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“If you want to add another five swats, sure”

Mercedes ide awake then He wasn’t playing Pushing to her feet, she didn’t look away, anticipation now

Xander backed up a few steps and perched on the edge of his desk as he stared back at her “Remove your clothes,” he insisted “Keep the shoes on”

Da her feet, but he probably knew that Had she not ignored hiiven her permission to remove her shoes but he was in full Doh and through

Mercedes didn’t think to argue further which either said a lot about how tired she was, or it said a lot about the complete three sixty that her life had taken in the last forty-eight hours

It was still hard to believe it had only been a littlenot to rush, and doing her best not to think, Mercedes re her favorite pair of Gucci’s on as Xander had instructed her to

As she stood before Xander co she knew for sure… she was too daht now

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Adraze every dip and curve of her graceful body In her heels, her legs were a work of art, and he found he would be content just to stare at her for as long as she would let hih he knew they had to be da the disappearing act she’d pulled on hiive in to her requests though She needed to think about what she’d done It was only fair, since he’d spent thewhether she’d back out of their deal With the way she was looking at hiured it was still a possibility

Just that , she’d run out of his office like the place was on fire As if that weren’t bad enough, she’d ignored all of his phone calls throughout the day until finally his irritation level had reached an all-ti as much

So, as far as he was concerned, his need to dominate her arranted She deserved punishment for her actions and he fully intended to ht about what she did before she ever allowed it to happen again

Afterher wait a solid two minutes while he admired her, Xander rose to his feet “Lay across the desk,” he told her as he walked around his desk and opened one of the drawers

He’d retrieved one of his paddles earlier in the day and slipped it into his desk drawer, anticipating this e to smile Oh, yes, she was definitely defiant, he had no doubt about that But he daet aith the little stunt she had pulled Running away fros, which he truly believed hat had cohout the day, was unacceptable

Mercedes closed the distance between herself and the desk Her eyes tore free of his when she leaned over, her chest resting on the wooden top

“Very nice,” he said approvingly as he tapped his hand with the small wooden paddle “How many licks do you think you’ve earned today, pet?”