Page 5 of Her Forever Daddies

“Okay, so here’s what’s going to happen. Since you don’t have a Top to punish you, you’re going to go over to that corner over there and stand there for ten minutes and think about how it was rude to act like that. Then when your ten minutes are up, I’m going to take you back to the Littles’ room and you’re going to apologize to Maddie, and then if you wish to continue playing, you may. Understood?”

Her mouth fell open as she narrowed her eyes at him. “You can’t punish me!”

Tilting his head slightly, Jace studied her. Even though she was acting outraged, he didn’t miss her squeezing her legs together slightly.

“Everything is your choice, Ruby. I would never do anything without your consent. However, I also will not allow you to be a part of my club and break the rules freely. So, you either go stand in the corner, or I will escort you to your car. It’s your choice.”

When her bottom lip trembled just slightly, it took a lot of restraint not to reach out and pull her into his lap. Between him and Zane, he was the soft one. The snuggler. But he had also been a Daddy long enough to know that Littles needed structure, and being a pushover was not beneficial unless you wanted a Little to walk all over you.

“I’m sorry,” she whispered.

Standing from the table, he held out his hand for her. “I know. But you still need to stand in the corner and think about it.”

Ruby stared at his hand for a moment. He wasn’t sure if she would take it, but was pleased when she slowly reached out and placed her smaller hand in his and allowed him to lead her to one of the open corners of the office.

“Ten minutes,” he said gently before walking away toward his desk.

Ten torturous minutes of watching her backside as she stood in the corner. He wondered if he were to flip up her skirt, what he would find. Panties? A pull-up? A diaper? One thing he knew for sure; Ruby was different.

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RUBY

It was so extremely hard not to squirm while in the corner. Not only was she embarrassed that the hottest man she’d ever seen was watching her backside as she faced the corner her nose was in, but she was also extremely turned on.

“Widen your legs, Ruby. No squirming unless you want more time over there,” Jace said in his deep voice that made tingles run up her spine.

Shifting her feet wider, she had never been so glad she was wearing panties because otherwise she might have been embarrassed. Standing with a wider stance only seemed to make her panties damper than they already were.

Standing in the corner lasted forever. Okay, that was being dramatic, but ten minutes is a long time to think. Between the man sitting behind her running through her mind and the shameful feeling she was having about how she’d acted in the playroom, her mind felt overloaded with too many thoughts.

“Time’s up. Come here, please.”

Turning around and moving toward where he was sitting behind his desk, she met his gaze. It was different from the gaze she’d first seen when she’d met him. Instead of giving her a stern look, his expression was kind and warm. Those gray eyes seemed lighter, yet still felt as though they pierced right into her soul.

Stopping a few feet away from Jace, she stood quietly, wondering if he was going to kick her out of the club. She didn’t want to be kicked out. What she had done was so stupid and she had no idea why she had been so mean to that woman in the playroom.

Because making friends always ends up hurting you. You’re too much for people.

“Closer,” he said, pointing just in front of his open legs.

The closer she stepped toward him, the more his scent surrounded her, making her feel safe. It was silly, really. How could someone’s scent make you feel safe? But she felt safe near Jace.

“I’d like you to have a good time when you’re here at the club. I suspect that spending time in the corner doesn’t count as having a good time so maybe in the future, instead of breaking the rules, you might think twice?”

Ruby bobbed her head. Timeout really did suck. The idea of timeout had always aroused her. She had even read about it and fantasized about it happening to her. But now actually experiencing it? Yeah, no, thank you. Except she was still pretty sure she would fantasize about it later that night while using her vibrator.

“Please answer me verbally, Ruby.”

“Yes. I’ll think twice. I’m sorry,” she answered quickly.

Jace nodded his head. “Do you need any snuggles before you go back to the playroom and apologize to Maddie?”

“Snuggles?” she asked.

She was so confused. Did he want to snuggle with her?

“Sometimes after a Little is punished they need some form of aftercare. Usually, they snuggle up with their Top or the Top that provided the discipline.”

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