A Strict Seduction by Maria Del Rey Page A

There was a dazed look in her eye, as though she had no idea what was going on.
    â€˜How many?’ he asked.
    â€˜Six, and make them count,’ I told him.
    She cried out before the first stroke had even touched her. It snapped hard on her thigh, and then again, but higher up. He had taken my example to heart, and each stroke counted, each touch of the rough wooden spoon left it’s mark on her quivering body. She sobbed and moaned, and I couldn’t tell what was pain and what was pleasure for her.
    She climaxed again, clawing at the armchair as her body spasmed from the intense sensation of being punished. When he released her I knew she had enjoyed an experience more intense than anything she had ever felt before. Not only had she been cruelly chastised by her husband, but her punishment had been witnessed by me, and I had punished her as well.
    â€˜Now it’s time for you to get to bed,’ Alan told her, his voice a whisper of excitement.
    Hesitantly, as if afraid that she’d collapse, Maddy pushed herself from the armchair. She turned and kissed Alan on the mouth, a hot, passionate kiss that had her melting. I saw his hands reach down to explore the smarting cheeks of her behind.
    At last he released her and she turned to me. Her chest was patterned red too, as though her pleasure had exploded all over her. She walked towards me and I took her in my arms. We kissed, our mouths joining, her body pressed onto mine. I could not stop myself, my arms traced the curve of her back and found the firm roundness of her bottom, her flesh giving over a raw heat that was completely sexual.
    â€˜Thank you,’ she whispered, her eyes ablaze with gratitude and excitement. ‘This has been the best birthday present I’ve ever had. I’m so happy, so very happy.’
    â€˜It’s okay,’ I told her, ‘I’ll be here tomorrow morning too. If thing’s aren’t right I’m sure Alan won’t mind if I put you across my knee.’
    She turned to him excitedly, and he nodded his assent. ‘It seems to me that I’ve got a lot to learn too,’ he admitted. ‘Anytime you think Maddy needs warming up, then be my guest.’
    â€˜And this,’ I said quietly, ‘is the best birthday present I’ve ever had.’

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    â€˜You’re not nervous, are you?’ Todd asked me as we pulled up to the massive wrought iron gates that guarded the entrance to the estate.
    â€˜A bit,’ I lied, smiling because I could tell he was as nervous as I was. He’d been nervous about it all week, ever since he’d got the phone call from Jack Salter.
    Todd smiled back, and was about to say something when the gates began to creak open. ‘Don’t worry,’ he said, looking away from me and towards the estate, ‘Jack’s a nice guy, I’m sure you two will get on.’
    He steered the car carefully between the black gates and on to the gravel drive that curved ahead of us into a dense copse that almost obscured the view of the grand house in the distance. Of course I was nervous, why shouldn’t I be? Not only was Jack Salter extremely rich, powerful and well known, he was also Todd’s boss. Now, out of nowhere, the two of us had been summoned to his estate to meet him. It was routine, Jack liked to get to know all of his employees, but it still made us nervous. What if I said something stupid? What if I embarrassed Todd? What if… All week I’d been going over the possibilities and all week I’d been hoping that something would crop up and we’d have an excuse not to go.
    Todd drove slowly, the tyres crunching up the gravel, until we were through the trees and in clear view of the house. I’d seen it once on TV, but now, in the glorious summer sunshine and under a clear blue sky, it looked like a palace. Which it had been, once, before Jack had taken it off some down-at-heel aristocrat and restored it to its