Book #3 of Dueling Desires Series
Dangerous Games
Grace Watson
The campus glowed with the last light of evening, and I hurried toward the library, arms full of case studies. Just another night of work - and coffee.
As I rounded a corner, my path was blocked by none other than Nash Dubois, campus flirt and walking headache, lounging against the doorway with that smug, annoyingly handsome smirk.
"Grace Watson," he drawled in that infuriatingly smooth French accent, glancing at my books. "Burning the midnight oil, as always?"
"And you're loitering, as always," I shot back, stepping to move past him. But, of course, he blocked my way again, grinning.
He tilted his head, eyes glinting. "Loitering? No, observing. Do you ever not have a book in your hand?"
I rolled my eyes. "Some of us have priorities, unlike those who drift through life playing music and... distracting people."
His smirk deepened, leaning in just a little. "Ah, so serious. It's almost tragic, really." He paused. "But you look cute when you're mad, chérie."
I felt my cheeks warm. "Save it for someone who cares, Dubois." I pushed past him, ignoring the smug glint in his eyes as he called after me.
"One day, Grace," he said, voice low and teasing, "you might just let someone see past that shield."
Ignoring the twist in my stomach, I shook my head and stepped into the library. Nash Dubois was nothing but trouble - a complication I had zero interest in. Or at least that's what I told myself, even as his words lingered in my mind.
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I look at Ace and see him already heading towards me with an emotionless face. Ace reaches down and plucks me up off the floor.
"I told you not to let anyone in here." Ace snaps at me.
"I didn't let him in here! He just shoved his way in!" I tell Ace, while giving him a disbelieving look.
"You're still getting punished." Ace tells me. My eyes grew wide.
"W-w-what!?" I stuttered out. I was confused, how was he going to punish me.
"You shouldn't have opened the door." Ace told me. The next thing I knew Ace was pulling me with him over to the couch. I was so confused as I watched him sit down on the couch. I opened my mouth to ask him what he was going to do but Ace pulled me down over his lap, making my ass go up in the air. My eyes went wide once I realized what he meant by punishment.
"Ace! Don't you dare-Ahhh" Ace didn't let me even finish before he cut me off with a hard slap to my ass. I cried out at the sting of the slap.
"Ace what the fuc-"
"Shut up!... This is your punishment. You're going to count out loud with every spank and if you don't, I'll restart. Do you understand?" Ace tells me. I knew he meant it, so I nodded my head yes.
"Words MJ." Ace demands. I glared at the floor for a minute before answering him.
"Yes, I understand." I answered through clenched teeth.
"Good girl." Ace says before his palm comes down on my ass making me cry out again but this time, he rubbed my sore cheek. (Cover is AI it's fake.)