it out. And once everyone pays what they owe you things will right themselves. There will be no more caffeine or alcohol, you will eat properly and you will sleep properly. Any disobedience on your part, miss, will result in a very sore bottom.” Callie frowned as he patted her bottom warningly. “You cannot be serious! That’s ridiculous, Tanner. Sometimes I need to work longer. You can’t tell me that your job doesn’t force you to work long hours.”
force you to work long hours.”
Tanner shook his head at her, his face stern. “I’m not ill. I won’t have you abusing yourself, Callie and I am most definitely serious.”
She stared up into his face, seeing the firm resolve.
“All right. All right.”
She threw up her hands in supplication.
“You really are bossy, you know.”
“Guilty as charged.”
***
Callie sat at her computer, wishing she was anywhere else at the moment. She looked over at the clock and saw it was 7.30pm and wondered where the hell the time had gone.
Tanner would kill her if he found her working after 6pm.
She shrugged. He was on nights. What he didn’t know about wouldn’t hurt him.
It had been a month since Tanner had first taken her out to his place. And since then he’d spent most of the nights he wasn’t working at her place. Which had been an adjustment. Having someone else practically live with her. Especially someone as dominant as Tanner. He was a complete and utter neat freak. Everything was folded and put away neatly as soon as she put it down. But she could put up with that. It was kind of nice to live in a place that was tidy.
She heard a truck pull up outside and sighed, wearily wondering who was here. She was standing when she heard someone come in the back door. Her heart stuttered then beat fast. Who would just walk on in?
“Callie?” Tanner called out. She slumped in relief.
in relief.
“In here,” she called. He appeared in the doorway. She smiled even as he stared at her sternly.
“What are you doing home? I thought you didn’t finish until midnight?” she asked.
“I don’t. I’m on my break. I brought you some dinner.” He held up a plastic bag.
“Oh, thank you.”
She walked around the desk.
“What are you doing still working?” His voice held a deep warning.
“I had some paperwork to do.”
“Callie,” he said warningly. “What is the rule?”
She placed her hands on her hips. “Damn it, Tanner, I can’t just stop working because you say so.”
you say so.”
“You can. Was it an emergency?
Something that couldn’t wait?”
“Well, no,” she admitted.
“Then it could have waited. Come here, Callie.”
She took his hand and let her lead him upstairs. Tanner placed the food on her coffee table before taking a seat on the sofa.
“Pull your pants and panties off. Then lie across my lap.”
Callie’s stomach dropped, but she followed his order, pulling off her pants and panties. She lay across his lap.
“Tell me, Callie, am I going to have to check up on you every night I’m working?”
“No,” she said in small voice, feeling submissive as he rubbed her bare bottom.
submissive as he rubbed her bare bottom.
“Too right, because you are not going to want to break this rule after I blister your butt.”
“I do this because I love you, and I want you to be safe and healthy always. Tell me that you know that.”
Callie let out a deep breath, letting herself relax that final piece of tension.
Serenity rolled over her, drawing her to a place that was peaceful and still. “I know you do, Tanner,” she whispered.
“Good.” He paused and she heard him swallow.
“I’m going to spank you long and hard, Callie.”
With that his hand landed on her bottom.
Callie barely had time to take a breath as he followed it quickly with another spank. Heavy followed it quickly with another spank. Heavy smacks landed on her bottom and she was soon sobbing, crying aloud.
Suddenly, he stopped.
“I want you to