Page 6 of Santa Daddies

“I am wearing underwear, and it is a change room,” I answered, trying to hold back my annoyance.

He looked me over again. “Okay, but there’s no lock on the door.”

I grinned, stripping off the suit jacket and handing it to him. “Have you seen the show?”

He shook his head, and I smirked. “Let’s just say I’m not shy.”

As I waited inside the room, the buzzy voice of Bo on the mic, and the beat of our playlist could be heard through the walls,but I could also hear other voices, closer, maybe just outside the door.

I tried not to listen, but the conversation caught my attention, and I couldn’t stop myself.

“Nothing. I forgot my work laptop at home on Wednesday, so I came home midday to get it and found him there with another woman,”the softer, sweeter, voice said.

“Did he deny it? Did he make an excuse for why she was there? Was it a misunderstanding? Or are you freaking out over nothing?”the louder, and more demanding, voice asked.

“Oh, there was no denying anything.”There was a humorless laugh from the softer voice.“But he did give me an excuse.”

“An excuse for that? Like what? He was taking up painting and she was his model?”

“His excuse was...”

“What?”

“He wanted to have normal sex without feeling pressured to try weird shit.”

“Memmy.”

“Then he said we weren’t sexually compatible.”

“Oh, my fucking god! What the actual fuck? Explain!”

“Shh! God! Everyone will hear.”

“No one will hear anything over the music, and besides they’re so focused on hot half-naked elves the place could be on fire, and no one would notice. And so what if they did? This isn’t on you, Memmy, this is one hundred percent on that bastard. You have nothing to be ashamed about.”

“I dunno. Maybe it is on me.”

“How?” the louder voice asked sharply.

“Last week I asked him if we could spice things up in the bedroom.” There was a pause before she spoke again. “I’ve always wanted to try?—”

The other voice cut her off.“You asked him to tie you up, spank you, pull your hair, maybe choke you?”

“Madly! God, stop being so loud! This is embarrassing.”

“Honey, those things aren’t as weird or taboo as you think.”A pause.“Your brother-in-law dominates me in the bedroom all the time.”

“What? Ew, don’t tell me that! Wait, he does? Sweet, accountant, number one dad, and husband extraordinaire is dominant in the bedroom? And you…. submissive?”

“Yes. It makes him feel powerful and me feel taken care of. Gets me out of my head. You know I’m in boss mode at work all the time, and when I’m not in boss mode, I’m in mom mode. The mental load is... God, Memmy, have you read a romance novel recently?”

“Nothing mainstream.”

“If you’ve read anything with that stuff in it, it is mainstream. A lot of women like power exchange and as long as it’s consensual and safe, why the fuck not? God, watch Reels or Tik Tok, hon. They’re full of shit like that. If your douche canoe ex doesn’t realize it, then he’s obviously not in the know when it comes to women. Which honestly, doesn’t surprise me one bit.”

“Me either, Madly, me either,” I whispered behind the door.

There was a muffled sound of someone being smacked.“Madly!”