Page 177 of Broken Daddy
He huffed out a breath. “You do lie. But not to me. You always tell me the truth. That’s a rule.”
“Gonna need a list of all these rules. They’re confusing.”
“I can do that. We can talk about them on the way to Sanctuary Ranch.”
Oh, goody.
That sounded like so much fun.
When he opened the door, she saw Coco sitting there. Who had gotten her out of the trunk?
“Donovan got Coco out. You don’t have to worry about hiding your Little from anyone on Sanctuary Ranch. They’re all in the lifestyle. There are a number of Littles on the ranch. Some of whom get into quite a bit of trouble. You will not be one of them.”
So. Bossy.
He got her comfortable again, putting the blanket over her, then doing up her seatbelt.
“Oh, I won’t?” she asked in amusement.
“You won’t.”
He shut the door and took Donovan his snacks. When he returned, he opened a packet of chips and some of the candy.
Yummy.
She took a couple of chips, not wanting to eat too many. Hayes was a big guy who needed a lot of fueling.
“Don’t know what I was thinking letting you walk on your own,” he muttered. “Should have carried you into the service station. Should just carry you everywhere.”
Dear Lord.
She needed to put a stop to this before he really started to think that this was a feasible possibility.
It wasn’t.
“You can’t carry me everywhere.”
“Sure, I can. You’re light as a feather. Drink some water. You haven’t been drinking enough. And why aren’t you eating? Don’t you like your snacks?”
“Of course I do. But you need to have some too.”
“They aren’t for me, baby.”
“But . . . but . . . you can’t have bought all of these for me.”
He shot her an incredulous look. “Of course I did. I’ve got to keep myself fit. I can’t do that by eating all this junk. Donovan has youth on his side, I don’t. Now, eat some more. And drink your water.”
“You are so bossy, Daddy.”
“Well, I have to be. I have a Little girl to take care of.”
Devi wished he would take care of her all the time. That she could be his Little girl forever. It was going to be so hard to go back to being just Devi. To doing everything for herself.
Sitting back, she tried to get comfortable as The Wiggles sang their happy songs. She especially liked the one about the potato.
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Hayes snuck a look over at Devi as she slept.
