Page 119 of Melt For Us, Daddy
How could he turn her down? After everything his father had put her and Cordelia through, there was no way he could ruin this night for her.
So he forced a smile and hoped they wouldn’t notice the way his hand shook as he pushed himself up out of the chair.
Linking her fingers with his, Cordelia gave his hand a hard squeeze and smiled up at him. “You don’t need to be nervous, baby boy. We’re right here with you. And you always have your safeword if it gets too overwhelming.”
The knowledge that he could bow out of everything if he wanted helped to settle him more than he’d expected it to. “Yes, Ma’am.”
Hand in hand, they followed a bouncing Ivy up the stairs, and the little peeks he got of her bottom as her skirt flounced helped take the edge off a little more. So that by the time they made it up the stairs, with Holden trailing behind them, he was almost feeling normal again.
Almost.
“Ivy!”
Jerking around at the ear-piercing squeal, he nearly ducked behind Cordelia as a group of women descended on Ivy, taking turns hugging her as they all talked at once.
“Oh my god, we missed you so much!”
“Are you guys okay? We’ve been so worried.”
“Seriously! What happened? Daddy wouldn’t tell me anything.”
The last was from a pretty redhead who only stood a few inches taller than Ivy, but who pinned Holden with a dark glare. Behind Jacob, the other man sighed.
“We’ve been over this a dozen times already, Francesca. You know why I couldn’t tell you.”
Francesca. Running over the list of names they’d given him before leaving the house, he assumed she must be Frankie.
“Girls, if you smother my submissive before I get a chance to take her down to the pit and celebrate our return home, I am going to be very put out with all of you.”
Cordelia’s words inspired another round of happy squeals as they rushed her, but before they could envelop her the way they had Ivy, she held a hand up, stopping them all in their tracks. He watched, transfixed by the way they all immediately obeyed, and his cock twitched with arousal at the sight.
That was his woman, commanding an entire group of people with nothing more than a hand gesture. And it was really fucking hot.
Unfortunately for him, his body’s response to Cordelia’s dominance meant the cage around his cock was suddenly much tighter than it had been. Not painful, as Cordelia had said, but very, very uncomfortable.
It was going to be a long night.
“I appreciate you’re all very happy to see me, but you’ll have to give Ivy my share of the hugs.”
“Spoilsport.” Lottie, the only one of the group he actually recognized, puffed her bottom lip out in a pout. But then her gaze shifted to him and pouting gave way to curiosity. “Hi, Jacob. Daddy said you’d be here. With Ivy and Cordelia.”
“Ah… yeah. Yes. Um, yes, Ma’am?”
Laughter rippled through the small crowd in front of him and Lottie shook her head. “You do not have to call any of us Ma’am if you don’t want to. And don’t go calling all the men ‘Sir’, either. You’ll give them big heads.”
“Charlotte, if you’re going to teach my boy bad habits, I’ll have to talk to your Daddy about your lack of manners.”
There was a bite to Cordelia’s voice he wasn’t used to hearing, even when he was in trouble, and he was suddenly very glad that tone wasn’t directed at him. He was pretty sure he’d shrivel up and die of embarrassment if it was.
Lottie, on the other hand, barely seemed phased. “Oh come on, Delia. He’s one of us! We have to teach him the ways of the brat.”
“You certainly do not have to teach him any such thing. I swear your Daddy doesn’t spank you enough.”
“Shhh, not so loud! He’ll hear you!”
One of the women behind Lottie stepped forward, rolling her eyes at her friend’s dramatics as she held out a hand. “Hi. I’m Silver. The Viking over there with the blond hair and the bad attitude is my Daddy, Ice. Beside him is Beckett, and I believe you’ve already met Braden and Holden.”
“And I’m Ruby.” Another redhead, though her hair wasn’t nearly as fiery as Frankie’s. “Beckett’s mine, at least until I murder him in his sleep for being an overbearing asshole.”
