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“Sure,” he said. “I’ve got an idea. You, little girl, just sit back and let me take the reins. I think right now you need a Daddy’s guidance. In fact, I don’t want you worry about a thing. Do you understand?”
Lana tried not to show how excited she was, but there wasn’t anything she could do about the giant grin that split her lips.
“Yes, Sir!”
“Good,” Ace said. “We’re starting now.” He took her hand and led her toward a door on the other side of the space.
“Follow me, little girl.”
Chapter Nineteen
“This reminds me of Auntie Athena’s!” Lana said as she looked around the “dress-up room” Ace had brought her to.
“I think they have just about as much stuff,” Ace said. “You know, Auntie wouldn’t have minded you getting some clothes. Or… other things.”
Lana looked at Ace and noticed him smirking as his hand rested on a stack of diapers that sat on a shelf. She knew her cheeks were probably glowing red.
A moment later, she told him, “I wanted to. I just… you know. What we talked about.”
“You don’t owe me an explanation. But this reminds me of something I need to ask you.”
The look on Ace’s face was serious again, so Lana braced herself. Was he about to confess second thoughts? Were things moving too fast for him? If so, at least he was going to back out now before they went any further. She knew that the longer she stayed under his care, the harder it would be whenever she went back to her old life.
Or whatever life awaited her on the other side of this mess.
Either way, she doubted it would involve Ace.
With that in mind, she wondered if she should be doing any of this at all. Why not rip the bandage off quickly? It would probably be easier that way. Perhaps that was what Ace was about to do.
Ace dispelled those notions, though, when he said, “I need to level with you. I’m being swept away. And I don’t think I can resist.” He stepped closer, his smile warm and the look in his eyes affectionate. “What I’m trying to say is that I’m going to Daddy you, little girl. Hard. And when a cutie is under my care,she’s under my care. Meaning I won’t do this halfway. So, I want you to pick a safeword. Remember it. Because that’s your only out. Until I hear that word come out of your mouth, you’ll do exactly as Daddy says. Do you understand?”
Lana was speechless, but she managed to nod.
“Nope. I want to hear you say it. Do you understand?”
She gulped. “Yes, Sir.”
“Are you comfortable with this?”
Now, there was no fighting the giant grin she’d stifled so many times since seeing Ace that afternoon. “Yes, Sir!”
His serious expression faded and a healthy dose of humor reached his eyes. “Good girl. Now, about that safeword. I want to hear it, too.”
Her mind raced as she thought of an appropriate safe word. “La Brea.”
“Like the street?”
“Uh-huh.” She giggled. “It’s all I can think of.”
He laughed. “It’s as good of one as any. Or I suppose it’s two. But you know what I mean.”
Lana chewed on the inside of her cheek as she considered her next question. Oh gosh, did she have enough nerve to actually ask it?
She had to. It was vital information.
“Sir?”
“Yes?”
