Spanking Romance Stories - Punished Wives Collection (17 page)

“
Thank you,” she whispered.

He looked off into the distance. April’s family members were leaving as a group. Some of Caleb’s family and friends walked them to their cars calling, “Goodbye” and “Come back and see us sometime!”.

“
I really want you to meet my family since we’re not likely to be down this way again for awhile. Do to you feel up to it?” Her hands flew to her hair and she blinked in an effort to dry her tears. She must look horrible. “Come on. You look fine. We’ll just be a little while and then we’ll head home. You can sleep in the car, okay?”

“
Okay,” she agreed and allowed him to lead her in the direction of his family. Even though her head pounded her heart felt much lighter.

CHAPTER 5

Shoshana studied her reflection in the mirror, her stomach churning with nerves. She turned to the side. She had to admit she looked patriotic in a nice sort of way with her blue skirt covered with little white flowers, white peasant blouse and red scarf that served as a belt.

One of the nicer things about being married to Cameron was the ability to buy pretty clothing. He was very generous with her. She smoothed the flimsy fabric of the skirt. It had cost more than she’d ever dreamed she would pay for a piece of clothing, but Cameron had encouraged her to buy it. Now she was glad she had.

She felt her face flush when her husband came up behind her, but she grinned. He placed his hand on her behind and nodded his approval.

He winked at her. “Good girl.”

She wore no underwear as he had requested. She was sure she’d blush all evening.

Shoshana had to work to still the trembling of her hands when they finally drove up the winding brick-paved driveway of his parents’ home. She hurriedly opened her purse and pulled out a brush which she worked through her hair. Maybe she should have worn it up. It was quite warm out and it would probably burn her up all evening. She sighed as she looked around for a stray scrunchy to pull it back with just in case. Finally she found a white one in the glove compartment of Cameron’s car and wore it on her wrist.

Several of Cameron’s family members were already present and in their swimsuits. The party wasn’t scheduled to begin until half past seven, but at six it was already going full swing. Pop music blasted above the squeals coming from the direction of the pool where several young people splashed around. A couple of Cameron’s cousins walked by with open beers in their hands, their bikinis so skimpy that Shoshana averted her eyes. Rona wore thong bottoms with hers. What was Cameron’s father thinking in allowing his teenage daughter to appear in that before his co-workers who were scheduled to arrive later in the evening?

Shoshana swallowed her nerves and allowed herself to be led inside the house where Cameron’s mother and aunt sat around the table. As usual, Aunt Florence let her eyes roam up and down Shoshana’s body and then dismissed her as if she were unimportant.

“
Hello, Cameron,” she said.

He lightly kissed her cheek. “Aunt Florence.” He kissed his mother as well. “Hi, Mom.”

“
We were just discussing April,” Aunt Florence said as she pulled the curtain back from the French doors that led out onto the deck. “
You
look at her, Cameron, and tell me if there’s anything wrong with what she’s wearing.”

Cameron peered out the window at his sister, his brow furrowed in puzzlement. April stood alone near the side of the pool. She wore a two piece swimsuit that Shoshana considered just a bit racy but was much more decent than what the other poolside girls wore. She looked miserable, her mouth drawn down in a pout as she cast a sidelong glance toward Caleb. Shoshana sighed. She knew Caleb would definitely not approve of his girlfriend appearing in public with so little clothing.

Cameron shrugged. “She looks fine to me. Why?”

Cameron’s mother snorted. “I wish you’d tell that to your
brother
-
in
-
law
. He’s done nothing but make April miserable since she got here. I am so tired of his... ” She bit her lip and closed her eyes. Her nostrils flared when she turned back to Shoshana, her gaze raking over her new outfit. “I don’t suppose you’re going to wear a swimsuit either, are you? She gritted her teeth and shook her head. “You people could find sin in anything.”

Shoshana felt heat creep up her neck and into her face as her temper flared. She opened her mouth to blast her mother-in-law when she felt Cameron’s hand through the thin fabric of her skirt come to rest lightly on her behind. Abruptly she closed her mouth, her heart fluttering a bit at how close she’d come to earning herself a spanking. Her husband had warned her before they came that he wouldn’t hesitate to take her to his old room and blister her bottom should she fail to control her tongue. He’d even made her carry his paddle in her oversized purse just in case. She drew a deep, quivering breath.

His hand moved up around her waist and he pulled her close. “Shana swims at home all she wants, Mom,” Cameron said. “and honestly, I prefer my wife cover her body rather than expose it to all my co-workers.”

Shoshana gave him a grateful smile while both his mother and Aunt Florence sputtered indignation that a woman should not have the right to wear whatever she pleased. As Cameron led her outside onto the deck she sent up a prayer that she’d make it through the evening with her tongue controlled and her bottom unscathed.

Caleb sat at the side of the pool in a lounge chair and watched April from behind his dark sunglasses. His jaw clenched when he noticed several young men, all friends of Rona, watched her as well. April stepped up onto the diving board and walked slowly to the end. Her face still wore a hurt expression from their earlier disagreement over her new swimsuit, yet still she looked pretty as a picture.

Since her father was aloof from his daughter and her mother emphasized her brains more than her looks, he had come to believe that April honestly did not realize how beautiful she really was. She constantly found flaws with her appearance and had no confidence at all where her looks were concerned. He sighed. He didn’t know whether to hug her or spank her because of it.

His mouth thinned into a line when he saw her bend to touch her toes, showing a good portion of her bottom in the process.

“
Man, she’s hot,” he heard one of the teenage boys say.

She walked out to the end of the diving board and bounced a couple of times high into the air. Then she did a flip, nearly hitting her head on the board, and came down into a dive that appeared much too deep for the backyard pool.

“
April!” he heard her mother gasp.

Her father stood to his feet and watched her swim to the side. “April, honey, don’t do that again. It’s not safe.”

“
It’s okay, Dad. I’ve done it lots of times.” She walked back around to the diving board and climbed the steps.

“
April, don’t you dare do that again!” her mother called above the music that still blared. Her daughter glanced at her but didn’t pause as she walked to the end of the board.

Caleb stood to his feet and walked to the side of the pool. “April, don’t do it,” he told her. He knew she heard him because she paused and a shadow of doubt crossed her face. Then her chin lifted and she started to bounce.

His heart lodged in his throat when she again turned the flip, coming closer than ever to hitting her head, and dove deep. His temper flared and he strode to the other side of the pool, meeting his stunned girlfriend as soon as she emerged to climb the ladder.

“
Caleb,” she gasped when he took her arm in an unyielding grasp, “what are you doing?”

He clenched his teeth and led her to the pool house where he propelled her inside, closing and locking the door. Without pause he steered her over to the sofa and jerked her down haphazardly across his knees where he began to slap her bikini-clad bottom with the full force of his arm, wrestling her into better position with his other.

She stiffened and screamed, desperately struggling against his arm that held her. Her cries told him she was terrified rather than angry so he paused in his swats until her panicked struggles ceased and she lay sobbing across his knees.

“
Caleb, let me go,” she pleaded through her sobs.

“
Huh uh. I intend to punish you for risking your safety. I’m just waiting on you to calm down before I finish.”

“
But... but you’ve already... ”

“
Baby, I’ve just gotten started.”

“
Caleb!” she squealed in a high pitched tone. “Please! I swear I’ll never do it again! Please don’t do this.”

“
You were told by your father and your mother and then me not to take that last dive, but you ignored us all. You need to learn a lesson in obedience before you hurt yourself.”

“
No, Caleb, please,” she cried. “It hurts. I... I can’t stand it.”

“
It’s supposed to hurt. That’s why it’s called punishment.” He moved her lower body outwards toward the edge of his right knee and lowered his left knee so that her bottom was positioned in the air.

She started to struggle again. “No!” she wailed when he brought his hand down on her bottom again.

He spanked her with slow, steady strokes. Her bottom clenched and unclenched and writhed back and forth as her legs kicked and wriggled ineffectively, but she didn’t scream again, just sobbed and pleaded with him to stop.

Caleb had spanked his little sisters many times over the years, but he’d never regretted the act so much as he did with April. Her skin seemed too delicate. His hand was so large he left multiple finger prints just where her buttocks met her thighs, and her cries were pitiful. He forced himself to envision that dive and remember how his heart had jumped into his throat when she’d nearly bashed her head on the diving board. The memory set his heart toward teaching her well that she’d better never disobey him again.

“
I’m sorry,” she sobbed over and over again. “Please, Caleb, I’m sorry. Ooww. Please, it hurts. Ooohhh.”

Cries racked her body as she managed to wriggle her upper body a bit sideways and wrap both of her arms awkwardly around his waist, burying her head in his side as if trying to draw comfort from the very one who caused her pain. His resolve melted and he ended the spanking, putting his arms around her instead to draw her into his chest. Her high pitched cries sounded like a child’s and her small body trembled against his uncontrollably. He held her close and kissed the top of her head.

“
It’s over,” he told her. “Shhh. It’s all over now.”

“
Caleb... I’m sorry... ” she sniffled. “I shouldn’t have worn this bathing suit when you didn’t want me to. I... I won’t do it again. And I should have listened to you about the dive. I’m trying... ” Her voice had risen to a nearly a squeal in her distress. She trembled violently and pressed herself closer to him. “Please don’t break up with me. I love you... and I can’t stand it if I lose you. Please?”

“
April,” he breathed, “I wouldn’t have done this if I’d planned on breaking up with you.” He tightened his hold on her. “I love you, too. I’m not going to give you up over something like this... ”

Her tear-stained face rose to his, her eyes wide. “You love me?”

He smiled a bit. “Yes. Of course I do. We’ve been together for... ”

“
But... you never told me. I thought... ”

“
How could I not love you? You are so sweet and absolutely beautiful... ”

More tears filled her eyes. “But you never told me.”

He sighed. “I’m sorry. I should have told you sooner. I guess I’m not very good with the words, but it doesn’t mean I don’t feel them.” She nodded and laid her head against his shoulder. He rubbed her bottom. “Feeling better yet?”

“
It still hurts,” she murmured, “but I won’t ever ignore you again when you tell me not to do something.”

He chuckled and she grinned just a bit. “I’m going to go back outside before your mother comes after me with a stick. You’ll be out when you feel better?”

“
Yes,” she said. “Sir,” she added in a whisper.

He rewarded her with a smile and a gentle kiss. As he left the pool house he began to think maybe he’d ask her to marry him soon.

“
Where’s April?” her mother’s shrill voice demanded from behind when he’d sat on a patio chair.

“
She’ll be out in a minute,” he snapped. It was all he could do not to jerk
her
across his knees. Lord knows she could use a good spanking.

“
Did you upset her again?”

“
You’ll have to ask April that.”