“I’m going to hug you now, okay?”
Before that could even really register in her mind, he had his arms around her and was rocking her lightly back and forth.
And that sense of safety came back to her. She let out a deep sigh, relaxing into his embrace.
He lifted her up off the counter and held her fully against him. His body was so firm and warm that she snuggled in.
“Oh, baby, you’re all cold, aren’t you? My poor little girl,” he crooned. “I’m going to make you all nice and snuggly and warm.I’m going to get you a warm drink for your throat, and we’re going to have a little chat.”
She made a noise at the suggestion they needed to have a talk. She wasn’t really in a talking mood. If anything, she wanted to slip into Little headspace and just disappear for a while.
“You can go into Little headspace soon if you want,” he promised. “But we just need to make sure that you’re okay first.”
“I am,” she grumbled.
He lightly patted her bottom. It was more the suggestion of a threat than any sort of punishment.
“No more talking. You’ve done enough this morning, and you’re already in trouble for that, remember? I’d hate to have to double your line count.”
Was he serious? He was going to take her from one hundred to two?
That wasn’t very fair.
“Although I’ve actually got another idea now. Maybe just a very light spanking would be enough as punishment, not one that would actually make you cry out loud so someone would hear. But lightly patting your bottom like this might be enough.”
Oh my God, she hated that he was right. If he put her over his knee and bared her bottom, just lightly touching it like he was now, that probably would serve as a punishment.
“After all, it’s not always the pain, is it? Just the idea of being punished for being naughty can make a little girl change her ways.”
The man was pure evil genius, and she both loved and hated that about him. She just hoped that he hadn’t figured out how much she would hate that.
“I can tell that’s a good idea for a punishment,” he said as he carried her into the bedroom.
Nooo!
It really sucked how easily he could read what she was thinking.
After sitting her down on the bed, he grabbed a blanket from the end and laid it out. To her surprise, he shifted her onto the blanket on her back, and then tucked it around her until she was swaddled. For a moment, Addie wasn’t sure whether she would like that it, or if she’d feel kind of trapped.
However, as he picked her up, she realized that the feeling of being surrounded like this was actually kind of soothing.
Cash settled back on the bed with her on his lap and just held her for a long moment until the tension had left her body and she was breathing more easily. Then he kissed the top of her head.
Oh, God. She liked that too. She seemed to like everything he did. The man could do no wrong. He ran a finger along her lower lip.
“I think that in order to get you to stop talking, we should have you suck on something,” he said. “Have you ever thought about a pacifier?”
Addie shook her head. She’d never really enjoyed sucking on her thumb. She preferred to rub Snaggles’ ear across her nose in order to soothe herself.
“Of course, you could always suck on other things if you’d rather.”
Did he mean . . . was he trying to say?
Oh God.
When she glanced up at him, he was grinning. “Did I scare you?”
Addie shook her head at him. Definitely evil. But she found herself smiling slightly. She understood that he was teasing her. He didn’t really want her to suck his dick.
