Total pages in book: 184
Estimated words: 188108 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 941(@200wpm)___ 752(@250wpm)___ 627(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 188108 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 941(@200wpm)___ 752(@250wpm)___ 627(@300wpm)
“I know. I wanted to.”
Roman nodded. “Well, that’s sweet. I just don’t want you to think you have to . . . uh, well, for want of a better word, serve us.”
“What if I was a service sub?” she asked.
“Well, that would be different. We read the book about Claire, she was a service sub. Do you think you’re like Claire?”
Umm.
“No, I don’t think service is my love language. Well, not that sort of service.”
“What do you mean?”
“You know . . . there’s other sorts of service. Like if Salem was to order me to . . . you know what? Never mind.” She could feel herself growing red and Roman’s cheeks were tinted red too.
So he got what she was saying.
Sheesh. That was embarrassing. She couldn’t believe she’d been about to talk about blow jobs with Roman.
“Right. Yes. So what were you planning on doing this afternoon?” he asked.
“I thought I might go roller skating.”
“Roller skating? Really?” He looked a bit ill at the idea.
“Is that . . . is there a problem?”
“You just hurt your foot. I don’t think it’s a good idea.”
“But my foot was fine on the treadmill so I don’t think it will hurt it.”
“Right. All right, then. You do realize it’s a bit nippy out there today.”
“Nippy?” She couldn’t help it. Yes, it was juvenile, but her eyes dropped to where his nipples would be.
“My eyes are up here,” he said dryly.
And she was red again. She swore that she never blushed before she spent time around these guys.
Clearing her throat, she glanced up at him as he finished off his sandwich.
“Let’s go get our coats on and you can go roller skating.”
Roman swore that she was giving him gray hairs watching her attempt to roller skate around the tennis courts. It was the only place he would let her skate because he’d set mats up everywhere to cushion her fall.
And he felt it was inevitable that she’d fall, she was awfully shaky.
He shot forward as she wobbled, but she managed to straighten up.
Bloody hell.
Yes, he was definitely going to end up with more gray hair.
“What is she doing?” Alexei demanded.
He glanced over at the big man as he stepped up to him. He must have just come back from his run as he was dressed in a T-shirt and shorts.
“She’s roller skating.”
“I can see that. But why?” Alexei demanded.
“I suppose she enjoys it.”
Alexei winced and lunged forward as she wobbled again.
“She’s not very good at it.”
“I guess practice will make perfect,” Roman countered. Although he had just been thinking the same thing.
“Not if she breaks a leg practicing,” Alexei grumbled. “I’m going to get her to stop.”
But as he moved toward her, she let out a bark of laughter. “Look at me! Look, Rome! Papa! I’m gliding.”
“She’s slipped into Little headspace,” Alexei muttered.
Roman nodded. He hadn’t been expecting that.
“Did I just hear her laugh?” Salem walked up next to them. “I went looking for her and then spotted you both. I figured if the two of you were here then she wouldn’t be far away.”
Tamsyn glanced over with a wide smile, waving frantically. Then she wobbled again.
Roman sucked in a breath.
Stay steady.
“Shit. I don’t know if this is a good idea,” Salem said, tensing. “She could hurt herself.”
“Exactly what I said,” Alexei added. “But then she laughed.”
“You were both distracted by her laugh. This is about safety,” Salem said firmly.
“Well, you go tell her that she can’t skate anymore then,” Roman said. “Because I’m not. She’s having fun!”
“Fine. I will.”
“Whee!” she cried, raising her hands up into the air as she skated past. “Look at me, Daddy! I’m so fast I’m nearly flying.”
“Well, perhaps slow down a bit,” Salem called out. “I don’t want you going too fast.”
“Don’t be such a worry wart, Daddy!” she cried.
Roman cleared his throat. “Aren’t you going to tell her to stop skating?”
“She’s enjoying herself,” Salem said.
And then she attempted to spin. They all yelled out, rushing toward her as her feet slipped out from under her and she landed on a thick mat.
Shit!
What had he been thinking? He shouldn’t have let her come out here in the first place. This is why he would never make a good Daddy.
But as he approached her, he could hear her giggling.
“TWE! That Was Epic!” she yelled as she sat up, pumping the air.
Relief filled him even as he felt the urge to give her a few hard slaps on the ass as punishment.
Wait.
Where had that come from? That wasn’t him. He was still feeling a bit in shock over that thought as Salem and Alexei got her onto her feet and started fussing over her.
Salem was patting her down, while Alexei grumbled at her.
“I’m fine, really,” she said. “You guys have got to stop fussing. First, I’m not allowed to use the stairs on my own, or the gym, and now you guys are getting all worried about me roller skating. You don’t have to be. I’m really good at it. Plus, Rome put out all these mats for my safety because he’s such a sweetie.”