Total pages in book: 29
Estimated words: 26557 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 133(@200wpm)___ 106(@250wpm)___ 89(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 26557 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 133(@200wpm)___ 106(@250wpm)___ 89(@300wpm)
CHAPTER 5
Cade
The office noise around me is like static as I barge my way past mindless drones and yes men. I have no time for them. I have no time for any of them, because the only thing on my mind is Lennie.
She’s my world. It feels like she’s been my world forever, and I know that she always will be.
I left early this morning, because we need to try to get ahead of this thing with Nolan, but honestly the only place I want to be right now is with her. Even as I stride past my secretary, my hard-on making my walk stiff, I mutter, “No calls”.
The door slams behind me and I collapse into my office chair, pulling out my phone as it buzzes in my back pocket.
Lennie: You’re gone already, daddy. Sad face. I was hoping to give you a good morning…
Me: What are you doing right now?
Lennie: Just getting out of bed. Why?
Me: I’ve laid your clothes out. I know you like your Oxfords and khakis.
Lennie: I see them but… There’s a bra but no panties.
Me: That’s right. No panties today. I want to think about you walking around without them, and when I get home I want access.
Lennie: Naughty…
Me: I want to see you dressing. Facetime me, right now.
I grip the phone, wondering as my heartbeat counts the seconds if I might have pushed her too far. Is she going to tell me to back off. Is she going to…
Fuck, she’s calling.
I’ve never hit the button on the phone faster or harder, my cock engorging at the thought of seeing her.
I hit the button to start the computer, trying to find a comfortable position for working where my hard-on isn’t trying to poke me in the face. How am I supposed to concentrate on figuring out the media nightmare the company is in right now when all I can think about is what I just saw on my phone?
I want to call her back and order her to do it all over again. Or get my driver to run me home so I can bend her over the kitchen table and fuck her so hard she’ll feel it for the rest of her life.
As I’m starting to open up my email, my phone buzzes again. I almost don’t answer it because, shit, whoever it is they can wait. But when I look at the screen and see that it’s another message from her, all work is forgotten.
Lennie: There’s way too much food here.
Me: There’s the right amount of food. You have to eat a decent breakfast. Avocado toast is great, and you’ve got some right there, but I want you to drink the orange juice, eat the eggs and bacon and take your vitamins. You’ll be starting your period in a couple of days.
I left her vitamins out on the counter, next to a glass of water. Lennie always thought it was her mom that started the idea of taking vitamins to help with her period, but it was me. It was all me. From the moment she became my daughter, I knew I had to protect her from everything, make her life as easy as possible and ensure she’s taken care of every second of every day.
Lennie: You track my periods better than I do.
Me: Damn right I do. But that might be the last period you have for a while.
Lennie: Huh? What do you mean?
I hesitate, hovering over the keyboard. How much should I tell her? How much of a shock can she take right now?
If I’ve done my job right, she won’t be having any periods for the next nine months.
Me: Never mind. Just a thought I had. When you’re done eating, I want you to come to the office. We need a debrief from last night.
Lennie: What? Are you sure I need to be there? What will people think?
Me: I’m the only person you need to worry about. You do as Daddy says and be a good girl. You know I’ll always look after you.
Lennie: But I don’t need to be there. I’m not even really an agent, am I?
Me: You’ll be there, baby. We have nothing to hide. I’ll have someone come pick you up and bring you in the back way, so you won’t have to see anyone else until you’re with me. Then you sit next to me and nobody will so much as look at you the wrong way. You trust me?
Lennie: Yes I trust you.
Me: Good. Be ready in an hour.
From the second she walked in the door of the conference room, I’ve been on edge. I know I have to let her pass by other people, and get herself a coffee. But she’s been in the room now for a whole minute and I don’t have her by my side.