Page 15 of Echoes of Danger
I wish he would stop calling me sweetheart.
I can’t keep doing this to myself. If I feel this way about a man I’ve only known for a month, there’s no telling what leaving after a year will do.
I have to leave. Jacob paid me enough in one month that Elijah and I could rent a motel for a few weeks and still be able to get some groceries.
Instead of getting dressed, I grab my phone and start searching for live-in nannies for hire. I won’t leave Jacob without someone to take my place. I’ll make sure I find the best nanny, and then in two months when school is over for Summer break, Elijah and I are out of here.
***Reynolds***
“What’s wrong, brother? You’ve been distracted for weeks.” Taylor nudges me as we stand at the entrance to The Cage.
“I thought you were on rotation at Oasis tonight?” I ask.
“Switched with Hayes,” he says. “Knox wants to go to the Playroom tomorrow, so I figured I would just take him to play while I worked.”
“Don’t want to play with him?” I tease.
Taylor and Knox have a Daddy/Little boy relationship. I’ve dabbled in the lifestyle with both males and females, but it never really clicked. But I absolutely love watching Knoxy when he regresses. He’s just so sweet.
“Nah, he wants to play with Baby Ollie.”
Oasis is a BDSM club owned by Blaze and Steel. The playroom is the location in the back corner of the building where the Littles and Babies go to play. Ollie lost his daddy a couple of years back, and he’s just now getting to the point where he wants to see if he gets lucky enough to find another one. It’s tough for him, and I can’t help but wrap his little body in my arms whenever I see him. Being a full-time adult baby isn’t easy when you don’t have someone to care for you.
“Has he been dating?” I ask.
“Why? You interested? I think you’d make him a great Daddy.”
I nod, not bothering to deny that I’ve thought of it in the past. But that was before a new freckled face beauty entered my life and turned everything on its head.
“We wouldn’t fit,” I admit. “I don’t think I could be Daddy all the time, and that’s something Ollie needs. Besides, there’s no one I want more than my new nanny.”
Taylor tosses his head back and laughs.
“Yeah, I’ve noticed,” he says when he finally calms down. “You’ve been a real sour puss lately. I bet it’s hard having her under your roof but not under your body.”
More than I’ll ever admit.
“Fuck you,” I grump. “Go run the floor.”
“Nope, Pres wants the two of us on door duty tonight,” he says, checking an ID and ushering the young lady inside.
“Something up?”
“I think so,” he says. “He’s calling a meeting tomorrow. He seemed stressed when I checked in.”
“I wanted to talk to him about having a cookout tomorrow so that everyone can meet Freckles and Elijah.”
“Freckles?”
“You’ll understand when you see her,” I smile.
“I bet I will,” he chuckles. “I bet Pops wouldn’t complain about grilling some steak. That old man will grill a steak for any occasion.”
“Can I go in or not?”
“Nope,” I say, handing his card back. “Don’t come back until you’re eighteen.”
“What the fuck, man? Iameighteen.”