The Little Princess looked at Kai and Xavier. Xavier was miming at her to choose him but Princess’s gaze just passed through him until her eyes fell on the lone man sitting at the far end of the room. She pointed her fingers towards Oliver Qin, surprising everyone except Alexander. Even Oliver himself was a little taken aback, although his face remained blank.
“Nice choice, Little Princess,” Alexander seemed satisfied with her choice. He looked at Oliver with a taunting smile and before Luna could protest, Alexander was already walking towards Oliver. He held Princess’s hand in one hand and the book with the other. Once they stood before the quiet Oliver, Alexander looked down at him with a smile on his face. He bent down and put the book on Olivers lap, almost with a
flourish, before he straightened up. “Take care of Little Princess for a while, Oliver.”
Without even waiting for the man’s response, Alex patted the girl’s head as he inquired of Charles to give Oliver the blanket and pillow. The little Princess smiled and voluntarily jumped on the space next to Oliver. She took the pillow and positioned it as close to Oliver as possible and she quietly settled down as she stared at the man, waiting expectantly for him to start reading to her.
Alexander smiled at the girl’s behavior before she looked at Oliver with a mischievous yet stern look in his eyes. “I’ll leave her to you then, Oliver. Start reading to her now because it’s already quite late,” he said before turning to walk away.
He walked straight towards Luna and grabbed her wrist, dragging her up the stairs. Luna kept looking back at the duo as she was still a bit worried.
“Alex, are you sure? I think it might be better if we leave her with Kai,” she said and Alexander halted on the stairs.
“Stop worrying, Little lamb. Trust me Oliver is the best for babysitting her. I don’t actually trust those two that much. They’ll make her cry or treat her like a doll. She won’t be able to sleep early if she’s with them.”
“But…”
“Shh… look at her. She likes Oliver.
“Don’t worry, Oliver will never harm even a single strand of her hair,” he said and Luna just blinked. Alex’s absolute trust in Oliver was something she expected, regarding this matter.
Luna looked at Princess and when she saw the girl was smiling as she looked up at the cold man. She looked around and saw the butler and maids were also standing by so she felt at ease.
However, her ease only lasted for a few minutes because as soon as the two arrived on the third floor, Luna’s heart began to thump. She began to feel nervous.
Was he really going to punish her? Luna’s steps began to slow. She walked like a turtle while Alex just walked elegantly in front of her, like always, as she followed behind him. When the man finally stopped in front of her room, Luna was a few steps behind him.
He glanced at her before he pushed her room’s door to open and entered like it was his own.
Luuna took a deep breath, not once but thrice, before she entered. Alexander was already sitting on her bed, loosening his neck tie and unbuttoning the first two buttons on his shirt. He was doing that in an outrageously, devastating, sexy and alluring way. His eyes smoldered as he looked at her as he looked at her as he moved gracefully like a magnificent beast.
“Come over, Luna,” he ordered and his deep voice made Luna swallow as she moved slowly towards him.
“Uhm Alex, I can explain. I…” before Luna could continue, Alexander pulled her close. His large hand easily gripped both of her hands while his free hand grabbed her chin.
“Rules are rules, Luna. You broke one of the three so you’ll need to be punished. No excuses,” he whispered and Luna felt chills run down her spine. “I have to teach you a lesson, Luna. I can see you are not taking my simple rules seriously. Did you think I was going to just let it go because this was your first offense? If that’s what you think then you are wrong, little lamb. I’ll have to show you now or else you will think that my rules are nothing but words of bluff.”
The words that resonated in her ear sent small shivers through her body. Luna swallowed again.
“A- are you going to hurt me?” she asked and her lips trembled a little.
Alexander’s lips twisted to a faint smile before it abruptly faded. His eyes blazed with ice code fire, so deadly and dangerous, but at the same time filled with something different that Luna couldn’t fathom.
“Do you want me to hurt you?” he asked and Luna’s throat dried up.
“No, Alex. “She shook her head. Her voice was barely a whisper. The little lamb finally showed a little hint of fear.
“Are you scared?” he asked again as his vivid eyes pierced hers. Nonetheless, Luna looked at him back straight on; her gaze was even deeper than ever.
“A little,” she replied and Alex’s eyes squinted.
“A little, huh… But you’re already expecting me to hurt you, right?”
She nodded. A little.”
“What did you mean by a little, huh, Luna?”
“I think your punishment will hurt me a little.”
A throaty chuckle left Alex’s lips as he grabbed her chin and rubbed her lips gently, not taking his eyes off her not even for a second.
“Tell me what kind of punishment you were expecting?” he asked and a short silence followed.
Luna straightened her tensed shoulders, took one deep breath before she opened her lips and told him what was running through her mind.
“That…you will have me stand there facing the wall for a long time, or have me run a lap for two or three outside, or lock me in my room for a couple of hours, or have me write pages and pages of an apology letter, or have me go clean the backyard…”
Alexander’s smirk had a long fade since she uttered her first phrase. This girl…was she trying to distract him? Did she think that his rules were some kind of classroom rules and now he became a teacher in her eyes?
Despite being rendered speechless once again because of another wired surprise in the middle of this situation, Alexander didn’t let this naive little girl take the better of him.
“Luna, how about spanking? Did that ever come to your mind?” His voice was damn deep and alluring, like the voice of a devil in disguise, luring people to their demise.
“Spanking?”