“Good girl,” Evan praised. “Now, let’s finish up this spanking and then we’ll go to bed.”
Evan gave Zoey a couple dozen more smacks, making sure to keep them light, but still stinging. Zoey was whimpering and squirming a bit by the end. Evan concentrated the finalspanks on where her bottom met her thighs. Then he gave each bottom cheek a kiss before letting Zoey up off his lap.
They cuddled briefly with Evan rubbing Zoey’s warm bottom before they turned off the lights and crawled under the covers, Zoey still bare from the waist down.
Chapter 2
Zoey glanced up at the clock for what felt like the tenth time since the class had begun two hours earlier. It was her last class of the day, but she was already tired from a long first day.
Evan had driven her to school that morning. She’d insisted that he didn’t have to, but it wasn’t too far out of the way from work and Zoey did feel like a large ball of nerves so she appreciated being able to relax on the half hour drive to school. After he let her out at the front of her school, Zoey got a sweet kiss from Evan before he drove off.
Zoey felt like a little fish in the big blue ocean as she walked with the other students into the school. Her first class was at nine in the morning and she was feeling pretty good after it. It was meant to be an intro class to nursing so she felt confident that she would do well. Her second class was at noon and had a lab portion right after it. That one looked a lot more difficult. They would be learning about different medications and how to give shots. The professor warnedthem that there would be a lot of quizzes and memorizing. Zoey was feeling a lot less confident about that one.
Zoey was racing out the door seconds after the professor released them for the day. She was exhausted but couldn’t help the little hop in her step as she hurried out of the building toward the parking lot where Evan was supposed to meet her. She squeaked when she ran straight into a male chest. Her bag and books went hurtling onto the pavement.
“Zoey!”
Zoey blinked and looked up from her spot on the ground to see Evan looking down at her with concern all over his face. His lab coat flew up behind him as he dashed toward her and lowered himself to look into her eyes.
“Evan,” Zoey said in a daze, shaking her head to clear it. “I thought you were going to meet me at the parking lot.”
Evan effortlessly helped her off the ground and after making sure she wasn’t injured, bent to pick up her bag and books. He smiled apologetically at the students that stepped around them. After stuffing Zoey’s books into her bag, Evan shouldered it before putting his free arm around her.
“You need to be more careful,” he scolded as they walked. “Why were you in such a hurry, anyway?”
Zoey grinned up at him sheepishly. “It was a long day,” she said. “I couldn’t get out of there fast enough.” She frowned then. “You didn’t answer my question. Weren’t we supposed to meet in the parking lot?”
It was Evan’s turn to look sheepish. “Yes, but I thought it would be more fun to surprise you.”
Zoey’s eyes narrowed. “How did you know where my class was?”
Evan chuckled. “I’m keeping track of your classes, remember? That includes which buildings they’re in and at what time they start and finish.”
Zoey blushed, feeling like a child at the extent Evan was going through to make sure she did well in school. “You don’t have to go that far, y’know,” she muttered.
Evan smiled before ducking his head so he could kiss her forehead. “I will go as far as I need to so that you succeed,” he said. He squeezed her a little as they walked. “But if I ever make you feel uncomfortable, you need to let me know and I’ll back off a bit. Deal?”
They were approaching the car now. Zoey looked up at Evan in surprise as he opened the door for her. “You’d really back off if I asked you to?” It was obvious in her voice that she didn’t believe him.
“No,” he admitted. “Not completely, but if you were truly uncomfortable, I would find a way to compromise with you.”
They decided to stop at one of their favorite restaurants on the way back. Zoey was starving and swung her legs happily in the booth as she ate her shrimp fettuccine.
“How was your first day?” Evan asked her. He asked it casually, but Zoey could hear the weight behind it.
She set her fork down. “It was fine,” she said. She couldn’t stop the grimace that spread over her face. “I’m really nervous. It looks like the classes are gonna be pretty hard. I hope I can keep up.”
Evan reached across the table to put a hand over hers. “You’re going to do great,” he reassured her. Determination stole over his features. “I’m going to make sure of it.”
Zoey looked around the semi-crowded restaurant nervously, sensing the direction this conversation was headed. Their booth was in the corner and the other tables around them were empty, but they were still far from alone.
“Can we talk about this later?” she asked in a soft voice.
Evan smirked. “Too embarrassing?”
Zoey’s cheeks colored. “Of course it is,” she said. She looked away from him, down at her plate. “I feel like a child.”
Evan frowned. “You know I don’t see you as a child,” he said. He slid his hand under the table and placed it on her thigh, making her jump a little. His smirk returned. “In fact, I think you are quite grown up.”