Free Erotica- Forever His/ Spanking by Skylar Faye Page A

touched her lips, swollen from the impact of his rough kiss. He’d been a man on the edge, a man facing something that was unnerving him. He’d looked almost wild when he’d stepped out of the bathroom. His eyes…something had been odd about them…something almost primal. He carried a secret that tugged at her curiosity. What was he hiding? Why was he so desperate to get away from her?
    She walked to the window overlooking the ranch yard, pushing a couple of the slats open from the closed blinds. Seth’s long legs ate up the ground as he headed for the building housing his four-wheeler. She wanted to go after him, but knew he wouldn’t like that. And she had to respect his wishes. If she went against him now, she’d probably get a serious taste of his belt.
    Her hands went back to cover her still tender bottom. Why had she allowed him to give her a thrashing? Why did she let him spank her? She wasn’t really the submissive type of woman. Except to him. Except with him it felt right. While he was gone she needed to do some thinking. She’d been right when she’d told him it was time for her to move on. Her feelings about this gruff rancher were becoming complicated and her life was complicated enough. But she didn’t want to leave him.
    In truth, she didn’t know what she wanted anymore. Her life had become tedious. All the constant changing of careers, of remaking herself into a new identity, of moving on to yet another place. Never having a home, never belonging. Her eyes misted and she fought back a new wave of depression. Maybe it really was time to end her existence. She’d toyed with the idea many times this last year. But now that she’d found Seth…or they’d found each other. Whatever. The idea held a lot less appeal.
    Stop these morbid thoughts! Buck up and stop feeling sorry for yourself. You created this situation. You were the one to walk away all those years ago. You’re the one who hasn’t been able to go back and make things right. By now it was probably too late. Surely her mother had passed on by now, although she’d hoped that somehow, some way someone would have let her know.
    Enough! Enough! Enough! She needed to go do something, focus on anything else. Even cleaning the stupid house. No! She wasn’t that desperate. Besides, Seth had punished her—yes, he’d also made hot love with her—but basically she didn’t feel that she had to get back to her normal duties yet. And he was leaving, would be gone for a day or so he’d said. Her household duties could wait until tomorrow.
    She turned from the window and couldn’t stand seeing the rumpled bed where so much had happened in the last couple of hours. She’d change his sheets later. Right now she just wanted to go to her room and think about… No. She wasn’t in the mood for thinking about anything at the moment. Maybe she should go watch a movie in the great room, except she preferred watching them with Seth. Maybe she should go through the photos she’d taken recently. No. Boring. She could read a book, one of Seth’s books that she’d seen in the bookcase by the fireplace. This might be a way to learn more about the man she felt so drawn to, the man who starred in her dreams at night. The man who she had allowed to claim her body in many ways.
     
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    “You going away again? So soon?” Walker strode into the building and stopped next to Seth. “That gal getting to you? Maybe you should send her on her way.”
    “She’s going to be around a while, so get used to it.” Seth looked at his foreman, the man he trusted with running the ranch and planned to make a partner before long. But not if Walker couldn’t come to terms with Teri being here. “I don’t want you giving her grief when I’m away. Is that clear?”
    Walker’s jaw tightened and he nodded. “She means something to you, doesn’t she?” he asked in resignation.
    “What if she does?”
    For a second, the slightly older man remained silent, his