As soon as the impact of his slaps had dwindled, he was on his feet and jerking me up to the bed. “Put you hands behind your back and keep them there. And don’t you dare try to cover your ass.” My shoulders were shoved into the mattress, and with my feet still bound by the bunched up blue jeans, I was effectively contained. When I looked back, I could see Lawton withdraw the heavy leather belt from around his waist and double it in his fist. Standing to one side, he had my ass as his target and the poor scorched thing bouncing up and down with each s***h of leather he leveled on my throbbing bottom. I buried my face in the mattress to keep from screaming more profanities. I wasn’t about to have him slapping my face again. That was the worst of the punishment, a humiliation so profound th

