No, I realized they had shifted to hide Esme’s ass from everyone.Her skirt had lifted, exposing her tiny panties covering that utopian pussy.I’d been so caught up in the moment of having her back in my arms that I didn’t consider all the horny pricks walking around campus getting a free look at Esme’s ass.
Christ, I would have lost my fucking mind if anyone had seen her cute little panties.Or her perfect backside.But I wasn’t thinking about other people while she was in my arms.It was a first for me.My time in the military made me hyperaware of my surroundings and those nearby.Esme short-circuited my brain, making it impossible to have a clear thought past how much I loved this girl anytime she was close enough to touch.
I adjusted her skirt, turning her around so I could double-check everything was carefully hidden away.Her guards shifted with her, their bodies becoming human shields to wandering eyes and other dangers.
As much as I hated the thought of any man but her daddies being around my baby girl, I had to admit I was pleased with how those two protected Esme.We would have to wait and see if I could continue to remain rational about them, but if their presence made Esme happy, I wouldn’t press Benson to replace them with female guards.
Of the three of us, Parker was the more rational-minded, whereas I was the one most likely to turn feral.If I could handle these particular guys watching over Esme when we couldn’t, then my friends wouldn’t have much problem with them either.
Taking Esme’s hand, I lifted it to my lips, putting all thoughts besides her and our planned evening together aside.“How about a little aerial trip around the city in my bird, baby girl?”
Excitement brightened her face even more.“Really?”I nodded as I opened the passenger door of my SUV for her.“Will you teach me how to fly?”
“If you want to learn, I will gladly teach you.But not in the city.There are too many buildings for a beginner.This weekend, I’ll take you out to the private airstrip we have.There’s a field close by that is perfect for lessons.If the wind cooperates, we can start your training.”
I wanted to teach her a million different things, but if she wanted to start with flying, that was fine with me.I lifted her, placing her in the seat before stretching the seat belt across her body.Her breath hitched as I pressed into her, making sure it was secure.Drawing back, I was going to kiss her, but something caught my attention.
Her knee-high socks had rolled down a few inches and there was a mean bruise on her leg that hadn’t been there the day before.Tracing my thumb around the area, I felt my stomach clench and roll, not liking the sight darkening her skin.Whatever had caused such a large, deep injury must have hurt.Just the thought of her having even a moment of pain fucked with my head.“How did this get here, baby girl?”
“Oh, that?It’s nothing.Just crashed into something hard after nearly falling down the stairs.It doesn’t even hurt.”She grabbed my tie, tugging my head closer, distracting me from inspecting the injury more thoroughly.“Daddy, I need kisses.”
As long as I lived, there would never be a time when this girl said, “Daddy, I need…” and I wouldn’t fulfill it for her.Dropping my head, I captured her mouth, tasting her the way I’d been thinking of all night.
Everything around us disappeared as her lips moved against mine, her mouth opening just enough to give me a tease of her tongue.With a groan, I deepened our kiss, my hands diving into her silky dark hair, tilting her head to give me better access.She gave me control, allowed me to devour and taste and worship that sweet mouth until we were both gasping for breath.
Breaking the kiss, I rolled my forehead against hers.
“You don’t realize it yet, baby girl, but you’ve already given me everything I’ve ever wanted.Now, I’m going to give you the sky.”
Esme
Flying in private jets and helicopters was nothing I wasn’t used to.I grew up surrounded by the fairy-tale extravagance that every girl wished for.But it was boring as hell.
Getting to sit in the copilot chair, watching Malcolm fly, seeing and hearing everything from a completely different perspective, was invigorating.My heart felt like it was going to explode out of my chest from the excitement—the joy of simply hearing his laughter through the headset.
He set the helicopter on the roof of a building that stood high above most of the other skyscrapers surrounding it.Night had fallen and the light pollution blocked out the stars above, but I was so fascinated by the man beside me I couldn’t have cared less about the view around us.
How he spoke, the command in his tone without the bark of disrespect when he responded to another person in our headsets, was sex.His hands on the controls, the way he reacted on instinct and years of experience, made my body heat.His sheer confidence in everything he did was sexy as fuck.
Once the blades fully stopped rotating, he unfastened himself before taking off my headset and undoing my buckles.“Are you hungry?”
“Starving,” I told him breathlessly, biting my lip to hold in a moan when his paw-like hands trailed over my thighs.
Malcolm gave me a predatory grin.“Food first, baby girl.Then I will feed any other cravings you need fulfilled.”
“Promise?”
His affirmative grunt was all I needed before I placed my hand in his and let him assist me from the helicopter.The building he landed on had to have taken up at least four blocks.Near the helipad, there were multiple elevators, all of them covered with security personnel.When the elevators opened into the garage several floors below, there were two SUVs waiting on us.I wasn’t surprised to see Otto and Astro standing outside one of them, but from the way Malcolm went still, I knew he was.
“Where did your father find those two?”he asked, giving my guards chin lifts in respect before assisting me into the back of the second car.
“Other than a few theories that no one has confirmed—but has never denied either, by the way—I don’t have a definitive answer for that.All you need to care about is that I trust them with my life, and they are my friends.”I noticed the back partition was already up, separating us from the driver, and I leaned in close and whispered to Malcolm.“Oh, and they’re married.But I will rip your balls off if you ever use that information against them.”
Surprise brightened his eyes for a moment before he grabbed my face in both hands and kissed me so hard I melted into the seat.But the kiss barely started before he broke it, rolling his forehead against mine.He did that a lot, especially when he was feeling overwhelmed.“I’m so fucking in love with you.”
“Malcolm,” I whispered, my heart squeezing with a happy little jolt.It was too soon to be feeling all the things crashing through me at hurricane-force, but there was no doubt—no regret—that I was sure about what I was feeling.“I love you too.”
I barely got the words out before he was pushing me farther into the interior of the SUV.His giant body followed.Somehow, the door shut, I vaguely felt the vibrations of the vehicle come to life, and we began to move.That was all that registered while Malcolm’s mouth feasted on me.My lips, my neck, any flesh he could touch, he kissed.Marked.