“All right,” she said. “But I wasn’t going to feel guilty. People who hurt others, who hurt innocent people, they don’t deserve to live.”
No, they didn’t.
He was well aware that he wasn’t a good person. Neither was North. But neither of them harmed innocents.
It was something he took very seriously.
“Go back to your lines, baby,” he told her.
She nodded and started working on them again in silence as Jared fumed. He studied her face as she worked on the lines.
Angie looked tired. Worn out.
As though she needed a break.
“There! Done!” She held up the piece of paper triumphantly.
“Good job, baby girl,” he said. “Come show Daddy.” He pushed his chair back and then patted his lap.
North glanced up from his laptop.
Jared raised an eyebrow in challenge. Was he going to stay or go? He knew that this wasn’t something North was interested in. That he wasn’t a Daddy or a Little. But was he okay with it? Could he show her that he was okay with this side of her?
Jared wouldn’t have him upsetting her Little.
North just turned his gaze back to his laptop.
Good.
Considering the things that North had bought for her, Jared had figured he’d be good with all of this.
Jared waited for her to walk around with her list and then he lifted her onto his knee. “Let’s take a look, baby girl. Make sure you wrote it all. Hmm. It seems like you did. Well done.”
She practically squirmed on his lap.
Their girl was praise-starved. And probably touch-starved too. He did notice how she kind of melted into his touch.
North wasn’t big on casual touch. Or any touch that wasn’t play, sex, or murder, really.
So Jared would have to make certain she got what she needed. Especially as they were supposed to be building intimacy and getting her used to touch.
He cuddled her in close. “Now, what were you punished for?”
“Pulling a knife on you,” she replied.
“And what are you not going to do again?”
“Use a weapon on you or North.”
“That’s right. Now, I have an idea. I know that North bought you some things that you haven’t worn or played with yet. How about Daddy helps you get dressed into a cute outfit and you can do some playing here in the office while I work? Would my baby girl like that?”
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Like it?
That was a bit of an understatement.
She glanced at North, trying to judge his thoughts on the matter. But he was busy working.
