He stared at her, his gaze sweeping over her from head to foot. She glared, fury sparking in her violet eyes while he took her in. He approached her a...d reached out a hand to stroke her cheek. She slapped his hand away. ‘Don’t touch me,’ she hissed. He gave her a surprised look and with a chuckle turned away. ‘The formidable female pirate, Catherine Veleslav. I can hardly believe my good luck at catching you so woefully and uncharacteristically unprepared. I will be quite the hero when I return. "I wanted to apologisefor my lateness, again." My punishments are that effective, huh?" Adam said. "I'm glad to seeyou've turned yourself around for the day." He waited a moment, saw thelook of hesitation on Melody's face. "What is it Melody? I can see you'rehiding something." Oh, it isn't much, Sir. I just... was thinking about my punishmentSir..." She paused. "I was wondering if it could be used today Sir, whileI work. So I have more incentive." Melody couldn't believe what she wassaying, it. And I fully expect to be called out for my own hypocrisy when it rears its ugly head.”“What hypocrisy?”“I wasn’t thinking about anything specific, but I’m sure, in some way, I’ve acted hypocritically.”“That would be news to me and everyone else.”“And yet, it’s likely true. In any event, I still have to figure out what to do about Elizaveta.”“Do you think she’s going to call it off?”“I think, more likely, she’d expect ME to call it off if I knew she was uncomfortable. And she’d be right, at. Hope readers will enjoy it more and continue to give feedback so I can make improvements to the way I tell the story. For this part, I’ve taken away most embellishments and expansions of the original story, so what you’re reading now is closer to the truth. (Unlike the rather unpopular club scene in Part 2-1 which was purely added for dramatization) I’ll also try to add more detail into the story; especially for the sex scenes, as some people have requested. Whenever my mum went out over the.