This is the third in the "Great Recession" series of short stories. It picks up immediately after the second. This and all future stories are dedicated to my own Goddess and Queen, my wife, Mistress Marie.
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Laura's collaring was not as significant as I might have led you to believe. She immediately explained it was a training collar for the week.
Both of us climbed into the shower in the master bath where I bathed her in silence, applying the shampoo and soap to her hair and body. I watched as she rinsed then told me to get clean and dry.
A few minutes later as I stepped into the bedroom, she was dressed in a simple, short black skirt and a casual, red top; sandals on her feet. Laura told me to approach, and I stood as she inspected me and my now soft cock and balls. She reached behind her and grabbed something.
"I want you to be chaste for me for the next few days, but I'm going to give you a choice first," she said. "You can simply refrain from masturbation or you can wear this."
Laura held out a clear, plastic tube with an adjustable metal ring attached that was like the ring of a handcuff in how it worked.
"What do you think, wifey?"
I thought for a minute. I had fantasized about this, a fantasy I'd shared very briefly with her in the recent past, so it only took a minute.
"I'll wear it, Mistress."
She smiled at me and asked me why.
"I choose to eliminate choice, Mistress, so I can be sure of obedience. It will allow me to more quietly accept chastity with less struggle."
Laura appeared to consider this and agree. She pulled my balls through the ring, adjusted it and locked it after my cockshaft was inserted in the tube.
Next, she held the key out in front of me, threaded its eye with a simple neck chain and put it around her neck.
"I'm not going to tell you when I plan on removing it. It will be sometime before Monday," she said with a devilish smile. "If you're worried about someone seeing you through a window or someone coming to the front door, then you can wear a pair of boxer shorts and a T-shirt, but nothing else. Or, a robe. I want you to give me a list of chores you'll be doing while I work in the morning. I may take things off or give you more depending on what I think. Once you complete all the tasks, you'll report to me for what I'm going to call pleasure service. You won't be allowed to serve me in that way unless you finish your chores. For a similar reason, I wanted you to spend your own money on the toys. I make enough for us, so I want you to spend all your money on me or the toys and tools for serving me. Do you understand?"
I told her I did and bowed my head in submission. Financial domination is NOT one of my kinks, but the arrangement nevertheless excited me. This meant even my professional labors now were dedicated to serving her, too.
Maybe it was the spontaneous bowing of my head or just the image of me kneeling there, but I felt Laura soften and possibly get just slightly weepy.
She rested her hand on my head as if blessing me and said, "You are my knight, Rob."
I swelled with pride, and then she removed her hand slowly.
"Get in bed," Laura said softly.
I obeyed she pushed me into a tight fetal position as she wrapped herself around me. No words were spoken as we both drifted off into a welcome Saturday afternoon nap.
When I awoke, I rolled on to my back and looked at her. In her slumber, Laura too had done the same. I turned my head and stared at her as she sleep. I imagine I was beaming because I felt like I was radiating love and devotion. To say that her domination had breathed new life into our marriage was an understatement. It was good before, even the sex, but now it was so much better even than that. Before I was willing to play the role of Mr. Mom and enjoying parts of it. Adding DS to our lives, made me embrace it with enthusiasm. Laura had eroticized mundane domestic service for me. It seemed much more significant and exciting to me.
All these thoughts must have stirred her consciousness because she awoke with a sleepy smile and slowly took my face in her hands and kissed me deeply. We stared at each other until Laura finally broke our reverie. She told me that we probably wouldn't be going out of the house for a few days.
After I had fixed some hot tea for us both, Laura and I both put on robes. I was otherwise naked except for my collar. She now was naked except for the key around her neck and some knee-high, stylish black boots she put on. Laura grabbed a book she was reading on corporate management or some such. I grabbed a novel I had been reading, and we went to the office library nook to read. She took the comfy, leather, wingback and I the floor. Both of us read as I sat facing away with my torso and head between her legs. Sometimes she would drape a leg over my shoulder. We sipped tea as we read. It was a wonderful quiet hour or so.