Page 46 of Forever His Brat

“Uh-huh. You went out of your way not to tell me what you were doing because you figured it would be fine?” Sam let the disbelief color his words.

She flinched. “Um, well, that and we weren’t totally sure we were even going to go.”

That part had a small ring of truth. He could well imagine that Charlie had waffled on whether to do this, but he had a feeling there was more to it. “Or… you didn’t tell me because you figured I’d mention it to Nick and then he’d put his foot down on Katie going?”

She was desperate for some place to look that wasn’t him, Nick, or Katie. Her gaze finally settled on a peeling spot of paint on the wall. She didn’t answer.

Nick laughed. “It’s cute she’s trying to protect my Katie. Not going to do any good though. C’mon you. Since we’re here I might as well deal with this.” He hauled Katie to her feet and guided her toward the nearest open spanking bench.

Katie protested and dragged her feet the whole way. It didn’t do her much good that Sam could see.

That left him alone with Charlie. “So, what am I supposed to do with you, Charlie girl?”

Silence.

“I mean you’ve got this big punishment coming up where I was going to catch up on everything, but this is kind of a huge thing to lump in. Might have to make it a multi-day event. Just spank you every morning and every night for a week. What do you think?”

More silence.

He dropped onto the couch next to her. “Well?”

She looked over at him and then down at her lap. Her hands fidgeted there, crumpling the ruffles of her skirt. “I think that would be mean, Daddy.”

“Maybe you want me to be meaner? I mean I admit I’ve been slacking because of life. Maybe now that we have time you need me to be stricter with you. More rules, more punishment, less leeway?” It was phrased as a question because he was honestly curious.

Katie was a handful and she seemed to need constant Domming. It was possible that Charlie had seen something there and wanted it for herself. If so… he’d do his best.

“Actually, Daddy, I really loved the way things were—are. I don’t need someone standing over me every minute. I like the rules we have. They’re all reasonable things that I need, and it works for me. But I…”

He gave her a few seconds and then prodded, “But what?”

“Well, just… itwaskind of exciting being bad on purpose. It was fun planning the trip with her and knowing we could get caught and then be in trouble. I can see why she likes being bratty all the time,” Charlie admitted.

Sam hadn’t intended to have a deep conversation in the middle of e BDSM club, with music and the sounds of people playing all around them. Sometimes these things couldn’t be planned. “So, is it something you want to try?”

Katie’s loud squeal of pain interrupted them. They both looked over to see Nick laying his doubled-over belt across her backside. She was face down, ass up, and restrained. He wasn’t taking it easy on her either and the crack of leather against skin was almost as loud as the fuss she was making.

“Um no,” Charlie said. “No, I don’t think so. I mean, I likemykind of bratty; sassing, teasing you. I don’t think breaking rules on purpose and then trying to get away with it works for me.” She pursed her lips and tilted her head as she thought for a moment.

“Well, maybe just every once in a while. It was fun plotting and trying to get away with it,” she added.

Sam suppressed the relief he felt that Charlie wasn’t about to adopt this as a new lifestyle choice. He didn’t think he’d enjoy being the other half of that as much as Nick did. “Well, you didn’t get away with it. Is it still fun?”

She narrowed her eyes. “That depends on what you’re going to do about it.”

Sam laughed and shook his head. “Not a damn thing, Charlie girl.”

Charlie’s eyebrows went up. Her mouth gaped for a moment before she said, “Really?” in a tone of surprise.

“Really.” He pulled her into his lap and turned her slightly, so she had a good view of Katie getting strapped. He leaned in so his mouth brushed against her ear. “Your punishment is that we’rejustgoing to watch. I’m not going to spank you, or punish you for this at all—not tonight anyway.”

It took a second for things to click and then she realized that this reallywasa punishment. He could see when it dawned on her because she twisted to frown at him. “But… you’re here. We’ve always talked about going to a club to play.”

“Yep, we have. And if you’d waited a few more days, I would have had the time to do that with you. But you planned this whole adventure with Katie. You didn’t ask what I thought about my sub going to a play space without me. You deliberately didn’t tell me what your plans were—or are you going to try to convince me this was a last-minute stop?’

One eyebrow went up as he dared her to try it. But it wasn’t like his Charlie to lie when confronted with the facts.

She shook her head and looked down. “Sorry, Daddy. You’ve been to these places, and I haven’t really had the chance so when she suggested it… I wasn’t going to play with anyone. I just wanted to see if it was like the stories.” She sighed and it was a sound of regret.

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