Even though his expression looked solemn, I knew that he was pleased with the words I uttered.

"Do you still remember your safe word?" he asked. He even took a blindfold on the bedside table and covered my eyes.

"Yes..." I said softly.

"Tell me."

"Orchid." My favorite flower...

Desmond bent me down until the cheeks of my bottom were exposed to him. I shivered in delight when he teasingly grazed the tip of the crop to my bottom.

"Have you missed the pain, seraphim?" Desmond asked darkly before he hit the other cheek of my bottom.

Biting my lower lip, as my arousal heightened from having my eyes covered,...