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She gasped in disbelief. “You can’t threaten to spank me!”
“It’s not a threat. It’s a promise.”
Her eyes narrowed. “You’re my bodyguard. You’re meant to guard my body, not threaten to harm it.”
“I need to protect you. And if I deem that you’re putting yourself in danger, I have the right and duty to protect you how I see fit.”
“Pretty sure spanking me isn’t protecting me.”
“If it stops you from doing something that harms you, then it is.”
“How is calling you a donkey harming me?”
He glowered. She had him there.
“You can’t say I haven’t warned you, Little girl.”
“I still don’t think that you’re allowed to spank me. I studied that agreement and there was nothing in there about spankings.”
“But there were things about obeying your assigned guardian if they gave you an order for your safety.”
“I haven’t done anything to put myself in danger,” she reiterated.
“You cut yourself.”
“Not on purpose.”
“Fine, perhaps you have not done anything to earn a spanking. Yet.”
Yikes.
10
Finally.
She was finally starting to understand how seriously he took her safety. And that she would be in big trouble if she put herself at risk.
Relief filled Ian.
Along with a bit of disappointment. Shit. Why did he feel disappointed?
Because you like it when she argues with you. Admit it. It makes you feel alive.
Fuck. He was messed up.
Picking her up, he carried her into the bathroom and set her down on the toilet. She was far too light in his arms. He didn’t like that. No way would she be allowed to skip meals again.
Perhaps he should make it clear that it wasn’t just her physical safety that she wasn’t allowed to put at risk.
But as he glanced down at her, he noticed how pale and worn she appeared. There was something in her eyes . . . something that told him she was fighting battles he didn’t know about.
Shit. Maybe Chloe had been right.
He’d thought that she’d pulled one over on them. She was a tricky Little thing, after all.
But what if something going on with her? Something she was hiding?
“Maggie? You all right?”
