by Hayden Paris
Ophelia decided to go back to school after years in the field as a war correspondent. She went to get some advice from her old masters professor Oleander Leghtoncroft. Getting back in the day to day tasks starts to become overwhelming. She asked her professor for help in an unconventional way... a spanking... They fell into a comfortable routine, when Olly's wife pointed out that maybe Ophelia might need more attention then they thought. It seems Ophelia might need more than a little help to get her though PhD program?
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