He shrugged, looking slightly embarrassed. “Might have done it while you were out with Jewel today. The boys came to help me.”
She paused at that and he walked forward to wrap his arm around her waist. “Don’t worry, they’d never tease you about this. Razor’s wife was a Little. Both Reyes and Ink are Daddy Doms. Spike is, well, Spike. He doesn’t like labels.”
She snorted out a laugh. “Spike doesn’t like anything.”
“So, you like it?”
“Like it? I love it.” The walls were no longer white they’d been painted a pale green. There was a large white, fluffy rug that covered most of the plain brown carpet. The baseboards had been painted white. And covering all of one wall and half of the next wall was a scene from Alice in Wonderland. Alice was there. The rabbit, the Cheshire cat and the Mad Hatter were all there too. As she stared at it more, she could see more and more details. It was beautiful.
On another wall was a quote from the book,
Every adventure requires a first step.
The mustard-colored lamp shade had been replaced with a chandelier. There was also some white furniture. A gorgeous armoire and a desk and padded stool.
“This is truly amazing, but you can’t have organized all of this,” she stated.
His cheeks went slightly ruddy. Was he embarrassed?
“You need a playroom. This room was empty. You told me that Alice in Wonderland is your favorite story. So I ordered some things online and stored them until I got a chance to do all this.”
Tears dripped down her face. Then she turned and flung herself into his arms. “This is the nicest thing anyone has ever done for me. I never had more than some free posters I got from the library to stick on my walls when I was growing up. This is. . .it’s amazing. Thank you!”
He held her tight, lifting her up into his arms. “This isn’t everything.”
“What more could there be?” She pulled back to look up at him.
“Baby girl, you can’t have a playroom without any toys.”
“Toys?”
“Yes, baby, toys. I’m going to take you shopping tomorrow.”
“You’re taking me toy shopping?”
He raised an eyebrow. “You’re saying you don’t want toys to fill your playroom?”
“No, I do. I do. I just. . .we’re going toy shopping.” She smiled widely.
He snorted out a laugh. “I can see that makes you happy.”
She hugged him tight. It did. Although she really did need that last paycheck from Ronny now. Toys didn’t come cheap.
“I can hear you thinking from here.” He carried her out into the hallway and down towards the living room. The doorbell rang and he left her there to get the Chinese. She picked up some forks and met him in the living room.
“I still need to see Ronny,” she told him as she swallowed a mouthful of vegetarian chow mein.
“Nope.”
“Duke, be reasonable. I need that money.”
“Not saying you don’t. But you’re not going to see that asshole. Don’t worry, I’ll get it for you.”
“It’s my problem.” She worried at her lower lip.
“You’re not on your own anymore, baby girl. You’ve got someone in your corner. Someone who doesn’t want you around assholes like that. Someone who can take some of that load off your shoulders.”
“I just don’t want to weigh you down.”