Page 22 of Lisa's Unexpected Valentine's Day

He narrowed his eyes and gave her bottom a warning pat. “Uh-huh. Well, however much she saw was too much. And it would never have happened had I known someone was in the house.”

“I guess I didn’t expect her to come looking. That was very naughtyof her.”

“Yes, it was. The door being opened, and the bathroom being just a few feet away—I guess it was too much temptation, but she knew better. She probably deserves a good dose of punishment too.”

“Are you going—”

He kept talking over her question, “But she isn’t mine to deal with and you are.” His tone didn’t invite a continuation of the topic.

Maya couldn’t just let it go. “But Lisa doesn’t have a Dom, maybe you should spank her anyway, so she doesn’t get filled with the icky guilt feelings. You know it can get bad when a sub is filled with those, and no one takes care of it.”

“Lisa is not my submissive. I have no right to punish her. It would be an abuse of the very limited authority I have over her, as I just explained to her a minute ago. Now—”

“But, Daddy, it really doesn’t seem fair for me to be punished if she’s getting off free. I meanshe’sthe one who snuck a look. I didn’t tell her she could do that.”

“That’s beside the point. We’re discussing whatyoudid, not what she did.”

“But…”

“Maya!” There was a snap to her name.

She closed her mouth and dropped her head to stare at the carpet without another word. It was obvious she was only about an inch from getting herself in even bigger trouble.

Rick was silent for a moment, as if making sure she was done. “It’s getting late, so I’m going to finish you off with the strap. Since you want to be sassy tonight, I think I’ll double the number I had in mind.” He gave one thigh a hard slap. “Up.”

Uh-oh.Maya much preferred being punished across his knee. It was embarrassing and encouraged her emotions to swing younger, but it was also comforting. Being bent over either meant he was extra annoyed with her and planned to be really mean… or… it meant he was going to follow through on the earlier threat to take her back hole when he was done.

She winced as she scrambled back off his lap. She loved anal when it came with lots of foreplay and fun, but when it came after a punishment, it was different.

At the bottom of the bed was a dressing bench. When she’d picked it out, she’d been thrilled with the pretty woodwork, the plush seat, and the storage underneath. She hadn’t been thinking about what other uses her Daddy might put it to, but it turned out to be just the right height for her to kneel on, to bend across the bottom of the bed. She’d meant it to be decorative; instead it ended up getting quite a lot of use.

Rick pointed to it without a word. She pouted her bottom lip, giving him her most adorable look but it didn’t do any good. He shook his head. “You’re not getting out of this, young lady. Onto the bench.”

Her feet dragged across the thick carpet as she shuffled around to the bottom of the bed and climbed up. “I really, truly learned my lesson, Daddy. I promise.”

“Good. I’m glad to hear that.” He swept up the strap and moved around behind her. “Knees apart.” He tapped her foot with the leather.

She buried her face in the blanket as she awkwardly shifted her legs a few inches. When he cleared his throat, she grumbled and moved them a little more.

“Maya, I understand that a little bit of defiance is part of who you are, but you know how I want your legs. This is your last chance to get into position. Otherwise…” The words trailed off with the threat unspoken.

There was no way she was going to push any further after that. She was well aware that the special lube was only a few feet away, and easily retrievable. She spread her knees all the way, until she was stretched and nothing was hidden.

Just the way he liked her. It made it harder to clench that way. Daddy wanted her to get thefulleffect of the strap, but she suspected he also liked the view.

“Much better.” The cool leather tapped across both cheeks. Once, twice, three times it lightly grazed her skin. With each tap she jerked a little, but it wasn’t until after the third that he finally brought it down in a real stroke. The strap landed right across the center of her seat with a loudCRACKthat echoed through the room.

As usual the pain was a shock, and it startled a yelp out of her. No matter how many times Rick punished her with the mean leather implement, the first stroke always took her by surprise. She had to fight against the urge to crawl up onto the bed to escape.

Digging her hands into the blankets helped. Having something to hold onto also kept her arms from flying back instinctively when the strap came down a second time. It landed just above the first, and she could almost feel the extra sizzle where they overlapped. The next one landed beneath the firstand after that they continued to march downward in fiery lines that left her feet kicking in the air.

The sting was so fierce that she couldn’t think of anything but how much it hurt, and the babble of apologies and promises did nothing to convince her Daddy that she’d had enough. Which was extremely mean, as far as she was concerned. When hedidfinally stop, she practically melted with relief, but it was short lived.

“We would be finished right now, Maya, if you hadn’t decided to argue. Let me tell you something, young lady, having the shock of my life, realizing someone had been peeping at us while I was sharing intimate time with you, andthenfinding out it was all because you left me out of the loop on our house guest, has not exactly put me in a merciful mood.”

She was starting to get that. “I’m sorry, Daddy.”

“Yes, I’m sure you are. And you’re going to be even sorrier. I did tell you I was going to double the number because of the backtalk.”

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