Captive Heart (Club Risque Book 6) by Poppy Flynn

Author:Poppy Flynn [Flynn, Poppy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Blushing Books Publications
Published: 2019-08-11T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9

Micah sucked in a breath, his mind reeling. He had made promises and assurances which would have catastrophic consequences if he went back on them. Not only would he risk undermining Melody's own self-belief, which he had been working so hard to encourage, but he would destroy her faith in him and the value of his words, causing everything to spiral backward into a damaging web of uncertainty and insecurity which would undermine everything he had built so far. And yet the thought of providing discipline to a woman who had been so badly misused and mistreated turned his stomach until his entire body was rigidly tensed at the prospect.

Jesus Christ! He had to pull himself together and get his head in the game before he did more harm than good. And the first thing he needed to do was to re-evaluate his own misconceptions. Micah drew in a deep breath, closed his eyes and re-centred himself.

It was fairly straight forward; Melody was asking for a spanking. That was certainly something that Micah could provide.

Not only that, but her perceptions of why she needed discipline were nothing to do with her mistreatment; they were a relatively objective motivation of cause and effect, guilt and forgiveness. It was a way for her to absolve herself of the guilt she felt over taking something that wasn't hers, even though it was necessary to save her life and even though he had said he would correct the situation. This was Melody's own proactive way toward forgiving herself. And Micah knew just how important that was.

He had known that something had been eating at her and he had encouraged her to talk about that and ask for what she needed. Now it was up to him to put his money where his mouth was. It would be okay. He could make this into a learning experience. He just needed to put aside his own misplaced biases and trust Melody to understand her own needs, just as he had been encouraging her to do.

Far worse would be for him to stipulate and insist on that process and then tell her she didn't know what she was doing. He needed to believe in her, not undermine her.

She was strong, he already knew that, and he had to support that she knew her own mind, otherwise, any insight he offered her was worthless or, worse, detrimental to what he was trying to achieve.

But he did need to consider his own feelings in this scenario. For his own peace of mind, he had to ensure that he kept this as far away from any of the negatives she had endured as he could. He wished he knew more about the specifics of both her previous relationships, so he could steer clear of anything which might provide a trigger. At the end of the day, he guessed that Daddy was less of an issue, since there was clearly some affection there.

But V…Micah didn't want anything he did to have resonance there.

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