“That’s because you are important,” he responded, sounding exasperated. His hand rested on her drawer-clad bottom. He pressed his other hand against her hip and drew her in close to his body. He rubbed her bottom in circles, and his touch felt very good before he landed two hard swats, one on each cheek. “You’ll never feel unimportant with me if I can help it. I’ll work to show you every day how important you are. Even by punishing you, I’m showing it. I wouldn’t be able to bear it if something happened to you, so I’ll spank you if it means that next time you’ll reconsider doing something foolish.” He swatted her bottom several times to make his point.
Lily felt tears coming to her eyes, not from the heat of the spanking, but from the warm feelings flooding her heart. “All right, Jesse.” She sniffled. “No one’s ever cared about me so much. I’m not used to it.”
“You’ll get used to it, Lily. You’ll get used to me caring, and you’ll get used to obeying, hopefully very soon to avoid spending time like this over my knee.” Jesse brought his hand down smartly again and again, and soon Lily felt the sting build to a very uncomfortable level.
After what seemed like an eternity of unrelenting swats, he paused. “Disobedient young ladies get spanked on their bare bottom. You disregarded an order meant to keep you safe, and that’s the worst kind of disobedience.” He pulled the ribbon of her drawers, loosening them from her waist.
Lily stiffened. She recalled the feeling of the earlier spanking on her bare skin, which caused a sting even without much force behind it. She wailed. “Please, no, Jesse. You’re spanking me hard. It hurts enough, I promise. Please, can you leave my drawers on?”
“Not this time, honey. I’m being hard on you for a reason.” He shoved the material to her ankles. His hand cracked down, and the loud slaps on her naked flesh echoed against the walls of the barn. “I don’t want to have to punish you for reckless disobedience again, Lily.”
Pain and embarrassment vied for the strongest feeling. Pain won. She twisted, trying to move the swats to any area besides the spot that seemed to be getting the most attention, which was the lowest part of her right cheek. Each time his hand struck, the burn magnified. She wouldn’t have been able to keep herself in place if he wasn’t holding her down.
His voice was very stern when he paused to speak again. “Don’t you dare disobey me again, especially when it has to do with your safety. Do you hear me, young lady?”
“Yes, sir.”
Jesse resumed the spanking, smacking her even harder than before. She shed tears when he lowered the punishment to her thighs.
“Not on my legs, Jesse! That hurts so much.”
He kept spanking. “It’s supposed to hurt. And you know that, don’t you?” he asked, a gentle tone carrying his words even as his hand connected hard with her bare skin.
“Yes,” she whimpered.
The smacks continued. “And you know it’s for your own good, to teach you a lesson?”
She wailed her response in between smacks. “Yes.”
He brought the punishment to a halt. “Then thank me for your spanking and ask me to continue teaching you this lesson in obedience.”
“Oh,” she moaned, heat flushing her face. She felt horribly embarrassed at the thought of repeating his words, but his tone of voice along with her position over his lap didn’t allow for much argument. “Thank you for spanking me,” she said, and threw her hands over her face, though he couldn’t see it anyway while it was pointed to the ground.
“And?” he prodded.
“Please… Please continue teaching me this lesson.”
“Good girl,” he said, before resuming the punishment. She didn’t complain again other than to cry and yelp, not wanting to be forced to utter more embarrassing words, which was almost as awful as the spanking itself.
His hand finally settled, and she dared to hope he was finished.
“Are you going to disobey me again, Lily?” he asked quietly.
“No, sir,” she said, matching his quiet voice in her meek answer.
“I planned to give you a strapping, but I think I’ve gotten through to you enough.”
She looked back at him with wide eyes, unable to fathom how painful a strapping would feel after such a thorough spanking with his hand. His gaze back at her was gentle and forgiving, and she resolved to do whatever she could to keep it that way. She never wanted to see disappointment or anger on his face again.
He helped her to her feet and gathered her into his arms. He set her on his left knee with her skirts still a wrinkled heap around her waist. Her drawers hung around her ankles, and her bare bottom burned against the rough fabric of his trousers. That was all forgotten when he kissed her.
He pulled away after a few moments. “I need to get you to the cabin. Your parents are probably wondering where you are.”
Lily gazed at him, filled with desire and longing she didn’t understand. “No, Jesse, we can stay. They probably don’t even notice I’m gone.”
Jesse shook his head and furrowed his brows. He stood and planted Lily on her feet. “Still, I want to get you home now. Pull up your drawers, honey.”