Chapter 24 by Alex_Jay

What do you tell her?

That's not what your mother pays me for

"The agreement your mother and I have is pretty clear" you say, "three mentorship sessions of forty-five minutes a week. If you were the one paying me, that would of course be a different matter - "

"Okay, but!" she breaks in, "the actual punishment sessions are entirely at your discretion. you wouldn't have to punish me at all if you didn't want to. You have a lot of leeway in how and even when you chastise as part of these sessions. You could expand the scope if you wanted, and I think that would be good".

"Your mother's intentions were quite clear" you tell her, "and I depend on the money she pays me. What if-"

"But she cares about results!" Shania interrupts again, "And I'm well ahead of the rest of the class! Also networking is a major benefit of institutions like this one, it would be much _better _for me if you were to share..."

"It's your mother you need to convince, not me" you tell her with some finality, "I made an agreement with her and I plan to stick to it. But-"

"Okay, then would you at least help me-"

"Will you shut up and let me finish?!" you say, your irritation at being interrupted showing.

Shania fall silent and looks at you with big, pleading eyes. She is clearly someone who gets what she wants, but she can tell she's pushed too hard in this instance.

"If your mother wants to change things up, I'll be happy to" you tell her, "But what if instead, we kept our current arrangement and added a group mentorship session in addition?"

"A group mentorship session?" she repeats.

"Sure," you say, thinking of the study sessions you and your friends from your old university got up to. "You could arrange and host them, invite some classmates a few times a week. We can get together, go over our material, help each other on parts we're having difficulty with. Spankings wouldn't be assured, but let's say they'd be... very likely".

"You'd do that?" she asks, looking somewhat puzzled.

"Of course," you say, "Heavens knows I could use some extra study time mys-"

Shania interrupts you again, this time by hug-tackling you. You inhale her sweet scent as she buries her face in your chest, her hands squeezing your back as if you're in danger of disappearing if she lets go.

"Oh my Goddes, Jay" she says finally, "How are you just the perfect man?"