"Damn straight I would have. I don't know what the hell his problem is, but he came very close to finding himself on the streets today."
Her smile was gone. She looked conflicted. She finally spoke. "Robert and I dated briefly last year. It's men like him that are the reason I find it hard to trust you, Sean. The second Robert found out about my field of study, I became the focus of his ridicule. There are so many people who don't understand. Add to it that he has the maturity of a ten-year-old and it was a recipe for disaster."
"Wait. You dated that asshole?"
"Sometimes I'm not as smart as I look."
"Hey, enough of that. I've noticed you like to put yourself down. I don't like it."
"Now you sound like my brother, Troy."
"Smart man. I'm glad to know I have help to remind you how amazing you are. In fact, that would be one of my first rules... you know... if we were... "
"If we were what?" She looked hopeful.
"If you were mine, Traci, rule number one would be that you had to stop putting yourself down and thinking the worst of yourself. You had yourself almost paralyzed with fear over this presentation and look how great it turned out."
Her breathing became shallow. He didn't put it together at first, but as he watched her brown eyes dilate and felt her starting to wiggle in his lap, he began to understand where Traci's thoughts had drifted. He decided to test his theory. "Would you like to know what would happen if I caught you putting yourself down, Traci?"
"I'm not sure."
He brushed a stray hair from her face and placed it behind her ear as he watched her reaction. "Oh, I think you know, don't you? I'd have to take you over my knee and warm up this beautiful ass of yours that I've been feeling up through your dress every chance I get. I have a confession."
"What's that?" It was barely a whisper.
"I've always been an ass man. All this talk about corporal punishment and thinking of you submitting to spankings has had me turned on all day. Maybe that's not the way DD is supposed to work, but I can't help it."
"Actually, that's exactly the way DD is supposed to work. That's part of the intimacy."
"So you don't think I'm an ogre for wanting to learn more about your area of expertise?
Maybe try this whole spanking thing out?"
"Are you kidding me? I never thought you'd be into it at all."
"Let's be clear. I'm not one-hundred percent sure that I am. All I know is I'm curious and I'm willing to try."
"You'd do that? For me?"
"I want to be with you, Traci."
That had obviously been the right thing to say. Traci leaned forward and allowed him to capture her in a kiss. Sean's hand brushed her breast, which dragged a long moan from her lips. He palmed her through her dress and bra and enjoyed how she filled his large hand perfectly. He felt her hardened nipple straining to escape the confines of her clothing.
Traci ground against his lap and caused the best kind of torture with friction against his rock-hard cock. She had to feel it under her as they continued to kiss passionately.
They eventually came up for air, both breathless as they stayed pressed together at their foreheads, each struggling to slow things down.
Sean spoke first. "I'm sorry, but Ashley is just down the hall."
"Don't apologize. I understand. We need to set a good example."
"Right. I mean we can't... at least not here."
"But... maybe..."
"It is a hotel, after all."
They both jumped to their feet, urgent to relocate. They were in the elevator in less than a minute and once there, Sean pulled her into his arms again. He was unwilling to wait the few extra minutes before resuming where they had left off.
