Page 9 of Ruthless Heart


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The suite in the luxury hotel is just lovely with its plum and linen color scheme and soft-as-clouds bamboo sheets. At the moment though, I’m starting to wish I’d shopped longer.

“How much did you spend?” Liam demands, pulling the small shopping bag from my hands.

“I bought a new swimsuitanda new sundress,” I say quickly as I try to slip the roll of bills he gave me back into his pocket.

“Were these part of a clearance sale?” His voice is incredulous as he holds up a tag with red slash marks.

“Yeah, I was really lucky they had my size. It was the last one.”

He tosses the bag on the marble-topped table where there’s an enormous bouquet of roses, lilies, and peonies. The room smells heavenly.

“Come over here,” he orders.

I can’t stop myself from laughing at his grim expression over my not splurging. “Why?”

“Because I gave you instructions that you failed to follow, and now I’m going to punish you.”

The words and his stern voice cause my brows to shoot up as I pause on my way over to him. “What?”

He steps closer, grabs me and pulls me up against him. After a seductive kiss, he sits on the edge of the bed and flips me over his lap.

“Hey!”

“Lie still,” he orders, pinning my arm against my back as I squirm. “You want to play games? Let’s play.” Without another word about what he’s going to do, he yanks up the back of my dress, exposing my threadbare pink panties. “And for fuck’s sake. Your knickers look like they’ve been to the front line and lost the war.”

Knickers. Such a cute word.

“They were clean. You didn’t give me time to do laundry, so some of my best pairs—”

His hand slaps my ass several times, and the last swat is hard. I suck in a breath and look over my shoulder at him.

“Head down, little girl.”

A wicked chill runs through me. I obey, and he spanks my ass several more times. It lights a fire between my legs.

“These are useless,” he says in a husky voice as he yanks the panties down to my knees. “And a girl’s ass should be bare for this anyway.”

As my ass heats up, I start to writhe over his strong thighs. “Oh… my God.”

He pauses and squeezes my hot flesh. “Tomorrow when I give you a thousand dollars to spend on clothes, are you going to throw it back at me?”

“I…”

When I shrug rather than answering, he spanks me again for several moments. Andmuch harder. The hot stinging sensation makes my stomach twist and my pussy clench. As wetness gathers, I’m afraid he’ll notice. In this position, everything’s exposed.

I try to slide off his lap, but he catches me and pins me in place more firmly. His big palm cups my ass possessively, and my head swims with lust. Several slow swats land on my already flaming flesh.

After gulping a breath, I say, “Wait. Please.”

He stops and releases me. I melt to the floor on my knees, gasping with a prickle of tears in my eyes. It’s not so much the pain as that I feel overwhelmed by all the new sensations.

“Liv?”

“Yes?” I croak.

“Tomorrow, I expect you to spend the money.”

My hair falls around my face, swaying as I nod.

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