Schemes | Future Adora
“Dadda don’t go,” the toddler cried, clinging to Adrian as he stood in the doorway. His breath caught in his throat at the sound of her tears. “I want you to read me my story tonight!” Her watery voice broke his heart, just like it had the past three times he’d tried to drop her off. A story wouldn’t really be enough to settle the girl down. Just like the times before, his baby girl would burst into tears until all three of them were settled into her mother’s bed, curled up together to keep away her nightmares.
“Shhh, Peanut,I’m coming back tomorrow.,” he soothed, still down on his knees hugging her against his chest. She let out a loud, heart wrenching sob and dug her little nails into his shirt. It was no use, and she probably knew it. ‘No’ wasn’t a word in his vocabulary when it came to his daughter. She was the only woman in the world, save her mother, that could bend him to her will with less than a bat of her eyelashes. “You have to ask Momma,” he said tentatively, still unsure of how she felt about this phase the little girl was in. While he had absolutely no problem feeling her warmth from across the bed while their child slept between them, he didn’t know if she could say the same.
The girl tore herself from Adrian and turn to fling herself into her mother’s arms instead, begging her to let Adrian stay. He straightened and looked at her apologetically. “I can stay, Aurora, if you don’t mind.” His phone buzzed in his pocket to tell him otherwise, but what was another missed date if it calmed his daughter down? @auroraminett