“Careful, sweetheart. I’m on the last of my willpower as it is.”
I massage him through his pants, feeling him grow even bigger beneath my curious fingers. “Good.” I give him one last rub before pulling my hand away, smiling when he narrows his eyes even more. “You don’t scare me anymore.”
Before I’ve barely gotten the sentence out, he’s picked me up and pinned me against the lockers, pressing the hard length of him against me. I cup his face, running my fingers through his soft beard.
“You still don’t scare me,” I say, leaning closer and giving his bottom lip a soft bite. “I know you’d never hurt me, Sasha.”
“You’re wrong about that,” he says, making my heart speed up as I search his eyes. “Spankings hurt, and I’m looking forward to turning that little ass of yours red as soon as we get home.”
He laughs at the shocked look I give him. “That’ll give you something to think about while you work.” He digs his fingers into my ass, squeezing me hard enough to make me gasp. “That’s nothing compared to what I’m going to do to you later.”
When he sets me down, I let out a shaky breath and seriously think about just quitting and walking out the door with him. I’ve always been a rule follower, a good girl, and good girls don’t get spanked, but there’s no denying how badly I want one. Aleksandr’s deep laugh snaps me out of the fantasy that starts brewing in my head. I hurry up and drop off my purse and our coats into my locker and pull him out of the room with me, giving a smile to the two cops who are looking just as bored as when we left them.
I’m a few minutes late when we get to the toy department. Jess is already behind the register, and as soon as she sees me walk up with Aleksandr, her eyes widen in shock even though she tries hard to hide it. I give her a wave, and before I know it, she’s crossed the distance and is smiling at me and eyeing the man beside me with open curiosity. I can’t say I blame her. He’s eye-catching. There’s no doubt about that.
“Hey, Jess,” I say, giving her a smile. “I kind of have some news.”
Before I can say anything she looks down and sees the wedding ring on my left hand.
“Holy shit, did you get married?”
“She did,” Aleksandr cuts in with a smile. “Hi, I’m Aleksandr, her husband.”
Jess’s mouth falls open, and it’s the first time I’ve ever seen her speechless. “Hi,” she manages to say after several awkward seconds of silence. “I had no idea you were even seeing anyone.”
Aleksandr kisses my temple. “We wanted to keep it a secret, but we couldn’t wait any longer. I finally convinced her to elope yesterday.”
“Wow,” Jess says, toying with the white fringe of the skirt that’s identical to mine. “I mean, congratulations and all that. You know I’m not a super big fan of marriage.” She gives a dramatic eye roll that makes us both laugh. “But I can see how happy the two of you are. You’ve obviously been in love a long time.”
I don’t say anything, just smile and feel myself blush. Aleksandr laughs and runs a finger along my flaming cheek. He leans down and whispers in my ear, “That’s the exact color I’m going to make your ass later.”
When he pulls back, my face is even redder. He smiles and says, “No, this one’s even better.”
Jess has no idea what we’re talking about, but a customer comes up for help so she doesn’t get a chance to ask any questions. While she’s helping them, I tell Aleksandr again that he can go home if he needs to.
“I’m staying. When do you get lunch?”
“Noon,” I tell him, groaning when I see a large family headed our way.
He smiles and gives me another kiss. “I’ll come get you and we can have lunch together. Have fun,lisichka.” When he sees how much I don’t want to be stuck here for the next six hours, he says, “Don’t worry, baby. This will be your last day working here.”
“What about the two weeks thing?”
“They can find someone else. I don’t want you working here anymore. No one gets to see my wife in her cute elf costume but me.”
He gives me a wink and walks off, leaving me horny and missing him already. I try to keep track of him, but he disappears into the crowd, and I’m soon so busy that I don’t have time to worry about anything except helping customers and trying to keep them all happy and satisfied. When there’s a lull right before lunch, Jess comes over and bumps my shoulder, giving a soft laugh.
“You sly dog, you.”
“What are you talking about?” I ask, returning her smile.
“Oh please. You always acted so sweet and innocent, and this whole time you’ve been banging some sexy, older dude with a neck tat.”
I laugh but don’t admit that I’m not actually banging anyone, unfortunately. Instead, I say, “Yeah, he is pretty great. He wants me to quit now that we’re married.”
“Oh my God, do it. Why are you even waiting? I’d walk out right this second if I could.”
“I feel bad. I don’t want to leave everyone in a lurch.”