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notion.  I could teach you so much, and it’s apparent you need someone to show you just how valuable you are.”
    He couldn’t have surprised me more if he’d taken me over his knee in that moment.  I put my coffee cup down on the counter when my hands shook so badly I was afraid of the mess it would make.  “Is that your thing? You like controlling women?” He didn’t seem like a sadist, but what did I really know about this guy?
    “Controlling?”  He chuckled deeply and gave a brief negative shake of his head.  “I guess you could say I like controlling, but owning would fit the definition better.”
    “How can you own a woman?  The last I heard slavery was illegal.”  Rolling my eyes at his outrageous statement, I wasn’t finding his sense of humor very funny. 
    “If you roll your eyes again, I can promise you won’t enjoy the aftermath.  Owning a person may not be legal in the eyes of the court, but if two people make a binding agreement, then it doesn’t matter what anyone else thinks.”
    For a moment, I wanted to test his theory about what he’d do if I rolled my eyes again, but the look he was giving me promised retribution if I did.  Since I didn’t know him well enough to test that limit, I forced myself not to be the smartass I was dying to be.  “So what, then?  You want a woman who agrees to do whatever you say, and basically be like your pet?” 
    “I like the way you phrased that.  Pet would fit perfectly into what I expect from a woman who belonged to me.  She would be pampered like a queen, but expected to be obedient.”
    He had to be joking.  Didn’t he?  “So, if she doesn’t fall into line, you what?  Pop her with a newspaper, lock her in a kennel, or wait, I have it, take away her treats?”  I couldn’t stop the laughter that spilled out of my mouth at the image, it tickled my funny bone in the worst way.
    “You find that funny, do you?” Seth smiled at me as I tried to control my laughter, and the look in his eyes should have given me warning of what was to come, but I obviously missed it.
    “Well, yeah, I kind of do.” Again the burst of laughter fell forth and I almost tinkled my pants.
    “Remember when you got here I said you were entering the lion’s den?” His words didn’t register until he lifted me out of my chair, draping me over his lap faster than I could catch my breath.  The first downward stroke of his opened hand on my covered ass took all the humor from the situation.
    I stiffened in astonishment at the sharp sting through the thin fabric of my shorts, and was completely unprepared when that hand reigned down again in quick, hard slaps.  Shocked at his action, I didn’t move an inch, frozen as he massaged the area he’d just opened fire on.  When his hand slid under the elastic waist band of my shorts, moved over my ass and in between my legs to finger my sex, I gasped.
    “The thing is, kitten, I like making you purr.” To accentuate his words, he rubbed his finger over my clit repeatedly.  “I also like making you show a little respect.”
    My need drenched his finger as he continued the caress and I felt my core clench on the edge of release, right before he withdrew his hand.  Throbbing, held so close to finding pleasure, that large hand of his came down on my ass again and again, until I cried out from the sting.  He slid his hand back inside my shorts, bringing me to the pinnacle of release, stopping before I actually found it.
    “I guess the question is, are you willing to give me what I need in order to get what I promise will be the best sex of your life?”  He lifted me off his lap, leaving my body aching.  He sat me back in my chair and began sipping his coffee like he hadn’t just blown my mind.
    I crossed my legs in discomfort, not really thinking about the slight sting of my ass.  I can definitely say I’d never been so aware of my body before.  Part of me wanted to slap him for leaving me so unfulfilled,