Chapter 10

CHAPTER 10

Rick noticed that Maya had been quiet towards the end of dinner. When they’d first arrived at the restaurant, she’d been her usual bubbly self. Something had changed between the main course and dessert.

He waited until they were settled in bed, so he could discuss it with her in private. He held out his arms and she settled into them with a sigh. “Okay, something is obviously on your mind, so let’s hear it.”

“I just want to help her.”

“Who? Lisa?”

“Duh.”

“Sugarbear, we did help her. She’s got money now, and I’m pretty sure she’s going to get the job at the courthouse. I vouched for her and that goes pretty far.

“It’s not just that.” She took a deep breath and blew it out, looking frustrated.

“Then what is it?”

“Have you ever thought about having another sub? A second one, I mean, instead of just me.”

Rick jerked back, pushing her to sit up so he could stare her in the eyes. “Maya Aditi, what on earth are you talking about?”

“Some Doms have more than one, you know.”

“Yes, I do know. And no I’ve never thought about having another one. Are you worried that you’re not filling all my needs? What brought this on?”

“No, no, Daddy. Nothing like that. It’s… Lisa.”

“What about Lisa?” He was utterly confused. Did she think he was falling in love with her friend? Was she jealous of the time he’d spent helping Lisa? That didn’t seem like his wife at all.

“Um, maybe I should start over.”

“Please do!”

“I don’t want Lisa to go.”

He blinked. “I see… but sweetie, she needs to get back to her life. You knew this was only temporary.”

“I know, but I like having her here. It’s like we’re all a family and I—” She pursed her lips and huffed a breath before adding, “I think you should be her Dom.”

“What?” His voice cracked as it rose an octave. “Maya, what…” He trailed off and shook his head. The topic had caught him off guard and knocked him sideways. “I have no interest in other women, and we do not have an open marriage. You know that.”

“But that’s the thing, Daddy. Lisa doesn’t really have that kind of interest. The sex kind.”

“Maya, you’re confusing me. Why don’t you take a second to get your thoughts in order and then see if you can explain this a little more… coherently.” When she got excited, her words often got ahead of her and right now he really had no clue what was happening.

“Lisa is asexual. She’s given up on having a Dom because she can’t find one who wants to do just discipline without the sex.”

“Okay…”

“She needs a Dom to be happy. Right now everything else in her life is all fixed, so there’s just this one little thing keeping her from being happy.”

“Right?”

“So, you could be her Dom.”

“Wait, Maya… that’s crazy.”

“It’s not crazy. You like Lisa. She fits with us. Having her here has been great.”

“That’s all true, but that doesn’t mean we get to keep her.”

“Why not?”

“Because… because that’s not how it works!” It was a terrible answer, but it was all he had. Because now that she’d brought it up like that, he was kind of wondering why it couldn’t work that way.

“Well, it should be. I don’t want you having sex with anyone else, you’re mine. And, honestly, I’m not even sure I would like someone else calling you Daddy, because, well, you’re my Daddy. But Lisa doesn’t want to sleep with you and she’s not a Little. She just needs a Dom who can help her and spank her when she makes mistakes. And if you’re her Dom then she can stay and we can be like sisters.”

The logic of Littles. Everything was a happy-ever-after with them. It seemed like Maya had been percolating this idea for a while. He sighed. “Maya, you don’t even know that Lisa wants that. I imagine she’s happy to get back on her own. You know she hasn’t liked being dependent on us.”

“That’s because she was a guest and felt like a bother. If she was your sub, then this would be her place. She’d belong here.”

He was skeptical that it would work like that, but he indulged it for the moment. “What makes you think she wants to be my sub?”

Maya squinted, giving him a look that said he was completely clueless. “Daddy. C’mon. Every time you do anything bossy, Lisa stares at you like she’s starving.”

“Okay, then what makes you think I want any other sub besides you? Do you think you don’t keep me busy enough?” He let one eyebrow rise slowly as he stared her down.

It made her laugh. “No, but you need to be needed and you like taking care of people. I know you’d never go looking for someone else, but she’s here and she’s perfect so… why not? I definitely don’t mind. Actually I…” She trailed off, and he could see her cheeks darkening.

“Actually you what?”

“Nothing. I just… it’s nothing,” she mumbled and squirming a little and avoiding looking in his direction.

“Don’t make me spank it out of you, Little girl.”

“It’s just… I’ve been thinking about the benefits of having another person. Um, the watching and getting watched, and maybe getting into trouble together. It just seems like it might be… fun.” She cleared her throat and snuck a quick look at him.

He blinked, speechless for a minute and then a laugh burst out of him. “Maya, you… are a constant source of surprise. But again, we have no idea if Lisa wants any of this.”

“She does.” There was unshakeable confidence in her tone. “The question is whether you’ll do it.”

Was it something he could do? Maya did keep him busy, but Lisa wasn’t the handful she was. It would be a different dynamic with her, quieter. Maybe a chance to explore other aspects of D/s that Maya wasn’t entirely suited for. The idea was intriguing, and Maya had been right about one thing, Lisa fit with them.

“I’ll think about it.”

His wife squealed bouncing on the bed. “Yes!”

“That’s not a yes,” he hurried to correct her.

“It will be though. I can tell.”

She was probably right.

He held back a sigh. The situation would be complicated, and he wasn’t entirely sure Maya understood how the dynamics would change with a third person, but the idea had merit. He’d been tempted to be dominant with Lisa more than once, since she’d been staying with them. It wasn’t his place, so he refrained, but her submissive side drew that kind of response from him automatically.

Maybe it would work for the three of them. He wasn’t sure if he’d end up feeling like a parent with two daughters, or like part of a throuple with a non-sexual third. It would be interesting to see.

If Lisa was even interested. Maya could be reading the whole situation wrong.