I woke up one morning and came downstairs to find pet making breakfast. I sat down to the table and read the morning paper she had placed on the table. One of her duties is to put the morning paper at my place so I can read it before going to work. I was reading it when she put breakfast in front of me.

Something was very strange. Normally I get a perky “Good morning, Master!” from my pet, but today she was quiet and reserved. I didn’t think much of it at the time, though, and went on about getting ready for work.

“Goodbye pet, I’ll see you when I get home! Be a good girl!” I said. But I got no reply except a smile as she shut the door. Something was definitely off...

Work soon took control of my attentions, and I forgot the mornings aberration. After work, I hurried home to be with my dear pet and upon my arrival home, I looked forward to her warm, “Welcome Home, Master!” and the hug that always accompanies her welcome. But tonight I got a lukewarm welcome as if something terrible was weighing on her.

At dinner, she picked at her food and wouldn’t look me in the eye.

“pet, is there something wrong?” I asked. You have been awfully quiet today, both this morning at breakfast, and now tonight. What’s troubling you so?”

“Nothing, Master,” she said, still not looking at me.

“Are you sure?” I asked again.

“Yes, Master,” she said.

“pet look at me,” I said. She turned toward me but looked down at the floor in front of her.

“I said look at ME,” I repeated. pet raised her eyes to look at my face.

“Better. Now I know something is wrong and I want to know what it is. You are not your usual happy self, and I know something is troubling you. Now what is it, little one?”

“Oh, Master! Oh, I’m so sorry! I ... I ... oh, I did it while you were at work the other day. Please forgive me, Master!” she broke down, sobbing.

“What do you mean you ‘did it while I was at work’?” I asked.

“You know ... I ... masturbated, Master,” she said, hiding her face in her hands.

“I see. And I assume you came as well?”

“Yes, Master. Oh please...”

“Why did you do such a thing. You knew it was against the rules, pet.”

“I know, Master and I am so sorry. It’s just ... well lately you have been so busy at work what with that new contract you’ve been working on. We just haven’t seemed to be able to get any time together. I was feeling a little, you know, neglected. I didn’t mean to do anything, really. I was just taking a regular shower ... but then ... Oh. Master I am so, so sorry!” she said, sobbing again.

“Now, pet, you know that this contract is a major boost for the company, and I have been put on it because I am the lead in this project. My boss depends on me to get this thing finalized and if I do, it means a big bonus – a bonus we could use to do a lot of things around here,” I said.

“Yes Master,” she said, hanging her head.

“Now you have broken an established rule of this house. One that you knew long before this. So you need to go to the bedroom until I can figure out a proper punishment for your disobedience,” I told her.

“Yes Master,” she said and walked slowly upstairs to her room and closed the door.

After a couple hours, I called my pet back into the room and she knelt at my feet.

“I have considered the matter. I am glad you came to me to confess before I found out another way but you did break a major rule – one that was established from the very beginning of your becoming my submissive. I cannot overlook that.

“However there are some extenuating circumstances that need to be weighed as well. Maybe I have been neglecting you to a degree because of this contract stuff and maybe we haven’t been as close as we were at first. That issue needs to be addressed as well...” I said.

She waited anxiously for my decision, holding her breath as I spoke.

“Okay I have reached a decision. pet, you have confessed to breaking a major rule of this house. If this had been an accident, I might have been able to overlook it. Accidents happen and all we can do is learn from them. I do not punish accidents.

What you did was no accident, though. You knew before you ever started that what you were doing was wrong. You knew that you were not supposed to touch yourself or cum without permission. You broke both of these rules.

What I suspect happened is that your masturbation is an act of defiance, albeit an unconscious one, in response to my working so much. Therefore I am going to make a deal with you. While I cannot overlook your disobedience and you will have to be punished because of it, I am going to see what I can do to make more time for you and not neglect my duties as your Master so much.” I said.

I looked at my sweet pet once more, noting the tears in her eyes.

“Now go upstairs and get my paddle out. Put it on the foot of the bed and then stand there facing the bed until I get up there. Understand?” I said.

“Yes Master,” she said quietly and she walked slowly upstairs to carry out my orders. I gave her several minutes to do what she was told and also to think about what was to come. I wanted the anticipation of her punishment to work on her mind before I worked on her ass.

Finally, I walked upstairs and found her exactly as I had told her to be, standing naked at the foot of our bed with the paddle in front of her reminding her of what was to come. I had stopped by the bathroom and brought in a bottle of baby oil with me.

“You know why you’re here, don’t you?” I asked her.

She hung her head. “Yes, Master.”

“Tell me,” I said.

“I ... I broke your rule,” she said softly.

“How did you break it?” I said.

“I ... I masturbated without your permission Master,” she started to tear up.

“That’s right. You pleasured yourself without my permission. You played with my pussy without my permission. I told you that you are my property and you used it without my permission. That is stealing, slut. You stole an orgasm from me.”

“N ... no, Sir! That’s not it at all!”

“So now you’re saying you didn’t cum?”