Total pages in book: 84
Estimated words: 79941 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 400(@200wpm)___ 320(@250wpm)___ 266(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 79941 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 400(@200wpm)___ 320(@250wpm)___ 266(@300wpm)
“Do you promise?” she asked, sounding so young and vulnerable again that it twisted his heart.
“I promise. No monsters, little one.” Impulsively, Courick leaned over her. Brushing her long hair aside, he placed a soft kiss on her forehead before drawing back. “Good night,” he told her. “I’ll lock the door on my way out. You have sweet dreams, all right?”
Addison’s eyes were shining as she looked up at him.
“Okay, Da…I mean, Sir,” she said. “Thank you—for everything,” she added, in her normal tone.
“You’re welcome.” Courick brushed the back of his fingers gently along her flushed cheek. She looked so tiny and beautiful lying there in bed. He wished suddenly and fiercely that he could crawl in beside her and hold her the rest of the night. He wanted to protect her and care for her and keep her safe…the way he hadn’t been able to keep his mate, Yasha, safe so many years ago.
Only knowing that he wouldn’t fit in the little bed beside her and remembering his vow, kept him from holding her. Instead he rose reluctantly and left, closing her door behind him.
But as he left her apartment, he couldn’t stop thinking of her big green eyes and remembering how good it felt to hold her against him.
9
ADDISON
Addison sighed as she snuggled down in bed and tried to get to sleep. But there was too much to think about and sleep wouldn’t come. She kept replaying the whole night over and over in her head, analyzing it from every angle.
She still couldn’t believe that her stern Kindred boss had been so sweet and protective with her—and that he hadn’t gotten upset about her calling him “Daddy.” Although apparently, she wasn’t supposed to call him that ever again, she reminded herself. But not because it disgusted him—just because he’d made a vow not to take another bride after his wife had died.
Addison wondered what had happened to her. Did Courick blame himself for her death? Those were questions she would probably never get answered. Although she did have access to the Kindred personnel database…but no—it would be wrong to go digging there, no matter how curious she was. It was better to concentrate on the present and remember all the incredible details of her time with Courick that night.
She couldn’t forget the way he’d touched her so masterfully—he seemed to know just how to stroke her to make her come—which was not something she could say about any other man she’d ever been with. Most of them couldn’t find her clit with a map and a flashlight but Courick had known exactly where it was and how to stroke it. His light, teasing touch and his masterful finger-fucking afterwards had given her the most intense orgasms of her life and Addison couldn’t help wanting more.
You’re not going to get anymore, though, she reminded herself. Because he made that vow. And Commander Courick is NOT the kind of guy who breaks his vows.
But he had been willing to bend it a little, she thought, feeling marginally more hopeful. Maybe he’d be willing to bend it again at a later time.
It wasn’t just the way he’d played her pussy like a violin that kept her up, daydreaming about the big Kindred though. She was also remembering sitting in his lap and cuddling against his broad, bare chest. He smelled so good and then, when he’d tucked her into bed and kissed her forehead…
The memory brought all kinds of warm, gooey feelings and Addison felt like she was melting inside remembering the sweet, tender kiss. The short, bristly hairs of his beard and mustache had tickled and scratched, but his lips had been soft and he had lingered there, leaning over her and cupping her cheek…
“Oh, damn,” she sighed, rolling over on her side and readjusting her pillow. Before tonight, she’d only had a crush on her Kindred boss. Now she feared she was close to actually falling in love with him, which wasn’t right because it couldn’t lead anywhere…could it?
Addison didn’t know, but she couldn’t stop wishing that she could have Commander Courick as more than a boss. She wanted him as a lover and a friend…but most of all, as a Daddy.
But she was afraid that was a wish that could never come true.
10
COURICK
Courick didn’t even try to sleep when he got home. Instead, he got onto the human Internet and began scanning it for articles about BDSM—specifically about Age Play. Addison had given him a good idea of what it involved, but he wanted more information and perspective.
He found more than he was looking for because after reading numerous articles, he happened to click on some Age Play “scenes” that were sexual in nature.
One in particular held his attention. It was a human male and female in a bed chamber together. The male was dressed in a suit but the female was topless and wearing nothing but a lacy little skirt that came down to her mid thighs.