Gentle Love (Unexpected Love Book 3) by Piper Strickland

Author:Piper Strickland [Strickland, Piper]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: anonymous
Published: 2024-04-05T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Five

Onyx

This sucked. This sucked big, fat, donkey balls. I wanted my Little one to wake up. I wanted to know if she felt better or if we should take her to the hospital. I wanted to tell her what Locken had found out about Malachi. I wanted to tell her how she’d always be safe from here on out. I wanted her to call Rouge and ask her to leave Atlanta and move to Strickland so we could love the anger out of her.

“Could you stop pacing?” Elliot mumbled from my couch.

I wanted to punch him. “She’s been sleeping for a long time.”

“It’s been just over two hours.”

“That’s a long time,” I argued.

“Not when she’s been given strong pain and anti-nausea meds. Now, calm down before I sedate your ass.”

I flipped him off, but settled on the couch.

“You really care about her, don’t you?”

I nodded. I did. I had for a while, but I’d been denying it because she was so obviously scared of men. Now that I knew where that was coming from, and what she’d been through, I couldn’t hide my feelings any longer.

Elliot smiled. “She’s really precious.”

“She was excited to hear about Teagan. I think she’s hoping they can be friends.”

“Tea would love that.”

“Is she getting excited for your vacation?”

“Very. I’ll admit the town looks adorable and I’m looking forward to it too. I’ve let work get in the way of us lately and I’m not going to let that happen again,” he stated, regret evident in his expression. I couldn’t imagine how hard it was to balance a marriage, a full-time job, and a full-time Daddy Dom/Little dynamic, though I had a feeling I would be finding out soon.

The sound of Emily’s sleepy voice telling me she wanted me to be her “Dada” would always be one of my top memories.

“Are you going to feed me since I’m here out of the goodness of my heart?” Elliot asked grumpily, pulling me out of my thoughts. “I’m starving.”

I laughed but pulled out my phone to order. “You’re a pain in the ass.”

***

Through the video monitor I was using, I saw when Emily finally stirred and rushed upstairs before she completely woke. I didn’t want her to think I’d left her.

I sat on the edge of the bed as her eyes fluttered open. “Hey, beautiful baby, how are you feeling?”

She blinked rapidly, several times in a row. “Better,” she rasped.

Picking up the sippy cup of water I’d set by the bed, I held it to her mouth.

She took several long pulls. “Good water.”

I laughed at her innocence, then laughed again as she picked up my hands and set them on her belly.

“Rub.”

I rubbed at her request. She was definitely feeling better.

“You look better, Little girl. How is your head?” Elliot asked, coming into the room.

“Better.”

“Is there any pain left?”

She thought for a minute, her expression pensive as she seemed to be taking stock. “Only a tiny bit.”

“Good, that’s what I want to hear. I think that all of the stress caused you to have a migraine.

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