by Taylor Lee
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Lei lay on the bathroom floor, crying uncontrollably. She was stunned that Wyatt had spanked her. She never thought he would dare. To take her pants off and turn her over his knee and spank her like a small child? How could he have done that to her? She knew he wanted to embarrass her, to show her that he could control her, that he could tell her what to do and she would have to do it. Like that horrible scene at lunch. He did that purposefully. In front of Theresa and Chief and the children, to let all of them know that he was in charge of her.
She was furious with him and stunned. She had never been punished in her life. She had been treated like a princess. And now she had been spanked? Like a naughty child? And she hurt. She looked in the mirror and couldn’t believe how red her bottom was. It looked swollen. She was overcome by a feeling of helplessness that quickly turned to fury. She didn’t know how she was going to respond to Wyatt. She only knew she had to get away from the cottage. She was sure he was in his office. More than anything, she didn’t want to see him until she had figured out what she was going to do. If it wasn’t for the children, she would get on her horse and ride as far and as fast as she could from the ranch. Then she remembered her sore bottom and burst into tears, knowing that she could barely walk, much less ride her horse.
She decided to go to her retreat room. There she would have privacy. She could lock the door, although she knew a locked door would never keep Wyatt out. At least she wouldn’t run into him or Theresa or any of the other adults. She knew she would die of shame if they knew that Wyatt spanked her. She found some skimpy drawers and a sparring outfit that hung loosely on her bottom. Without rethinking her decision, she ran out of her room into the hallway, past Wyatt’s office, out into the yard. Grateful that she had not seen him or anyone else, she ran past the dojo to their private room. Inside, she locked the door. She threw herself down on the bed and burst into tears. She felt helpless. She couldn’t believe how much she hurt, how sore she was. She cried for what seemed like hours, until exhausted, she fell asleep.
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Wyatt saw her go by his office. He walked to the front door watching her run across the yard to their retreat room. That is where he assumed she would go. He was glad that she did. He knew they had a long night ahead of them. Like Lei he wanted privacy. Probably for different reasons, he thought with a grin.
Theresa came into the room carrying Deshi, who had just woken up from his nap. The snuffling child looked as though he was going to cry. “Deshi is asking for his mommy. Do you know if Lei is resting? I went by your bedroom, but I didn’t see her there.”
“I know that Lei is in our private room. She wanted to rest. Let’s give her some privacy.
“Come here, little guy. I think you need to spend some time with your dad. How about it? Let’s go get your sparring clothes on. When Alex and Elena get back from their ride, we will all go to the dojo and spar. How does that sound? Good? Okay. Let’s get you dressed. How about we go see the horses while we wait for them to get back?”
Nicolas Deshi smiled up at Wyatt with an adoring look. They had a remarkable relationship. Their bond had been solid from the moment Deshi was born. Although Deshi was only three, he seemed older. He had a twinkle in his eye that was so much like Wyatt’s that everyone who saw it laughed in delight. His shock of black hair and bright blue eyes were Wyatt’s in miniature. The exotic tilt to his eyes mimicked Lei’s and added a beauty to the boy that would steal and break hearts all of his life. He also had a fierce spirit that led to shrieks of anger or laughter—depending on his mood at the moment. A tantrum was as likely as shouts of joy. He had captured the hearts of everyone at the ranch, from his sister and brother to the trainers in the horse barns. Given the range of adoring adults fawning over him, including Chief, Joey, Alono, and, of course, Wan, both Lei and Wyatt worked hard to keep him from being outrageously spoiled.
At the horse barn, Elena and Alex rode up with Daniel. They were excited about sparring with Wyatt. Given the rigors of the campaign, they had little chance to practice together. Before he ran for governor, the three of them had sparred together five days out of seven. The children missed his attention. Lei had picked up the task. They loved practicing with her almost as much as with Wyatt, but still missed their father.
“Is Lei going to practice with us?” asked Alex hopefully. He loved Lei. She was working with him on some advanced aerials. He wanted to perfect them before he showed them off to Wyatt.
“No, honey, Lei isn’t feeling well. Let’s let her rest. We’ll all go and see her after dinner to make sure she is doing okay.”
The four of them spent the afternoon together, first in the dojo, then out in the horse barn helping Chief with a mare that had a stress fracture. All of the children, especially Elena, loved helping Wyatt and Chief with horses that were sick or needed attention. Wyatt was teaching Elena how to listen to the horses and to talk quietly to them to gain their confidence. Watching her, he saw clear signs that she might also be a whisperer and he was filled with pride.
“Okay, everyone, let’s go in and get ready for dinner. I know that Theresa will be waiting for us. It is nearly seven o’clock.”
“Should I go and see if Lei is feeling better and wants to come to dinner?” asked Elena.
“No, honey. Remember I said we are going to let Lei rest. After dinner, we will go see her. You can say good night to her then.”
Chief raised an eyebrow at that news. With a barely suppressed chuckle, he said to Wyatt out of the range of the children, “You two. Good thing we have lots of places for you to play. Would be an even more interesting show for the rest of us if you were confined to a normal sized house.”
Wyatt’s eyes twinkled in response. “Never underestimate the power of a beautiful feisty woman to turn any space into a playground, Chief. Even when she is angry – or maybe especially when she is angry,” he added, a wolfish grin tugging at the corners of his mouth.
Chief smiled and shook his head. “You’re a lucky man, Wyatt. I know you know that, but I hope you never take it for granted.”
“We both know even if I wanted to - which I don’t - it would be impossible to take Lei for granted. She can as easily kick my ass as love me. I live a dangerous life, Chief. I have to be on guard constantly,” he said with a satisfied grin.
Chief chuckled in response.
After dinner, the children put on their nightclothes and excitedly went with Wyatt to say goodnight to Lei. He had arranged with Daniel and Millie to come and get the children in thirty minutes to put them to bed. Wyatt wanted to stay with Lei.
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Lei heard the children’s excited voices and knew they were coming to her room. She jumped up and put on a robe covering her skimpy underwear. The sudden movement made her dizzy. She had either cried or slept for most of the day and knew she probably looked like hell. Before she had time to go in the bathroom and repair the damage to her face and hair, the children were pounding on the door, hollering for her to let them in.
She opened the door to see them all standing eagerly in the doorway calling out to her. She reached out and picked up Nicolas Deshi, then pulled Elena and Alex close to her. She avoided looking at Wyatt. He was standing behind the children. A slight smile tugged at his mouth.
“Are you okay, Lei? You look like you have been crying.” Elena was studying her, obviously concerned. Lei knew she was remembering what happened at lunch. Elena had known that she and Wyatt were angry with each other.
Alex’s face mirrored Elena’s concern. Lei knew that like Elena, Alex picked up the signals from Wyatt and her at lunch. Alex didn’t like to see them argue. It upset him. “Your eyes are all swollen, Lei. Are you and dad still mad at each other?”
Lei’s eyes filled with tears at their concern. “No, I’m okay. Really I am.” She edged back into the room and sat down at the table holding Deshi on her lap. She winced at the pain and looked up in time to see a wry grin cross Wyatt’s face. She was angry and her bottom hurt
. Damn him. I’m glad he thinks this is amusing, she thought, remembering her fiery bottom in the mirror.
Wyatt broke in. Lei still hadn’t acknowledged him, which wasn’t lost on the children.
“Hey, guys. Let’s give Lei a break. Yeah, we did have a problem earlier today, but we’re gonna get that worked out. The way we always do. That’s why I asked Daniel and Millie to come and get you in a little while. I want to stay here with Lei. Okay? Why don’t you give Lei a rundown of your day? I think all three of you have something special to tell her that you did in the dojo.”
Both Elena and Alex looked first at Lei and then at Wyatt. He smiled encouragingly and said, “C’mon, Alex. You know you have something you have wanted to tell Lei since this afternoon. And Elena, she is not going to believe what you did today.”
Nicolas Deshi said, “What about me? I did good too, Momma!”
That broke the ice. Soon all three children were talking non-stop, each trying to outdo the other with their accomplishments from the day. Wyatt sat down at the small table across from Lei. After a few minutes, he reached across the table and took her free hand in his. When she tried to pull away, he squeezed her hand and held it firmly. Without looking at her, he shook his head, almost imperceptibly, making it clear that he was trying to reassure the children and did not want her to pull away. Holding her hand, he felt her tension. He stroked the back of her hand and then the inside of her wrist. Within minutes he felt her tension easing and grinned to himself as he continued to stroke her wrist in that exquisitely sensitive place.
When Millie and Daniel arrived, none of the children wanted to leave. It was only when Wyatt reminded them that Theresa was making them Mexican hot chocolate to go with the apple dumplings they loved, that they stood up and reluctantly kissed Lei goodnight.
Nicolas Deshi refused to go to Millie. He burst in tears, clinging to Lei. Pointing over to her bed, he sobbed, “Deshi wanna sleep with Mommy!”
Wyatt unhooked his fingers from Lei’s robe and tossed the little boy up in the air. In seconds, giggles and pleas for more, replaced his tears. With a laugh, Wyatt said, “Give Mommy a kiss and then if you are a good boy you can have apple dumplings with Alex and Elena.”
“But, Deshi wanna sleep with Mommy!” Nicolas Deshi insisted, looking over at Lei and then at Wyatt.
Wyatt shook his head and said in a firm voice with a pleasant smile, “No, honey, you can sleep with Alex or Elena if you want. Mommy sleeps only with Daddy.
“Now, everybody needs to give Mommy one more kiss and then let her get some rest.” Each of the children gave Lei a hug and a kiss. Wyatt handed a still uncertain Nicolas Deshi to Millie and walked all of them out the door. He gave each of the children a kiss and told them he would see them at breakfast. As they left, he reminded Daniel to bring Lei a tray of food after he finished helping Millie put the children to bed.
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Chapter 15
Wyatt closed the door and stood with his back to the door, looking at Lei. She refused to look at him, and put her head down on the table. Surprising them both, she started to cry. Her shoulders shook and her breath came in raspy, gulping sobs.
“Okay, honey, that’s enough tears. You look like you have been crying all day. If you’re not careful, you’re gonna melt in a puddle of tears.”
Wyatt scooped her up and carried her over to the bed. He pulled off her robe and laid her in the center of the bed. He took off his boots and belt and unbuttoned his shirt, then crawled in beside her. She jerked back, shoving his hands away. He ignored her resistance and pulled her up next to him.
“Come here, honey. Let’s take a look and see what damage I did today.”
“No! Leave me alone. Don’t touch me! I hate you, Wyatt!” she sobbed.
He ignored her and held her face down against the bed. When he pulled her underwear down, he whistled in surprise at her red, swollen bottom.
“Jesus, honey, no wonder you’ve been crying all day. You have one sore red ass.” He reached behind him for the jar of the Chief’s all purpose guaranteed to heal ointment that he had brought with him. With one hand he held her down. With the other he rubbed the cooling ointment over her bottom. She tried to twist away from him but he just held her more firmly.
“Honey, stop fighting me. This is gonna make you feel better.” He nuzzled up against her as he gently massaged the cream into her sore bottom. He whispered to her how much he loved her and that he was here to take care of her.
“Wyatt, leave me alone. I hate you! I don’t want you to touch me ever again!”
She tried to roll over to the other side of the bed but he pulled her back and held her close to him, continuing to massage the soothing cream on her stinging skin. She tried to resist then turned and buried her face in his shoulder sobbing.
“Shh, honey. Stop crying. You’re okay now. I know you hurt, but this stuff is going to make you feel better. Stop fighting me. Let me put it on you.”
“No! I hate you. I do! You hurt me, Wyatt. No one has ever done that to me in my life. No one ever spanked me, ever!”
Even as she said the angry words, she moved closer, clinging to him.
He quirked an eyebrow, “Hmm, that doesn’t mean they shouldn’t have. Maybe if they had, you wouldn’t need it as badly now.”
“I do not need it! I don’t! You would never do this to one of the children, no matter what they did!”
“You’re right, I wouldn’t. I have a feeling some guy is gonna tussle with Elena fifteen years from now and wonder why the hell she wasn’t spanked. I see all the signs. I know for damn sure that I should have started spanking you long ago. That’s okay, because I definitely plan to make up for lost time. Especially when I see how red this gorgeous ass of yours gets,” he said with a cocky grin.
Lei was shocked at his flippant response. “Oh, my god, how dare you? I hate you, Wyatt. If you ever try to do this to me again…”
“Mm hmm, what are you gonna do, baby? Spit at me like a little child so I’ll be forced to turn you over my knee and spank your ass? After I take your pants down, of course. Sounds like you’re kinda askin for it, baby. I think you like having a bright pink ass that looks as sexy as this. I know I sure as hell do!”
There was a knock at the door. Lei jumped up in surprise trying to move away from him. Wyatt laughed. He pulled up her underwear then picked her up and tossed her over his shoulder and went to answer the door.
She shrieked and pounded him on his back. “Put me down, Wyatt. Now, damn you, put me down!”
Wyatt opened the door and grinned at Daniel. “You can put that tray over on the table beside the armchair,” he said, ignoring Lei squirming and twisting on his back. “Lei isn’t ready to eat quite yet!”
Daniel walked by them both with a big smile on his face, trying not to look at Lei hanging upside down over Wyatt’s shoulder. Looking Wyatt in the eye, he smothered a laugh. “Do you need anything else tonight, Wyatt?”
Wyatt laughed and looked over his shoulder at Lei’s furious face. “Do we need anything else from Daniel tonight, honey?”
She shrieked and started kicking and pounding him on his back, insisting that he put her down.
Wyatt smiled at Daniel. “I think that’ll do it for tonight. Thanks Daniel.”
He closed the door with a big smile.
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“Damn you, Wyatt, damn you! Put me down, now!”
She was furious and pounded fiercely on his back.
“Okay, honey, I’ll put you down. But we’re done with that nice cold cream on your hot little ass. Yeah, we’re moving on to a different phase. I’m gonna put you down here like this. Down here on the floor. But, I want you on your hands and knees, that’s a good girl, like this!” He ran his hands over her hips. She moaned in response, helpless to resist the wave of desire that flowed over her. “That’s the way honey. You kneel up, just like that.”
He pulled down her underwear and whistled again.
“God, honey, your hot ass is
turning me on! You look like one of those fancy birds that spread their bright colored tails to attract their mates.”
She groaned and, without intending to, pushed her ass up higher.
He chuckled, “Well, I’ll be damned! That is what you’re trying to do, isn’t it honey? You wanna spread your bright red tail and show off for me? Hot damn baby! I’m all for that!”
She cried out. He bent her over and pushed her hands down on the floor. Tossing her underwear off to the side he pulled her ass up in the air. He spread her legs wide resting her knees on his hips and stared in wonder at her beautiful ass and pussy.
She trembled and writhed with desire when he spread her legs. “Oh, God. Oh, my god. I don’t want to do this!” But she could feel the flurries of passion that were building inside of her, no matter how she tried to squash them down.
Ignoring her protests, Wyatt said, “Christ, honey, even your pussy lips are red and swollen. Let’s get your ass up here even higher so I can get a better view of you! Oh yeah! God, just look at you. That’s right, honey, push it up higher. That’s the way to show off for me, baby. ”
Lei pressed her arms hard against the floor squirming to push her ass up to him begging for his fingers and mouth, stunned at how she was responding to him celebrating her sore bottom.
He held her legs over one arm and with his other hand unbuttoned his pants and kicked them off. He dropped her to her hands and knees and knelt down behind her. He pushed her face down against the floor and pulled her hips up, spreading her legs wide apart. Reaching between her legs from behind he stroked her wet swollen labia, licking his lips in anticipation. She shrieked when he ran his fingers up her slit and found her throbbing clit.
