Page 13 of Scarlett's Mountain Man
I’ve only known him for a little time, yet I want to call him Daddy. I want to submit to him and tell him he can have his way with me. I want to be told I’m a good girl and have him take care of me.
But will Thorin want all of that as well? I have a newborn daughter. I know some people are okay with dating a single mom, but not everyone is.
“I would prefer ‘yes, Daddy,’ but I don’t think you’re there yet,” Thorin gently says. “I don’t want you to be embarrassed about what you said.”
“How can I not?” I whisper.
I literally asked him to fuck me. How can I not be embarrassed about that?
“I feel the same way.” He places a hand on my shoulder. “I would love to have my way with you, but not right now. You need time to heal, but don’t think for a second that I don’t want you.”
My mouth falls open. “But… but we don’t know each other. I shouldn’t have said what I did.”
“Don’t.”
“Don’t what?” I look at him, confused.
“Don’t say you shouldn’t have said it. I know you meant it.”
“Oh.”
“Yeah, oh. I don’t regret saying I wanted to have my way with you.”
I shake my head. “I didn’t say I regretted it, but just I shouldn’t have said it. It is two different things.”
I can’t help but get a little sassy. He’s putting words into my mouth, and I don’t want him to. There’s no reason for him to think I regret what I said.
I don’t. I just know Ishouldn’thave said it.
“Okay, regret is the wrong word. I’m sorry. And it doesn’t matter how long we have known each other. There’s a sparkbetween us, a pull. I know you do as well,” he encourages me. “Don’t push that aside like it means nothing.”
I don’t want to push it anywhere, but how could I have said something like that? It’s so unlike me to just blurt things out like that.
“I just…” I sigh, looking away. I’m still humiliated. Who wouldn’t be? Well, maybe someone who is confident in themselves wouldn’t be , but I am. I really am.
“You just what?” Thorin gently asks. “You’re safe here, Little One. You can speak your mind.”
“I’m embarrassed, okay?” I say, looking up at him again.
I know I’m safe. Every single time I talked to Thorin on the phone, he was nice and caring.
It wouldn’t be hard to be in a safe place, considering whatheput me through. The things he did and said.
I shiver as the thoughts come over me.
“Are you cold?” Thorin asks. “I can get more blankets and put wood in the fire.”
“Oh, I’m okay.”
“Are you sure? You don’t have to just say that.”
I look at his clothing. He is wearing long pants and a tight-fitting, short-sleeved shirt. So even if I were cold, I wouldn’t tell him because I don’t want him to overheat.
“Scarlett.” His voice holds a warning. “I don’t think I like what you are thinking.”
“And what am I thinking?” I challenge.
“You won’t tell me if you were cold because you’re worried I’ll be too hot.”
