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A playful glint shines from her big brown eyes as she circles around me. “Nothing, daddy,” she singsongs.

She’s lying, and she’s terrible at it, but I like that she’s lost the hunted look she’s had for weeks now. Being reunited after being apart so long feels right. This is the first time since she pushed me away that I’ve felt complete. I stand in place, turning my head and watching as she circles me. She’s just shy of arm’s length, or I’d already have her in my arms. I’m too curious as to what she thinks she’s up to… and what she has hidden behind her back.

On her second pass, she dashes forward, and something cracks down on my ass. My eyes go wide at the impetuousness of my little girl spanking me. She drops the implement and darts out of the room, taking off to somewhere else in her apartment. I look down and smirk at the discarded ruler on the floor.

Game on.

I pick up the ruler and stroll out of the room after my babygirl and her soon to be bright red ass.

Chapter Twenty-Four

Darlene

I feel lighterthan I have in weeks. Pushing Colt away cracked a fissure in my heart a mile wide. It was so hard having him right there in front of me day after day and not being able to touch him. I shake my head at my stupidity and cowardice. It took me way too long to see how wrong I was to push him away without telling him why.

Colt is the only man I want. The only person in the world who is the daddy counterpart to my little girl. When I think about the future, I can’t see anyone else—only him. The man who is slowly stalking me through my apartment as I rush to hide from his wrath.

He’s been careful with me, but what he hasn’t realized is that’s not what I need. I need him to make things right between us again. The only way for me to feel that things are back on even ground is to repent for breaking us without an honest reason as to why. Now I’ve thrown a red flag in front of the bull by spanking him with a ruler. I knew exactly what I was doing. What I was asking for.

I want… no, Ineedthe punishment. I need him to absolve me of the guilt I’ve been harboring since the day I pushed him away. I think we both need the fresh start. I stand in the middle of my living room, spinning circles looking for a place to hide—of course there isn’t any. It’s merely adrenaline that’s causing me to look in the first place. I don’t really want to hide. I want to be caught. I want Colt’s hands on me. To be under his control, at complete mercy to his every whim.

He strides into the room, looking like an Adonis, even without the normal suit and tie. His strong jaw and icy eyes make my stomach swoop. He’s so sexy I want to fall to my knees and worship him. A smirk twitches at the corner of his lips as he watches me watch him. He knows exactly what he does to me, and he loves it.

I stand in the middle of the room, frozen. Without a word, he strips off his jacket and tosses it over the back of a chair. I whimper when he slowly starts to roll his shirtsleeves up to his elbows. Arm porn is a real thing. I don’t know what it is about seeing a stern man rolling his sleeves up that gets me going, but it so does.

He reaches behind him and pulls the ruler from his back pocket.Oh crap.Definitely in trouble for my little stunt. The heated way Colt is looking at me makes it worth it though. He was all cautious touches and sweet cuddles as if he thought I was a wounded rabbit ready to hop away at the slightest provocation. This is me telling him to stop handling me with kid gloves.

“Come here, babygirl,” Colt commands gruffly.

I shiver at the heat in his tone. I slowly close the distance between us, just slow enough to add to my impudence—his jaw ticks. I can tell he’s trying to hold back his amusement. He’s not even a little angry or disappointed like he’s trying to act so his façade keeps slipping.

When I’m directly in front of him, I smile up at him brightly. “Hi, daddy. How can I help you?”

Colt snorts a laugh, his mask of sternness completely falling for a second before he pulls it back into place. “You’ve been a naughty girl…”

I blink up at him with mock surprise at his accusation. “Not me, daddy. I’m your good girl. Must be some other little girl.”

He raises a brow and reaches out to pull me into him. “There’s only one little girl for me. Darlene, you’re it. Forever.”

I swoon into him at his declaration. It’s not the ‘I love you’ I am waiting for, but it’s darn close. “Forever is a long time…”

He growls, wrapping his fist in my hair, tilting my head back so there’s nowhere for me to look but in his eyes. “Forever isn’t long enough for how much I love you, Darlene.”

Oh, wow. He said it. I mean… he actually said the words. Before I have a chance to say them back, Colt has his lips crushed to mine in a life-altering kiss. The kiss breaks me into a million tiny pieces and knits me back together again, wholly changed. I lick my lips when he breaks the kiss, my eyes still closed as I savor the lasting effects of his lips on mine.

My eyes slowly blink open, and I’m met with the hungry gaze of the man who just declared his love for me. “I love you, Colt… daddy… so much. I’m sorry I pushed-”

He steals away my words in another kiss, obviously not wanting to hear any more apologies. Which is fine with me. I’ll show him how sorry I am by giving him everything he wants from me.

“You’re so fucking beautiful, Darlene,” he growls. “I want to bury myself inside you so deep you’ll feel me for days.”

I gasp nodding. “Yes, please.”

He chuckles darkly, cracking the ruler down on my bottom. I forgot all about the ruler. That’s what Colt does to me. He makes me forget everything. Including my impulsive nature writing a check my booty now has to cash. A little thrill of excitement rushes through me at the idea of being turned over his knee and spanked like the naughty girl I am.

“First, we need to discuss a few things.” His tone is stern and a little dark. My butt muscles clench automatically at the threat in his words. “Strip.”

I don’t hesitate to reach behind me and slowly start tugging down the zipper on my dress. The dress gapes, making it easy to slip out of it. It pools around my ankles, leaving me in a pale green bra and panty set. They are far from sexy. Just plain cotton, but with the way Colt’s looking at me, you would think I was wearing silk and lace. I reach behind me and unclasp my bra, letting it hit the floor with my dress. I step out of my panties and stand before him, completely bare. His hungry eyes rove over my nakedness like a caress.

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