Page 33 of Her Forever Daddies

Carly skipped over to Zane and stuck her tongue out at him. “I don’t ever get cranky.”

He stared down at her and raised his eyebrow. “Is that so?”

Ruby giggled and smiled at Carly who grabbed a hold of her hand and tugged her away from her Daddies.

“Not too far!” Jace and Damian said at the same time.

Sheesh! They acted like the women were going to jump on a plane to Europe or something.

“They are so overprotective, aren’t they?” Carly asked.

She nodded. “Uh, yeah, I’m starting to notice that. This is my first time going out with them.”

Carly’s eyes widened. “Oooh, they just became your Daddies?”

Nodding her head, Ruby glanced back at the men who were all watching the girls like hawks.

“How long have you been with your Daddies?” Ruby asked.

Giggling, Carly looked back at the men. “Nash isn’t my Daddy. Only Damian. But I think Nash gets lonely so I ask my Daddy to invite him to come with us on our adventures sometimes so he gets to be around Littles. If you know of any other single Littles, I’m trying to find one for him.”

Ruby giggled at the idea of Carly playing matchmaker for the big, stern looking man behind them. Although he’d been nothing but kind to Ruby, she had no doubt he was not a man to be messed with.

Then again, none of the men that were watching over them seemed to be men to be messed with. And for some reason, that made Ruby feel completely at ease. She was safe and cared for, even if it was just for a little while.

They all went to the Sea Lion Café, which had floor to ceiling windows on one side that showed the sea lion enclosure.

“Daddy, can we go sit by the window while you guys order?” Carly asked Damian.

Damian looked to Jace and Zane who nodded. “Yes, but don’t move from over there.”

Both women nodded and skipped happily to the windows to watch the animals play with their toys in the water.

“Do you like having two Daddies?” Carly asked.

Without even thinking, Ruby nodded her head. “I like it a lot, but I’m sure they’ll get tired of me at some point.”

Furrowing her brows, Carly reached out and placed a hand on her arm. “Why would you say that? They both seem crazy about you.”

She shrugged and continued staring off into the distance. Sharing her insecurities and doubts would probably just annoy Carly anyway and they were getting along so well. Ruby didn’t want to ruin the rest of the day or make it awkward.

“Your Daddies got the food ordered and are getting drinks. Let’s go find a table for all of us,” Nash said from behind them.

His voice was deep and firm, leaving no room for complaints about leaving the sea lions. Carly grabbed her hand and they followed Nash to a large table.

When their food came, she grinned at the sandwich pieces that were cut into the shape of shells and starfish and the watermelon slices that were cut into fish shapes.

“These are so cute!” Ruby said loudly.

When she realized how loud she’d spoken, she looked up and felt her cheeks redden. Had she embarrassed everyone by being too loud? But when she met Jace’s face, he was grinning as he picked up a piece of watermelon and pretended to make the cut-out fruit swim up to her mouth.

“Open for Daddy, little fish,” he said warmly.

Huh.

Carly started bouncing in her seat as she clapped her hands together.

“Oh my gosh, look at the whale over there!” she squealed loudly.

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