The Punishment: The Downing Family Book 3 by Wild Cassie

Author:Wild, Cassie
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Belmonte Publishing, LLC
Published: 2018-09-17T16:00:00+00:00

Seventeen

Daria

I shivered, chilled despite the feel of his torso pressed up against my back.

My butt still stung. But it hadn’t hurt…not exactly. I felt the ridge of his cock against me, and I instinctively pressed back against him.

He pulled away in the next second.

I sensed more than saw him bending over and then he was behind me again, draping the borrowed shirt over my shoulders. “You’re cold,” he said softly.

I think it had more to do with reaction than anything else, but I was grateful for the shirt.

As I put it on, Brooks moved around me and sat on the bed, holding out his hand.

Slowly, I put mine in his, and he drew me closer, tugging me into his lap. The rough gentleness was a sharp contrast to the dispassionate way he’d spanked me. I curled into him, my mind swimming with too much input, too many sensations, and too much data.

His arms came around me, and a shudder wracked him.

Without conscious thought, I stroked his arm up to his neck, then down to his wrist. “I’m okay, Brooks,” I said.

He didn’t respond so I wiggled free of his tight grasp. I slipped a leg over and straddled his lap. I wrapped my arms around him and tugged his face down, cradling him. Eyes closed, I breathed in the scent of him while he did the same with me.

“I’m okay,” I told him again.

This time, he nodded. “I know. You’re going to stay that way.” He eased back and reached up to cradle my cheek. “It will all work out, Daria. I know things in your life have been flipped upside down, but I’ll take care of you.”

I couldn’t help the scowl. “There was a time in my life when I took care of me. I don’t really like having everything out of control.”

“I understand the feeling,” he said gently. He traced his fingers over the area that had once been purpled with a bruise, courtesy of Marcos. “Up until I met you, there was little in my personal life that I couldn’t control.”

“Only your personal life?” I cocked a brow at him. I didn’t see him ceding control in any aspect of his life.

“I control what I can.” He pushed his hand through my hair and cupped the back of my neck, his fingers digging into the tight muscle there. “There are certain things, decisions, and matters that are up to my father.”

“But you choose to keep working for him. You control that.”

His brow lifted. “He’s my father.”

I nodded, although I didn’t really see what difference that made. Maybe it was because I’d been living with guardians for so much of my life, but I couldn’t understand blind loyalty to anybody simply based on blood.

“Are you happy?” I asked him softly.

The question startled him. His eyes came to mine, a little wider than normal and speculation lit the deep blue. “Am I happy about what?”

“Your life. Everything.” I shrugged. Up until I met him, I’d been mostly content with my life, and there were plenty of things that had made me happy.

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