Latte Darling (Darling, #2)

by S.J. Tilly

This book is dedicated to anyone who’s ever felt too big and too small all at once. Some day the world will catch up with our worth. But until then, know that you’re enough just as you are.

This man is an absolute Silver Fox and my libido that’s been slumbering in hibernation for the last decade just woke the fuck up.

I’m too old for this girl. Too jaded. Too weathered. But my body doesn’t give two fucks about any of that, and my brain is desperately trying to figure out how I can steal her from my own kid without feeling like a total piece of shit.

Because I want to know that there’s someone – anyone – that might love me the way I want to be loved.

I wait for the angel on my shoulder to tell me to keep my pants on and to walk out the front door. But the devil on my other shoulder has the angel tied up and gagged.

And if this thing works out between us, we’ll have to decide if you should call me mom or sister because I call Axel Daddy, too.”

I wait for the angel on my shoulder to say something. To tell me to leave, tell me to quit being a Stage 5 Clinger. Except the little angel is kicked back, legs crossed, with an arm thrown over his eyes. Clearly as fucking done with me as I am with my conscience.

Oh Maddie, you shouldn’t have worn my sweatshirt. There are consequences for your actions, Baby Doll. And you’re about to find out what happens to naughty girls who misbehave.

“You need a man.” Axel inhales through his nose, his huge chest expanding further with the action. “You need me.”

Oh. My. Fucking. God. I’m dead. I’ve literally died and gone to what-kink-is-this heaven.

“I thought you liked when… I called you something else.” His eyes darken and I know he knows what I’m talking about. Axel’s fingers dig into the flesh at the top of my ass, pulling me closer. His voice quiet enough so only I can hear. “You can call me Darling in public, but it’s Daddy in the bedroom.”

“Maddison Faye Richards, you can come with me willingly or I can haul you out of here like the brat you are.”

“You deserve all the love in the world, Maddison.” Axel’s fingers close around mine to steady my hand. “All I have to offer is my love. But I’ll give you every last bit of it. Every inch of my heart. All the best parts of me.” Then he slides the ring onto my finger. “Tell me you’ll marry me.”