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“You should bring him to the signing! Let him see what a big fucking deal you are.”

“He’s, ah, already been to one of my signings, but I’ll ask.”

“Oooh, even more mysterious. Okay, well, I gotta go. I’m flying up to NYC tonight, but I’ll be back for your signing. Don’t worry about a thing, it’s all handled. Go get your mystery guy to give you a few good orgasms to help you relax and I’ll see you Friday.”

“Thanks, Zoe. I appreciate you.”

Grinning widely now, Zoe winked, a dramatic gesture that drew a laugh from Goldie as she shook her head at her friend. “You can thank me by bringing Mr. Mystery to your gig so I can meet him. And so I can grill him and make sure he’s good enough for my star client.”

Goldie rolled her eyes. “I am not a star.”

“Tsk, tsk. Would the men in your books put up with their girls lying like that? Oooh, is your mystery man a spanker? Hey, mystery man! Your woman needs⁠—”

“Goodbye, Zoe!”

Face flaming, she hit the button to end the call, shaking her head at Zoe’s antics as she turned to head back to the kitchen—and screamed when she found Brody lounging against the wooden frame of the door to her “office”.

“Fucking Christ, Brody! You about gave me a goddamn heart attack.”

Smirking much the same way Zoe had, Brody pushed away from the doorframe and stalked forward. “Seems you haven’t learned your lesson yet about paying attention to your surroundings. You’re racking up those spankings again today, menace.”

Her ass instinctively clenched, reminding her of how thoroughly he’d punished her the night before—as well as the plug still lodged in her ass she really needed to ask him to remove. “I don’t have time for games, Brody. I have to get ready for this event.”

In the blink of an eye, he had an arm around her waist, hauling her up onto her toes, her hands pressed against his broad chest. “Your friend is right. You do need a good hard spanking to remind you not to lie to your Daddy.”

The heat of embarrassment that had already engulfed her face cranked up to an inferno. “You heard that?”

“I did. So let’s see.” Tilting his head, he put on a serious expression as he backed her up toward the plush leather couch in her makeshift office. “Lying to your friend and yourself about not being a star. Not paying attention and letting me sneak up on you—again—and lying to your Daddy about work after I specifically heard your friend tell you she had everything under control and you only need to show up. Does that cover everything?”

The backs of her legs hit the couch and she sucked in a sharp breath. “I wasn’t lying either of those times. There are way bigger authors than me who are actual stars and I do still have things I need to do to get ready for this event.”

His expression shifted, the playful sternness in his gaze hardening into something much more real. “Someone else being more famous than you doesn’t negate your success, Goldie. In fact, I’m making that a rule. Any time you try to belittle or downplay your accomplishments, I am going to make you recite a running list of them while I paddle your ass. Now,” he continued before she could do more than open her mouth to voice her outrage, “what do you need to do to get ready for your event?”

“I, um, just need to…” Of course her brain chose that moment to go completely and utterly blank. “Things, Brody. I have things I need to do.”

“If you can name one specific thing, I’ll let you go and save your spanking for bedtime.”

Fuck. “I need to… figure out what I’m gonna wear! There! That’s one thing.”

But her smug triumph faded when he chuckled. “Menace, I’ve been watching you long enough to know you wear the exact same outfit to every signing. The sparkly pink number. Your ‘signature look’, I believe you call it. And now that’s three lies.”

In a move so smooth she wouldn’t have believed it if it hadn’t happened to her, he spun, sat on the couch, and yanked her down over his lap all in one fluid movement. “I think a good spanking before Daddy washes all those lies out of your mouth with his cum should do the trick.”

She got the spanking, along with more orgasms than she could count, both before and after he put her on her knees. By the time he was finished with her, she felt as though she’d been wrung out, all of the worries and anxiety simply drained from her.

Pre-signing spankings and orgasms were definitely going on Zoe’s checklist.

Chapter 37

Brody

From the corner of his eye, he watched his babygirl shift in her seat yet again, and he couldn’t help but smile. She’d had some very strong opinions about the security he’d asked Killian to put in place for her event, and he’d settled the argument that morning by bending her over the bed they shared so he could paddle her ass to a brilliant pink that nearly matched her “signature outfit” before putting a nice fat plug between her colorful cheeks.

“Nervous?” he asked, and had to bite the inside of his cheek to keep from laughing when she glared at him.

“You know that’s not the problem, you sadist.”

“I’m sure I have no idea what you’re talking about, menace.”