Chapter 37 #2
“Although I’ve actually got another idea now. Maybe just a very light spanking would be enough as punishment, not one that would actually make you cry out loud so someone would hear. But lightly patting your bottom like this might be enough.”
Oh my God, she hated that he was right. If he put her over his knee and bared her bottom, just lightly touching it like he was now, that probably would serve as a punishment.
“After all, it’s not always the pain, is it? Just the idea of being punished for being naughty can make a little girl change her ways.”
The man was pure evil genius, and she both loved and hated that about him. She just hoped that he hadn’t figured out how much she would hate that.
“I can tell that’s a good idea for a punishment,” he said as he carried her into the bedroom.
Nooo!
It really sucked how easily he could read what she was thinking.
After sitting her down on the bed, he grabbed a blanket from the end and laid it out. To her surprise, he shifted her onto the blanket on her back, and then tucked it around her until she was swaddled. For a moment, Addie wasn’t sure whether she would like that it, or if she’d feel kind of trapped.
However, as he picked her up, she realized that the feeling of being surrounded like this was actually kind of soothing.
Cash settled back on the bed with her on his lap and just held her for a long moment until the tension had left her body and she was breathing more easily. Then he kissed the top of her head.
Oh, God. She liked that too. She seemed to like everything he did. The man could do no wrong. He ran a finger along her lower lip.
“I think that in order to get you to stop talking, we should have you suck on something,” he said. “Have you ever thought about a pacifier?”
Addie shook her head. She’d never really enjoyed sucking on her thumb. She preferred to rub Snaggles’ ear across her nose in order to soothe herself.
“Of course, you could always suck on other things if you’d rather.”
Did he mean . . . was he trying to say?
Oh God.
When she glanced up at him, he was grinning. “Did I scare you?”
Addie shook her head at him. Definitely evil. But she found herself smiling slightly. She understood that he was teasing her. He didn’t really want her to suck his dick.
Although, now that she had that thought in her head, it was going to be hard to erase it.
Maybe a pacifier would be a better idea.
“We didn’t actually discuss the age of your Little,” he said.
She hadn’t really thought about it too much. But she didn’t think she regressed young enough to need a pacifier.
“We can discuss that later or we can just see how things go if you’re not sure yourself.”
She nodded.
“I owe you an apology.”
Addie frowned slightly and gave him a surprised look. What could he possibly owe her an apology for? She’d been the one in the wrong this morning. He’d just been lying there, and she’d grabbed hold of his cock. Part of her wished that she’d been more awake, so she could remember all of it.
“I fell asleep in your bed. I didn’t mean to, and I think at some time in the night, I must have taken off my jeans and crawled into bed.
Probably thought I was in my bed or something.
I don’t even remember doing it. So really, it’s my fault that this morning happened.
If anyone should feel violated, perhaps it’s you for waking up with a man in your bed. ”
She shook her head.
“No?” he said. “That’s good. Then how about we start this morning again? Would you like to spend some time in Little headspace today? We will have to hang out in here, as I’m guessing you wouldn’t be comfortable out in the common areas?”
Eyes wide, she shook her head frantically.
“No, that’s what I thought. That’s okay. We can have some fun in here. I actually have a few gifts for you.”
Gifts for her? She wondered what they could be.
“How about you get showered and dressed while I get some breakfast together, and then I’ll show you what I have. Do you need some more painkillers for your stomach?”
Oh, heck. She had forgotten all about her period. She really needed to go clean up.
She nodded.
“All right. You’re feeling better?” he asked.
She opened her mouth and he gave her a stern look. Drat. But she was beginning to get a sore neck from all the nodding and shaking. All she wanted was to be able to speak normally.
Another nod.
Cash set her down on the bed and undid the blanket so her hands were free. Then he handed the tablet to her.
“I’ve got some painkillers in here. Thank you, though.”
“Show me,” he ordered.
Geez, he was bossy, but she found the small bottle of pills on her bedside table and handed them to him. He looked them over, reading the instructions.
“This says to take them with food,” he informed her. “So you will need to take them with breakfast.”
She’d never really bothered with that in the past, although perhaps if she had, she would have had less stomachaches.
“Get showered and dressed. I’ll meet you out in the kitchen soon. Are you all right getting showered by yourself?”
No.
Yes.
Darn it. Part of her could imagine how good it would feel to have him wash her, but the other part of her knew she wasn’t ready for that yet.
So she simply nodded.
Cash watched her eat the scrambled eggs he’d made. Nobody had appreciated his oatmeal effort yesterday, so today he decided to go for eggs. Still soft, but maybe a bit more tasty. All right, so he hadn’t enjoyed the oatmeal that much himself.
He’d checked her throat before she’d eaten, not liking that it was looking rather red and swollen. He sent a message off to Hack.
It was time to get someone to look at it properly.
For some reason, he took great satisfaction from watching her eat something that he had prepared for her. She also sipped slowly on her warm honey drink.
Honestly, waking up to her touching him, her hand on his dick, had been one of the best mornings that he could remember.
The only issue was that he hadn’t been certain she was even awake when she was touching him. When she’d hidden away, he’d felt certain she’d been scared at finding him in her bed.
He’d never imagined that her reaction was because she’d been worried he’d felt violated.
Insane.
He was tidying up by the sink while she brushed her teeth, when Ralen stepped up beside him.
“I think we’re going to have to leave soon.”
“What do you mean? Why would we leave?” Cash asked. “We still don’t know anything about these people that went after them in the airport. Or Monroe’s husband. We don’t know if anyone is going to come after them again. You can’t leave them here without protection.”
“You haven’t forgotten that we don’t actually work for Ink, right? This isn’t our job. We have a real job, and apparently, Dante is growing more and more concerned about Ortega. Remember, if he isn’t found soon, Dante is threatening to come to the States and find him himself.”
He was still talking about that?
“Alejandro sent men to his last known location to see what they could find,” Ralen said. “So far, they’ve come up with nothing, and we both know that Alejandro’s men are good at what they do.”
Yeah, but Ortega was better. If he wanted to stay hidden, he could.
Then again, what if he was actually hurt?
Shit.
“Do you think Dante’s going to send us there? What can we do that Alejandro’s men couldn’t? How are we supposed to find Ortega if he’s hidden himself away?”
“I don’t know, man, but he likes us. I’m going to try ringing and messaging him again. I’ve got an email address for him from a while ago as well. I’ve sent another message telling him that it’s urgent that he gets in contact.”
Cash nodded.
The last thing he really wanted to do was leave. Unfortunately, though, Ralen wasn’t wrong. This wasn’t his actual job, as much as he wished that taking care of Addie could be his job.
It couldn’t.
And she would soon be going back to her much safer life.
Without him.