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A mischievous grin spread over her face. Her eyes were twinkling of all things. She looked like an imp up to no good. My sister often looked this way, especially when she was young. It had always ended with one of us on the receiving end of something.

“Presley is absolutely marvelous, Rian. I can’t tell you how much I appreciate you assigning her to me. I’m still not crazy about having a bodyguard, though I understand why I need one. However, if Presley is mine, I can handle it.”

“I’m happy to hear you say that, but I’m scared, too. What did she do? What did you both do?” I asked.

She chuckled. “Why, Rian O’Sheeran, are you afraid? Afraid of a couple of lowly women?” she taunted.

“Hell yeah, I’m afraid. And there’s no lowly bullshit in my vocabulary. You forget I grew up with strong women since birth. My sister, cousins, and all the women who have joined this family are strong. I’m not ignorant like some people.”

She snuggled closer and ran her hand soothingly up and down my chest, then up my neck to my jaw. “And I love that about you, Rian. It’s one of many qualities I find irresistible in you. We didn’t cause too much trouble. It was more about putting people in their place.”

“What does that mean?”

Siv hadn’t mentioned that they had a problem with anyone. Nor had Presley. She was instructed to notify me immediately if she encountered any problems while with Gianna.

“The spa was incredible, but we weren’t the only ones there.

It was clear that they cater to very wealthy clients.

The staff was unbelievable. We were spoiled.

However, there were two women who tried to bring the whole experience down for us.

We were in the lounge where you go to relax.

It’s communal. They serve champagne, play soothing music, and have aromatherapy going.

It was lit with candles. It was very Zen-like.

“We were in there with five other patrons. We’d gotten to chatting with three women.

We were asking if they came there often, that sort of thing.

It was all low-key. The ladies gushed about it and told us they always came there.

We’d confessed this was our first time. Siv had heard about it and wanted to try it out.

“When the other two women heard us say that, one snorted and rolled her eyes at the other. We chose to ignore them and keep talking. Not long after that, one of the ladies asked if it was weird to have guards with us. The males stayed outside, but Claudia and Presley were inside with us. They’d been very unobtrusive.

By the way, the staff there were extra sweet to them.

They offered them refreshments and everything except alcohol. Anyway, when she asked, I answered.

“I told her I was just getting started with mine since we’d recently gotten together and engaged.

She congratulated me and asked to see the ring.

I showed it to them. As I did, the snorter turned to her companion and, in this sarcastic voice, said they would find a new spa.

That one was now allowing anyone in if they could pay.

They didn’t want to be around a bunch of molls. Her friend snickered.

“It angered our group, but no one said anything. I think she thought we were stupid and didn’t know what moll meant.

We kept talking. But it wasn’t enough to shut them up.

The other one, who hadn’t spoken yet, came back a couple of minutes later with how she bet the only way I got the ring was I tricked you into sex and got pregnant.

She was betting with her friend about whether there would even be a wedding or how long the marriage would last. I’d had enough.

And I know you said to ignore people and what they say, but it’s not me, Rian. ”

When she paused, I nudged her. “Keep going,” I said, smirking so she would know I wasn’t upset.

“I got up and walked over to them. I informed them the only ones bringing down the quality of the spa were catty bitches like them. I then told them to take their toxic mean asses home and let the rest of us enjoy our day. The three women we were talking to clapped. Your sister and the rest cheered me on. It pissed them off. The first speaker told me to get out of her face, or she’d make me.

“Presley had come over to stand closer, but she didn’t interfere. She and I had talked beforehand on the drive, and she was familiar with my background and my preferences. The woman got mouthy about Presley and said I had to have a bodyguard fight my battles. How much of a low-class loser I was.”

“You punched her,” I said.

“No, I didn’t, and you should be proud of me for restraining myself.

Instead, Presley told them she came closer to watch them be idiots.

And she informed them that they were jealous bitches who disliked us merely because we were beautiful, sexy women who were part of one of the richest families in the world.

And they were upset that we could capture the hearts of O’Sheerans when you guys would never look twice at them. ”

“What did they do?”

“They threw around insults, and we kept laughing at them. Finally, they’d had enough and left the room.”

“Okay, that doesn’t sound terrible.”

“It wasn’t, and neither was what we did next.

We’d seen them coming into the spa at the same time as we did.

We knew what car they drove. While they were doing whatever treatment they had left, Presley and I snuck out there and flattened all their tires.

We knew that even if one did know how to change a tire, which was highly doubtful, they wouldn’t have four spares.

That meant they’d have to call for a tow and get them repaired because we didn’t just let the air out.

We punctured them. It would cost them money and time and cause aggravation. ”

I groaned. “I must admit, I think it’s funny, but they probably have cameras, leanbh . They’ll have it on camera.”

“Please, I’m not that dumb. I covered the cameras overlooking that area with a towel. I always check out wherever I go for those. They really should mount those higher so it’s harder to reach them.” She smirked.

Unable to resist a moment longer, I kissed her. Gianna eagerly kissed me back. The passion ignited instantly. We kissed for a minute or more before I pulled away.

“Gianna, I believe that stunt today and what you pulled by not listening in Chokoloskee is due to be punished. Dr. Keim released you fully yesterday. It’s time to take your punishment,” I growled.

I’d been thinking of what I wanted to do to her for two weeks and had been waiting for the all-clear from Dr. K.

While her stunt today was amusing and wouldn’t usually warrant a punishment, I tossed it in there.

As soon as I mentioned punishment, her breathing increased, and I had a hand on her neck, so I felt her pulse speed up.

She licked her lips and gave me a feverish look.

“You’re right. I have been bad. I deserve to be punished. And I promised you that I’d take whatever you thought was appropriate. What do you want me to do?” she asked.

While I liked to play and was dominant, I wasn’t someone who wanted my partner to call me sir or master.

She and I had covered the rules for when we played a few weeks back, after we first slept together.

I knew what was on her hard-no list and her maybe list. She knew mine.

And we’d agreed on how to end things if it got to be too much.

I told her I would never force her to do anything she hated.

We hadn’t played in our special room since she was shot.

I was craving it, and she’d told me more than once that she wanted to go again.

“Come with me,” I ordered.

I stood, and she rose to her feet. Together, we traipsed to our bedroom and then into the hidden one.

I saw her shiver. I pointed to the attached bathroom.

“I want you to go in there. Take a hot shower. When you’re done, I’ll have something I want you to wear.

You’ll find it on the counter when you get out of the shower. ”

Just thinking of what we were about to do and her in the outfit I had chosen had my cock aching.

I was fully erect and raring to go. Even though we’d had sex several times since the Glades, I’d held back due to her wounds.

I no longer needed to do that. Gianna broke away and sauntered to the bathroom.

She cast me a sexy smirk before she entered.

When the shower turned on, I got to work.

I set the toys out that I would use after I placed her outfit in the bathroom.

It was hard to tear myself away from the sight of her showering.

I wanted to join her and take her there, but I had to stay strong.

It would be more than worth it if I could hold on—worth it to both of us.

When the shower turned off, I positioned myself in the middle of the room. It wasn’t long before I heard her exclamation. She didn’t call out, so I waited. It felt like it was forever before she came walking out. I groaned when I saw her. It was even better than I imagined.

I’d asked her for her measurements. I refused to tell her what it was for.

Then I sent them to someone I’d contracted to make some of the toys in this room.

They made leather clothing, too. However, calling this clothing might be stretching it.

It was straps of leather sewn together to create a framework for her tits, ass, and pussy.

The straps on top wrapped around her tits and went between them.

They pressed them to make her lush mounds even more prominent.

Then more wrapped around and ran down to frame her pussy before a single leather piece ran between her folds and ass cheeks to connect to another one at her lower back.

Other straps supported and lifted her ass.

I twirled my finger so she’d turn for me.