Her pulse pounds in the column of her neck, and she swallows heavily. “Punishment?”
I capture her neck in my hand and gently ease her toward me. “Just because you belong to me now doesn’t mean you can act any way you please.”
“What are you going to do?”
Unlike before, she doesn’t look scared now, curious maybe, nervous even… “Unbuckle my belt,” I order.
She locks our gazes for a heartbeat before reaching to my buckle and quickly completing the task, leaving the belt hanging from the loops.
“Take it off me.”
Her heavy swallow is loud enough for me to hear as she slowly slides the leather from the loops of my pants.
“Good girl. Place it in my hand and then lay over the end of the bed.”
Her eyes widen as she figures out my plan. But she doesn’t hesitate as she steps around me to drape herself over the end of the bed. “You’re behaving now, stellina. It makes me think you like this more than you let on.”
My cock is straining at the waistband of my pants, looking at her like this. That fucking dress flowing over her curves, waiting for me to rip it off her.
I ease up behind her and drag her hips up so I can rub against them for a moment. It’s not part of the punishment; it’s just for me—a moment looking down as the dress billows around my pant legs.
She sucks in a breath and hides her face into the mattress.
“Are you ready, princess?”
Instead of answering, she eases her thighs apart slightly, squaring her feet on the floor.
“I’m not doing this to hurt you, just to teach you a lesson. So, we’ll start with three blows. If you can manage that, then I’ll forgive you.” I add nothing about her not being able to handle it because I know even though this is her punishment, she wants it.
Her toes are curled into the floor, her breathing is ragged and strained. As is mine. I grip the belt tight in my palm and reach to the hem of her dress to drag it up around her hips.
“Fuck.” The curse slips out before I can stop it. The little brat didn’t wear any panties before she came to my office. She really thought she could walk in and seduce me.
I tuck the dress around her lower back to keep it out of the way.
There’s no warning when I bring the leather down onto the softest part of her ass. At the strike, she lets out a soft hiss but then goes silent. It isn’t a hard hit. We haven’t done anything like this before. I don’t know how much she can tolerate and how many makes her wet.
A pink line bisects her left ass cheek in a fat bar. Almost matching the color of her dress.
Holy hell, it looks good on her. I don’t know if I’ll make it to the third blow before I take her. My pulse is thundering in my ears.
“How are you feeling, princess?”
When she doesn’t answer, I lean my hips into hers and chafe my hand over her pink skin. Her whimper belies the way she lifts her hips into mine to get the friction she wants.
“More?” I whisper and ease off her.
“Please,” she says so softly I can barely hear her.
“Please, stop?” I prompt, knowing she doesn’t want that, just as I know she’s begging for more than my belt.
“No, again.”
I smile down at her. Fucking hell, my princess is so perfect. “Say it again, and I’ll give you everything you want and more. Beg me to punish you, and I’ll fuck you until you come all over me.”
Her ragged answer is everything I hope for. “Please, do it again.”
Fuck yes, she does, and she deserves her reward afterward. I’m stunned by her. In awe of the way she’s growing under my care, the way she’s changing into the woman she is meant to become. My fucking princess will be my queen.
The next blow causes her to whimper, biting her lip afterward as if she tries to stifle it. The smack a loud crack in the silent room. A matching mark decorates her skin alongside the other. “Just fucking beautiful.”
She’s grinding her hips into the mattress, so I seize them to halt her movements. “No, princess. Your pain belongs to me, and so does your pleasure. Don’t move.”
I drop the belt to the floor with a clatter and work my fly open. She wiggles back toward me, and I groan as I wrap my hand around my cock.
I force myself to stop and take a deep breath. Then I step forward and run myself along the seam of her ass. “Where do you want me, princess? You took your punishment so beautifully. I’m in the mind to reward you. Do you want me in your ass or in your pussy?”