Series: Paige Michaels
Total pages in book: 42
Estimated words: 40225 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 201(@200wpm)___ 161(@250wpm)___ 134(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 40225 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 201(@200wpm)___ 161(@250wpm)___ 134(@300wpm)
All the Littles grinned now that they understood better.
Lark clapped her hands together. “Does this mean from now on we get to eat all the bad cupcakes at the end of the day?” She glanced at her Daddy.
The Daddies groaned.
Tarson winced and glanced at the other men apologetically.
Garrett set his hands on Ellie’s shoulders. “Let’s not get carried away, Rainbow. You girls better not start accidentally knocking over cupcakes all day just to have treats after work,” he warned.
Ellie tipped her head back to give him her most innocent, shocked look. “We would never do that, Daddy.”
Tarson laughed. “We’ll revisit the policy for bad cupcakes another day. Maybe they can get donated to a shelter or something. Just for today, this batch is for you naughty girls to eat after you clean up.”
All six girls bounced and clapped their hands together. “Bad cupcakes!” they shouted, but only for a moment because they each winced from too much movement to their tender heads and the loud outburst.
Ellie spun around and hugged her Daddy close. “I love you, Daddy,” she blurted, feeling like the luckiest Little girl in the world. She had the bestest friends ever and the bestest Daddy. They all did. They were truly blessed.
Part Two
Chapter One
Rose
“Please, please, please, please, please, Daddy!” Rose bounced on her feet as she clapped her hands together and waited for her Daddy, Adam, to respond to her request.
He chuckled as he watched her with a humorous glint in his eyes. “You want to have a party for your Little friends after hours at Stuff-It?”
“Yes.” She continued to bounce. She needed him on her side.
He rubbed his chin as he helped her lock up the gate. The mall had just closed. All she needed to do was finish putting the cash from the till in the bank deposit bag. “You do realize you’re the one who owns this shop, right? Technically, you don’t need my permission to host a party after hours on Saturday night in your own shop.”
She rolled her eyes, set her hands on his shoulders, and rose onto her toes. “You know exactly what I need you for, Daddy. Don’t play dumb.”
He laughed as he wrapped his arms around her middle. “Spell it out for me, Rose.”
“I already have a list of who’s available to come to the party—Avery, CC, Kiki, Elizabeth, Tatiana, and Valerie. Would you pretty please with frosting on top convince their Daddies to let them come? It will be late, but it’s a Saturday night, and I already checked—none of them have to work on Sunday morning.”
He lifted a brow. “Frosting on top?”
“Of course.”
“So, there will be cupcakes?”
She rolled her eyes again. “Daddy, of course! What kind of party would it be if there weren’t treats from Little Cakes? I already spoke to Ellie. She can’t come to the party, but she promises to drop off the cupcakes.”
Adam glanced around the room. “Who’s going to clean up all the mess when you get sprinkles and frosting all over the carpet?”
“We promise to clean it all up before we leave.”
He hesitated, but she knew he was only trying to drag out her anticipation. She had the bestest Daddy in the world. No way would he deny her this request.
“You don’t have to do anything. I promise. Except just that one little tiny thing.”
“Talk to the other Daddies.”
“Yes. Please?”
“I assume you’ll want gumballs, too.”
She grinned. “That would be great! We could have a contest to see who could blow the biggest bubble.”
He shook his head. “The only thing worse than sprinkles and frosting ground into the carpet would be wads of bubblegum stuck all over the place.” He glanced past her toward the Stuffie-making machine. “Oh, I left out fluff. Stuffie innards. White cotton fluffiness stuck all over the frosting and gum.”
Rose groaned. “Daddy…”
He pulled her closer and kissed her soundly. “Of course, you can have your party. Of course, I’ll talk to the other Daddies. Under one condition, Rosebud.”
“What’s that?”
“You don’t complain about me or any of the other Daddies who are available to supervise.”
Rose winced. If the Daddies came also, they would spoil all the fun. She pushed out her bottom lip. “We can handle a small get-together without supervision, Daddy. We’ll even have a cop present. Avery wouldn’t let us do anything that could get us in trouble.”
He shook his head. “When seven Littles get together, naughty decisions are made. I don’t care that Avery is a police officer. When she’s not working, she can be as mischievous as the rest of you. Just running down the list, I bet Kiki would end up cutting everyone’s hair and Tatiana would probably bring a tattoo gun if no one stopped her.”
Rose shot him a glare. “Daddy, that’s silly. No one is going to get a haircut or a tattoo.”