For both of us.
“There’s another benefit to this,” he adds.
“And that is?”
“If you’re the pet’s body man, I know you’re going to be protected by Secret Service when you’re with him.” He nuzzles, then nips the shell of my ear, making me shiver. “Remind me to get you fitted for body armor. Means I’ll need to take you suit shopping again.”
I honestly think he’s joking, but he pinches me on the hip when I don’t respond immediately.
“Ow! Yes, Sir.”
“Exactly,” he notes, but I can’t stay mad at him.
“Sorry. I thought you were joking.”
“I don’t joke about your safety, or his. That’s why I was so pissed off when I followed you to the restaurant. Then you actually sat with your back to the fricking door. Thatwillbe a spanking, by the way.” He sounds satisfied in a way that soothes my soul. “You’re going to have to get used to living a split kind of life,” he adds.
“I thought I already was?”
“Not likethis.” Leo works his way down my ear to my neck and rakes his teeth along the tendons there. “If I’ve just lost pet to you for the duration, baby boy, then I guess I’ll have to take outalllmy frustrations onyourass.”
Oh, shit.
I giggle. “Yes, Sir. Guess you will.”
He pauses at the junction of my shoulder and neck, with his lips pressed there as he deeply inhales again. “I think alone like this I preferDaddy,” he softly says. “If you want to call me that.”
My pulse spikes. “Yes, Daddy.”Dammit, it feels so good to call him that. Don’t know why it took me so long to get there, either.
Wait, I totally do.
I’d never let myself be that vulnerable before, because I didn’t want to appear weak to Leo. Not because I didn’t trust him, but because I did.
Leo will always sacrifice himself for us, and I saw that from the start.
I wanted to be Leo’s strength, not another weakness. Not another burden.
Swimming with all the sharks in DC, I didn’t want Leo having to drag me along when Elliot was already enough of a weight around his neck in terms of emotional energy being expended.
He doesn’t have to carry Elliot anymore.
I do.
“I am so proud of you, baby boy.”
“For what?”
He nuzzles my nose. “For how you stood up to me. At the restaurant, and at the house.” He smiles. “I was so damned hard, even after I fucked Elliot and came twice with him. Then the next morning, you stood up to me again. I thought for sure I was going to win you over.” He nips my arm. “That’s another spanking for switching the neckties after I picked which one I wanted you to wear.”
“I should’ve known you’d spot that.”
He grins, staring me in the eyes. “Duh, baby.” He takes my left wrist and kisses it. “I guess you found it?”
I know what he means.
I wiggle free just enough I can reach over the edge of the sofa and snag my pants from the floor. Then I dig my day collar out and hand it to him. “I only think it’s right you put it on me, Daddy.”
He smiles. “You’re going to have to do something about your watch. Or wear it next to your watch.”
