Mastering Maeve
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“You went to a matchmaker, rather than coming back to me? Why?”
“Like I said, I’d have been no good for you, nor you me. So what about you? How did your life work out?”
“It took me about fifteen years to find someone else I would even think about settling down with, then just as I was resigning myself to a bachelor’s life, Edith bowled me over. She was a great person and a skilled politician. She was also my best friend. So no, overall, looking back I have no regrets, but I did sometimes wonder. I never thought I’d see you again. My mother missed you a lot when you left. She always felt easy with you. But she understood that you didn’t want that life; it took her a long time to settle in to it. She felt sometimes it was too good for her.”
“Nothing was too good for Margaret; she was a diamond in the rough and always behaved as if she was brought up the finest lady. Anyone else would have freaked when they found out their posh son was involved with the housemaid. She was a marvel.”
The two were silent for a time, caught in their shared memories of someone special. Then Bridie started to laugh.
“Imagine, two auld ones like us finding each other again after all these years and through the Internet above all things; sure it’s gas craic.” Bridie laughed at the madness of it.
“We’ll have to tell them everything sometime,” Lawrence said.
“Maeve and Larry, ach, what harm? It won’t make any difference now. But not about the will, mind you; you have to keep that to yourself.”
“Larry told me you told him to spank her; what on earth were you thinking, you crazy woman? You could have landed him in trouble with the law.”
“Tell me what red-blooded man wouldn’t be tempted by a nice plump arse across his knee. And she badly needed one. Sure if he didn’t want to do it he wouldn’t have. And I’d never have let her go to the Gardaí.”
Lawrence had to laugh. “I suppose you’re right, again. Anyway, it all worked out just fine. You saved him from making a big mistake with Emily; he’d never have been truly happy. So what will you do now? You’ll be lost without this place.”
“I don’t know, but I’m sure I’ll think of something. I’ll miss her though. But at least they’re staying in Ireland. That was very big of Larry.”
“You could always come to Texas; we could make up for lost time.”
“Lawrence Williamson, are you propositioning me?” Bridie asked, shocked.
“As you’d say yourself, there’s no fool like an old fool, so how about it?”
“Maybe, sure you’d never know what I’d get up to,” she laughed.
The End
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My Naughty Little Secret
From the moment she saw him on her first day at her new job in London, there was something about Michael that annoyed Siobhan Brennan… and something else that pulled her to this stunningly handsome man and his boldly arrogant personality. In spite of her misgivings, she soon finds herself out on a date with him, and she is torn between a desire to defy him as often as possible and a deeper, more disturbing need to submit to him. It certainly doesn’t help that very embarrassing thoughts keep popping into her head uninvited: images of herself bent over, bare bottom on display, waiting for Michael to chastise her firmly.
It is not long before Siobhan, in a rash moment, actually dares Michael to spank her, only to find that he is more than up to the challenge of turning her naked backside bright red. To her horror, her sore behind only fuels the fire growing within her, and she is soon on her knees before him, blushing with shame yet needing him to take her and take her hard.
It is only afterwards that the couple must come to terms with what took place, and what it means for their relationship. Was this just a one-time event, something to be tried but never repeated, or will Siobhan find herself punished like a naughty girl again in the future? As scandalized as it makes her feel, in her heart she knows what she needs, but is Michael prepared to give it to her? And when she finds out that Michael has kept something important from her about his past and who he really is, will she be able to forgive him, or will the revelation tear them apart forever?
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Table of Contents
Prologue
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen
Epilogue
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