The next four got me halfway through but my butt was on fire. I was fighting tears and the way my core was reacting to the public spanking. I could feel my wetness leaking down my thighs.
I knew Theo was going to paddle me next and I let myself take a deep breath because I didn’t think he’d go too hard on me. The first one showed me what a fool I was. I screamed out the count and struggled hard against the straps.
Theo was suddenly right next to me, whispering in my ear even as he slid the paddle between my thighs.
“You have to know that for your safety I’ll always get my knuckles bloody for you. But I’ll also wear your ass out so you take your safety as seriously as I do.”
I didn’t think I would survive the next four from him. I was openly crying and twisting my hips back and forth to try to ease the sting.
Dominic was back for the last five and he didn’t take it easy on me. By the third paddle I was sobbing and I felt like I couldn’t think. The fourth made me scream his name. The fifth and final one was the hardest of them all and I lost track of everything. It was sensation overload.
I didn’t notice them taking me down and carrying me out of the club. I only knew that one of them was holding me and I felt safer and more cherished than I ever had at the hands of someone other than my father.
CHAPTER 39
Theo
“She’s out.” I sank into one of Dom’s office chairs with Sutton in my arms. “Will one of you get the cream?”
Leon already had it in his hands. He knelt next to the chair and took his time coating Sutton’s ass and thighs with the soothing balm. She stirred when he went over the top of her thighs and her sad little whimper nearly took me out. I squeezed my eyes shut and tipped my head back, feeling an all-consuming rage that she’d come so close to being assaulted and that we’d had to punish her. The sound of her screaming would haunt me for the rest of my life. It didn’t matter if she’d been so wet from it that she was dripping. We’d caused her pain.
“Theo.” Dominic sat behind his desk and frowned while watching me. “She wanted it.”
I couldn’t help but hold her tighter.
“That doesn’t erase the sound of her screaming from my brain.”
Leon sank into the chair next to me and rested his elbows on his knees.
“I feel like I’ve just been on an emotional rollercoaster. This woman is going to kill us.”
“What a way to go, though.” Dom rubbed his hands down his face. “If we hadn’t canceled the meeting…”
“We have to set some rules. Rules she can follow because I never want to hear those sounds again.” I pressed my mouth to the side of her head and breathed in her scent.
“Theo. It hurt her but one touch would’ve set her off. She has a humiliation kink and if we’re going to be her doms, it’s our job to give her what she needs and wants.” Letting out a short groan, Dom pinched the bridge of his nose. “It was hard for me, too.”
“Are we sure she isn’t a highly trained spy? Because how can one woman be so fucking perfect?” Leon glanced at me. “You did all the security stuff?”
I tried not to scowl at him.
“I’ve never let a security risk slip by me.”
“She’s not a goddamn spy.” Dom looked at his phone and frowned. “It’s late. We should get her home.”
“Sure, Grandpa.” Leon winced when Dom threw a paperweight at him. “Let me have my fun. It’s been a long night.”
Sutton shifted in my arms and hissed when her bruised ass made itself known. She opened her eyes and blinked up at me. It was like watching a doe wake up, her big eyes almost cartoonish.
“Theo.”
I smiled down at her and stroked her hair.
“There you are.”
She moved to sit up and nearly threw herself out of my lap when her ass rubbed against my jeans. I was barely able to catch her before she ended up on the ground. When I pulled her back into my lap, right on her ass, she looked back at me with the most adorable pout on her face.
“It hurts.”
