Page 277 of Tempted By her Daddies

Ohhh. That was why she felt so out of sorts. That made sense.

“I don’t want you to whip Salem’s ass.”

“You sure?” he growled. “I feel like I should kick his ass.”

“Alexei!” Salem snapped as he walked into the room. “What the hell are you doing?”

“Taking care of our girl. The way you should have been earlier. She’s been through enough with her nightmare and then you go and do something to make her safeword.”

No, no, he had it all wrong and now she felt terrible.

“Salem didn’t do anything wrong,” she told him, leaning back to try and see his face.

He glanced down at her. “You would say that. You’re too nice.”

Tamsyn blinked. Nice?

“I’m not nice.”

“Of course you are,” Alexei said. “Look at the way you’re defending Salem even though he was the one in the wrong.”

“But he wasn’t,” she protested.

“Give her to me,” Salem demanded.

“No. You don’t deserve her,” Alexei countered.

“Alexei, I need to make sure she’s all okay. It’s my right to provide aftercare.”

“Only if you’re not a complete dickhead,” Alexei told him.

Dear Lord.

“Do I get a say?” she asked.

“No,” they both said at the same time.

Then Salem ran his hand over his face. “Alexei. Give her to me. Please.”

Whoa.

He’d just said please? That didn’t happen often.

Alexei grumbled to himself and she patted his chest. “I love that you want to protect me, but you know you never have to protect me from Salem.”

Alexei glared at her, then Salem. “Fine. But then I want her back.”

Salem nodded. “Thank you.” He plucked her out of Alexei’s arms and grabbed a blanket off the end of the bed. It was the one from his office. He must have brought it when he carried her up here.

Why couldn’t she remember that?

Then he sat with her on the rocking chair, wrapping the blanket lightly around her. She let out a sigh of relief when he didn’t wrap her up too tightly.

She should have known that Salem wouldn’t do that. He was always careful not to push her limits too much. Alexei left as Salem started to rock her.

Tamsyn felt herself relaxing bit by bit into his arms.

“That’s it. Good girl. I’m sorry I had to leave you in here. I had the monitor with me so I could keep an eye on you.”

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