Total pages in book: 76
Estimated words: 72028 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 360(@200wpm)___ 288(@250wpm)___ 240(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 72028 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 360(@200wpm)___ 288(@250wpm)___ 240(@300wpm)
It had been a genuinely terrible day, and Aidan being willing to take her in for the night was the only reason she wasn’t locked in her parents’ house.
Come tomorrow she would have a bodyguard on her twenty-four seven. She’d done it again. She’d upturned everyone’s lives when all she’d wanted to do was help.
Should she give in and go home? Was she causing more trouble than she was worth?
It was kind of the question that plagued her life.
“Hey, you okay?”
She looked up and Carys Taggart was already dressed in an emerald green corset and matching boy shorts. She had an elaborate mask in her hand. It wouldn’t cover up the pile of glorious auburn hair on her head. Her hair would give her away at a party like the one going on in the club this evening. It wouldn’t matter. She only wanted to play with Aidan.
Well, Aidan and Tristan, but it looked like Carys was going to be permanently down a Dom.
So naturally she was here checking on Daisy. “I’m fine. I guess everyone heard.”
Carys sat down on the bench next to Daisy. “About you being a badass and taking down a cartel? Yup.”
She should have known her future sister-in-law would have her back. Carys was the best. “I don’t think that’s the way my da saw it. I probably didn’t make things easier for myself by posting a selfie. My parents do not understand the importance of social media.”
Carys chuckled. “I’m sure they don’t. You know if you hadn’t posted the social media pic, no one would have known where you were. Think about it. Now, the parental units are not here tonight, so you’re just talking to me. Not your brother, either. Are you okay?”
“I guess I feel dumb.” She was feeling beyond dumb. She felt useless. “I’ll be better tomorrow, I’m sure.”
Though maybe she was being overly optimistic since tomorrow she would wake up at her brother’s place and start the new job her father had basically forced her into. Forced her upon everyone else.
She’d overheard the deep discussion between Uncle Ian and Uncle Alex about how much more insurance they would need and whether or not she would find a way to burn down the building.
She wouldn’t. Not intentionally at least.
Carys was a gorgeous young woman who looked so much like her mother, Grace Taggart. Carys was everything Daisy wished she could be. Smart. Successful. A doctor. Carys knew what she wanted to do with her life, what she was good at. She reached out and put her hand over Daisy’s. “You are anything but dumb. You are a light in the world, Daisy O’Donnell, and don’t let anyone tell you otherwise. What you did yesterday was brave.”
“That’s not what my da says. Or my brother.” She’d gotten a hearty lecture from her brother and pleading from her da not to kill herself, thereby destroying his soul or something.
“Your father has issues when it comes to you. He was raised with a brother. His mother was significantly tougher than you or your mother. I mean that in a physical sense,” Carys said. “You’re tough and so is your mom, but what your da sees is his sweet girl getting eaten up by the world.”
“So I don’t ever get eaten up by anyone at all?” She sniffled, feeling sorry for herself. It wasn’t her usual mood, which was probably why it hit her so hard.
“Ah, I do see where the two are connected. You haven’t found the right guy yet,” Carys said with a sigh. “I know it’s easy for me to say. I found the right ones… I found your brother when I was very young. You have to give it some time.”
Daisy turned so she could look Carys in the eyes. “I’m not looking for the right one. I’m looking for anyone at this point. I want to ask you a question, and I need you to be honest. Is there something wrong with me?”
A brow rose over Carys’s eyes. “Why would you say that?”
“Because this is literally a sex club, and I can’t get laid.” It was the saddest part of her world. She had great friends, a wonderful family, a wide-open world career wise. Mostly. But on the romantic front she couldn’t seem to find a groove. She wasn’t looking for anything serious. Not right now. She wanted to play, and no one would play with her here. It was hard watching other subs get picked night after night while she sat in the lounge.
She’d taken all the classes, but even her training Dom had treated her like a kid sister. While her classmates were indulging in discovering the pleasures of D/s, she’d get lectures about how dangerous the world could be.
She’d thought it would change when she graduated, but it was more of the same. Even the new guys—the ones she hadn’t grown up with—avoided her.