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Simon shook his head, his jaw set stubbornly. “I’m taking you to my place so that I can keep an eye on you,” he said. “I have some medical equipment there and I would like to give you an examination to make sure you’re alright.”
“That’s reallynotnecessary!” I said again, panic rising now. “I’m really fine. Let’s just go to dinner. We had a deal, after all. You can’t let me back out on the first work function. That isn’t fair to you.”
Simon glanced over at me with narrowed eyes. “What’s not fair to me is that you agreed to obey me and yet, here you are fighting me as soon as I try to take care of you.”
I flinched and shrank back in my seat. “Why do you care so much anyway?” I muttered. “You don’t really know me. I’m just doing you a favor in return for tuition money.”
Simon was silent for several seconds, almost glaring out the windshield in front of him. “I’m a doctor,” he finally said simply. “I was bred and trained to care. It’s my job.”
I didn’t really have a response to that, so I just kept quiet and leaned back in my seat, trying hard not to fall asleep. I desperately wanted to.
What was even more difficult was trying to resist the urge to believe that Dr. Vale actually did care about me.
CHAPTER 10
Simon
I glanced at Kiley every so often as I drove us back to my house. She was fighting hard to stay awake, a little wrinkle between her eyebrows. I had the sudden urge to brush my thumb over the small dent to smooth it out, but was somehow able to resist.
Thankfully, we weren’t too far from my house. By the time we pulled into the driveway though, Kiley’s head was tilted to one side, her head nearly against the passenger side window. I shifted the car into park and turned it off, but Kiley didn’t lift her head. I leaned toward her and was surprised to find that she had indeed fallen asleep.
Part of me was relieved that she was comfortable enough to relax as I drove her around, but the previous concern that I had for her increased with a jolt. She must have felt extremely rundown if she was falling asleep in the car of a man she had just met a week earlier.
I couldn’t figure out my intense worry for this girl. She was essentially my employee at this point and again, I barely knew her. Still, something about her brought out the need I had to care for others, the one that led me to pursue a career in medicine in the first place.
I hesitated before reaching out to gently grasp Kiley’s slim shoulder. “Kiley, we’re here.”
She didn’t even stir at my touch or my voice. I studied her and found that she was breathing deeply and evenly so I pushed my concerns aside and gave her shoulder a firm but gentle shake. Kiley moaned, causing my cock to jump to attention at the familiar sound. She shifted and lifted her head, looking around in confusion for a moment before her deep green eyes focused on me.
“Simon?” she asked, her voice soft with momentary confusion.
I chuckled. “Yes, that’s right,” I said teasingly. “Simon Vale, remember?”
Kiley blinked hard and then stiffened, jumping slightly in her seat. “I’m so sorry,” she said. “That was incredibly rude of me. I’ll just call for a ride home.”
I frowned at her and felt my eyes darken sternly. “I don’t think so,” I said. “Right now, we are going to go inside, and I am going to give you an examination to make sure you are well enough to be on your own.”
To my surprise and amusement, Kiley’s eyes narrowed and she gave me a defiant look. “If I don’t want to go inside your house to be examined, then I don’t have to.” She crossed her arms over her chest.
I tried not to let my delight show as I made my expression even more stern. “Yes, that is correct,” I said calmly. “But you did agree to obey me, and I have just the remedy if you choose to go back on your word.” To make my point clear, I put my palm on her thigh. I grinned inwardly when I felt her shift through the thin material of her dress.
She stared at me for several seconds, seeming to weigh the options in her mind, no doubt trying to gauge whether I would really spank her again. A part of me was hoping that she would refuse and that I would get to show her what a spanking in the back seat of my car was like. My estate was quite large so there was little chance of even my closest neighbor hearing us, even if I left the car door open during Kiley’s chastisement.
A curious sense of regret surprised me when Kiley sighed in clear defeat and unbuckled her seatbelt. No backseat spanking, then.
“A wise choice,” I told her before removing my own belt and getting out of the car so that I could open her door for her.
“This really isn’t necessary,” she said as I led her up to the front door. “I’m really feeling okay. I just need a good night’s sleep.”
“I’ll be the judge of that,” I said simply as I opened the front door and gestured for her to enter ahead of me.
I studied her as she crossed through the threshold, disappointment passing through me as I looked at the pretty dress she had chosen for the business dinner. It was a light purple color and accentuated her smooth curves perfectly, the material clinging to her small but sexy frame. It was a shame I couldn’t show her off to my colleagues tonight, but her health had to come first.
“Come this way,” I said, putting a hand on the small of her back to guide her down the hallway.
Kiley’s eyes rounded as I opened the door to my home medical office. She stared in wonder, taking in the shelves filled with medical texts and journals and the supplies and tools I had hanging on the wall.
She stared the longest at the exam table that was pushed up against the far wall. I could feel her stiffen against my hand that was still resting on her back. She looked up at me, her green eyes wide.
