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to figure out what she’s kneeling on. My eyes wander around the kitchen and while I see various boxes of things, I can’t pin point it.
“It’s uncooked rice,” Dex tells me.
I cock my head.
“When it’s dry, and you kneel on it, it hurts like a bitch.”
“But I thought she liked pain.”
“Pet?”
“I do, sir, but I enjoy pain that brings me pleasure. This brings me no pleasure, sir.”
“Ahh,” I say, understanding that this is a punishment for what she’s done, whatever the case may be, that made Dex mad.
“Can you give me a minute?” Dex asks softly and I nod.
“I’ll go put my stuff away.”
Dex nods and I leave the kitchen, leaving him to handle Raine in a way that he sees fit. All I hear as I’m leaving is the sound of Dex’s shoes on the rice as it crunches under his feet and I shudder. I cannot imagine that would feel very good at all.
When I’m done putting my duffle bag, my laptop and finally my gun bag into the bedroom, I return hesitantly to the kitchen and when I come to stand in the doorway, Dex has his arms wrapped around Raine and she is snuggling into him. If he was mad and punished her, this is a side I do not understand.
After a couple of heartbeats, Dex tilts her chin up and claims her mouth in a chaste, yet ridiculously passionate kiss that I almost turn away from before he releases her. “Thank you, Master,” she says and her voice is lighter, the opposite of what it was a few minutes ago while kneeling on the rice.
“Thank you, pet,” he tells her with a smile. “Now, can you finish dinner?”
“Yes, Master.”
“Say hi to Beck.” She turns toward me, a smile spread across her face, almost like she’s been replaced with someone happier and more like the Raine I know in a matter of minutes. Almost as though her punishment didn’t happen.
“Hi Beck.” She smiles a little wider. “How are you?”
I give her a skeptical look. “I’m fine, and you?”
“Perfect.” She smiles again before going back to the stove. The rice is cleaned up off the floor as she walks through that part of the kitchen.
I shake my head in disbelief. “Punishment and reward,” Dex states matter of factly. “Something was bothering her, which is why she was getting snippy with me. Rather than discuss it with me, she got snippy, which is why she was punished. The idea is to teach her to communicate with me, rather than let things bottle up inside her.” He smiles as he watches her at the stove. “We have this discussion about once a week. Though in most cases it doesn’t result in rice punishment.”
“I don’t know how you can do that to her.”
He gives me a knowing smile. “I can’t. But I know, just like she knows, that communication is very important to both of us and our relationship and when she holds things back from me it can cause more tension than necessary.” He leans on the island between us. “In this case, what was bothering her was the packing and making sure we had everything together but rather than sharing that concern with me so that I could help her, she got pissy.” Raine slumps in sadness as she works on dinner. “Ordering me around is not something I take very kindly to, is it, pet?”
“No, Master.”
“So, she refused to tell me what was bothering her when I gave her the chance to do so, which means that she got punished until she told me. But in this case, she spilled the beans in an attempt to avoid the rice.” He snickers at the memory in his head. “But it didn’t work, did it, pet?”
“It never does,” she mutters.
“What was that?” He pushes up off of the counter. It’s almost like watching a spooked cat whose hackles rise on the back of its neck.
“I’m sorry, Master. No, it didn’t work, Master.”
Dex lets the subject drop and he goes over to help her finish up and plate dinner. It’s nothing fancy, spaghetti with meatballs
“It’s uncooked rice,” Dex tells me.
I cock my head.
“When it’s dry, and you kneel on it, it hurts like a bitch.”
“But I thought she liked pain.”
“Pet?”
“I do, sir, but I enjoy pain that brings me pleasure. This brings me no pleasure, sir.”
“Ahh,” I say, understanding that this is a punishment for what she’s done, whatever the case may be, that made Dex mad.
“Can you give me a minute?” Dex asks softly and I nod.
“I’ll go put my stuff away.”
Dex nods and I leave the kitchen, leaving him to handle Raine in a way that he sees fit. All I hear as I’m leaving is the sound of Dex’s shoes on the rice as it crunches under his feet and I shudder. I cannot imagine that would feel very good at all.
When I’m done putting my duffle bag, my laptop and finally my gun bag into the bedroom, I return hesitantly to the kitchen and when I come to stand in the doorway, Dex has his arms wrapped around Raine and she is snuggling into him. If he was mad and punished her, this is a side I do not understand.
After a couple of heartbeats, Dex tilts her chin up and claims her mouth in a chaste, yet ridiculously passionate kiss that I almost turn away from before he releases her. “Thank you, Master,” she says and her voice is lighter, the opposite of what it was a few minutes ago while kneeling on the rice.
“Thank you, pet,” he tells her with a smile. “Now, can you finish dinner?”
“Yes, Master.”
“Say hi to Beck.” She turns toward me, a smile spread across her face, almost like she’s been replaced with someone happier and more like the Raine I know in a matter of minutes. Almost as though her punishment didn’t happen.
“Hi Beck.” She smiles a little wider. “How are you?”
I give her a skeptical look. “I’m fine, and you?”
“Perfect.” She smiles again before going back to the stove. The rice is cleaned up off the floor as she walks through that part of the kitchen.
I shake my head in disbelief. “Punishment and reward,” Dex states matter of factly. “Something was bothering her, which is why she was getting snippy with me. Rather than discuss it with me, she got snippy, which is why she was punished. The idea is to teach her to communicate with me, rather than let things bottle up inside her.” He smiles as he watches her at the stove. “We have this discussion about once a week. Though in most cases it doesn’t result in rice punishment.”
“I don’t know how you can do that to her.”
He gives me a knowing smile. “I can’t. But I know, just like she knows, that communication is very important to both of us and our relationship and when she holds things back from me it can cause more tension than necessary.” He leans on the island between us. “In this case, what was bothering her was the packing and making sure we had everything together but rather than sharing that concern with me so that I could help her, she got pissy.” Raine slumps in sadness as she works on dinner. “Ordering me around is not something I take very kindly to, is it, pet?”
“No, Master.”
“So, she refused to tell me what was bothering her when I gave her the chance to do so, which means that she got punished until she told me. But in this case, she spilled the beans in an attempt to avoid the rice.” He snickers at the memory in his head. “But it didn’t work, did it, pet?”
“It never does,” she mutters.
“What was that?” He pushes up off of the counter. It’s almost like watching a spooked cat whose hackles rise on the back of its neck.
“I’m sorry, Master. No, it didn’t work, Master.”
Dex lets the subject drop and he goes over to help her finish up and plate dinner. It’s nothing fancy, spaghetti with meatballs
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