Page 28 of Daddy's Little Worker
Her eyes went wide. “But… Dominic was waiting outside my car for forty minutes before I came down. I felt bad that he was there, waiting.”
His eyebrows pulled together. Noah told Dominic that he didn’t need to pick up Frankie until close to ten so why was he there earlier?
“Stay put.” He pointed his finger. “Do not go anywhere. If you do, you will be in trouble.”
“Even if I have to pee?” he asked.
“If you need to go to the bathroom, you may, but you are to come right back here,” he stated. “And before you ask, if there is a fire or anything like that, and you need to leave the building, you can. I want you here when I get back so we can head up to my office together.”
She smiled. “You knew.”
Noah chuckled. “I figured that was where the questioning was going to go.”
She smiled and clasped her hands tightly in front of her. He looked at her hands, his eyebrows pulling together when he realized her knuckles were turning white. Frankie often put her hands in front of her like this. Was something wrong?
“Fra—”
“Are you going to be talking to Dominic? I don’t want our meeting to go too long and me being late for work,” Frankie said.
His eyes narrowed on her. “Yes, but this conversation isn’t over.”
Leaving the room, Noah walked to where he knew Dominic would be, the entrance.
“Everything okay with Frankie?” Dominic asked.
“Were you there an hour early?” Noah didn’t waste any time asking his question.
His eyebrows pulled together. “Yes, I was. There was no mention of getting her later until she texted me and told me.”
Noah shook his head. “I told you yesterday she wasn’t to come in until ten.”
“No, you didn’t,” Dominic replied. “I got no text.”
Clenching his jaw, Noah pulled out his phone and found Dominic’s contact, only to see his message written out but never sent. Sighing, he took a couple of seconds to regain his composure.
“Sorry,” Noah said after a little while. “I had it written out, but forgot to send it. My fault.”
“So that means you can’t get punish her for coming in early,” Dominic pointed out.
“I don’t know about that. She knew she wasn’t supposed to come in early and could have told you,” Noah replied.
“She didn’t know what else to do, and she didn’t want to make me wait longer since I had already been there a while.” Dominic placed his hand on Noah’s shoulder. “We talked about it in the car. I was just about to bring her up to your office and explain everything.”
Noah sighed. “Really?”
“Yes, really. She said she didn’t want to get in trouble with you, but that she didn’t want me to wait in case I needed to do something. So I brought her here. All my fault,” Dominic explained.
“Thanks.” Noah nodded and walked off.
Frankie was right where he left her, her hands clasped tightly in front of her as she looked around the room. Would she like to come and play with the other Littles? Maybe he should ask her.
Noah stood off to the side as he looked at her, watched her. She was absolutely breathtaking as she stood there, looking at the main room with such longing on her face. He was definitely going to ask if she wanted to play with the Littles when they arrived after her shift or when they came over the weekend. But at the same time, he didn’t want to ask her because she needed all the rest she could get with the dark circles under her eyes.
Was she not getting any sleep?
“Oh, I didn’t see you there,” Frankie gasped. “Sorry. Was I in my thoughts long?”
He shook his head. “No, you weren’t.Iwas stuck inmythoughts.”
