Daniel had been here, putting her to bed. She blushed as she recalled his threat to spank her. Where was he now? How long ago was that? She looked towards the windows and the sun was streaming through the closed curtains. She frowned. It was dark when he put her to bed. She wondered exactly how long she had slept. Getting out of bed, she changed into a clean set of clothes before heading out of the room. She didn’t know her way around the house and wandered along the hallway, looking into a couple of rooms—which she guessed from the décor were Brett and Kyle’s bedrooms—before finding the bathroom. She then headed downstairs and found Daniel in the kitchen. “Hello sleepy head,” he greeted her. Emily frowned. “How long have I been asleep?” Daniel looked at his watch. “About 16 hours.” Emily gasped and walked over to the fridge. “I’ll make a start on dinner. What would you like?” Daniel took her hand and guided her towards the table, pushing her down into a chair. “Sit down. You’ll need a few days to get used to things. Your body clock won’t know what’s happening with the time difference. I’m sure the climate here is much warmer than you’re used to, as well.” Emily nodded as he poured her a glass of juice and minutes later Kyle and Brett came rushing in, eager to show Emily their playroom. Emily smiled as she let them lead the way. Over the next few weeks Emily quickly settled in. She loved the two boys and she enjoyed spending her days with them. She also liked her new college and quickly made friends. She enjoyed spending time with Daniel and found him really easy to get along with. His mother’s words kept coming back to her and she wondered if he would appreciate her making a pass at him. As she loved her job so much and couldn’t bear to be parted from Daniel and the boys, she decided not to push things. Daniel was a lot happier too. He loved having Emily around. She was so happy and vibrant and was having a very positive effect on Brett and Kyle’s lives, and she was brightening his life up too. She was a wonderful cook and it was nice to come home to a hot meal at the end of the day. He never had time to cook proper meals and his ex-wife had never been much of a cook. Of course he was attracted to Emily, but he was fifteen years older than her and she was his employee. It would be totally inappropriate and not very gentlemanly of him to make a move on her. All the same, he couldn’t help but think about how beautiful she would look laying over his knee with her pretty behind bright pink. He constantly had to fight the urge to take her across his knee, bare her bottom and spank her, even though she never did anything to deserve it. He had a vague idea, based on spanking books and stories he had read years ago, that lots of British girls liked the idea of corporal punishment. He wondered if she shared that interest, but he couldn’t find a way to bring up the subject. He was somewhat relieved that she’d never mentioned the single spank he’d landed over her jeans the night she’d arrived. He guessed she’d simply been so tired that she hadn’t remembered it. That was the first time he’d ever indulged in his desire to spank a woman’s bottom and he’d really had to fight the urge to take her across his knee, bare her bottom and spank her soundly. He shook his head and sighed. Although corporal punishment was still used frequently in some high schools in the state of Texas, he was pretty sure that the law would not look kindly on a boss spanking his employee. That sounded like the kind of thing that would generate a lawsuit, at least… He was a well-respected member of his community and he wondered what people would think if they knew of his fantasies. He was sure Emily would run all the way back to England if she knew what he wanted to do to her.
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A few nights later Daniel came home and had dinner before apologising to Emily and telling her