Page 30 of Daddy's Stowaway

“Hey, I’m starving. Is there anything to eat?” I asked.

“There is, have a seat at the bar, and I’ll warm it up for you.”

I went to move past him to do it myself. “I’m not an invalid and can serve myself.” Johnathan gave me a withering look that could strip paint off a deck, and I moved back to the other side of the counter and took a seat, safely out of his reach.

“Where’s the other babysitter?” I received another look from Johnathan.

“I assume bybabysitter, you mean the highly trained bodyguard Alex hired to protect you? His name is Cooper, and he is on a break.”

I digested that for a moment, and when Johnathan placed my plate in front of me, I asked, “May I ask you a question?”

“You may,” he said, pouring me a glass of water and squeezing in some fresh lemon.

“You and Simone. Have you two been together a long time?”

“We have.” He leaned back against the counter, so we faced each other. “About a year, but what you really want to know is how long we have had our particular relationship?”

I felt my cheeks heat up with the question and knew he could see full well how uncomfortable I was.

Johnathan smiled, looking more like a hungry wolf than a man.

“I am older than Alex by a decade and have a colorful past. When I was an enforcer for a crime family, I learned I had a particular kink.”

“Oh? The Daddy thing?”

He chuckled. “No, I like to spank naughty girls like you.”

I choked on my asparagus spear and grabbed my water.

“I have met a lot of women, Antonia, who are strong and independent, but they also like someone stronger than them. I don’t mean physical strength, but when a strong woman needs an arm to lean on, they are looking for someone who can hold the load for them when they need a break. Someone who can take over when the burden is too great. Now let me ask you a question. The first time Alex told you to call him Daddy, what happened?”

My blush ramped up, flooding my face with heat. “I, uh, moaned, I believe. But he was doing things to me, and well, it added to the experience. I didn’t separate it from what we were doing at the time. I don’t know what a Daddy Dom really is. I don’t know what he expects from me, but he told me we had lots to talk about when he gets back.”

Johnathan studied me as if he was trying to make up his mind about something.

“A Daddy Dom is a man who will take you by the hand and walk you through the dark. A dominant partner who role-plays a paternal figure for the submissive partner. Except I will take that a step further and say it is not a role-play per se, but a true role that you either are or are not. Alex and I are dominant in the bedroom, but we are also dominant in real life and carry our responsibilities. We don’t segregate who we are as a role. Does that make sense?”

“It does; thank you for taking the time to share that with me. So, you and Simone, she told me she, uh… had been with Alex first?” His eyes flashed with something I couldn’t define and then disappeared.

“Simone is from Tahiti and had been working here a while before Alex met her. They played out some scenes together, but in the end, they just weren’t right for each other. When I moved here from Asia to take over, Alex introduced us, and I knew as soon as I saw her she was the one.”

Now I was a little confused. Did he mean theonethe one, or the one that he wanted to tame, or was that the same thing?

“When you meet the perfect submissive, Antonia, it is like meeting the woman who will one day be your wife. The impact is that strong.”

“Does that mean all Dominants get married to their submissives?”

He chuckled loudly. “I do love your ignorance, my girl, such a breath of fresh air. No, there are many different types of D/s relationships and many different levels of relationships with Daddy Doms, but in your case, I wouldn’t expect to be leaving anytime soon. Alex seems completely smitten.”

“Where is he, Johnathan?”

“Meeting with Izzy Zamaya.”

I blanched and felt the blood drain from my face. My heart pounded as I slid from the stool; my last image was of Alex with a bullet in his head.

Chapter 16

Alexander

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