Chapter 24

Several months later

Darian and Gage sat together in Darian's home office to have an after-dinner drink while the girls played upstairs in the playroom.

Darian clicked on the widescreen and turned up the volume.

Gage snorted. "Larkin's going to be pissed if she finds out about this."

Darian took a long drink of his scotch as he listened in on their women. "Something's been going on with them, and I think this is the only way we'll find out what it is. When I ask Larkin, she says nothing, but I can see flashes of sadness cross her face when she thinks I'm not looking."

Gage's brows snapped together. "I've noticed something, too, with my little."

Both men grew quiet when the girls started to talk.

"So, tell me. Have you found out anything else about where we're going?" Larkin asked Brylee.

Both men sat up abruptly and leaned forward.

"Only that it's a small town," Brylee said as she combed the doll's hair.

"I'll miss him," Larkin said and looked down at her hands in her lap.

Brylee set the comb and doll down and scooched close to her friend and put her arm around her shoulders. "I'll miss my Gage, too, but we knew we were taking a chance falling in love with them."

"I know it's already happening with Darian. He's been so preoccupied the last few weeks, and when I ask why, he blows me off."

"Maybe it has something to do with their business because Gage is the same way."

"Does Gage look at beautiful normal women?"

"Yeah," Brylee said sadly. "Maybe it's time we try to grow up."

"We've tried," Larkin reminded Brylee. "We're always going to be different."

Gage shared a confused look with Darian. "What the fuck?"

Darian narrowed his eyes at the screen. "I've no idea."

Brylee sighed. "We were never going to be princesses, Larkin. Our own parents threw us away. How can we expect anyone besides each other to care about us?"

"Most of the time, they both seem to care very much," Larkin murmured as she pulled on a string on the hem of her dress.

"I think we're playthings for them right now. They'll eventually get sick of us. Maybe if they had said if they cared, it might help. I tell Gage all the time how much I love him, and he'll just smile and hug me."

"I want us to keep our promise to each other. When one of them kicks us out of their life, we both make a move to Montana together." Larkin held out her pinkie. "Pinkie promise."

Brylee wrapped her pinkie around her friends and then squeezed Larkin's shoulder. "It will probably happen to me first."

Larkin leaned away from her so she could see her face. "Why would you think that?"

Brylee dropped her arm and shrugged. "He never talks about his feelings…"

"Darian doesn't either."

"Yeah, but I see the way he looks at you," Brylee informed her.

"I see the way Gage looks at you."

Brylee sighed. "We are never going to have a happily-ever-after. We're little girls in women's bodies. No one is going to want us forever."

Larkin wiped a tear from her face. "I know. It's just hard."

"I know. Have you counted the money you saved before living with Darian?"

Larkin nodded. "I have about seventeen hundred. How about you?"

"I have only a little over a thousand."

"That will be enough to get us there," Larkin advised her.

"But what if we don't find jobs right away?" Brylee asked.

Larkin sighed. "Maybe we can get part-time jobs now and save up. I won't take any money from Darian."

"I agree. I don't use the money Gage gives me to shop. But Gage doesn't want me to work."

Larkin seemed to deflate. "Darian doesn't want me to either."

"I could sell my bike," Brylee said.

Larkin shook her head. "No, you saved up for a few years for that. We'll figure it out. If we have to, we can get jobs here after … you know … they get tired of us, and we can save money and then go. No one says we have to go right away."

Brylee smiled. "That's a good plan."

Larkin grinned. "Thank you."

"What the fuck is that about?" Darian barked as he sat back on the sofa.

Gage ran his hand down his face in frustration. "I've no idea. I don't know where they got it into their heads that we would get tired of them."

Darian glanced over at Gage. "She's right. I haven't talked about my feelings at all. She tells me all the time she loves me, but I've never said it back."

Gage was quiet for a long moment and then rested his elbows on his knees and hung his head. "I haven't either. Dammit, we fucked up."

Darian nodded. "But it can be fixed." He took one last look as the girls wiped their eyes and then hugged each other.

"Let's go get them," Gage said and stood. "I want to take Brylee home."

Darian stood and walked to the door. "My little and I are going to have a talk. That's for sure."

Gage grabbed his arm as he passed. "Wait. They'll know we've been spying on them. We're already in rocky water here."

Darian growled. "You're right. I won't say anything tonight."

"Me either, but I still want Brylee at home in our bed."

The men walked up the steps and stood at the door to the playroom. Both girls were oblivious to them and talked about the dreams they've had. Some of them were pretty funny. Brylee commented on always wanting a pink pony.

Gage grinned at that. He'd heard her talk about that before.

"Girls," Darian said, and they watched both jerked toward them. He hid his smile when both blushed and looked guilty. "Everything okay?"

Both girls nodded vigorously.

Gage held out his hand. "Come on, princess. I want to be in our bed."

Brylee stood, hugged Larkin, and then skipped to her daddy.

"What do you say?" Gage asked her.

"Oh." She turned to Darian. "Thank you for a lovely evening."

Darian tapped her nose. "You're very welcome."

Gage put Brylee into the car and made sure she was buckled before he drove out of the driveway.

They drove in silence back to the city. Gage had an arm around her when they rode up the elevator and into the condo.

"Are you ready to go to bed, love?"

Brylee bit her lip and nodded. "Yes, daddy."

"Then let's go," he said and held out his hand.

Brylee clutched his hand.

"Did you have fun with Larkin?"

Brylee looked up at him and then down. "Yes. I love Larkin. I always have fun with her."

"I'm glad to hear that. I hope we have her as a part of our family for the rest of our lives," he said nonchalantly.

"I … we…" Brylee stuttered. "Me, too."

Gage closed the bedroom door behind him. "Go on in and shower. I'll be right in."

****

Brylee studied his expression and couldn't determine what was different about him. The thought he was ready for her to leave made her heart seize. She turned and walked into the bathroom, pulled her hair up into a messy bun, stripped, and then walked into the shower.

Brylee lifted her face so she could have the water wash away all the doubt the two girls had talked about. She was determined to enjoy however much time he gave her and not waste any on sad feelings. There would be time enough for them later.

Sher gasped when she felt a large, hot body against her back. She tilted her head to the side to give him more room to nibble on her neck. "Mmmm, that feels good."

"Good," he said and chuckled.

He turned her around, bent, and then started to kiss her.

Brylee couldn't catch her breath. Every time he kissed her like he was, she gave him another part of her. She couldn't explain it, not even to herself.

His hands roamed up and down her back and over her ass.

She shivered when he cupped her ass. His fingers were tucked in between her ass cheeks. She felt Gage reach for the shampoo. He put a dollop on his fingers and then moved them back to her ass.

She inhaled when one of his fingers slipped into her bottom. He'd fingered her ass a lot, and it was something she was beginning to crave.

"Tonight, I'm taking your ass."

Excitement spiked, and her need for him grew. Her breath caught when one of his fingers penetrated her ass as far as it could go before pulling out, and two pushed in.

"Let's get you stretched out a bit." He held her up with one strong arm while his other hand prepared her for an ass fucking. He pulled out when her cries got desperate. Then he turned her to face the wall of the shower.

She heard a condom wrapper rip and a squirt of shampoo, and then she felt the head of his cock head at the entrance of her ass.

He held her steady with his hand on her hips. "Tell me if it becomes too painful."

Brylee tried to relax as much as she could. The burn became almost too much, and then she felt a pop as his cock head got past the ring of muscles in her ass.

He was gentle and would push in an inch and then retreat but never leave her ass.

Finally, they both groaned when he bottomed out inside of her.

"Look at that, baby girl. You've got daddy up your ass."

She nodded and tried to concentrate on holding herself up.

He wrapped his arms around her and lifted her, making her scream. "It's okay, baby. I'm going to sit on the bench, and that way, you can lean against me while I fuck you."

She nodded and whimpered when his cock jerked inside of her as he arranged them on the bench.

"There we go."

She felt his hands around her waist as he lifted her a few inches and then let gravity push him back in. He did that for a few minutes until her need grew painful.

"Please, daddy. I need…"

"I know what you need, baby. Ride daddy's cock, and then we'll both come at the same time."

Brylee gripped the bar at her side as he picked up the pace. Within a minute, she was suspended above him and then flipped around, so her hands were flat on the bench, and he was pounding into her.

"Please, daddy. Harder," she pleaded.

He slammed into her a few more times.

She felt her orgasm take her over and vaguely heard her scream and his groan over the pounding of her heart. He thrust in

to her one more time and then froze. After a long moment, he pulled out of her and tugged her into his lap on the bench.

"How are you doing?" he asked her breathlessly.

She wrapped her arms around his neck and smiled. "Good."

He chuckled then stood with her in his arms. "Let's get cleaned up and to bed."

"Okay."

A few minutes later, he was tucking her under the covers with him plastered against her back. "Now, I have all of you," he said in her ear.

She shivered and tried to move closer to him. "Mmmm, yeah."

She felt her eyes start to close.

"I'm never giving you up. You're my whole world."

Her eyes popped open again, but she stayed silent.

He kissed the top of her head. "I want to talk about getting a house for us. Let's look online and see if there are any you'd like to see. If not, I'll build one for you."

She nodded.

He yawned. "Good night, princess."

Brylee cleared the emotion out of her throat. "Good night, daddy."

She listened to him fall asleep as her mind circled. Was it possible that he wanted her forever? It sounded like it, and although he didn't say the worlds, he'd pretty much told her he loved her.

She sniffed and tried to hold back the happy tears.

Then another thought sparked in her head. She might not be able to stay with him if Larkin wasn't with Darian any longer. She'd made a pinkie promise that she intended to keep, no matter how much it hurt.

Her happy tears turned to sad ones.

She prayed that both of their dreams to have families of their own came true.

She prayed it was truly possible.