Page 33 of Her Hero Daddy

Kane rocked her slowly. “Shh… baby… breathe for Daddy. Breathe. Nice and slow. In and out. That’s a good girl.”

“I f-feel s-so s-s-stupid,” she said between breaths.

“Baby girl, you are not stupid. You had no way of knowing that he was going to turn out to be a monster. I am so extremely proud of you for getting away from him and fighting him off of you. It shows how tough and brave you are.”

She sniffed against his shirt, and he could feel the wetness of her tears soaking through the cotton. He didn’t care. He would take all her tears and turn them into giggles and smiles if he could. When she stopped sniffling and hiccupping, he pulled her away from his chest to look her in the eye.

“Baby, I need your phone. I need to have it checked out in case he put any kind of tracking devices on it.”

Tears spilled over again.

“Do you think he’s going to come after me?”

“I don’t know, baby, but I don’t want to take any chances. You are safe with me. I would never let anything happen to you, but we still need to take all the precautions that we can. My brother owns a personal security company and is sending some of his employees to provide security around my house and around Luke and Ally’s house until Tim is caught and arrested.”

“You think he’ll go after Ally?” she asked, her blue eyes shining with new tears.

Great job, idiot.

“I don’t think so, but in this case, we can’t be too careful. I don’t want you to worry or panic, Haylee. It’s possible that he might come home tonight and will be arrested, but I am taking all the steps I can to make sure we are ahead of any issue that could arise. Do you trust me to keep you safe?”

She thought for a moment as she studied his face before she nodded.

“I trust you more than I’ve ever trusted anyone. It’s so weird because I just met you, but I know in my heart and mind that you’ll protect me. I also don’t think you would ever harm me. Wait… did you call yourself Daddy earlier?”

Shit.

Of all times to bring that up, she had to realize it right then? It really wasn’t the time to have that conversation with her, but he couldn’t just deny it.

“Uh, yes I did.”

Maybe she would just leave it at that.

“Why?”

Well, double shit.

“I don’t think right now is the time for an in-depth discussion about it, but have you heard of BDSM?”

She nodded, her eyes widening. He had to hide his smile at the deer-in-the-headlights look on her face.

“Well, I am what’s called a Daddy Dom. Basically, I am within the BDSM realm, but instead of being a Master or just a Dom, I am a Daddy Dom. I am feeling really protective of you right now, and I think I said it instinctively because of the situation. I didn’t mean to make you uncomfortable.”

Haylee shrugged. “Oh, okay. That makes sense. You didn’t make me uncomfortable. I’ll go get my phone.”

She got up from his lap and walked out toward the apartment, leaving Kane to sit in stunned silence as he stared after her.

Oh, okay?

What does that mean?

15

HAYLEE

When she was alone in the room, she felt her body tremble as arousal pulsed down to her pussy. She and Ally had read Daddy Dom books for years. When she had left Pinebrook to go to college, Ally suggested they start a book club. Only, they were the only members of their book club. Ally had suggested a Daddy Dom book to read one time, and from then on, they’d both been hooked on them. The reading had slowed down when she moved in with Tim, but she still fantasized about all the Daddies in those books.

Kane telling her that he was a Daddy Dom nearly made her blush from head to toe, and then the arousal struck her like a ton of bricks. She had to get off his lap and away from him for a moment so she could breathe in something else besides his delicious scent. Not only was he a Daddy Dom, but he called himself Daddy. She wanted so badly to ask more questions, but it wasn’t exactly the best time to be exploring that. And she needed to hurry up and take her phone to Kane before he came looking for her.