“We will beso cute,” he agreed.
“I’m gonna be so cute, I’m gonna gets alllla the candy,” she sang. “No cannies for Daddy.”?
Pike gasped, pretending to be outraged. “No candy for Daddy?”
“Nu. Not even a black jellybean.”
He snorted and smacked her bottom. “You are very sassy this morning.”?
She grinned and wrapped her arms around him. “I has on my sassy pants.”
“I think all of your pants are sassy.” He stopped at the door of the Caterpillar Room and chuckled as Dallas waved excitingly at Nanny J.
“Hello, friends!” the woman said, approaching them.
“Hi, Nanny J!”
“How was your weekend?” Nanny J asked.
“Good. We eated lunch at Sadie’s house!”
“Oh! How exciting!”
Pike set her on her feet and handed her diaper bag to Nanny J before bending and pressing a kiss to her lips.
“Bye, Bitty. I love you.”
“Bye, Dada. I love you!” she said.
He slid her pacifier back in her mouth before pulling a clip from her bag and attaching it to her shirt. He gave her bottom a pat as he sent her toward Nanny J.
He reflected on her words as he walked back to their room. “Dada” was a new word for her and it signaled a younger headspace. Rawhide Ranch really had been the best thing for them. He was so glad he’d made the decision to bring them here.
“So you’re the man responsible for Host a Ghost?” Sam teased when they ran into each other near the elevator.
Pike laughed, “Oh goodness. Has it made it all the way around the Ranch now?”
“No, but it did meet our Little one's ears and I was up at five-thirty this morning filling the bathtub with marshmallows and pretending to be a ghost named Gertrude.”
Pike raised his hand to cover his laughter. “I’d say I’m sorry, but the joy it brings my Little one totally makes up for your scorn.”
Sam shrugged his shoulders. “That’s fair. I’d do the same for our Little girl.”
“You saidourLittle girl. Do you have a partner and a Little?”
He nodded. “Yes, my wife, Dr. Catherine Denton, and I share a little girl named Pippi. She’s in the school-age group, so I don’t believe she and your little girl interact much.”
“Ah. That’s really beautiful. I love how our kink helps build chosen families.”
Sam nodded. “We get a bad rep, but really the world would be much happier if they’d give BDSM a try,” he said.
“Come to the Dom side,” Pike intoned in his best Darth Vader voice.
“May the Force be with you as you step out of that boring box and come explore,” Sam added with a grin.
“We even have ghosties,” Pike offered which had both men chuckling as they stepped into the elevator.
CHAPTER 18