Once Upon A Time (Runaway Princess: Flicka, Book 1) by Blair Babylon

Author:Blair Babylon [Babylon, Blair]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance
Publisher: Malachite Publishing LLC
Published: 2018-01-17T16:00:00+00:00

At Home

Dieter Schwarz

It wasn’t an unusual fight.

By the time Dieter got home from work that day, Gretchen was already pissed off at him.

As he walked in the front door and set down his computer backpack, his daughter Alina toddled up to him, arms outstretched. He picked her up and nuzzled her neck, which always made her giggle.

Her tiny body wiggled in his arms as she laughed, “Daddy! Daddy, tickle!”

Her fingers wormed into his collar and, even though Dieter was tired, he pretended that she was tickling him and laughed, hopping around like he was trying to get away from her even though he was holding her against his chest.

From the bedroom, a woman’s voice shrilled, “Are you finally home?”

Oh, that tone.

Dieter glanced at his phone, which showed just a few minutes after six o’clock. “Yeah, Gretchen. I’m home.”

“Finally.” She stormed out of the bedroom wearing a clingy red dress and poking an earring through her ear. Her blond hair curled around her face.

Yet, there was something about her stride.

She wasn’t just pissed at him. Excited energy crackled in her legs and the way her elbows were standing out from her body as she fussed with the earring.

Dieter set Alina down, and she wove through his legs, playing. He asked Gretchen, “Did we have plans tonight?”

“No, I have plans tonight with my girlfriend Ladanna. I met her at my gym, so we’re meeting for drinks and dinner tonight so we can really talk.”

“You look nice,” he said. “Maybe we could get a babysitter this weekend and go out.”

“Huh,” she said. “Maybe you could get home on time or stop traveling to Europe for weeks on end for ‘work,’” she spat the word, “so I’m not constantly cooped up with that baby. I am starved for adult company.”

“I called you every day.” Even though she had hung up on him within a few minutes each time. “And I’m home.”

Gretchen picked up her purse and stalked over to the door that led to the garage. “She has three bottles in the fridge. Make sure you warm them right. Also, there’s baby food in the pantry. I think she needs a diaper change, too. I don’t know when I’ll be home. Don’t wait up.”

She slammed the door behind her.

Dieter swung Alina up in his arms. “Well, baby girl, looks like it’s a daddy-and-daughter night. Do we want pasta? I went for a long run at lunchtime. I need carbs.”

He sniffed her back. She giggled and wiggled in his hands.

Yes, time for a diaper change.

Dieter said, “We’ll deal with that, and then make us a nice pasta, ja?”

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