than over it. She hissed, shifting around but he kept her against him. He wanted her to feel the heat in her ass while he spoke to her.
“Show me those beautiful brown eyes,” he murmured.
She sniffled and when she raised her gaze to his, he noted the sheen of tears in her eyes. What would it take to get her to actually cry?
“How are you feeling Betsy?”
“I…I…shoot.”
“Tell me.”
“Like I want to beg you to keep going.” She rubbed at her chest. “And threaten to remove your balls if you touch me again.”
She surprised a bark of laughter from him. “Maybe we should steer away from option number two. Quite fond of my balls. Hope you will be too. Eventually.”
She took in a deep, shuddering breath and let it out slowly. “I have never felt like this…almost out of control.”
This was her nearly out of control? Jesus, she was still so composed that those tears didn’t dare spill from her eyes.
Was he a monster if he wanted to push her until she did? Until she sobbed? Until she told him every dark secret hiding in her depths?
Maybe. Or maybe it was just a sign of how much he damn well cared about her.
He ran his hand through her hair then pressed her face against his chest. “Good girl for telling me the truth about how you feel.”
Moving his hand, he placed it on her chest, just feeling her heartbeat, knowing she was all right.
“That’s my girl. My good girl. You’re all right. You’re safe. You’re here with me. Nothing bad is going to happen while you’re in my arms.”
With each word he uttered, she grew more and more relaxed until he wondered if she’d actually fallen asleep.
“Brown eyes?”
“Yeah?” she murmured.
“We’re gonna have to leave the room soon. Do you want to finish for the night? Go home and get some rest?”
She shot up so fast that the top of her head banged into his chin.
“Motherfucking Christ!”
“Oh God, I’m so sorry. Oh no. Oh no. Are you all right? Ink?”
He rubbed his chin, closing his eyes. “I’m fine. Shit, babe, you pack a punch.”
To his shock, soft lips brushed across his chin. She placed light kisses over his jaw. Was she kissing it better?
He opened his gaze, staring down at her incredulously. She gazed up at him, a flush of embarrassment on her cheeks.
“Sorry I hurt you.”
“Hmm, I’m not. Not if that’s the way you make it all better.” He winked at her and she dropped her gaze, but not before he saw a hint of a smile.
“Eyes on me.”
She sighed. “I thought Doms wanted subs to keep their gazes lowered. Isn’t it a sign of respect or something?”
“I’m not one to do what everyone else does.”
She rolled her eyes. “You’re meant to be my mentor, you know.”
“Nobody ever said I’d be a good one.”
A soft look filled her eyes. “I don’t know. I think you’ve been pretty good.”
“Just good, huh? Am I only getting a B on the test?”
“Nah, I’ll give you a B+, although final grade isn’t in yet.”
“Brat.” He tapped his finger on her nose.
Her smile faded. “I don’t want to go home yet, Sir.”
“No? You’re not tired?”
She shook her head. “I haven’t had a chance to play yet.” She actually pouted. It was freaking, fucking adorable.
Christ.
He had to bite the inside of his cheek to stop himself from smiling. He tapped her lower lip. “Put that away, missy. It doesn’t work on me.”
She heaved a big sigh. “What would work? Bribery? Begging?”
“How about a kiss?” The words were out before he even knew he was going to say them. But before he could take it back, she leaned up and lightly pressed her lips against his.
He raised an eyebrow, looking down at her. Really? That was what she was giving him?
He cupped his hand behind her head and swooped in, kissing her like she was the air he needed to breathe. When he pulled back up, both of them were breathing heavily, hearts racing.
Setting her on her feet, he stood and took her hand in his. “Come on, brown eyes. Let’s get to the Littles’ room before we both get ourselves into trouble.”
“Here, Daddy. What do you think of this one?” Betsy pointed out the Legos creation she’d made using the instructions.
He glanced over at one of the other Little’s Legos creation. Which was a hot mess of half-built buildings which looked to be a veterinarian’s office combined with a barber shop.