Biting her lip, she nodded.
“I don’t expect to know all your secrets right away, but I can’t abide lies. That’s a trigger for me. You’ll tell me when you’re ready. That will do for the moment. There might be more later. Any hard limits?”
No name-calling. Or humiliation.
“That won’t ever happen.”
No blood or scars.
Fuck. He wouldn’t want to make her bleed anyway. He wasn’t a sadist or that hard core.
“But spanking with my hand is fine? Maybe later with a paddle or the belt, that okay?”
She nodded shyly. Yes.
“We need to figure out a way you can safeword. Maybe a squeaky toy during punishment.”
She nodded, looking shy.
“How about this? We’ll go for a swim then I’ll read one of your books to you. Tonight is your quiz night, right? You still want to go?”
Excitement filled her face and he was glad he hadn’t told her she couldn’t go. It had been tempting. She’d be safer here, but he didn’t want to take away everything from her.
Yes.
“Meet you downstairs in fifteen. Don’t go into the water without me.”