Rose p.o.v

The quick pitter-patter of my feet was heard through the hallways of Daddy's huge mansion. I ran towards daddy's office because I missed him. For a couple of days, he had stayed up there and I missed my cuddle time. I ran up the stairs and within no time I stood in front of the office.

I was so excited to see daddy again and getting his cuddles that I forgot to knock on his door. I slammed the door open and said, "Cuddles!"

Daddy groaned. Not good. "Princess, what did I tell you about entering Daddy's office?"

"I'm sorry Daddy! I really am, but I really want cuddles." I did not have time for talking, so I rushed my apology out.

"Rose, what did I tell you?" Daddy pressed. His eyebrows went up.

I lowered my head and mumbled, "To always knock as Daddy can have an important phone call or needs to concentrate."

"Indeed. So, what are you going to do next time?"

"To knock," I said in a low voice.

"Good, what was it you needed me for?" He asked, now not looking at me anymore, but at those stupid papers.

"Cuddles Daddy." I almost whimpered.

Daddy sighed. "I'm sorry baby girl, but Daddy has no time for you right now. How about tonight?"

"But you said that yesterday too," I whined.

"Rose, I really have no time right now-" Daddy was interrupted by the doorbell. For a short moment, I wondered who it could be. I do not think that Daddy had announced someone would stop by and he always did that.

"Stella!" Daddy yelled.

"I'm on my way sir," you could hear in the distance. "Thank you!" Daddy shouted back.

"Where was I? Right, I promise we have some us-time, but not right now. Daddy is very busy at the moment." A sigh was heard and again his attention was back on the papers. Stupid papers. If he had not the papers, I would have cuddles.

"But Daddy-" I could not finish my sentence as we heard someone knocking on Daddy's office door. "Derek?" It was a female voice, one that I was familiar with, miss Oliva.

"Oliva? W-why-why are you here?" Daddy asked. He looked like he was both surprised and panicked. Just like he caught me doing something I should not be doing.

"We agreed on getting a coffee together remember. Or did you forget?" Miss Olivia asked. She looked pretty today. She always looked pretty, but today she was extra pretty. She wore a very nice dress which looked perfect on her. Miss Oliva looked like a queen.

Then I looked at myself and in an instance I got jealous. I wanted to look like her, only my body was not as perfect as her. Today was the worst day ever! Daddy did not give cuddles and I do not look pretty like miss Olivia. I was pouting and had my arms crossed.

"No! Uh- yes..." said Daddy silently. "I'm so sorry. I got problems at work and because I own the company it's me who has the fix it. I know it's a lame excuse, but I really had no intention on forgetting or canceling our date... uh- appointment." Daddy's head got slightly red. If I was not in a sour mood I had giggled.

Miss Olivia too blushed. "It's alright Derek. Things like this can happen. We can reschedule if you are alright with that."

"I would not do that," I mumbled.

"Rose!" Daddy growled. He looked angry. I guess he understood what I meant by that.

Miss Olivia looked startled. "Derek, what's going on?"

"What's going on is that I want cuddles and Daddy does not give them to me. He is always up here. It is like he does not even want me anymore, even though he said I was not worthless. I guess nobody wants me! And it's all because I do not look as pretty as Miss Olivia," The last part I shouted at Daddy.

He had no time for me, but still, he wanted to meet with her. That was probably why he did not give me any attention. Feelings of insecurity and sadness washed over me. Tears were now streaming down my face and before anybody could react, I ran away to my room and cried my heart out.

Derek p.o.v

Shit. Shit. Shit. How could I have messed up things like this? After Rose's last meltdown I said to myself to make sure she felt wanted. I knew she had a hard time talking about her insecurities and I made sure I would look at some of the signs she would give to me, but I think I missed them all these past days.

Our us-time, as we liked to call it, was very important to Rose because she was verbal not always as strong, she communicated mostly with her body. Evenings where she held onto me like her life depended on it meant she thought I would leave her alone. When she would curl up on my lap meant she was sad and when relaxed everything was fine. Communication was key in our relationship, and I would rather for her to speak up but I knew I also had to be patient with her. After years and years of abuse, you cannot expect someone to just open up to you. And now she tried and tried to communicate with me, but I just shut her up, so to say, because I was so busy.

And to top that I also forgot about Olivia. I messed up with the two important girls or women in my life, besides my mother. How could I be this stupid? I grabbed my hair and let out a frustrated sigh.

"Derek are you alright?" Olivia looked concerned. "No, I'm not. I made a mistake, two to be exact. If you don't mind, I have to go check up on Rose." I answered.

"Of course. I can stay if you like?" If I did not know any better, I thought she was being nosy, but I knew how much she cared for my little Rose. "Please, I think I can need some support right now if it is okay with you?"

Olivia nodded her head and she followed me towards Rose her room. I knocked on Rose her door and knocked again when I did not hear anything. Slowly I entered the room, "Rose? Princess?" I heard sniffles coming from her closet. "Go away," I heard in a weak voice.

"Princess, Daddy is really sorry. Can you please come out?"

"No! Go away," I sighed. "Alright, I'm waiting outside if you are ready you can come to me." With that, I exited the room and closed the door behind me. I let myself sink on the floor. Olivia looked at me with a questioning face. "She needs some time before she can come out. I'm sorry about all this. If you want you can go, I will call you about the rescheduling." I said in a low voice.

"If you don't mind, I would like to stay. It looks like you need a shoulder to lean on too." Olivia lowered herself too and sat next to me on the floor. I indeed needed somebody as well. As we sat there for a moment in silence, I slowly began to tell Olivia about Rose her insecurities and about my own.

I told her that I had only been a daddy dom when the sub or little was also in a romantic relationship with me. This was the first time I was only a caregiver instead of a boyfriend too and that this kind of dynamic was much different than I thought. Rose was almost all the time in her little space, and I really, absolutely did not mind that, but it is something to adjust to. How when I punished Rose, I would sometimes question myself if I was not too hard on her. I absolutely did not want to trigger anything. Of course, I asked Rose from time to time if they were hard or triggering and she would always reply with a simple 'No Daddy, you are not like father, it's fine.' But what was like her father I started to wonder? How far can I go? In my previous relationships I was already a soft dom, so punishments were never anything hardcore. And yes we agreed on the punishments. Still, sometimes I was scared I would do something wrong.

Olivia was very understanding and patient while I was rambling, like a true teacher. She gave comforting answers to my insecurities and gave advice when she felt I needed it. It truly felt like a weight lifted off my shoulders.

When I had expressed and discussed most of my worries, the door of Rose's bedroom creaked open. "Daddy?" A distressed, little girl asked. "Yes, sweetheart?"

"Daddy!" Rose stormed towards me and clung to me like a koala. "It's alright sweetheart. Daddy's got you." I started to rock her and said calming and comforting words towards my little Rose. Olivia comforted Rose as well. The two of us tried to reduce the tears of the sweet girl in my arms.

"Daddy is sorry. You can have cuddles whenever you like, even if it is just a small one." 

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