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He wrapped his arms around himself like he was trying his best to hold himself together, and it took everything in me not to hold him, but I thought he needed to get this all out.

“Then I went to Kirby’s, and it was Daddy Night. I’d never really considered having a Daddy before, but I like the sound of it. You know, having someone who’d put you first and take care of you, and cherish you, and have your best interests in mind. Darn, that sounds so selfish when I say it like that.”

“That doesn’t sound selfish to me at all, mouse. It sounds like everything you deserve.”

He scoffed. “Right, and that’s why the first guy I considered going home with turned out to be an absolute asshole who didn’t know how to take no for an answer. Andy had to save me from him, you know. Twice, because I haveeasy markwritten all over me, apparently.”

“Who was this?” I growled.

“It doesn’t matter. He’s gone. Jesse banned him from the club, and no one’s seen him in months.”

“I still want a name, but that can wait. Mika, you aren’t wrong at all about what a Daddy does. I mean, there’s more to it, of course, but there’s nothing wrong with wanting to be the most important thing to your partner.”

“I’ve seen it with my friends. Andy, Caleb, and Mars have all found that. The way their Daddies treat them? It’s what I’d imagined, but I don’t think everyone gets that lucky. I don’t get that lucky.”

I’d had all these plans for when it would be the right time for me to make my move. After he finished self-defense training, after we managed to get through this mess with Butch and the Iron Jackals, after he was more comfortable around me… after, after, after. But with what I’d just heard him say, the afters didn’t seem that important anymore.

I reached for him and pulled him to me. He looked up at me, and I lowered my mouth to his. He melted against my chest and opened his mouth for me. He tasted like sunshine and chocolate and everything good in the world.

I pulled back and looked down into his eyes. “If you let me, I’ll always take care of you.”

“Like a Daddy?”

“Just like that, baby boy.”

He smiled up at me. “Well, why don’t you take me to bed, Daddy? I really need something good in my life right now.”

Chapter fifteen

Mika

I couldn’t believe I’d been brave enough to ask Hawk to take me to bed, but Hawk made me feel brave.

“You’ve had quite a day, mouse. Are you sure?”

“I’m sure.”

He led me to his room and stopped beside the bed. I was curious what his room looked like, but that could wait. Right now, something else held all my attention.

“Take off your clothes,” he growled.

I hurried to do as he said, and he hummed appreciatively.

“You’re beautiful.” He reached out, trailing one finger down the center of my body, tracing the line from my sternum down the light trail of hair to my belly button and back up, making me shiver. “So damn beautiful.”

“You really think so?” I asked. I wasn’t trying to be coy or to fish for compliments. I really was shocked. I thought I was cute enough, but beautiful?

He reached up, cupped my face in his hands, and stared right into my eyes. “Mika, you may be the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen, so yeah, I really think so. Now, get on the bed.”

The deep, throaty tone of his voice told me he meant what he’d said, and that helped ease my insecurities.

“Aren’t you going to take off your clothes? I want to see you, too.”

He quickly stripped off his clothes, never taking his eyes off me. I’d seen him without a shirt on before, but never like this. He was so damn sexy, and I was hard as a rock. I reached for my cock to stroke it.

“Did I tell you you could touch that?” he growled. I froze and shook my head. “Today, you’re mine, and that means all of you. So, no touching without permission. Are we clear?”

I was going to ignore the fact that he said today and just go with it because, while I wanted more, I wasn’t going to let that keep me from having my first-ever Daddy experience right here, right now, with this man. So I figured in for a penny, in for a pound.

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