Page 37 of Thrust Me Daddy

‘It’s okay, take your time,’ Trent replies, placing his tanned hands on mine and smiling warmly. ‘I’ve got a hot chili avocado on toast special on the way, we’ve got time.’

I giggle.

Right away, I feel more at ease and think I’ve got the right words for what I need to put over to Trent.

‘Okay, it’s… we’re both so busy,’ I say. ‘I’ll always have my long-haul deliveries and you’ll always be chasing the waves. I wouldn’t ever want you to even think about limiting yourself just so we could see each other. But… I think I need to be in a relationship where there’s regular contact. Date nights. Sleepovers. Brunch atMorning Milk. I want all the things that other Littles have with their Daddies. Is that selfish or silly of me to think?’

Trent looks like he’s about to speak, but he pauses.

I don’t know what Trent is about to say, and I’m a bit worried that I’ve annoyed him or said something that he didn’t want to hear.

I needn’t worry though, because Trent’s face soon breaks out into a broad, handsome as all hell smile.

‘It’s not sillyat all,’ Trent says, his voice reassuring and full of love. ‘The truth is that I want all of those things too. I know we’re both busy and love our lives as they are, but I’m thinking that if we both sit down and work out how to make sure we get enough time…’

‘You think we could work it out?’ I say hopefully.

‘I’m sure we can,’ Trent says. ‘Maybe I should have spoken sooner about my concerns too. I’ll try to do better in future. But, either way, I’m positive that we’ll be able to work out a schedule that means we get more than enough time together. Hell, we might be seeing each other so much that you’ll end up asking for extra drive time to get some alone time!’

‘Hehe, never!’ I giggle. ‘I’ll never get bored of you, Daddy.’

‘And the same goes for me too,’ Trent replies, reaching over and wiping a smudge of maple syrup off the corner of my mouth.

‘I love you, Daddy,’ I say, the words coming out so quickly that I don’t have time to stop myself.

‘I love you too, boy,’ Trent replies, his eyes full of emotion. ‘To be honest, I think I knew that from the first time I saw you. We’ve come a long way in a short space of time. We might have just got over our first speed bump, and there will be more in the future. That’s just life. But I know that my love for you won’t ever change. I want us to beforever.’

I want to pinch myself just to check that this is really happening.

Everything Trent is saying makes perfect sense to me, and I just can’t quite get over the fact that such an incredible man told me that he wants me to be his forever.

‘I love you, I love you, I love you forever too!’ I squeal, leaning over and meeting Trent’s lips in the middle.

As we kiss, I feel adrenalin surging over my body.

This is an incredible moment, something that I never actually believed would happen to me. And I certainly didn’t think that I would make my true love declaration in a roadside diner either – but I’m not complaining!

‘Okay, I think this might call for free milkshakes and coffees all round!’ Cheryl-Anne calls out from behind the service counter. ‘We celebrate true love at my diner in whatever form that might take. Hey everyone, how about we show some love to our newest couple!’

With that, the other guests in the diner break out into cheers and applause.

I feel myself blushing intensely, but with Trent holding my hand and taking the attention on himself, I feel safe and secure – and I gradually begin to enjoy the moment too.

I’m enjoying the moment so much that I do something I’ve never done before at the diner.

I take Atty out of my backpack and hold him above my head.

‘Don’t forget my best friend Atty!’ I call out, totally losing any feeling of being self-conscious at the attention.

‘Hell yeah!’ a burly truck driver calls out. ‘Let’s hear it for the cutest damn seahorse I’ve seen!’

As another wave of cheers goes up, I look at Trent and smile.

To say that this delivery drive got off to a sticky start would be a huge understatement. But that’s something to be put well and truly in the rear view mirror from here on in.

Me and Trent are back on the right track, and there’s no turning back now.

I’ve found my Forever Daddy and I couldn’t be happier – even if my belly feels like it might burst from Cheryl-Anne’s epic pancake stack!

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