She slowly took it and stood up as gracefully as she could. He led her over to the spanking bench that was off to the side of the room. Her heart began to flutter in her chest as her breathing picked up. He watched how goosebumps appeared all over her skin and he brought her hand up to brush his lips along her knuckles. "Adalee told me that you weren't paying very good attention to her earlier." Carter placed her hands on the soft leather material along the back of the spanking bench. "That you are behind on learning the software, yet I know you are excelling at everything else." "I'm sorry." Ariana gasped as he slowly shifted his foot between her heels and suddenly nudged to the right, causing her legs to part. "I need you to focus more, okay?" Carter lightly flicked the leather end