Manon Punish me? I've never seen him so angry. Especially not at me. "Don't be absurd," I chuckle. He loosens his tie, approaching me with determination. "I told you to leave this place. You disobeyed me." Disobeyed him? Disobeyed? Has he lost his mind. "You're not my father. I'm a grown woman-" He yanks me, toward him, driving us back. He sits on the edge of the bed, throwing my across his lap. "What are you doing?" "I am punishing you. What does it look like?" Honestly? Like a pretty kinky game. "Niccoló-" He rips my jeans. My jeans. What is he Superman? "Wait-!" His hand comes down, hard. "Ouch! Stop it! This is not how imagined it!" "Count to ten," He orders me, striking my ass again. "Niccoló!" "One more chance. Count, or we start over from one." "Three!" I cry, on

