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"I'm not a dog." She raised her face to his and noticed the set of his jaw and the touching of his eyebrows.
"Are you impolite? Rude?"
"What? No! Of course, not!"
"Then sit down and eat with me."
When he softened his tone a bit, Teagan complied. "Fine. I will eat. Then I am calling for a ride and getting out of here."
"Why?"
"Why, what?"
"Why are you suddenly in a hurry to leave?"
"I have things to do, Luca."
"Try again, Teagan Anne, and this time, don't lie to me."
"I'm pissed at you. There. Are you happy?"
"Happy that my beautiful girl is using ugly words again? No. But it's a start. Now, why are you angry with me?"
"I'm not yours," Teagan said, swallowing several gulps of coffee, ignoring the burn as it travelled down her throat.
"You will be."
"God. You are so confident."
"Only when I am certain about things. By the way, Teagan, I don't believe in spanking you for things you have done before we were together. I'm giving you notice, though. Anything you do after eight tomorrow night, unless you've given me a clear no, is punishable. Understand me?"
"Don't count on it," Teagan snarled as she bit into her bacon, chewing quickly. She wanted breakfast over and to be away from Luca. She needed to think. The man was driving her insane. Her blood was boiling at his high handedness. She realized that most women would be thrilled to have a hot breakfast cooked for them, and that part was super sweet. She would have been honored if he hadn't overstepped.
"I do count on it. Now, without throwing a tantrum or using bad language, please let me know what I did that made you so angry."
She didn't know it was possible for her to get even more flustered than she already was. "I don't throw tantrums," she yelled.
"Lower your voice."
"Oh my God! You are insufferable."
"No, darlin'. You aren't used to someone holding you accountable to the high standard that you and I both know you can obtain. Now. I will ask again. Why are you angry?"
"I'm angry because you overstepped your bounds! How dare you talk to my boss about me! That makes me look so unprofessional! How am I supposed to look him in the eyes again? And you told my sisters that I spent the night here! That wasn't any of their business. You had no right! No right at all."
"That will be the last time you tell me that I don't have a right to do something. When I am your Daddy, your well being becomes my biggest responsibility. There is nothing that won't be my business." Luca started to talk but was interrupted by Teagan's growl and half rise from her chair.
"Teagan Anne, if you get out of the chair, mine or not, I am going to put you over my knee and spank that bottom until you can listen to what I am saying."
"What?"
"You heard me. Sit down." They stared each other down for a few seconds. When Luca went to stand, Teagan sat quickly. "Good choice. Now, you've lodged some unsubstantiated accusations my way, and you will find that once I answer them, had you not jumped to conclusions and used mature, respectful communication skills—something we will work on together—that you don't have a case for your anger at all."
"Now you are saying my feelings aren't valid. Really?"
"Teagan. Hush for a second and listen. You rushed your feelings. If I had done what you are accusing, sure, you would be valid to be angry. How many times have you run into someone and started talking about mutual acquaintances or friends? Like, if I run into one of Oct's friends and I mention I work at S.E.A.L., they might say, 'my friend Octavius works there too; do you know him?' And then I reply, 'I do know Oct. He's a great guy.' That was how our conversation went. Oct said to Lieutenant Downy, 'one of my wife's sisters works in that department; do you know her?' Downy told us how wonderful you are. I never asked a single question."
"You didn't?"
