Page 204 of Broken Daddy
“You never have to wake up from it, baby.”
“Can I ask you something? About May?” she asked hesitantly.
“You can ask me anything. Never be afraid of me.”
She hoped he meant that. “Why are there no photos of her here?”
“Ahh.” Pain filled his face. “I guess because I couldn’t bear to look at them. I stored them away in the cabin.”
“This cabin?”
“No. May’s cabin. It was her favorite place, where she spent most of her time.”
“You still own it?”
“I can’t sell it. I also can’t make myself go there. I have someone take care of it. But it just holds too many memories.”
“I understand. But if you ever want to go there, I’ll go with you.”
“Thank you, baby.” He took her chin in his hand and dropped his lips to hers.
Then he moved them against her mouth.
Oh God. Was she really that stupid? How had she missed the signs?
Idiot.
Hayes wasn’t the sort of guy to take just anyone into his home, to protect them like this. He wouldn’t allow just anyone into his bed.
He wouldn’t be a Daddy to just anyone. The way he took care of her . . .
“You love me. You really do.”
“Yeah, baby. I really do.” He stood with her in his arms and then he carried her into the bedroom.
“What are you doing?” she cried.
“Taking you to bed.”
“But I don’t want a nap.”
“Who said anything about napping?”
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The time for treading lightly was gone. It wasn’t really his thing anyway. He was more of an action sort of guy. And right now, he wanted to make certain that she knew she was his. That she knew she was beautiful.
Laying her on the bed, he stared down at her.
She was dressed in a pair of pajamas he’d bought for her that had squirrels all over. She looked adorable.
But she’d look even better naked.
However, there was a slightly panicked look on her face as though she didn’t know what was going to happen next.
Last thing he wanted was for her to be scared.
She should never be afraid when she was with him. So he stepped back and grabbed the bottom of his shirt, pulling it up over his head.
