Chapter 25

I flash my brightest smile as I head into Jackson's office. "Your coffee, sir." I walk around to his side of the desk and stand too close as I lean over like a sex kitten to deliver it. His secretary gapes in the doorway.

"Watch it, kitten or I'll punish you here, too," he growls in an undertone.

"What?" I ask innocently. "Cancel all my appointments and close the door, Vanessa. We have a situation to deal with here," he says to his secretary as he opens his desk and pulls out a wooden ruler.

He lays it on the desk between us, shooting me a meaningful look. Despite it all- Despite the lack of sleep and worrying sick over Mémé, Despite my daunting task of getting the thumb drive, a charge of pure sexual desire runs through me.

Hell, yes, he can spank me again.

He's going to want to do far worse when he realizes what I'm going to do. And that through sobers the lust right out of me.

I hold out my palm. "Thumb drive.?"

I'm really not sure he's going to hand it to me, but, after a momen