Page 74 of Merciless Angel
Daire frowned, letting Blaze shove past him as he left the bathroom.
“I could really go for something chocolate and maybe some Twizzlers,” I called after him.
Blaze shouted something affirmative, his voice fading on his way down the stairs. The sound of the front door opening and closing followed.
Daire and Cash exchanged a look before turning to where I lounged in the tub. Picking up a bath puff, Daire sat on the edge of the tub and grinned. “Ready for me to scrub your back?”
Scooping up a handful of bubbles, I blew them in his direction. The bubbles rained down around Daire as he fruitlessly tried to slap them away.
I settled back into the water, letting the warmth soothe me. As far as punishments went, this wasn’t so bad.
EPILOGUE
CLOVER
Daire did his best to follow through with scrubbing my back. I let him run the bath puff over my body with a thick layer of bodywash until he reached my sore ass and nether regions. That’s when I plucked the puff from his grasp.
“I’ll take it from here, thanks.”
When I stepped out of the tub, Cash waited with a large towel. He wrapped it around me, pulling me against his warm chest. Pressing a kiss to the top of my head, he got busy drying me off.
“You guys really don’t have to do all this,” I protested. “I can handle it.”
“It’s called aftercare, Sunshine. Let us take care of you.” Cash booped the end of my nose and smiled.
Against my better judgment, I said, “You guys don’t seem like the aftercare types.”
Daire shot me a dark glare. “We’re not. Now bend over and let me put some aloe vera on that ass.”
I couldn’t hold back the laughter that burst from me. I may have been risking another punishment but I couldn’t help myself. Daire didn’t think it was so funny.
He grabbed me by the shoulder and bent me over the bathroom counter. With a bottle of aloe vera gel in one hand, he squeezed some out and gently rubbed it onto my sore bottom. I sucked in a sharp breath as it soothed my raw skin.
Watching him through the mirror blew my mind. Daire wasn’t the type to rub aloe on someone’s sore ass. He seemed totally out of his element. I liked it though. Glancing up, he caught me watching him and grimaced.
“Don’t enjoy this too much or I’ll be the one spanking your ass next time.”
“Whatever you say, Daire.” When our eyes met through the mirror, I winked.
That earned me a slap on my sore ass cheeks. Worth it.
After putting aloe on my ass, Daire surprised me further by dabbing some gently on the initials he’d carved into my skin. The letters were small, tiny really. The meaning behind them was huge.
I wanted to be mad about it, and I was, yet I was also tired and confused. I should not be okay with any of this.
“Should I order pizza or something?” Cash studied a food app on his phone. “What do you want, Clover?”
I accepted the clean bathrobe Daire handed me, wrapping it around my body. I tried to ignore the ankle monitor locked around my leg. “A noodle bowl with veggies and peanut sauce would be good. Unless you’re set on pizza.”
“Whatever you want. Anything else?”
We were downstairs in the living room when the food arrived. I was suddenly ravenous at the aroma. Sitting on the couch proved a little difficult with my sore ass. I made it work. The soft surface helped.
“Where the hell is Blaze? He should be back by now.” Daire scowled at his phone as he typed a text.
Cash took a large bite of pizza. He’d ordered what we both wanted. “Probably stopped off somewhere else. He’ll be back soon.”
“It’s been over an hour.” The frown etched in Daire’s brow deepened as he stared at his phone, awaiting a reply.