Page 13 of Gideon

Barely a few moments later, I was ensconced at a perfect little table, and I was industriously putting together the puppy jigsaw. I lost myself for what seemed like hours. Magically, I got a special cup, like I had at home, for orange juice along with all sorts of yummy snacks. More strawberries and some cut-up veggies with a special dip. In thebackground, I knew Daddy kept making phone calls and when I’d finished the finger sandwiches that were perfect, he came back into the room with his arms full of clothing bags.

“Abby? You have no clothes here, so I got you some things based on the size of your work clothes because I’d really like it if you would come to the club with me later this afternoon. We won’t stay long, but the Littles generally meet up early on weekends and I wondered if you’d like to make some new friends?”

I blinked and gazed at the bags. “You bought me clothes?” I whispered. It seemed the only thing I could process.

“Well, much as I love a flash of that sexy little bottom in my shirt, Daddy doesn’t want anyone else seeing it.” I blushed. He’d been touching me and kissing the whole time I’d been here, and I was really looking forward to more later. In fact, if I hadn’t been so far into my Little space, I might have tried persuading him to do more.

But Gideon…Daddyhad bought meclothes. It was all a little much, but he beckoned me over and asked if I needed to use the bathroom. I did, so we went into a small bathroom just off this room. I quickly peed, then Daddy came back in while I was washing my hands. He grabbed a towel and, astonished, I watched as he carefully dried them. Then he kissed the end of my clean fingers and led me to where he’d put out an outfit. I beamed at his choice, not even questioning the fact that he had picked out my clothes. Some cute yellow shorts with sparkly flowers on the pockets, and a white tee-shirt with yellow daisies all over it. It had a matching yellow cardigan, and eagerly I let Daddy dress me. I wasn’t shy because he’d seen me already, and the way his eyes heated when he helped me put on the lacywhite briefs and matching bra made goosebumps erupt on my skin, and I wished again I was brave enough to suggest we go to bed for the kisses he’d mentioned.

He even had some white Tinkerbell sneakers with glitter on them and a little bell that tinkled when I walked. I adored them.

When we got to the club, Daddy held my hand, and I smiled shyly at the big man sitting at the desk as we walked in. His name was George, and he told me daisies were his favorite flower. Then we walked into the big club room I’d been in the day before yesterday with Ricky, and I remembered feeling like an idiot. Suddenly overwhelmed, I tugged on Daddy’s hand and asked if I could go to the bathroom, just as another man named Maddox came over to say hello.

“Of course, Abby.” Daddy pointed to a door to the left. “The female locker rooms are right there and have a full bathroom, or there’s a single half-bath next to it and another two on the other side. I can’t go in but—” He looked around. “Rachel?” I followed his gaze and saw a woman—Rachel—walk toward us. I took in her gorgeous brown eyes, big breasts, long legs, and seductive smile, and tried to pull my fingers out of Daddy’s grasp and say I could go on my own. Rachel had on a tiny red skirt that showed more of her ass than mine had in Daddy’s shirt, and a matching corset and four-inch heels. I didn’t give Daddy a chance to insist and like a frightened little rabbit I practically ran for the locker room, just as another two women crowded around Daddy.

I rushed in and came face to face with a huge, full-length mirror. I’d been so thrilled with the clothes he’d bought me, but gazing at myself, I felt ugly andridiculous,childish. How could Daddy possibly be interested in me if he had that sort of beauty around him to pick from? I heard the door open and ducked into a stall. Two women were talking. Unfortunately, they were both very loud and I heard every word.

“Did you see who Master Gideon brought in?” The shocked question made me feel quite sick, and I shut my eyes tight, as if that could block out the sound.

The other woman giggled. “I’d like to see the state of her baby clothes after he uses the bullwhip on her.”

A bullwhip?Wasn’t that the scary thing Ricky had wanted to see?

The first woman scoffed. “As if. He needs a proper sub. I know he plays at that baby stuff sometimes and well, if he wants me to sit on his lap I’m there for it, but no Dom with nearly twenty years’ experience can suddenly stop being a Dom. This latest craze is just that. He’ll grow tired of her like he’s grown tired of all the others. We’ve seen it time after time. I’m just going to be patient.”

The other woman laughed. “I give it a week.”

I heard the door open again and someone else ask the women if they’d seen Master Gideon’s Little?

They muttered that they thought I’d gone into the other bathroom, then the door banged shut as they left, and it fell silent. Tears streaming down my face, I knew I had to go. I should have known everything he said wasn’t true. Nothing this good ever happened to me. But I’d fallen for it. For one magical moment I’d had perfect, but now reality had caught up with me like it always did.

I blew my nose and realized I had to find a way to get home. I didn’t have any money on me. I didn’t even have a purse andfudge nuggets, the new key for my apartment wasback at Da—Gideon’s. I had to stop calling him my Daddy when it was clear he wouldn’t ever be.

I opened the door, every thought in my head swirling around so fast I couldn’t grab on to one. Then I looked up at the sound of a footfall, only to see Rachel standing there. It was too much for my over-stimulated body to take in, and I got a brief feeling of weightlessness as if I’d jumped off a cliff.

I didn’t hit the bottom, though, because everything just went black.

Chapter seven

Gideon

If I could have rewound time I would have. By the time some nervous sub gave me a message that sent Maddox and me racing to the women’s locker room, Abby was coming around. Rachel—thank fuck—had been there when Abby passed out or she could have hit her head or… a million disasters raced through my mind.

If this was due to anxiety like I’d been told, then taking her to a busy ER wasn’t going to help. Even if I could get her into a private room afterwards, there would still be a crazy situation to go through and as I wasn’t Abby’s next of kin, so technically I could be denied entry. Then Max helpfully pointed out that getting arrested by insisting I was present as a doctor examined her wouldn’t help Abby either.

I sent him a look that should have incinerated him on the spot as I gently bent and picked Abby up, despite her insistence that she felt okay and shereally could walk.

Her mutteredI don’t want to give you any trouble,and finally,I can catch the busnearly had me growling like some caged animal. After wrapping her in one of the softest blankets we had, I stalked outside to my car. Max took my keys and opened the back door for us to get in.

Okay, so the look I sent him that time wasn’t quite as feral, and I ordered him to call the doc.Our Doc.

I cuddled Abby close and tried to control my temper. It had been idiotic taking her to the club less than twenty-four hours after we met, and I deserved a whipping.

And not the good kind.

I took a slow, deep breath and lowered my gaze to her face. She wouldn‘t know that all my recriminations were directed at myself not her. I took in the wide, frightened eyes, pale face, and nervous lip-chewing and before I’d thought about it, I pried her abused lip away from her teeth and stuck the tip of my thumb in her mouth. I cuddled her close and dropped a kiss on her forehead. “You did nothing wrong, baby girl. Just relax.”

And miraculously, her lips closed tighter around my thumb and after a moment she gave it a tentative suck. I hummed encouragingly and she sucked harder, each pull going straight to my heart, andother placesI had no business thinking of that moment. We weren’t even halfway home before her eyes drooped, a few minutes after that the sucking stopped and she relaxed into my arms. Exactly where she was meant to be.

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