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I reached for the file and flipped it open, holding my breath the entire time.
I glanced down at the papers. It was all there. Everything. All of my juvenile records were present, and the fact that I was a Murphy was front and center.
“You lied to me, Riley. You had every chance in the world to come clean to me, yet you didn’t. You chose to keep me in the dark,” he continued and with every word, I felt smaller and smaller.
He was right. I had had plenty of opportunities to come clean to him, but I hadn’t.
“But… Daddy…” I began, and he shook his head. Immediately, whatever I was about to say died on my tongue.
“So, tonight, you and I are going to have a very long discussion about what happens to little girls who lie to their daddies instead of the sweet movie date I had planned,” he warned, and I took a step back.
My stomach nearly leapt out of my throat.
“Can’t we just skip all that and go right to the movie instead?” I tried and he shook his head, the movement slow and steady and definitive.
“I will happily watch a movie with you tonight, but I have a feeling that I’m going to need to put you to bed a very sore and very sorry little girl by the time I’m through with you,” he answered, and my mouth went dry.
My ass clenched at the same time.
“I didn’t mean to lie,” I said, chewing the inside of my cheek.
He raised a single brow and my face instantly heated. It was like he could read my mind and that made me even more nervous than I was already.
It had seemed like a good idea at the time. Then, after, it became too difficult to tell the truth.
“Okay, so maybe I did, but I just… Daddy, please, can we not talk about this and instead talk about something else? We could watch that movie, or do something else… anything else,” I pleaded.
I was rambling and I knew it, but the words were flowing from my lips before I could stop them.
Maxim just shook his head.
“No. We can’t do that.”
My tummy clenched in anticipation.
“Yes, we can. I promise,” I tried, but he shook his head again, the movement firm and unyielding.
“Not this time. Now, tell Daddy why you lied to him about who you really are,” he answered.
“I-I wasn’t sure I could trust you yet,” I stammered.
“Do you trust Daddy now, little girl?” he asked, his eyes holding mine, the warmth in them unmistakable.
“Yes, Daddy,” I whispered.
“Then why keep this from Daddy for so long, baby girl?”
“I don’t know,” I muttered, feeling guiltier by the second.
In that moment, the fact that I was going to be punished tonight became crystal clear. I took another step back, wanting to flee, but also knowing that there was nowhere to go even if the opportunity presented itself.
“No running, baby girl,” he chided, and I looked at the floor again before glancing back at his tall ominous form.
“I don’t want a spanking,” I said, my voice sounding as small as I felt.
“Come here, Riley-girl,” he coaxed.
He reached his hand out toward me, and I instinctively reached back, slipping my palm into his. He wrapped his palm around mine, squeezing tight, and I shivered, a little tremble moving straight through me.
