“Stubborn woman.I missed you yesterday while you were hiding from me.I haven’t held you for twenty-four hours.”
I glare at him.“Not everything is about you, you know.I had shit to do yesterday.It was important.”
“Did you get it done?”
I shake my head again and touch the corners of my eyes.It’s partly his fault that I’m so emotional.Mostly it’s from lack of sleep and poor planning on my part.
“Talk to me, baby.”
Drawing in a deep breath, I consider telling him to mind his own business, but the truth is, I can’t keep this from him forever.And why bother?It’s not a giant secret.“My lease is up.Even though everyone else moved out of the house at the end of the semester, it was paid through the summer.Now, I have to find somewhere else to live.I was looking at apartments yesterday.It’s my own damn fault.I put it off because I preferred spending time at Edge rather than dealing with my housing.I was working long hours here to prove myself.Then there was the wedding.It all sucked up a lot of time.I’m making excuses, but the fact remains that I didn’t find a place to live.Yesterday was not productive.There’s not much around here that’s close enough to the office and affordable.”
“When is the lease up, Kels?”
“Friday,” I mumble.
“Have you started packing?”
“Most of my stuff is packed.I just haven’t found a place to live yet.”
How is he so calm?“Easy fix.We’ll have your stuff put in storage.You’ll move into my house.”
My eyes bug out of my head.“Hendrix…” I wince as his first name slips out of my mouth.
He smiles.“That sounds much better than Mr.Kennedy.”He points across the room.“Go shut and lock the door.If you’re not on this side of the desk in my arms in fifteen seconds, I will take you over my knee, lift your skirt, pull your panties down, and spank your pretty ass until you learn to obey me.”
I freeze, not breathing.He can’t be serious.I don’t even blink as I stare at him.He can’t dominate me at work.
It infuriates me that I clench my legs together.My face is hot, and my breasts are heavy.I’m so turned on right now, I might faint.And I hate that he’s able to control me with nothing but words.
“Ten seconds, Kels.”
I gasp.“You can’t spank me at work, Hendrix.”
He lifts a brow.“Nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one.”
Chapter11
Kelsey
I jolt as Hendrix calmly stands and crosses the room.He softly shuts the door and locks it before returning.The connecting door to his office is already closed.It doesn’t have a lock.
I don’t need to turn around to know when he’s in my space.My fingertips are on the desk, keeping me from wobbling.Surely he won’t go through with this.But I know him.He’s not the sort of man who backs down.
Why didn’t I do as I was told?
His hands come to my hips, and he gives a tug toward him.“Keep your hands on the desk, take several steps back.”
My breath hitches.I can’t seem to deny him.I should tell him to go fuck himself, but I won’t.I might have defied him to see what he would do.I could use a good, hard spanking right now.That’s horribly inappropriate in the office, but I need it.I’m stressed beyond belief and confused with it.My brain would settle if I could get a nice round of impact play.
But we’re in the office…
Hendrix guides me to move far enough that I’m bent ninety degrees at the waist.He nudges my legs wider and sets a hand on the small of my back.My breasts hang in my bra.Being spanked by him is nothing like any scene I’ve ever engaged in at Edge.Everything with him is more intense, more intimate.He makes me wet and needy.He hasn’t done anything yet, and I’m not in the sort of headspace I would normally be in if a Dom was going to strike me with a paddle or flogger.All I can think about is my next orgasm and how I might get it.
“I love the deep red of this blouse, Kels,” he says in a low tone.“I bet there’s a black lace bra under it.Am I right?”
“Yes, Sir,” I breathe out.
“Are you wearing a matching thong, baby?”
