Mr. Perfect O: A Single Dad Romance

by Amy Brent

  “I’m sorry, Ross. I should never have doubted you.” He slowed his pace and leaned over me.

  “I only did what I had to do, and I’d like for you to forgive me and see the real me. If you can’t, then this is going to be the last time for us, and I think that would be a terrible shame.”

  “I don’t want it to end, Ross. If you said you’ve quit, and you really mean it, I want to be with you.” The words rushed from my lips like a plea, and he stopped and picked me up and spun me around. His eyes were much softer than before.

  He kissed me deeply and then lay me back against the bed as he nudged himself between my legs.

  “I have quit. I promise it’s only you.” He worked himself slowly into me, being much more tender than before. “No one is as special to me as you aside from my daughter, and I truly mean that, Tori.” He lifted my legs up and placed them on his shoulders as he drove deep, stroking my most tender spot. He worked me through another soaking orgasm, and as I went limp from my exertion, he buried his cock and held it as he filled me up.

  Chapter 27

  Ross

  I hoped I had made a breakthrough and my head was fucking pounding from all of the adrenaline. I still wanted to know who the fuck had told her and how there were pictures taken at the event. I’d get to the bottom of that, and I’d damned sure let Melanie know that someone in her circle of trust couldn’t keep their big mouth shut and follow the rules. Someone like that was a fly in the ointment and could cause someone more problems than they’d given me.

  I wasn’t about to let Tori give up on me over that bullshit and if I had to remind her every single day that she was special, I would. I looked down into her eyes and closed the distance to kiss her.

  My cock was already hardening again, even though I’d just busted a huge nut inside of her tight little snatch.

  She was nearly spent, but she lifted her head and met my eyes. “Hold me.”

  I backed away and sat on the bed and called her over into my lap. I untied her hands, and she threw her arms around my neck and kissed me. Then she lay her head against me as I lifted her ass and nudged my cock inside her. She wiggled, taking it deeper and I ground up against her as we made out, kissing deeply. We stayed that way a while until she’d rested and then I scooped her up and put her on her back.

  “Don’t stop.” She dug in her heels so that I never left her and I tilted her hips, grinding against her g spot. When I was done with her, I was going to leave her in a puddle of our come. I’d ground that last load nice and deep, but this one, I wanted it all over her.

  “I’m not, baby. I’m never going to stop.”

  “Please touch me.” She reached down and rubbed her little clit, and I could tell she was close.

  “Do you have a vibrator?” Her cheeks flared, and she nodded. “Get it.” I pulled away, and she went into her bedside drawer and pulled out the small vibrator that she’d used to pleasure herself. I turned it on and lay it against her swollen bud, and she squealed and whimpered. I kept it on her even when she begged for me to pull it off.

  “Please, I can’t take it anymore.”

  “Let go, Tori, let it consume you. Don’t hold back that pleasure.”

  She relaxed beneath me, and she cried out. I slammed my cock in deep and thrust hard and upward against her soft, spongy spot, and it splashed a little, so I jerked back, and she soaked my cock. Her juices gushed, shooting from her pussy like a little fountain. I loved getting soaked and thrust hard again, letting her spring up like a well around me.

  “I’m making a mess.” Her eyes were wide, and she collapsed beneath me.

  “It’s so fucking hot, baby. Just let it come for me.” I kept fucking her through it all until finally, she was down to a trickle, then I pounded faster into her wet hole until my own release when I jerked out and shot my come all over her perky little tits. I loved coming inside of her, but she needed to be marked. She was mine now and forever if I had any say.

  She was barely moving, moaning and whimpering completely spent. I was spent too, and I knew I’d have to clean her up and change the sheets and remake her bed. But first I’d attend to her needs.

  I eased down between her legs and noticed how swollen her little pussy was. She was still getting used to my cock and each time I ripped her a little more. I nuzzled closer and lapped at her pussy, causing her to stir. She moved her hips upward, and I dipped my tongue deep into her channel as I held the vibrator on her clit. She had to be numb to it by then, but I was hoping for a hot taste of her. I pushed two fingers deep into her, careful not to brush against the torn places as I spread them to open her for my tongue. She whimpered and her walls clenched around my fingers. There was a hot little trickle, and I lapped it up, her purring the entire time.

  Half an hour later, we were both a mess, so I picked her up and carried her to the bathroom, placing her on the toilet, while I adjusted the shower. Then I held her against me, and she held on with tired limbs. “I’ve never been this way before. It wasn’t ever this way the other times.”

  “That’s because I’d only given you a taste.”

  I’m euphoric.”

  “Yeah, well, now you know what those ladies were paying for.” She closed her eyes as I washed her, taking special care of her little slit and breasts. I held her, washing and soothing her and then I shut off the water and carried her back to the bed.

  “I’m so tired, Ross.” Her voice was so soft, and I lay behind her tucking her in tight against me.

  “Get some sleep, baby. I’m going to stay here with you.” The hours had gone by faster than expected and it was already after dark. Mia had picked Katie up from school, but I left her a text to check in and that I’d started my date earlier than expected.

  I planned to hold her through the night and would have if it had not been for Katie.

  My phone rang hours later, and I rolled over to check it only to see it was after midnight and Mia’s smiling face as I answered. But her mood didn’t fit the contact picture.

  “What’s wrong?” I could hear crying in the background, and I jumped out of bed and started dressing before she could even explain.

  “I need you to come home. Katie’s cut her foot, and it’s pretty bad.” I nudged Tori, and she sat up.

  “What’s wrong?” She grabbed my arm and stood from the bed.

  I held the phone away. “It’s Mia, Katie’s cut her foot somehow.” I talked back into the phone. “I’m on the way. What happened.”

  Tori went to the closet, and I looked around to find her dressing.

  Mia took a deep breath. “She got up to get some water and bumped the vase in the hall. It shattered, and she panicked and stepped on a piece of broken glass. It’s not gushing, but it’s pretty deep.”

  Tori grabbed her bag and keys and followed me out to the car.

  “I’m in the car. Tell her I’ll be right there.” I hung up the phone.

  “You don’t have to come. I know you’re exhausted.”

  “No, I want to see her. I mean, if you want me there.” She looked at the key that I’d put in the ignition, but hadn’t started.

  “I want you to.” I started the car and headed across town to my house where almost every light was on in the house.

  I pulled up and parked, rushing in to check on her. I shoved my keys into my pocket, knowing I might need them again soon. “Mia!” I hollered.

  “We’re upstairs.”

  I went upstairs to find Katie, still tear-stained and sniffling, laughing at Mia’s boyfriend Brady who was acting out a show for her with her stuffed animals. I wasn’t happy to see the kid at my house so late, but I would let it slide since he was working his ass off to make Katie laugh.

  “I think it needs stitches, but I’m not sure,” said Mia holding up Katie’s leg so I could see her foot.

  The cut went across the bottom of her foot, just on the middle side of her heel and it was laid open.

  “Oh yeah, that vase got you good, baby. I’m afraid that
—

  “Ms. Bloom!”

  Tori walked around the corner from the top of the stairs and glanced at Mia who turned her head and rolled her eyes.

  “Hey, Katie. I heard you hurt yourself, sweetie. Are you okay?”

  “I was just saying that she’s going to need stitches. I’ll take her down to emergency and get her patched up.” Brady gave her the stuffed animals, and she hugged them tight as I picked her up.

  “Here, Brady. Would you and Mia tuck them in? They won’t like emergencies.” Katie passed the animals back to the guy, and he gave her a high five.

  Mia gave her a kiss. “You’ll be all patched up in no time, kid, and I’ll take you for ice cream next week.”

  Katie rested her little head against me, and I brushed my fingers through her soft hair as I carried her down the stairs. She looked up at me with her big green eyes full of tears. “Is it going to hurt, Daddy?”

  “No more than it already does, sweetheart. They’ll patch you up and give you something, so it won’t hurt anymore.”

  “Can my teacher come?”

  “Of course, she can. She’s my new friend.” I wanted to take time explaining things, and Katie hadn’t known where I’d been. In her mind, the teacher showed up because she heard she was hurt, and nothing more. That’s the way I’d leave it.

  “She’s a nice friend.” I turned to see Tori who was standing behind me with a smile.

  We drove Katie down to the emergency room, and she was a brave little girl. She even watched the entire process, from numbing to stitching and she didn’t even cry. It was late by the time we got back to the house, and Mia and Brady were both asleep on the couch, curled up against one another. I carried Katie up to bed as Tori lingered around in the hall.

  I placed her down in the covers and tucked her in and then I turned down her lamp and kissed her forehead. I took a moment to just look at her and thought about how I needed to spend more time with her. It was nice having Tori around, and for the first time in forever, it felt like my family was complete.

  I got up from my knees at my daughter’s bedside and went out to join Tori in the hall. “Sorry about the eventful night.”

  “It has been quite a day.” I put my arm around her waist and kissed her, but she turned her head away. “I should go. I don’t want to give Katie strange ideas. She’s liable to get her hopes up, and that wouldn’t be fair.”

  “I think she’s had her hopes up since the carnival. Did she tell you she married the fish?”

  She winced. “Sorry. I guess since we’re being honest, I should confess to you that I went there that night hoping you’d notice me.”

  “I had a feeling.” I shrugged. “It was a bit of a coincidence.”

  She pulled her arms tight around her front. “I think I might have gotten more than I bargained for.”

  “I’d like you to stay.” I drew her close and rubbed her arms.

  She shook her head and looked toward Katie’s room. “What about Katie? I just think we should take it slower. I mean, considering.”

  “You didn’t want me to take it slow earlier tonight, as a matter of fact, I think you wanted quite the opposite.” I let loose a chuckle, but she returned a half-hearted smile.

  I took her hand, and though she tried to protest, I pulled her down the hall to my room and shut the door behind us.

  Chapter 28

  Tori

  Ross had insisted that I stay and I didn’t have the heart to tell him that I was having second thoughts about us. I didn’t think it was a good idea for us to spend all night together and especially with Katie in the next room. She was so impressionable, and I feared that if it didn’t work out, what would she think. It could also cause problems in the classroom. I had really put myself in a position I’d never expected.

  The entire time we’d been at the hospital with Katie, I couldn’t take my mind off of the fact that Ross had been with all of those women. Every nurse that approached and gave him a flirting glance, every time I caught him smiling back, I had to wonder what had gone on between them.

  I woke up early and hoped to sneak out of the house before he could protest, but Mia stopped me as she walked out of the kitchen.

  “Doing your walk of shame early?” She shook her head, and I continued to step around her to the door, only to have her step in my way. “Come on, don’t you have any good comebacks?”

  “I don’t have time to fight with you, Mia. I need to get home.”

  She placed a hand on her hip and looked me up and down. “You look like a woman who’s running away. My question is, what are you running from? He’s the hottest man I’ve ever seen, and he’s crazy for you.” She sipped her coffee and didn’t budge.

  “You don’t have to tell me about him, I know. And your telling Kevin didn’t have the effect you wanted.”

  “If things are so rosy then why are you leaving? And don’t say, Katie. You didn’t mind leading her on at her birthday party and from what I hear you spent a night at the carnival mooning over him.”

  “It was something else, and it’s none of your business, and as for the birthday, I was invited. The carnival, well, that was a mistake.” I stepped closer, challenging her to move out of my way, and she shook her head and stepped aside.

  “If you hurt Katie’s feelings I’ll make your life hell. Remember that, Tori Bloom.” The way she said my name sent chills down my spine and the last thing I needed was more drama from the babysitter.

  I shut the door and hurried to Jackie’s car and opened the door. I slid into the seat, and she gave me a smug look. Her hair was sticking up, and she still had pillow marks on her face and bags under her eyes. I felt horrible for waking her up, but it wasn’t the first time we’d had to come to each other’s rescue, and she owed me.

  She held up a finger, and I knew that was how most of her lectures started.

  I shook my head and slumped down in my seat. “Don’t you start. I just had a lecture from the eighteen-year-old babysitter.”

  She let loose a half-hearted chuckle. “I bet she made sense. Probably more sense than why you’re at this guy’s house.” I hadn’t explained anything but that I was stranded at his house and in need of a ride home.

  “It’s complicated.” I met her eyes directly hoping she’d understand I didn’t want to talk about it.

  “What’s so complicated. He’s a boy toy, a man whore—

  “I’m in love with him.” I covered my face with my hands and held my breath waiting for her to blow up.

  “Wow. You’re so screwed. I’ve heard it’s horrible to fall in love with that type.” Jackie sipped her coffee that was in a mug from home, and somehow, she didn’t spill a drop.

  “Why are you friends with your sleazy friend then? You know, the one who told you all about the party and how she sucked his cock. It’s not like you’re going to stop being her friend over her habits. And I don’t judge you for it.”

  “I’m not fucking her or in a relationship with her. She’ll never break my heart.” She put her mug down into the cup holder where it sat at an angle. “Besides, if you are so in love, why not stick around.

  “I’m scared, okay! I saw him with his daughter, and we were with her last night at the emergency room, and I don’t know, it just seemed like that family I always wanted to be a part of. But then, on the other hand, I’m terrified that if it doesn’t work out, I’ll be twice as heartbroken from losing them both.”

  She gave me a sympathetic look and then sighed. “Is she okay?”

  “She’s fine. She cut her foot on a broken vase, and the babysitter called Ross home. I went along because I was so worried. She’s one of my kids.” I spent so much time with those children every day that it was hard not to get attached.

  “I know. You’ve got a big heart, Tori. I only hope it doesn't get broken. You should take some time and think about things. I’m here if you need me and I’ll try to keep an open mind.”

  We were quiet for the rest of the drive, and she l
et me out at my house and waited for me to go inside before driving away.

  I had so much to think about, and I wasn’t sure how I was going to be able to cope if I lost him, but then part of me wasn’t sure I could handle the burning image of him and those other women for the rest of my life.

  I expected to hear from Ross fairly early, but he’d waited until nearly ten o’clock to call and when he did it was to warn me that he was on his way over.

  I hurried and picked up around the house, though he’d seen it messy the night before. Then I went to put on a pot of coffee. I didn’t know if we would need it, but I knew we had a lot to talk about.

  A few minutes later he arrived, and I greeted him at the door. He was freshly shaven and looked even younger for his age than before. His salt and pepper hair was mussed, and he smelled like fresh aftershave. I wanted to fall into his arms and tell him I loved him, but I didn’t want to scare him away. As much as he wanted to be with me, I was certain he wasn’t in that phase of our relationship. I’d never said to anyone before, not even Kevin, and I’d always known when I did, they would say it back, and it would mean forever. I couldn’t squander that moment.

  “Why did you leave?” His expression was clouded with worry and wonder, and I took his hand to comfort him. He pulled me close.

  “I needed to think. It’s one thing to have all of these feelings with you inside me, and another to think it all out when you’re not around.”

  “And you’ve come to a conclusion?” His hands were warm on my back, and an ache grew between my legs. I led him to the couch by the hand and sat beside him.

  “When we were together, I wanted to claim you, to take you back from those other women. But if I truly had you, I wouldn’t feel like I had to.”

  “You do have me, Tori. All of me. Body, mind, and soul—it’s yours. I thought I made that clear.” He eased forward on the couch, closer to me.

  “You can’t use sex to solve every problem, Ross.” I looked into his eyes and my own filled with tears. He drew lazy circles on my waist, but it wasn’t enough to distract me from what was playing out in my head. “I’ll never be able to get that image out of my head; you and those women. It’s all I can think about.”