SEAL with a Past by Paige Tyler

Author:Paige Tyler [Tyler, Paige]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-07-24T18:30:00+00:00

CHAPTER EIGHT

YOU KNOW, YOU don’t have to buy her every single thing she asks for, right?” Kimber said as Emma ran ahead of them toward the Primate Discovery Center, a plush wolf gripped tightly in one little hand, a banana smoothie in the other, and a I Love the San Francisco Zoo balloon tied to her belt.

Dalton shrugged, feeling like a kid who’d been caught with his hand in the cookie jar. “Yeah, I know, but when she looks at me with those big, puppy dog eyes, I can’t resist. It’s like she’s using some superpower on me.”

Kimber laughed. “You’re a Navy SEAL. You’re supposed to be tough. Are you trying to tell me you can’t stand up to a little five-year-old girl?”

He grinned. “When it comes to my daughter, apparently not.”

Kimber’s lips curved and it looked like she would have said something else, but then Emma ran back over and grabbed his hand. “Hurry up, Daddy. I want to see the monkeys.”

As Dalton let her hurry him along, he couldn’t help but notice something was missing. “Where’s your smoothie?”

“I finished that already,” she said in a tone that made it seem like he should have known that.

She tugged his hand more firmly. Damn, she was like a pint-sized Energizer Bunny.

Kimber had been right about Emma only sleeping a few hours yesterday. By mid-afternoon, Emma burst into the room and climbed into bed with them. Kimber had also been right about another thing. Emma hadn’t batted an eye at finding her parents in bed together. She’d simply snuggled between them and asked if they could order pizza for dinner.

Dalton smiled to himself at the memory. Kimber had put her foot down and said no to pizza, even though he’d thought it had been a wonderful idea. Instead, they’d all made a home-cooked meal together. While he would have been more than happy with a double meat, double cheese pizza, the grilled chicken, veggies, and mac and cheese they’d made were delicious. Cooking alongside Kimber and Emma had made it even better. He’d never had so much fun in the kitchen.

After dinner, they’d moved to the living room and piled onto the couch to watch a cartoon together. Dalton didn’t have a clue what the TV show was about—some princess with insanely long hair running around having adventures with a lizard, but he found himself laughing every time Emma did, which was pretty much constantly.

Getting to tuck Emma in bed again last night had been another one of the evening’s highlights. And yeah, he’d had to promise her once again that he’d be there when she woke up. He was okay with doing that. Being with his daughter was definitely something he could get used to.

Then again, making love to Kimber like he had after they’d gone to bed was something he could get used to as well.

“You like monkeys a lot, huh?” he asked Emma as he held the door of the primate house open for her and Kimber.

Emma nodded her head enthusiastically, then raced inside, clearly knowing exactly where she was going.

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