The Brothers Rule - Carolyn Faulkner Page 0,77

realize it's our wedding day, but there is never going to be a day that you won't be subject to discipline if you get mouthy. Now, you're not usually, so I'm not going to use the paddle that's in my glove box. But I suggest that you watch your tone and remember that it's there in case you don't."

There was a paddle in the glove box? That was an awful, evil idea!

She kind of wanted to see it but then decided she definitely didn't.

Probably.

He turned her over and cuddled her, comforting her with soft murmurs and thoughts of having a wonderful time together, as long as she remembered who was in charge.

"Yes, Sir."

As they pulled back out onto the road, he continued where he'd left off.

"The fact that you don't know what you did to earn your real spanking…"

Laurie totally objected to him acting as if the punishment she'd just received wasn't "real,” but she was also smart enough not to point that out to him.

"…is going to earn you another spanking, I'm afraid. We'll get those two taken care of once we get camp set up. The reason you earned a punishment in the first place is because you were the last person who used the ranch station wagon, and you didn't bother to fill it up before you came home from town."

She opened her mouth to defend herself vociferously, but he lowered his chin and looked out at her from over the tops of his sunglasses. "Before you say anything more, Laur, are you going to argue that you weren't the last person to use the station wagon before I took it in to have the oil changed? I barely made it there. I was literally sputtering to a stop in the parking lot at Maynard's Auto."

Her lower lip was pooched out terribly far, which made him want to smile, but he didn't.

"No, Sir," she answered in a subdued voice.

"Were you unaware of the rule we have about not letting a gas tank get below half?"

He knew well and good that she knew that rule.

Laurie sighed and pursed her lips together. "No, Sir."

"Were there any kind of extenuating circumstances that prevented you from gassing up before you came home?" he asked in a not unkindly way.

She knew that he would not consider her need to get home to start dinner to be an extenuating circumstance. That would just earn her a lecture her about learning better time management skills.

"No, Sir."

"Well, then. You're going to get a good, hard spanking for not realizing that you'd done something naughty, but you're also going to get a session with a new implement that I think will help you remember to do that from now on, don't you?"

A new implement? That really made her want to reply "No, Sir" in a sarcastic tone, but she knew that wouldn't help her cause any, and she certainly didn't want him to pull the car over again, especially since she'd learned that a paddle resided in the car!

"Yes, Sir."

So, Laurie spent the entire trip up there, sitting on an already sore behind, dreading getting to their destination, and she knew that was part of the reason why he'd told her that she was going to be disciplined. And she wasn't just going to get another spanking, she was going to get another two punishments, on top of the one that was making her have to adjust her seat every few minutes through the whole, long ride!

They stopped for a nice meal at one of their favorite little spots on the way there, but before they went in, while they were still in the car, she couldn't help but grumble to him, "It wasn't very nice of you to tell me that you're going to punish me when we get to camp, you know. Sir," she added as an afterthought.

On second thought, she hoped he didn't consider that she was giving him attitude again, either! Dammit, why couldn't she just keep her mouth shut?

But he didn't seem angry in the least. Instead, he grinned broadly at her and said, "Poor baby! Tell you what. I want you to put your seat back down as far as it will go. If I put my hand down your pants and slip a finger into your little slit, and it comes up dry, I'll forego the lesser of your punishments."

Laurie closed her eyes on a long sigh and used the button on the side of the seat to lie