Chapter Nine
Gabrielle wore his ring. And because she loved him with little reservation, her obedience to him became a less testy affair. That didn’t stop Robert from spanking her just for the fun of it, sometimes after dinner, often as a prelude to their lovemaking, and even once when he called her into his office at midday, pretending to fume over her poor performance on a math exam Penny had given her two days before.
Up to that time, her education was solely on Penny’s shoulders and Robert let the two work out her classes and deal with her performance. Because she always managed to study herself back to a passing grade, Penny rarely mentioned her difficulties with math and science—even if they were painful frustrations for a woman who was so proficient at both subjects. “Just as lon
