Chapter Eleven Dev opened the car door for me once we were in the garage, both of us acutely aware of how ironic this chivalric gesture was given what had transpired the past day since he had caught me red-handed. He led me into the house, registering approval when I immediately shed my dress on crossing the threshold: “I see our naughty girl would rather avoid any unnecessary painful reminders of forgetting the rules. As long as she remains naked, after we eat she can have four hours to catch up on her emails since I know this has been her longest radio silence in many years and people are probably beginning to worry given her usual promptness. But once six o’clock rolls around, we will convene in the kitchen and begin her cute little bottom’s evening round of entertainment, lucky little

