Page 117 of Little Sunshine

Nothing.

It didn’t even flash green to show it was activated.

I turned back around.

Usually when Ash spoke to me, it was gentle. Charming. Cautious.

Not right then.

Like a predator stalking his prey, he slowly approached as he spoke. “Told myself I had to go slow. Give you time to get used to me. Be gentle with you.”

I retreated until my back hit cold metal, but he didn’t stop his advance.

Not until his body was almost touching mine. His hands went to the elevator door on either side of my head, caging me in. “I can see now what a mistake I made by letting you get wrapped up in your own head. That’s my bad, sunshine. It won’t happen again. We’re fixing this now.”

“Wh—” I started, but my voice was barely a whisper. “What does that mean?”

“First, we’re gonna have the talk we should’ve had from the start. Then I’m going to spank your ass for all the lies you’ve said straight to my face. After, if you earn it, I’m gonna make you come because just the thought of it has been driving me outta my head.”

There was a lot to take in. Important things that I really needed to focus on.

But when I opened my mouth, it was to bizarrely ask, “You want to make me come?”

“More than I want”—he closed the last inch of distance so I could feel his impossibly hard cock against my stomach—“my next breath.”

I didn’t have the chance to say anything more before my feet were off the ground and he was kissing me. I tried to break away, but his massive hand cupped the back of my head and kept me in place as he carried me through the penthouse. Even when I bit his lip, I was met with another grunt of pleasure.

Ash sat with me straddling him before he pulled away, and I saw we were in an oversized chair in the bedroom. “Tell me what happened.”

“I already told you, it was nothing.”

His brow lifted as he waited expectantly. When I didn’t say anything, he gave a single nod. “Fine, we’ll start with spanking.”

“No way,” I scoffed as I attempted to scramble off his lap, but his hands might as well have been padlocks.

“I warned you.”

“Yeah, but… but… You can’t actually do that.”

“I don’t do empty threats.”

“And I didn’t lie,” I totally lied.

His hold loosened, but it wasn’t to release me. It was to flip the world upside down.

Or just my world.

Draped over his bent legs, my head hung down with my hair in my face. I tried to right myself, but before I could find leverage, Ash slid my panties down so they were bunched under my ass. And then his palm slapped down on my bare skin.

At least I assumed it was his palm. Based on the size and sting it caused, it might have been a solid wood cutting board.

His touch was gentle as he caressed the spot. “Wasn’t gonna do this until after we talked. Until you agreed to be mine. But you’ve been mine since the second you came to me for help. And it seems like you need it as bad as I do.”

His?

“No the fuck I’m not,” I snapped. “And no the fuck I don’t.”

“Guess I’m adding extra for two more lies.” Ash’s palm landed in a different spot. Neither had actually been that hard. Just enough to startle me. “Say stop, and it stops instantly. I mean it, Camila.”

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