Chapter 1
Chapter One
Catharina
A magazine article once claimed I have more money than God and bigger balls to boot.
It may be the nicest thing anyone has ever said about me.
But all the money in the world couldn’t buy the feeling I have right now, staring into the terrified emerald eyes of my Little girl as she trembles before me. It’s a high no drug could ever match, a triumph Wall Street could only dream of.
And she is all mine.
“M-Mommy?” she repeats, her voice cracking on the word, and I have to suppress a shiver of pure pleasure at the sound.
“Yes, my naughty little girl. Mommy. From this point forward, that is the only way you will address me. There are other rules, of course, because Little girls need plenty of rules to ensure they are on their best behavior. But first, we need to deal with the issue of your deceit.”
“My deceit?” As if snapping out of a trance, my scared Little girl disappears, and in her place stands a sneering, defiant woman.
Well. That will never do.
“Kerry, let the pilot know we’ll be ready for takeoff in about twenty minutes.” I issue the order without taking my eyes off Alexis’s face, and I have the delight of watching her eyes narrow in annoyance.
“I’m not going anywhere with you, Catharina.” She jerks her head backward, her red curls flying with the movement. “Whatever this fucked-up, perverted game is that you’re playing, I’m not interested. Bye.”
I let her turn around, if only for the pleasure of hearing her sharp cry of frustration when she finds the plane door shut tight behind her. “Open this fucking door right now!”
“No.” Sliding my hand into her curls, I make a fist, a dark thrill running through my veins as I pull her head back and watch the fear once more fill her eyes. “I promised you that I would take care of you, little one. And that is exactly what I’m going to do.”
“You tricked me.”
“I did.” There’s no point in pretending otherwise, even if I was inclined to do so. “But as my Little nieces would say… you started it.”
With my hand still fisted in her soft curls, I pull her toward my seat, my naughty girl sputtering and cursing and fighting the whole way.
She’s a strong little thing, I’ll give her that, but unfortunately for her I have plenty of practice handling naughty Little girls like her.
With five nieces back on the island, not a week goes by without someone needing their bottom warmed by their Auntie Cat.
Only now, the Little girl about to go over my knee doesn’t belong to someone else. This is my babygirl about to learn a hard, painful lesson.
And that makes all the difference in the world.
Alexis
What the hell is going on?
Somewhere in the back of my mind, alarm bells are ringing, trying to warn me about something, but I’m far too pissed to be scared right now. How fucking dare she put her hands on me! Who the hell does she think she is?
Right. Catharina Montgomery, heiress to one of the largest fortunes in the world. And the woman whose likeness I’ve been using to swindle stupid, rich men out of money and little trinkets over the past six months.
No wonder she’s pissed.
Still, that doesn’t give her the right to—
My internal monologue is cut short when Catharina sits and, in one swift, fluid movement, pulls me over her knee. Shock renders me speechless, but only for a moment before I come alive, wiggling and screeching for her to release me.
“Let me go! I’m going to call the police!”
Her laughter, surprisingly deep and rich, echoes in the enclosed space. “My darling Little girl. There are no police where we’re going. As your Uncle Jasper is fond of saying, the only law on the island is my word.”
Cool air brushes over the backs of my thighs, and I realize with no small amount of horror that she’s flipped my dress up, exposing me completely. The most gorgeous woman I’ve ever seen is staring right at my bare, dimpled ass. My giant bare, dimpled ass.
Someone kill me now. Please.
But my prayers for a swift death go unanswered. “No panties? How thoughtful of you to make Mommy’s job even easier, little one.”
Pain explodes across my right asscheek and it takes me a long, shocked moment to process what just happened.
“Did you—did you just spank me?” I screech, wiggling and kicking in a desperate attempt to free myself.
But Catharina must have access to some superhero-level steroids or something because her hold on me doesn't give an inch as she swats my other cheek. “Yes, I did. And once you’ve settled down enough to listen to Mommy, your real punishment can begin.”
“You are not my mother! Let me go!”
Two more sharp spanks land on my bare skin. “Not your mother, little one. Your Mommy. That is a very important distinction.”
“I don’t give a fuck about—ow!” Just like she did a moment ago, Catharina fists her hand in my hair, yanking my head up.
“My Little girl does not use those naughty words. One more and I will march you into the bathroom to scrub them all out of your mouth.”
You wouldn’t dare. The words tremble on my tongue, but considering I’m bare-assed over her knee with my skin on fire from the painful swats she’s already landed, it seems pretty clear she absolutely would dare.
Releasing her hold on my hair, she spanks me again, shocking me with how hard her delicate hand feels on my butt.
“You have been a very naughty Little girl, Alexis. Pretending to be other people, scamming them out of their money.”
“It’s not like they couldn’t afford it!”
That was the wrong response, apparently, because the next spank is even harder, enough to have tears burning in my eyes.
“It doesn’t matter if they could afford it or not. You lied and you stole and now you are getting your bottom spanked like the naughty girl you are. Kerry, bring me my purse and my other bag, please.”
My whole ass feels like it’s on fire, and with every swat I’m growing more and more desperate to end my punishment. “Okay, okay, I’m sorry! I’m sorry! I’ll never do it again!”
“I know you won’t. But Mommy needs to make sure her Little girl has been properly punished for her naughtiness.”
To my relief, the spanking stops and I let out a shuddering breath. “I’ve learned my lesson, I swear. No more scamming people.”
At least, no more scamming people using the likeness of someone like Catharina Montgomery. Only low-profile hotties from here on out.
High heels step into my line of vision. Kerry, I assume, bringing Catharina her purse. Pretty, perfect Kerry, watching me get my bare, jiggling butt spanked like a naughty child.
“Thank you, Kerry.” Something hard taps against my ass and I immediately freeze. What the hell is that?
“Do I have your attention now, Alexis Paige, or do you need some more time to settle down?”
“I guess that depends on which option gets me off this plane fastest.”
Again, I know it’s the wrong response even before she speaks.
Damn me and my smartass mouth. Catharina sighs and taps the hard thing in her hand against my bare skin again.
“I’m going to have my hands full with you, I can see.
But since you are new to all this, I’ll give you one more chance to answer me properly before I decide to get mean.
Are you ready for your punishment, Alexis? ”
Hell no. I have to physically roll my lips together to keep the response from slipping free. Whatever she has planned for me, there’s obviously no escape, at least right now. Better to just go along with it until I can figure out my escape.
Leaning into my “repentant little girl” role, I force my voice to go soft and submissive. It’s a tone the men in my DMs have fallen all over themselves for when I’ve sent them sexy little voice messages, and something tells me Catharina will fall for it just as easily. “I’m ready.”
“Good girl.” As I’d expected, her own tone is much more gentle than before. “A good hard paddling with Mommy’s hairbrush will put this whole nonsense behind us.”
Her hairbrush?
Before I can question her, fire explodes across my ass, a thousand tiny needles piercing my skin. My decision to just go along with her plans flies out the window as another agonizing swat lands on my opposite cheek.
“Fuck, that hurts! What the hell is wrong with you?”
Desperate to stop the assault, I throw my hand behind me to try and cover at least some of my ass. But Catharina doesn’t miss a beat as she grabs my wrist, pinning it to my side while she lands another set of searing, painful swats.
“Once we’re in the air, you are getting that filthy mouth washed out. Such naughty language for such a Little girl.”
I’m not little. Nothing about me could be defined as little in any sense of the word.
But right now I certainly feel Little. Between her stern tone and the crack of her brush against my ass, I feel very much like a naughty child being taken to task by her Mommy.
And it isn’t long before the pain becomes more than I can bear. “Please.” The word is a strangled whisper. “Please, I’m sorry, I’ll never do it again, I swear.”
“There’s my good girl. We’re so close now, little one. Stop fighting me and we can be done.”
Again that infernal brush connects with the lowest part of my ass, the sensitive skin right at the tops of my thighs and tears fill my eyes. “I’m sorry,” I wail, all of the fight leaving my body at once as I collapse over her knee, my breaths coming in huge, gulping sobs.
“That’s more like it. Are you ready to be Mommy’s good girl now, Alexis?”
I have no idea what that means or what she’ll ask of me. All I know is that I don’t want another swat from that damn hairbrush. So I nod, my curls flying with the movement as tears stream down my cheeks. “Yes, yes, I’ll be good.”
The hard back of the brush taps against my aching ass. “Say it. Say ‘I’m ready to be Mommy’s good girl now’.”
If that's what it takes to get me off this damn plane and away from her crazy ass, I’ll tell her whatever the hell she wants to hear. “I-I’m ready to be Mommy’s good girl now.”
“My sweet, sweet girl. Come here. Let Mommy hold you.”
As soon as her grip on me loosens, I scramble up, wrenching myself out of her grasp and backing away. “Stay away from me, you crazy bitch!”
Everything about her hardens, and I swear a muscle in her jaw jumps as she pushes to her feet. “Kerry, let the pilot know we’re going to be delayed a little while longer.”