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~ Nash
I’m overwhelmed by his words. His gift. All of it is too much for me to digest. I have the urge to paint for the first time in three years. It has to wait for another time because I promised Lin I’d stop by since it’s my birthday. I stare at his writing on the card and run my finger across his signature. Shaking my head, I try to snap myself out of my weird thoughts. He’s an asshole. Last night didn’t change anything.
Finally, Mercy comes and knocks on my door to tell me she and Liam are going to bed. Knock. Knock.
“What?”
“We’re going to bed. See you in the morning.”
A sob escapes from her chest and shakes my door, “I love you, Ivy.”
When she cries, it does something to me. It makes me feel like a piece of shit human. Then, I remember how fucking lost I’ve been. I push the thoughts out of my brain, climb out of bed, and open my window. I climb onto the tree and shimmy my way down before dropping to the ground and brushing the dirt off my clothes.
I don’t hear anything, but I feel breath on my neck. I stand frozen, completely immobile.
“Where are you going, Ice Princess?”
Fucking Nash. “Out.”
He wraps his arm around my waist, pulling my body tight against his while his hot breath dances on my skin, “That’s where you’re wrong,Ice Princess. You’re not going anywhere.”
Heat floods my body which is so annoying. I hate him. Yet my body has no clue. He’s an asshole but a hot asshole. It’s clear he did nothing in prison other than work out. His body is sick. The fact that I’ve noticed, makes me sick.
“What are you going to do about it?” My voice comes out shaky and probably lets him know his proximity to me affects me which is the last thing I want him to know.
He spins me so I’m facing him and glares down at me, his eyes wide, “I’ll spank your fucking ass so hard you won’t be able to sit down for a week.”
“W-what?”
Nash slides his hand in my hair and yanks my head back with force, “You fucking heard me.”
He releases his hold in my hair and grabs my arms spinning me so I’m facing the tree and places my hands on the trunk.
“What are you doing?”
Without saying a word, he lifts my skirt up and a small groan erupts from the back of his throat, and he smacks my ass with his open hand.
“What the fuck?” I blurt out far lower than I meant to. I want to scream at him. I could try to run but I don’t. He hits me again on the other cheek and a moan slips out. What the hell is wrong with me?
After the sixth hit he’s breathing heavily and turns me back to face him. His deep brown eyes stare into mine as his bare chest rises and falls with heavy breaths.
“Are you ready to go back inside now, Princess?”
I nod. I have no words. There are none because I don’t know what the fuck just happened.
He strokes my cheek, “Good girl. Such a fucking good girl.”
My eyes roll back into my head, a moan escapes from my lips, as if those words are pleasurable, which maybe they were. My heart races, and butterflies fill my belly, and I’ll never admit it to Nash, but I want to hear those words again.
“Inside before I spank you again.”
I walk over to my tree, my ass is stinging, and climb back up to my window. When I glance down, I spot Nash watching me to make sure I go in. His heated gaze lights me on fire from the inside out. I’m so confused. I should be pissed that he’s treating me like a child. Instead, I’m wet.
I climb in my window and sit on my bed, trying to figure out what to say to Lin. She’s going to be pissed. Can I possibly tell her I was attempting to sneak out when my adopted brother spanked my ass and sent me back to my room like an errant child? No. I don’t think so.
I text her and tell her I’m not feeling well. It’s not a total lie. I’m better than last night but still don’t feel normal. Then, I text Nash.
Thanks for the gift. I don’t want it. You think you can treat me like a child. I’m a grown woman. Stop looking at me like I’m a child.
