Time for a punishment.

As the milk starts to soak in his shoes, he can feel her trembling, in fear of what's going to happen. "Are you scared ?" He asks. She just nods, quietly. "Turn around." As he takes a step back from her, she turns around slowly, facing him. She seems fearful and confused, her face blushing red. He points at the milk on the floor. She goes to grab a towel but he shouts: "What are you doing ?!" She freezes before he follows with an order. "Lick it."

She looks baffled at what he was asking her. As the facade of a nice and tender man crumbled in front of her, she got on her knees and started licking the milk off of the marble floor. It's slow, it's tedious, it's humiliating, but when she looks up, she sees him looking rather... content ? It's a face she's never seen before, she was surprised and somehow, reassured of something, without really knowing what. "What are you looking at ?" He says, with a calm yet annoyed tone. "I'm done." She replies and stares at him, seemingly waiting for more orders from him.

He taps his shoe frantically, puts his hand to his chin before asking: "Did you enjoy it ?" This was definitely unexpected. She opens her mouth, but unable to say anything, she looks down. He chuckles, as he squats before reaching to grab her waist once more. "You've done great. Be careful not to spill anything anymore, alright ? I won't be so easy on you next time." She looks at him in complete disbelief. So easy on her ? Wait, so that wasn't the worst he could do ? She was... curious.

He grabs her firmly and helps her get up properly. "Now, I want you to do something else for me..." She looks away for a second, thinking this sudden kindness was somehow too good to be true. "What is it ?"

"Teach me how to cook breakfast, please." She's baffled ! She freezes, completely astonished, before smiling with her small teeth all showing.

As the Marquis got closer to her, in his own way... he just couldn't stop there. But for now... He felt fine, with the way things were, he even felt happy.