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Raleigh chuckled. “Not by any stretch of the imagination.”

A thought occurred to him, bringing him up short. “Did you have another Daddy during the past six months?” He couldn’t very well blame her if she had. It would be entirely his fault, but it would hurt.

She glared at him. “Of course not, D-daddy. I was too busy t-trying to make you want me again.”

Well, fuck. Now he felt like an even bigger dick. “I didn’t have another Little girl, either. You might not believe this, but my feelings for you never changed. They were just temporarily trapped behind a wall I couldn’t break through.”

His teacup snorted. “Maybe you should have sp-spanked the wall, Daddy. That would have done it.”

He refused to let his amusement show on his face. “Thanks for bringing us back to the moment at hand. Just because all I’ve done prior to today is give you the occasional swat when you’ve deserved one, babygirl, doesn’t mean from this moment forward I won’t actually spank you now or any time you need it. But I want you to know I’ve never spanked anyone I adore as much as I adore you. Understand?”

She nodded against his chest. Call him a caveman, but he was glad no one else had ever had her over their knees before. Even though it was a great responsibility, it was an honor that he would always cherish. Her bottom might not appreciate his commitment to her wellbeing, but he was determined not to fail her again. And that started right now.

“I wish I could tell you your punishment was over, little one. But that spanking was from Daddy because you disobeyed him. There’s still the matter of the consequences that all the other Littles received. They each got swats from their Caretakers. It wouldn’t be fair if you didn’t receive swats as well, would it?”

Fresh tears streamed down her cheeks. But his brave girl still shook her head and said, “N-no, Daddy.”

“All right then. I’m going to position you like I want you, and take care of that now, and then we’ll be done. Then we’ll go back to the room and cuddle.”

With a wobbly voice, she agreed. “Okay, Daddy.”

Helping her to her feet, he led her to the end of the couch and bent her over the arm before retrieving one of the many paddles from Derek’s armoire. After placing a throw pillow under her chest, he said, “Spread your feet wider apart and tuck your arms under the pillow. I don’t want you to be tempted to reach back. These are going to hurt, and I might accidentally hit your fingers. Can you do that for Daddy?”

“Yes, Daddy.”

“Good girl,” he said.

He hated she still had these to go, but she’d earned them with the chaos she’d caused with her Freeze Out the Fourth.

“All right, teacup. You’ve earned these, and Master Derek is in the next room, making sure your punishment is as effective as the other Littles’ punishments were. I’m going to give you these hard and fast.”

There was a reason he hadn’t spanked her sit spots. Laying the paddle against the bottom curve of her cheeks, he pulled back and then delivered a hefty swat in the exact same spot.

Gabi cried out and burst into tears. Right, best to get this over with so he could take his girl to their room. He worked his way down with the next four swats, ending with the last one landing at the top of her thighs.

Dropping the paddle to the floor, he gathered his teacup in his arms and held her tight. Stroking her hair, he murmured, “Shh, babygirl. Daddy’s all done. You took your punishment like such a Big girl. I’m so proud of you.”

He pulled back to wipe the tears from her cheeks. She reached back, cupping her hot, red cheeks, and stomped her feet. “Th-that really freakin’ hurt.”

“It’s supposed to hurt. That’s how you learn what is and isn’t acceptable. What have you learned tonight, Gabi?”

She didn’t hesitate. “Not to tell people I’m a lawyer, and not to stage protests without thinking it through.”

Close enough. He would prefer she not stage a protest at all, but if she was willing to risk it, he was ready to enforce the consequences when she went too far.

“Can you walk back to the room, or do you want Daddy to carry you?”

He didn’t think it was possible for her face to get any redder, but it did. “Thank you, Daddy. I’ll walk.”

He nodded and helped her adjust her clothes. “Then let's go back to the room, teacup. Daddy wants to show you just how proud of you he is.”

CHAPTER 6

As they approached her room, Gabi’s heart thundered so loudly she expected Raleigh to pull out an umbrella. She considered pretending she’d lost her key, but before she could, her Daddy pulled a keycard from his pocket.

He has a key… to your room.

Gabi didn’t bother responding to Beetlebrenda as she didn’t really want to question why that was. She settled for the fact Raleigh had said he wanted to take care of her. That didn’t mean her imagination didn’t flip through all the things that could mean. Hopefully, it didn’t mean more punishment.

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