She sniffled. “You can? You promise?”
“Yep.” He drew her back so he could look down into her face. “But what I want to know is why you were opening the package in the first place?”
“Oh, umm, well . . .” Drat. She’d kind of dug herself into a hole.
“Vivi,” he said sternly.
“Fine. I was just gonna eat two. That’s all. It’s not fair to give me jelly beans and then say I can’t eat them. That’s just torture! It’s cruel and unusual punishment!”
He snorted. “Oh, that wasn’t punishment. That’s what you’re about to receive for disobeying Daddy.”
“What? Nooo!” she wailed as he undid the buckles on her overalls then pulled them down and off her feet, leaving her standing there in her panties and T-shirt.
Taking hold of her hand, he led her to her desk. “Bend over the desk, jelly bean.”
“Daddy, no, please! It’s not fair. I didn’t even get to eat any.”
“But the intent was still there, wasn’t it?” he said sternly as he gently but firmly had her bend over the desk. “And that’s just the same as if you had eaten them.”
She really didn’t think it was.
He drew her panties down over her cheeks and started spanking her poor bottom. The smacks weren’t particularly hard, but she thought the punishment was worthy of her loudest wails.
“Are you trying to let everyone in the palace know that you’re being punished?” Caleb asked.
Well. That shut her up.
When her bottom was throbbing and hot, and she was sobbing, tears running down her face, he helped her stand. Grabbing some tissues, he wiped her face clean.
“There, there. It’s all right. You just got a small spanking. Shh.”
“T-that wasn’t a s-small spanking!” she wailed. “That hurt!”
“I can give you a big spanking if you’d like to compare them,” he replied.
Nope. She wouldn’t like that at all.
To her surprise, he took hold of her hand and led her over to the corner.
“Daddy, no!”
“Yep, ten minutes of corner time for you, while I pick up these jelly beans.”
“Does that mean I gets them back?” she asked hopefully.
“Not a chance.”
Ohhh. That was so unfair. Such a meanie.
She sniffled as she leaned her forehead against the corner.
“Stick out that bottom,” he commanded. He pulled her panties completely off and her face flamed at the sight she knew she had to make. “And no fidgeting. If you fidget, the clock starts all over again.”
So she stayed very still as he moved around the room, picking up all the naughty jelly beans. Finally, he called out the words she’d been waiting for.
“Come to Daddy, jelly bean. Time for a hug.”
She flew into his arms. Where she belonged.