Total pages in book: 46
Estimated words: 43818 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 219(@200wpm)___ 175(@250wpm)___ 146(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 43818 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 219(@200wpm)___ 175(@250wpm)___ 146(@300wpm)
She shakes her head. “Those are the silliest rules I’ve ever heard. I’m not a baby, Papi.”
I unfasten her waist and lift her into my arms. “You’re my Baby girl. Those rules are for safety, Little one. Every Papi on Eleadia has the same basic rules. My goal is to keep you safe.”
“Are you going to wrap me in bubble wrap?” she asks, sarcasm oozing from her voice.
“Mmm…” I pretend to mull over her question. “It’s not a bad idea.”
“Papi!” she shouts as she grabs my pinky with her entire fist. “I could get hurt doing all kinds of things. People get hurt sometimes. I could choke on my food.”
“Not if I don’t feed you solids,” I point out.
She gasps.
“I’m teasing, Little one. But it is true that I won’t introduce you to our foods for quite some time. And even then, I will start out with one soft food at a time. I want to be absolutely certain you have no allergies and are able to chew and swallow solids without choking.”
Her pretty voice rises. “I’ve been chewing and swallowing without choking for twenty-five years.”
“You haven’t swallowed anything you had to chew for six months. We will take our time with that.”
She humphs. If she could cross her arms and stomp her feet, I’m certain she would. “I’m not allergic to any foods, and my teeth work fine.” To demonstrate, she chomps them at me.
I chuckle. “You’ve never had any of the foods we have here on Eleadia, Little one.”
“Really?”
“Yep. We don’t have the same plants as you.”
“Do you have hamburgers and French fries?”
I can’t keep from laughing. “No, Baby girl. We don’t eat meat at all. We’re a plant-based society. We eat healthy. That’s partly why we live so long.”
She pouts, pushing out her bottom lip. “I’m going to miss hamburgers. You didn’t tell me that before we left Earth. I might have changed my mind about coming.”
She makes me chuckle again, and I roll her up closer so I can kiss her forehead as I enter the kitchen. “You might have noticed denying me wasn’t an option. I’m sorry about your burgers. I’ve heard about them. Eating animals is so foreign to us. It’s one of the weirdest things we’ve learned about your planet. That and the horrifying ways humans have destroyed their precious Earth without a care in the world for the future. I’m not entirely sure it’s salvageable even with the help of my people.”
She draws in a slow breath. “I think you’re right about that. Humans are stubborn and make very bad choices. They only care about themselves. It’s hard to get them to care about the planet at all.”
“Well, Eleadians care about far more than ourselves, and do you know what we care about the most above all other things?”
She shakes her head.
“Our females.”
She sighs as I grab a bottle and sit in the rocking chair. “I know I’m small, but I promise I won’t fall from climbing onto the furniture, Papi.”
I love her spunk and sass. She’s not going to get what she wants, but sparring with her is fun anyway. “It’s true that you won’t fall. Do you know why?”
She rolls her pretty brown eyes. “Because you’re not going to back down on that silly rule.”
“Nope. But if you’d like, I’d be happy to spank your bottom preemptively so you’ll know what it feels like to have a hot, red bottom.” I hadn’t planned on swatting her so soon, but she’s pretty strong. She can hold her head up without difficulty. She can also use her voice to let me know if I’m spanking her too hard.
She stares at me pensively as I offer her the nipple, and I know she’s deep in thought while she drains the bottle. At least she doesn’t argue with me while she’s feeding.
When she’s done, I set it aside and continue rocking her.
“I think you should spank me,” she says without hesitation. She obviously didn’t let that thought go while she ate.
“Yeah? You want me to spank you now?”
She nods.
I frown. “You don’t want to wait until you’re stronger?”
She shakes her head. “No. Do it now. I want to know what it feels like. You’ve mentioned it several times. The anticipation is killing me.”
“No one has ever spanked you, Baby girl?”
“Not since I was a toddler.”
I sit her up taller and rub her back, supporting her while I test her ability to remain slightly upright. She impresses me.
“What if I don’t like it?” she asks in a soft voice.
“You will, Baby girl. Probably more than you should.”
She frowns as she stares at me. “What does that mean?”
“It means every time I’ve mentioned swatting your bottom, you’ve gotten aroused.”
She squirms on my lap. “Have not.”
I laugh. “You can add lying to the list of rules.”
“Lying is at least a reasonable rule.” She manages to hug herself.