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“That makes sense.” She bit her lip again, popping it out from underneath her teeth. “I don’t know if I want to do the little girl thing all the time. I don’t even know how much of the little girl thing I want to do. I’m feeling very… overwhelmed right now.” She looked it too, with tense shoulders and a little crease across her forehead that said she was worried about what his reaction was going to be.
She was a pleaser, he was starting to realize, which was probably why she’d gotten along well with her former roommate. Unfortunately, rather than appreciating Melody for it, Peggy had used and abused that side of her.
Kawan wouldn’t.
“Well, we don’t have an official date until this weekend, so why don’t we settle in and just be ourselves this week without any pressure, and then this weekend we can explore more of the Daddy Dom stuff,” he suggested, and was rewarded when she immediately relaxed, her expression clearing and turning into a bright smile. Well, as bright as she could be when she’d had an extremely upsetting evening.
“That sounds good,” she said, almost shyly.
“We can also handle your punishment then.”
“P-p-punishment?” she stammered out the word even as her eyes lit up with interest. Kawan had to hide a smile.
“Yes, baby girl. For not taking proper care of your safety, going to Black Light and then my house without telling anyone where you were going, and then forgetting to text or call me when you went home this morning.”
Her mouth opened and closed, and a mutinous frown began to form. “I didn’t tell anyone I was coming here tonight either.”
“Thank you for reminding me,” he said calmly. “We’ll add that to your tally, and as soon as we’re done eating, we’ll figure out who you can notify of your whereabouts.”
Again she started to say something and then snapped her mouth shut, apparently realizing that she was likely to just get herself into more trouble. This time Kawan didn’t bother to hide his grin. She looked very much like a rebellious little girl, and she didn’t look like she was thinking about her fight with her roommate anymore.
Kawan started making plans in his head. He hadn’t finished putting together his online order yet and there were a few things he wanted to add to it, now that he knew Melody was going to be staying in his house for a while. They might not be used, but he wanted to be prepared. And he had some plans to make for this weekend.
* * *
Sunday night,Melody decided she wanted to sleep in the guest bedroom. She just felt weird invading Kawan’s room when he’d already opened his home to her. Of course, when she actually went to bed, she wished she’d taken him up on his offer to have her sleep with him.
Not only did he take off of work on Monday, but what should have been an awful experience turned out to be fun. Kawan not only stayed home to help her, but he asked if she wanted some extra assistance as well, and when she asked if he knew of anyone available at short notice, he’d called Alexander. She’d ended up packing up her things with the help of Alexander and Sienna, and two more of Kawan’s friends, Connor and Ella. They were all so nice.Fun.And none of them asked why she needed to move out of her apartment at such short notice.
The only downside was that she felt even more resentful over Peggy being such a controlling be-otch. If Peggy were more like Sienna and Ella, then she wouldn’t be moving out right now. Or… well, who knew. She knew that Alexander and Sienna, at least, went to Black Light and were friends with Kawan, so she assumed they knew. But maybe they didn’t and they’d be just as horrified as Peggy had been. Melody seriously doubted it though.
Kawan wouldn’t let her put things in storage either, not when he had a perfectly good basement with plenty of space. The men took charge of getting her furniture—her bed and dresser and things—down to the basement along with most of the boxes they’d packed up. It was a little depressing to look at the clock and realize it had only taken them a few hours to completely remove her presence from Peggy’s apartment.
But since ithadbeen Peggy’s apartment first and she’d already been set up to live there, Melody had kept all of her own stuff confined to her room.
“So, how long have you and Kawan known each other?” Ella asked curiously. She and Sienna had followed Melody into the kitchen to help get lunch together. Afterwards, everyone except Kawan and Melody were planning to return to work. Melody had taken the whole day off, assuming it would take her much longer to pack everything up, and Kawan had told her he’d done the same.
“Um… a couple weeks,” Melody said with a blush. She looked at the other two women a little helplessly. “I didn’t… he didn’t…” She took a deep breath. “I didn’t ask him if I could move in here, he pretty much insisted.”
“Oh, don’t worry, I’m not blaming you if Kawan’s moving fast,” Ella said. She exchanged a meaningful glance with Sienna. “We both know what it’s like with these men. Once they get an idea in their head, it’s impossible to get it out.”
“Did you and Conner get together really quickly too?” Melody pulled the deli meats and cheeses out of the fridge, along with a head of lettuce and a tomato. Sienna held her hands out for the veggies, taking charge of those.
Laughing, Ella moved over to the cupboard to get out some glasses. “Sort of. We knew each other for a long time before we got together, and we didnotget along, but once he decided he wanted me...” She shrugged, her eyes sparkling. “Well, it happened really fast.”
“Alexander and I happened really fast too, although we took our time about getting engaged,” Sienna said, glancing over her shoulder and grinning. Placing the rinsed veggies down on the cutting board Melody had pulled out for them, she grabbed a knife from the block to start cutting. “But once a Daddy knows what he wants, he goes for it, and we’re just along for the ride.”
Melody froze. “A… a…. Alexander is…”
“My Daddy.” Sienna said it matter-of-factly, like it was the most normal thing in the world. Filling up the water glasses, Ella didn’t even blink at what Sienna was saying. “Although, really, I was always more of a service sub, but he’s a total Daddy Dom and I have to admit, it’s grown on me.” She gave Melody a sidelong glance. “You were at Black Light so you know what I’m talking about, right?”
“I hope so, because Kawan is a total Daddy Dom,” Ella interjected, grinning. “Conner likes to be my Daddy sometimes, but not all the time. I don’t think Kawan ever does anything else.”
It felt like the air had been knocked right out of Melody. This whole conversation felt surreal. Especially after yesterday, when Peggy had been so awful, and now these two women were talking about Daddy Doms like they were no big deal. Totally normal. Even though she knew Sienna was kinky, for some reason Melody hadn’t quite expected that.
“Yeah, I know what you’re talking about,” Melody said, blushing furiously.
Sienna laughed. “Just didn’t expect us to be so open about it, I guess? You’ll get used to it, if you’re going to hang around us.”
