Evan nodded in approval. “Good girl,” he praised.
Zoey blushed again, realizing in shock that she loved it when he said that to her. She wanted to be his good girl. She smiled at him shyly.
She ended up nearly finishing her dinner. They decided to take a walk at a little outdoor mall not far from their house. Evan had an arm around her shoulders and she rested her arm lightly around his waist as they walked. The mall was decorated with twinkling lights across the buildings and the trees. She sighed, just content to walk with him with their arms around each other.
Evan dropped a kiss on her temple. “What are you thinking about?” he asked.
Zoey frowned a little bit. “Just that I wish we could do this every day, but school is probably going to get too busy,” she said in a quiet voice. Her lower lip poked out in a bitter pout. “We probably won’t get to spend much time together until December, when I’m on Christmas break. That feels like so far away.”
“Zoey,” Evan chuckled her name, making her look up at him in surprise.
“What’s so funny?” she asked, a little hurt. She couldn’t see how he could find any part of this humorous.
Evan pulled her over to a bench so they could sit down. He surprised her by pulling her so that she was sitting on his knee. She pressed her face into his shirt in embarrassment. She was so much littler than him that she probably looked like a child sitting on his lap.
“Being in school doesn’t mean you can’t have any fun,” he told her.
Zoey’s eyebrows scrunched together. “It was always like that for me,” she said. “When I was taking classes at the junior college, I didn’t have any time to do fun things.”
Evan pushed some hair away from her forehead tenderly. “That’s because when you were at the junior college, you were also working full time, remember?”
“True,” Zoey allowed, but she shrugged. “But I was in school part time back then. I was only taking two classes a semester. I’m taking four now!”
“But this time, you won’t have work to worry about,” Evan pointed out. He patted her on the hip, a little too close to Zoey’s bottom for her liking. “You think I’m going to let you overwork yourself just because you’re in school full time? If so, you are sorely mistaken.” His lips found her neck, making her shift and a giggle escape her.
“Evan,” she whined halfheartedly. Zoey was a shy girl by nature. The PDA stuff still made her blush a brilliant red.
“Understand me?” he demanded playfully. He nipped her earlobe lightly when she waited too long to answer for his liking.
“But you can’t decide that,” she squealed, trying to keep her voice low. She hid her face in his chest again, mumbling into his shirt. “You can’t control how much work I have to do. It’s going to be hard. I’ll have a lot of studying and worksheets and projects…” She could feel her stress begin to rise as she thought about how busy she would be.
Evan felt it as well. Zoey had exposed her bottom slightly when she turned her face into his chest. He glanced around to make sure no one was looking their way before bringing his palm down on her skirt-covered bottom. The spank barely even made a sound because it was so light, but Zoey felt it and lifted her face to look at him in shock, her face flaming.
“No more of that,” he said sternly. He then wrapped his arms around her, drawing her close. “I know you’re anxious about going back to school. You haven’t been back in a few years and this is your first time at a university. That’s why I’m going to make sure you make good choices so that you’ll have time to relax and rest. I’ll also be tutoring you whenever you need it.”
Zoey couldn’t help but wonder what he meant by making sure she made ‘good choices,’ but she kind of didn’t want to know at the moment for fear he would start talking about punishing her again. She simply nodded her understanding.
Evan smiled at her before pressing his lips to hers. He stood up, carrying her with him before setting her lightly on her feet. She looked up at him, marveling at how strong he was. He took her hand, before leading her down the line of shops. “Alright, let’s get you some hot chocolate before heading home, okay?”
Zoey nodded vigorously, a smile lighting up her face. She fell into step beside him and couldn’t help but skip a bit.
Zoey sighed happily as she stepped out of the steaming shower. She took her time drying off and picking out her softest nightgown to wear.
When she and Evan got back from their outing, she was still a little stressed after her first day of classes. She didn’t have a lot of homework yet, but her professors warned that work would pick up before too long.
Evan had suggested she take a nice hot shower to calm down. It had always worked wonders for her and tonight was noexception. She slipped into the thin baby pink gown before shaking out her long damp hair.
She felt so much better, all fresh and clean. She wandered out of the bedroom to find Evan. She was surprised to find him reading a book on the couch, already dressed in his sleep attire of black boxers and a plain white t-shirt. It was only nine p.m. and he normally didn’t get ready for bed until nearly eleven.
“You know casual Mondays aren’t really a thing, right?” she teased, coming up and crawling onto the couch beside him. She immediately put her cheek on his shoulder, inhaling his scent.
Evan set his book on the coffee table before pulling her onto his lap.
“What movie should we watch tonight?” she asked, her eyes falling shut as she stifled a yawn.
“We’re not watching a movie tonight,” he said.
Zoey’s eyes popped open. She had a bad feeling, but decided to play dumb. “Oh, should we do something else then? We could play a board game or something.”