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“What?” he asked. “Do you hate me now too?”

I frowned. “Of course not!” I said and threw my arms around his neck. “I think that when people get hurt, they do fucked up things. You did that, but you fixed it. What your brother and sister did? That was on them. But you shouldn’t feel bad that you’re still here, Vito. If you weren’t, I never would have met you and I would have still been chained up in that house. I’m glad you’re still here. And I’m sorry you’re in so much pain.”

Vito was so still and quiet that I tensed. I thought he would shove me off of him and tell me to go to my own room, but he didn’t. Vito’s big arms wrapped around me and he held me tightly.

“Thank you, Ro,” he said as he squeezed me. “I think I needed to hear that.”

We held onto each other for what felt like a lifetime, but I was in no rush to move. Vito deserved to be happy no matter how many mistakes he had made in the past.

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“How long are you going to stay in my lap?”

Vito sounded so grumpy, but I knew he didn’t mean it. So, I shrugged and happily cuddled with him. He could complain all he wanted, but the truth was that he could push me off of him at any time and he hadn’t done it yet.

Thinking about that made me remember the last time we’d slept together. Vito had been so hot and I had loved every minute of it. Right, I was supposed to ask him about that. I lifted my head and that grabbed his attention. He put his phone down again and raised a brow.

“Yes?” he asked.

“What about you being my Daddy?” I asked. “You said you wanted to. That day when I was asleep.”

His eyes narrowed. “If you were asleep, then how did you hear me?”

“Okay maybe I wasn’t completely asleep, but I did hear you,” I said as I smiled at him. “But, um, what if you were my Daddy?” I asked. “You could take care of me and keep me safe and I could stay here with you forever.”

Vito searched my face. “But I’m cranky. And mean. And a pain in the ass.”

“I’m a pain in the ass too.” I laughed. “But you put up with me.”

“You are a pain.”

My jaw dropped. Vito burst out laughing and held me tighter in his arms when I tried to pull away. He placed a line of kisses all over my neck and chin as we laughed together. When I gave up, he sighed.

“Okay,” Vito said. “I want to try this Daddy thing with you. Taking care of you makes me happy and I want to keep doing it.”

I perked up. “Does that mean you’ll be my Daddy?”

Vito grinned. “Yes, that’s what I’m saying.”

I threw my arms around his neck and he hugged me tightly. The cloud that had settled over him before seemed to dissipate altogether. Vito really was as excited about this as I was.

When I sat up, I ground my hips on his lap. “So now that we worked that out, do you want to forget about everything and just fuck me?”

Vito burst out laughing. “You look so sweet, but you’re the devil.”

I chuckled. “Don’t you love it?” I nipped his bottom lip. “Want me to go get the lube and condoms?” I asked.

Vito grunted and thrust upward slightly. “Who said that’s what I want?”

“Your dick is pressing against me right now. I know that’s what you want.”

“Confident little baby.” Vito laughed. He reached down and gripped my cock making me moan. “Maybe I’ll deny you just to see you squirm.”

I pouted and shifted at his words alone. Little baby. It made me feel so small.

“Please don’t, Daddy.” The word rolled off my tongue so effortlessly and my cock stood at attention knowing that it was true. Vito was going to be my Daddy. “I want to feel you. All of you.”

Vito raised a brow. “Are you saying you don’t want to use the condom?”

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