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H mm. Where was Tobias?

She headed out of the house and down the stairs that led to the shed at the bottom. She could hear a noise coming from there and figured it had to be him.

Technically, she wasn’t actually allowed to come outside without one of them. But if Tobias was already out here . . .

Jenner was in a creative mood today, he’d said that he was working on a new song, so she figured she’d leave him to it.

Five weeks had passed since her kidnapping and she knew they’d soon have to go back to Nashville.

They still hadn’t heard anything from Isaiah other than the email about Lauren. She was so worried about him, but there wasn’t much she could do to find him.

Immy really didn’t want to go. She wanted to stay here with the two of them forever. During her days, she could play as Little Immy. And at night, the two of them could take her together like they’d been doing for the last two weeks.

It was heaven.

Wait. Nope.

This was heaven. She came to a stop as she saw him. He had his shirt off, even though it was cold and he was wielding an axe like he’d been born to it.

A sexy mountain man chopping wood.

Lord help her.

A drip of sweat ran down his brow. How could sweat be sexy? She didn’t understand.

Suddenly, he set the axe down and grabbed a bottle of water. Throwing his head back, he drank it down.

She could barely stand, her legs had gone all weak.

That was too much.

Too. Freaking. Sexy.

“You gonna just stand there all day, Cherry, or you gonna come over here and kiss me?”

He didn’t have to ask her twice. She practically skipped her way over to him.

“Careful,” he warned. “You’re still recovering.”

“I’m all good,” she told him.

“Yeah?”

“Uh-huh.” And then she leaned up on her tiptoes to kiss him. He ended up picking her up in his arms and holding her tight as he took over the kiss.

Neither man really let her take charge. Not that she minded. The last thing Immy wanted was to be in control.

Tobias walked over to an Adironack chair. Then he placed her on it.

“Noo,” she cried. “I want to keep kissing.”

“I’m going to keep kissing,” he told her.

Huh? What did that mean?

Then he kneeled in front of her and grabbed her fleecy pants and her panties, pulling them down.

She let out a startled cry as he drew them down to her knees before pulling her hips to the edge of the chair.

She grabbed hold of the arms to steady herself as he bent down and pushed his head under her legs.

So his mouth was right next to her pussy.

And then he started to feast.

Holy. Moly.

This was what he meant by kissing?

She couldn’t really do anything while her legs were up in the air, her thighs over his shoulders, trapped by her own clothing.

His tongue played with her clit as he used two fingers to fuck her pussy. She’d discovered that Tobias loved eating pussy and he wanted to do it all the time. He often caught her on her own and stripped her off or bent her over something.

Not Jenner. He only touched her like that when Tobias was there. One day he’d figure out he would never hurt her.

And that she most definitely liked it when he took control.

Immy felt herself nearing the edge and let out a scream as she flew over, pleasure pulsing through her.

As she tried to center herself, Tobias righted her pants and panties, then he picked her up again and kissed her.

“Can I do something for you?” she asked.

“You asking to suck my cock, sweetness?” he said in a low, rough voice.

“Immy!” Jenner yelled frantically. “Immy, where are you?”

Tobias tensed. “Fuck, Cherry. Didn’t you tell him you were coming down here?”

“Umm. He was busy and I didn’t want to disturb him.” But now as she heard him yelling, she felt guilty.

“Immy!” he yelled.

“Down here,” Tobias yelled back. “We’re coming up.” Then he started moving. “And you have to prepare yourself to face the music, Little girl.”

Uh-oh.

Jenner paced back and forth in front of the sofa where Immy sat.

He was trying to get control of his temper. The last thing he wanted to do was yell at Immy. He knew that she didn’t react well to that. Her damn father had treated her so badly and he didn’t want to ever be like that with her. To ever remind her of that bastard.

He regretted the times he’d scolded her in the past. When he had raised his voice out of fear. It hadn’t happened often, but it had happened.

And once was one time too many.

So now he paced and he searched for the words to let her know that she could never scare him like that again.

Without making her fear him.

Or look like she was going to be sick like she did right now.

“Jenner,” Tobias warned.

Right. He saw it. She was pale and worried.

“I’m so sorry!” she cried. “I didn’t mean to upset you. Are you mad at me?”

It was tempting to gloss over how he’d felt. To let this go so he didn’t risk scaring her. But he knew that would be doing a disservice to their relationship.

So he kneeled in front of her and reached up to cup the side of her face.

“Listen to me. I’m not angry. Understand?

I could never be angry at you. I will never again yell at you out of fear.

But I was afraid. When I tried to find you and you weren’t there, I feared the worst. I thought that bastard had somehow snuck in the house and stolen you from me. ”

“I’m so sorry!”

“I know you are, baby. I know you didn’t mean to scare me.”

“I didn’t want to disturb you while you were working and Tobias was outside. I should have left a note.”

“You should have come and interrupted me. Always interrupt me.”

“I will. I promise.”

“That’s my good girl.” He drew her into his chest, hugging her tight. “My best girl.”

She leaned back, biting her lip.

“What’s wrong?”

“I don’t know. I feel bad for scaring you. I don’t think I’m a very good girl.” She glanced down at her lap and he shared a look with Tobias.

“I think it’s time,” Tobias said from where he stood, leaning against the wall in the living room.

“Time for what?” she asked, alarmed.

“Your first spanking,” Jenner told her.

Um.

Spanking.

No. She didn’t think it was time for that.

She shook her head. “No, no, no.”

“Are you saying no because you don’t think you deserve this or because you don’t want to be spanked?” Tobias asked.

Well. Cupcakes.

Why did he have to go and ask her that?

She didn’t want to say that she thought she probably did deserve this. That seemed to set a bad precedent.

“If you don’t think your body is ready, tell us,” Jenner told her. “I would never want to actually harm you.”

It was a good out. She could tell them that she was still sore from being run over by a car and it would probably buy her another month or two.

But the truth was, she was feeling pretty good overall. Still a bit stiff and she wouldn’t want to run a marathon anytime soon. But a spanking likely wouldn’t harm her.

“I don’t know how I will go,” she said. “But I haven’t felt sore in several days. And I do deserve it.”

“Go light,” Tobias advised Jenner. “Make it more about the act than the pain.”

Huh? What did that mean?

Jenner seemed to understand, though, and he nodded.

What were they talking about?

“Come here,” Jenner said, standing and holding out his hand. He helped her stand and then he led her to the corner of the room.

Oh no!

Not corner time. She hated corner time.

“I want you to stand in the corner and think about what you did wrong and what you could have done differently. Understand me?”

She pouted. “Immy doesn’t like corner time.”

“Perhaps Immy will think twice next time she does something naughty then,” Tobias told her.

Well. That was rude.

She faced the corner, then startled as Jenner reached for the top of her leggings and drew them and her panties down to her ankles.

“What are you doing?” she asked, turning to look at him.

“This corner time is going to happen with your bottom bared,” he informed her. “Hold onto the wall and step out of your pants carefully.”

He crouched behind her and removed her leggings and panties from around her ankles. She’d taken off her shoes before coming into the house.

“Now, lean forward and rest your head against the corner, part your legs. Good girl. Stay like that.”

This was even worse than usual! And she already didn’t like corner time! But Jenner was taking it to a whole new level that was just mean.

“Do I really have to stand here like this?” she asked.

“Yes,” Jenner told her firmly. “And your time is starting all over again now. Be quiet and stay still.”

Cupcakes!