Page 4 of Kenzie's Perfect Daddies

Kenzie’s desire for peace was immediately replaced with anger ignited by indignation. “You said you needed more than I could give you. How else was I supposed to interpret that, Beau? I wasn’t enough for you and that crushed me.”

Chapter Three

Sebastian

Sebastian was gobsmacked as he looked at the absolute dream coming towards them. He was sure his eyes were bugging out of his head. Could Beau hear his heart pounding in his chest? He could easily see where Beau’s fascination with Kenzie came from.

In the communal playroom, as she’d rushed away, Sebastian had been drawn to her. But seeing Kenzie now, coming toward them in all her righteous fury, she was a vision. The epitome of fiery beauty. Her generous hips swayed with every step,inspiring visions of him gripping them tight as he took her fast and rough from behind. Her big green eyes were full of hurt, anger and resentment, though, and Sebastian felt an inexplicable urge to wipe the pain from them. Her eyes should never be filled with anything but joy, peace and love. Strands of her thick, long hair had escaped the confinement of the pink and gray bows holding the pigtails atop her head. He wanted to smooth them away from her face and see if they were as soft as they looked.

Beau’s voice brought Sebastian out of his trance and back to the moment. He probably should have felt like an intruder in their conversation. It was private and concerned only the two of them. Hedidn’tfeel that way, though. Beau was his and anything that hurt Beau hurt Sebastian as well. Somehow, he was getting those same exact feelings about the Little beauty in front of them. It was something he didn’t understand since he hadn’t spoken one word to her, but he was already feeling a strong protectiveness for Kenzie, similar to what he felt for Beau. It was like having his heartstrings pulled in two different directions.

His instinct to protect her was so strong that when she repeated Beau’s words to her, Sebastian had to bite back a growl. He knew his Little boy was not the best at getting words out the way he intended them, and knew there was no way Beau had meant those words the way she’d interpreted them. He still felt an itch to tan his boy’s hide for hurting Kenzie in any way.

Beau made a move to climb from Sebastian’s lap and Sebastian loosened his hold. As Beau took the small step to reach Kenzie, Sebastian held his breath. How things went from here was dependent on what Beau said. Sebastian hoped he got it right, because he was now more convinced than ever that the three of them were meant to be together.

Beau

God, he wanted to touch her. To hug her, cuddle her, cup her face and tell her how utterly sorry he was. It was the hardest thing he’d ever done to hold himself back from taking Kenzie in his arms. How could he have done this to her? More importantly, how could he fix it? Beau stared at the woman of his dreams, wishing he could take back all the hurt he’d caused, get back all the time they’d lost, and never have broken her trust. He couldn’t do that, but maybe he could start working toward repairing the damage.

“Kenz, Kenz, baby, I never meant it the way you think, and I should have used the word ‘we’…Weneeded more. Not just me, not just you,us together.”

With every word, Beau’s desire to touch his girl got stronger, until he finally couldn’t resist and reached for and held her hand. Breathing a sigh of relief when she didn’t immediately pull away, he continued speaking, hoping to get it all out before she got the wrong idea again. “I wanted you to have everything you deserve. I’m a switch, baby. You need a Daddy who is Daddy all the time, but I need someone to Daddy me sometimes as well. I never meant that I wanted to end things, I meant that I wanted us to find someone who could fill the voids, I wanted us to do it together. I just wanted us both to have all the happiness we deserve.”

It took so long for Kenzie to reply that Beau began to worry he’d fucked up again, but when she finally did speak, he felt hope blossom in his chest.

“You weren’t easing into leaving me?”

The words were barely a whisper, but Beau heard them and squeezed her hand. “No, baby bear, I wasn’t. I’d never walk away from you willingly.”

A tear slipped from her eyes and trailed down her cheek and emotions crossed her face in a rapid kaleidoscope pattern. Hurt, sadness, longing, hope, what he could only pray was love, but the last ones tore Beau in two. Doubt and horror skated across her features as she shook her head and backed up a step. Beau felt his heart sink. Putting distance between them didn’t exactly bode well for his plan. But when she whispered, “What have I done?” Beau began to understand. There was a good chance he could fix this after all.

Kenzie

All this time, she’d blamed Beau for her misery. Sure, she’d been the one to end things, but it was because she’d believed that he’d been about to dump her. Now, she was finding out that she’d jumped to conclusions and put her own self through hell. And now it was completely ruined. He’d moved on.

She looked up at the man Beau had replaced her with. She couldn’t blame Beau, really; he was absolutely beautiful in a rugged way. The button-down shirt he wore lent class to his clean-cut jeans. The five-o’clock shadow emphasized the angles of his squared jaw and his dark eyes enhanced his commanding presence. His black hair and dark skin were the opposite of Beau’s light hair and pale complexion, making a beautiful contrast when the two were together. Beau had done well, and she couldn’t help but be a bit jealous, and more than a bit attracted.

The imposing man stood and came toward her, kneeling in front of her and reaching for her hand. The actions made her feel small and she could feel her Little sneaking to the surface in response.

“It wasn’t what you did, little one. It was a misunderstanding. And neither of you have done anything that can’t be fixed.”

What the hell was he talking about? Of course, it couldn’t be fixed. She was no homewrecker, and she could see the love in her Daddy’s eyes when he looked at this man. She’d lost him.

Beau, Beau, Beau! He is not your Daddy anymore!

Kenzie shook her head again and fought back tears before turning and rushing from the room.

Chapter Four

Sebastian

Sebastian watched as Kenzie once again escaped. Part of him wanted to go after her but it was likely a good thing she’d run off before he overstepped his bounds. He needed to discuss his plan with Beau first.

He turned toward Beau and reached his hand out, encouraging Beau to take it. When he did so without hesitation, Sebastian rose from his kneeling position, leading Beau back to the gaming chair they’d vacated during their impromptu conversation.

He settled on the seat and lifted Beau up to straddle him. Taking Beau’s face in his hands, he prepared to dive head first into the conversation.

“You’re mine. Forever. Do you understand that?” He had to make this clear before he opened up the next part of this conversation. The last thing he wanted to do was make Beau feel like Kenzie had felt.

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