Page 26 of Only One Tent
“Sky, Sky, Sky…there are different types of trust. Different ways to trust people. Like I trust you to be honest with me, but I don’t trust that you won’t run again.”
Oh. “I trust that you won’t run.” He laughed a little, but the serious part came next. “I trust that you’ll be honest with me. If I ask. If I don’t.” I shook my head and glared at my feet. “I do not trust. At all. That you’ll tell me things I might need to know, if I don’t specifically ask.”
“I can work with that.”
“What the fuck does that mean?” I threw my hands in the air and sloshed out some of my drink—I should just finish it off. So I did.
“It means that I understand where you’re having trouble, and I can try to reassure you that going forward, I’ll tell you what I think you need to know. Without you having to ask.”
“No. I heard how you worded that. It’s not whatyouthink I need to know. It’s whatIthink I need to know.” I pointed at him and me as I spoke, emphasizing my point.
“I don’t know what you think you need.”
I rolled my eyes.
“Let me clue you in on a few things. Things you probably need to know.” He crooked his finger and put his drink on the table. I walked closer, and he patted his lap.
What the fuck was I supposed to do about that? I sat. On his lap. With my legs across his, sideways. He wrapped one arm around my back and grabbed my outer thigh with the other. “Skyler. Sweet boy.” I wanted to interrupt him about that, but kept my mouth shut because I wanted to know what he had to say. “I know you heard Cody call both Warner and me daddy. That’s because we play around with that dynamic. It’s a big part of who I am.”
I bit my bottom lip. I suspected. And I happened to know a few things about that. Hell, I had a membership to Afterglow. As soon as I could afford it, I bought it. But I almost never went. Why? Not because I didn’t want to. “D-Do you go to a-a club?”
“Yes. Have you heard of Afterglow?”
My feet looked nice. Yep. How did I get out of this? Why did I want to run? This. This was what I wanted. Right? “Y-Yes.”
He squeezed me. “Do you know what that means? Being a daddy?”
I shrugged one shoulder. “You like having someone call you Daddy. I’m not a Little like Danny, you know. I don’t do that.”
“I don’t want a Little. Just a boy. Like you.”
“I’m not—”
“Oh, I think you are. I think you’re lying to yourself. And if anyone around here needs a daddy, it’s you.”
I exhaled very loudly. “Why? Why do you say that? I’m a lawyer. A very good one. I live all by myself and make my own decisions. I do not need anyone telling me what to do. I don’t have daddy issues.” I started to pull away, but Crow held me tight.
“Shh…you have it all wrong, baby.”
Oh shit. He called me baby and my dick was suddenly rock hard. “Crow…”
“Listen for once, Sky.”
“Fine.”
“I don’t want to boss you around. I want to take care of you. Big difference. I want to help you. I’m really fucking good at seeing what people close to me need, and with you…I want to give you everything you need.”
“What do you think I need?” I turned to face him directly. I wanted to see the truth or the lie in his eyes.
“First. You need fucked. Seriously. Aside from that, you need someone to level you out. Give you courage to grab the things you want that you think you shouldn’t.”
Well. Talk about hitting it in one. Or two. Wasn’t that two things?
So what the fuck was I going to do? Go along with it? Try it? Run?
Crow stared me down. Eye-to-eye, I wanted everything he was offering. “Okay,” I whispered. “Show me, Daddy.”
He smiled, eyes lighting up and everything, before he leaned in and kissed me. But oh hell, he didn’t simply kiss me. He ran his hand up my back. Squeezed my leg. Slid his tongue between my lips and along my tongue. All so, so slowly. He owned me. My heart raced. He pulled back, and I chased his mouth. “Turn around and straddle my legs.”
