matter how old he is, you owe it to him to—”

My phone buzzes, and I pull it from my ear. My skin heats as I look at the notification. I see that she’s fiddling with the toy, exploring the options and seeing what she can do.

I send message after message, and each time she tries something, my phone buzzes. Lust coils low inside me and my cock twitches in my pants. Maybe I’mtooaddicted to her. I went from having her every day to not at all, and cold turkey after finally feeling her tight pussy wrapped around me, hearing her moan in my ear, having her claws drag over my back, her whimpers, her smell imprinted on my face. God, Grace is…

“Are you even listening to me, Daniel!” Victoria yells. “Be a fucking father and step up for the first time in your life!”

My phone lights up with a text.

Sir, I can’t work this all by myself.

A shivering breath falls from me, and I adjust my cock.

I press the phone back against my ear. “I’ll deal with Sebastian. I’m not giving him the world or he won’t learn a lesson, Victoria,” I snarl. “He’s my son, and unless I’m causing him actual harm, stay out of it and let the boy grow up.”

“Don’t you—”

“We’re done with this conversation until you can control your tone and find a middle ground,” I say and hang up.

I rush outside, fling myself in a taxi, and call out the hotel name without taking my eyes from my phone.

Don't worry, darling. I’m going to take care of your sweet pussy.

Should I put it in again?

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