Page 68 of Her Gentle Daddy
Maddie grinned over at her and winked.
“I bet I’ll have a dog by the end of the month.”
Gabby giggled and followed her sister inside the house. It felt weird thinking of her as her sister, but that was what she was, and so far, everything had been going so well that she felt as though they would become close friends too. She hoped so anyway.
“Come on, I’ll give you a tour.”
Following Maddie through the house as she showed her all around, Gabby was sure she would get lost if she had to try to find a room by herself, but luckily, Maddie seemed stuck to her like glue. By the time they got upstairs and into her playroom, Gabby was so turned around she had no idea how to get back downstairs.
“Oh my gosh, it’s so pretty! I love your teepee.”
There was a pink and white teepee set up in the corner of the room with several blankets and pillows situated inside along with string lights illuminating the area.
Maddie giggled, “Thanks. I love to lay in there and read. It’s so fun.”
The entire room was beautiful and perfectly matching, yet Gabby still loved her own playroom more. However, she might need to show her Daddy the teepee and convince him that she needed one.
Maddie sat down on her knees in front of a toy box and pulled out several dolls, holding them up for Gabby. They looked like American Girl dolls, but she wasn’t sure since she’d never actually seen one in real life. Taking the one Maddie was holding out for her, she plopped down on her bottom, and they began dressing their dolls and doing their hair while chatting.
At one point, Maddie paused and grabbed Gabby’s left hand.
“Is this new? I didn’t see it the other day.”
Blushing, she tried to pull her hand back, but Maddie held it tightly, turning it every which way to examine the ring.
“He proposed to me before we came.”
“What?” she practically shouted before jumping up to her feet and bouncing up and down excitedly.
Gabby giggled and ducked her head. She wasn’t used to this kind of attention, and while it was exciting and fun, she felt slightly out of her element.
“You have to tell me all about it. Every single detail.”
Once Maddie sat back down, Gabby spent the next half an hour telling her about what had happened before they came over, and when she stopped talking and looked over at her sister, Maddie was grinning like a fool.
“Oh my gosh, that is so romantic. Sean is such a good guy. When he approached me at the club, I thought he was so handsome and sweet. We had fun until Ian came storming in there, claiming me like an untamed animal.”
Confusion filled her as she looked over at Maddie questioningly.
“What do you mean?”
Realizing what she had said, Maddie blushed and shook her head.
“Oh nothing, it’s just silly. I’m just so excited for you.”
Her entire body went numb, and she knew it wasn’t ‘just nothing’.
“What do you mean when he first approached you?”
Looking down at her doll, Maddie seemed unsure of what to say, and when she raised her gaze back to Gabby, she smiled softly.
“It’s really not a big deal. I was at The Playground by myself when I first met Sean. He offered to read me a book, and while he was reading to me, Ian showed up and claimed me for everyone to see. That was before I knew Ian and I were actually a thing.”
The color must have drained from her face because suddenly, Maddie was up on her knees, moving closer to her.
“It was a long time ago, way before you guys met, and it really was nothing. He was just being nice to me.”
Gabby knew her Daddy had a past and had been with other women before. She knew that he had played with other Littles at the club, but knowing that he had been interested in her sister, her new friend, and the only reason Sean and Maddie weren’t together now was because of Ian, it made her feel ill.