Daddy's Mercy (Charm City Daddies Book 3) by Stella Moore

Author:Stella Moore [Moore, Stella]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-05-03T18:30:00+00:00

CHAPTER 15

Something was tickling his nose.

Stuck somewhere between dreamland and the waking world, Dean shifted in his bed, the familiar weight of his wife moving with him. It must have been her hair tickling his nose. Would serve her right if he returned the favor.

Chuckling at the thought of waking her with a tickle war, he opened his eyes to look down at her. But instead of the pink-streaked blonde he was used to seeing, he was met with straight, dark locks.

MaryAnn. Not Annie.

Grief settled in his chest, making his eyes burn with tears he hadn’t shed in… he couldn’t remember how long it had been. After the first few months, he’d felt too hollow, too empty for tears. And eventually, he’d just learned to live with the pain.

Now, though, he could feel them gathering. But it wouldn’t be fair to the woman in his bed for her to wake up and find him crying over someone else.

Suck it up, Mitchell.

Closing his eyes, he willed the pain back, into the part of him where it normally lived, locked away tight where it couldn’t wreak havoc on his day-to-day life. Carefully slipping his arm out from underneath MaryAnn’s sleeping form, he moved silently around the room, gathering his clothes and heading to his bedroom.

Half an hour later, showered and dressed again, he was feeling more like his usual self. Deciding to let MaryAnn sleep in a bit longer, he made his way downstairs to get started on breakfast.

If he was going to be interrogating her, the least he could do was make sure she had something yummy to put in her belly during the process.

The sound of water moving through the pipes met his ears just as the first waffle went into the iron, and by the time she stepped into the kitchen, a shy smile on her lips, the island was covered with an array of breakfast foods.

“I guess we worked up an appetite last night.” Some of the shyness faded, making way for the bold temptress he’d caught a glimpse of the night before.

He loved that dichotomy in her. That odd mixture of innocence and seduction pulled at all the different parts of him. The Daddy in him wanted to coddle and spoil her, while the sadist he normally kept tucked away wanted to put her on her knees so he could watch the tears gather in her eyes as she swallowed every inch of him.

Pushing aside the distracting thoughts, he placed a plate in front of her. “Did you sleep well?”

“Like a rock. I can’t remember the last time I slept that hard or that long. I didn’t even…” Pink colored her cheeks and she dipped her head, the damp curtain of her hair blocking her face from his view.

She was hiding something. Didn’t even what? Eyes narrowing, he studied her, debating how to proceed.

Ultimately, as much as he wanted to know all her secrets, this particular one would have to wait. There were other issues they needed to address before he could take the time to wheedle the truth from her.

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