“None of your business. You’re a stranger. Stranger danger is a real thing, you know.”
Oh, God, help me.
As much as he wanted to smile, he also wanted to tip this Little girl over his lap and spank her bottom, which he suspected was round and full. Not that he should be thinking about the fullness of her bottom.
“Little girl, you’re dancing on a fine line right now. So, let’s try this again. I’m Jace Shaw, one of the owners of this club. Now, what is your name?”
Her eyes widened just slightly, making him feel a bit smug knowing he rattled her at least a tiny bit.
“Ruby,” she replied quietly.
He nodded, looked over at Maddie, and then back at Ruby. “Good girl. Now we’re getting somewhere. What happened between you and Maddie?”
“She wouldn’t let me play with the dollhouse with her,” Maddie said sadly.
Raising his eyebrow at Ruby, he cupped her chin gently so she was forced to look at him again.
“Is that true?” he asked.
Her shoulders slumped but the defiance in her expression was still there.
“I was there first,” she answered.
Looking toward Maddie, Jace smiled. “I’m going to go have a chat with Ruby, so the dollhouse is all yours, sweetheart.”
Ruby gasped and then glared up at him. When she lifted her foot and stomped it onto the carpet, he couldn’t help but chuckle.
“Stomp that foot as much as you’d like, but follow me while you’re doing it.”
He half expected her not to obey but to his surprise, she followed him silently as he made his way through the club toward his office. When they walked into the room, he shut the door behind him and pointed toward the seating area.
“Sit.”
Ruby walked over to the leather couch and Jace couldn’t help but watch as her frilly dress swayed with each step. She was cute as a button, but looks could sure be deceiving. He followed and sat on the coffee table in front of her.
“Are you new here? I’ve never seen you before.”
“Shouldn’t you know if I’m new here or not since you own the place?”
Jesus, fuck.
“Watch it, little girl. You can either talk to me respectfully or I can walk you to your car and ban your membership.”
Rolling her eyes, she leaned back against the couch. Her feet dangled in the air over the edge making him inwardly groan and silently tell his cock to chill.
“It’s my first time,” she said.
Nodding his head, Jace sighed. “Well, I’m sure when you filled out the paperwork, you read all the club rules, or at least you initialed that you did on that page, otherwise you wouldn’t have been granted membership. In those rules, you would have read that all the toys are to be shared. Do you remember reading that?”
Her blue eyes studied him for a moment before she nodded her head just slightly.
“So, you decided to come here and break the rules on your first visit?” he asked.
“I just didn’t want to play with her.”
“You didn’t have to play with her, but we both know that dollhouse is big enough that you could both share it. Right?”
Another slight nod.