Page 53 of Her Daddies' Everything

Hence why she was awake at two in the morning about to do some baking. Immy couldn’t really afford to miss the sleep and she’d pay for it tomorrow. But there had been no getting to sleep once she’d woken up after a nightmare about Maeve.

“Don’t do it around me.”

For some reason she now thought that she wouldn’t worry so much around him. Which was ridiculous.

“I don’t even know you.”

Tobias shrugged those huge shoulders. “You can trust I’ve got this. I’ve got you.”

“You’ve got me? What does that mean?” And why did she sound so breathless?

You do not know this man, Immy.

No, but she felt strangely comfortable around him.

“I’ll keep you safe.”

“Oh. I guess that’s your job. To keep all of us safe.”

He leaned in, his gaze hitting hers and making her feel all breathless again.

“I’ll keep you safe, Immy.”

She nodded. “Uh-huh, uh-huh.”

It was wrong for that to be . . . hot, right?

Was it really possible to be attracted to two men at once? Like in the books she read? And maybe her attraction to Tobiaswasn’t a bad thing. It could mean she was moving on . . . which was something she had to do.

Even as she felt her heart break a little.

“Immy?” Tobias said gently. “You okay?”

Immy let out a broken-sounding laugh. “Um, well. That’s kind of debatable. One of my best friends has a stalker who tried to drown her. And now she’s left with a man we don’t really know, even though he does seem quite capable of taking care of her. In all ways.”

“All ways?”

Oh. She probably shouldn’t have said that. But Gray didn’t just seem capable of protecting her body, but of taking care of her in all ways. Her heart, her needs, her safety, and her Little.

That man was all Daddy.

Immy sometimes wondered what it would feel like to have someone take care of her like that.

But she wasn’t a Little.

Or you’ve just convinced yourself that you shouldn’t be when you really are.

“Come back to me.”

Immy blinked at Tobias then smiled at him widely. “I’m here.”

He crossed his arms over his chest, narrowing his gaze at her. “Are you?”

“Yep and it’s very kind of you to protect me. But I don’t think that there is any real threat to me. To any of us. The stalker is after Maeve. I think you should have gone with her.”

“She’ll be safe.”

Immy hoped so but she had this bad feeling in her stomach.

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