“Is handsome an important trait for a parent’s dream boyfriend?”
“Well, it doesn’t hurt. And you don’t have to worry since my family is, uh, gone. I don’t really remember my dad, and after my mum died I went to live with my grandpa. He died just before I turned eighteen.”
Sort of the truth and sort of a lie.
Wasn’t she just stacking them up?
“Oh, baby. I wish that wasn’t the case. I wish I could meet the people who made such an amazing person as you.”
Shoot.
Is that how she was supposed to react? Was she meant to be excited about meeting his family?
“I’m sorry.”
“Why are you sorry?”
“I should be happy to meet your family.”
“Hey,” he soothed. “It’s all right to be nervous. It just means that this is important to you.”
It did?
Oh. She hadn’t realized but she guessed he was right.
“But I am going to be there with you. I would never allow anyone to hurt you.”
Well. She could protect herself.
But she’d come to understand that no matter how often she told these guys that, they still wanted to take care of her.
“I know you wouldn’t.”
“That’s my baby.”
“Can we . . . I ruined the moment, didn’t I?” And now she was sad about that too.
“You didn’t ruin anything.”
“Yes, I did! We were playing and I was Pet and I was warming your cock and doing such a good job at it, I might add. And then I went and safeworded.”
“I’m glad you did.”
“You are?” she asked, amazed. “Why? We had to stop playing.”
“Because now I know that you will use it if you need to. And you trusted me to honor it. You didn’t try to hide that you were upset or that you needed a moment. And I’m so proud of you for that.”
It seemed silly to be pleased that he was proud of her for something like that. But she couldn’t help but smile.
“It’s fine to need a moment. To feel overwhelmed and unable to carry on. Okay?”
“Yes, but then . . . then everything stopped. You stopped touching me.”
“And you didn’t like that?” he questioned.
“No! Of course I didn’t like it. I wanted you to touch me. To hold me.”
“I understand that now. If you ever need to use your safeword again, I’ll ask you what you need straight away. Okay? I was just concerned that me touching you would make you more upset.”