“And that is?”
“To get laid.”
“Hmm.” The hand on her ass moved again, stoking that fire in her core. Now she did moan, lifting her hips slightly, hoping to distract him with the promise of sex. “There’s just one problem with that plan, babygirl.”
“What’s that?”
“Your punishment is just getting started.”
Chapter Three
Lochlan
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If he’d ever seen anything hotter than his mystery blonde over his lap, her bottom nice and pink from his hand, he couldn’t remember. And when she moaned, lifting her bottom and inviting him to explore that sweet space between her thighs, he nearly abandoned his plans to interrogate her further.
But aside from his own need to know exactly how she’d gotten into his room, he intended to impress on her exactly how dangerous it was to lock herself in a room with a strange man she’d just met. It didn’t matter to him that people engaged in one-night stands all the time. What if she’d snuck into the wrong room? What if she’d tried this with someone who wasn’t half as honorable as him? She could have been hurt, and for reasons he didn’t care to examine at the moment, the thought of her coming to any kind of harm made his blood boil.
Pushing the anger aside for the moment, he patted her gorgeously pink ass. “You still haven’t told me how you got in, babygirl. And I gotta warn you, my hand is getting tired. Might be time to take off my belt and see if that doesn’t make a bigger impression on you.”
Once again, she twisted around to glare up at him. “You wouldn’t.”
“Try me, baby.”
“Why is it so important for you to know how I got in?”
If he’d thought she was just being bratty again or stalling for time, he would have happily whipped off his belt then and there. But there was a hint of true curiosity in her tone, and as a man prone to his own curiosity, he found it oddly endearing. “I’m a very security-conscious man. I need to know how, so I can prevent it from happening again.”
“That makes sense, I guess.”
Sliding his hand over her warm skin, he gave her bottom a hard squeeze. “So, how did you do it?”
She sighed, the sound both annoyed and resigned. “I used to work here. I told one of my old coworkers I just needed to check something on her computer real quick and when she walked away, I made myself a key.”
It was a perfectly plausible explanation. But something still wasn’t sitting right with him. “What’s your friend’s name?”
“I’m not telling you that. You can spank me all night and I won’t give up my friend.”
Stubborn little brat. Fortunately for her, he didn’t have access to the tools he usually used to get people to talk.
Also, fortunately for her, he had plenty of other ways to figure out who her contact at the hotel was. Point Murphy in the right direction and he’d know who her best friend in second grade was. Which meant right now he could focus on teaching her a lesson and worry about getting the information he needed later.
Something about her explanation still nagged at him, but he’d have plenty of time to figure it out. For now, he was more concerned with showing her exactly how dangerous her little stunt had been.
“All right, babygirl. You don’t have to tell me. I appreciate you being honest with me.”
The woman over his lap immediately relaxed, and he had to swallow a laugh. If only she knew what was coming next.
“So… are you going to fuck me now?”
“Hell yes, I am. Get that gorgeous ass back on the bed.”
She scrambled backward, draping herself back against the pillows again, that same come-hither smile on her face. Only now, there was a hunger in her eyes he hadn’t seen before.
Someone had obviously enjoyed her spanking.
Good to know.
