Peter's business was very successful, to a large extent because Cindy was so efficient. She was number two in the company, answering only to Peter. She was very good at her job, and she could have found a position with another company easily, but she did not seem to have such ambitions, because she was proud of what they had made of the company in six years of working together, and because she was comfortable where she was. Peter had often offered Cindy a higher salary, but she would not take it: she said when they earned more money she would take a higher salary.
Peter's was the only office on the third floor of their building. There were four offices on the second floor, and Cindy shared an office with the four Chinese girls who worked directly beneath her. The office for the foreign staff was beside her office, and twelve foreigners worked in this office, mostly young men. These young men were all enamored of Cindy, and Peter was convinced that they felt the business was a success because of Cindy, and not because of him.
Cindy dressed very casually at work, and wore librarian glasses. You would not immediately recognize how sexy she was, until she began to move, and to speak with her strange and rich voice. She was flirtatious at work, without seeming in any way slutty or available. She would slap other staff members on the back or on the ass as she passed them in the halls, and speak to them in a jokingly strict tone. All members of staff felt privileged and charmed when she gave them directions. She was not like any other person. She was natural, and straight, and though she always seemed to say and do the first thing that came into her head, she was actually very careful, and never did or said anything that would make her lose face.
Although he always longed to, Peter avoided going into Cindy's office unless he had some important business. He had learned to avoid hanging around in her office without a purpose through frequent cool and humiliating rebuffs. Usually, he and Cindy communicated through the company's intranet message function.
On Monday morning, Peter sat in his office working halfheartedly, waiting for Cindy to log on. She was in later than usual, but when he saw her log on, he sighed with relief, and his heart rose up from the choking depths of his belly. He didn't think he could run this business without her: he needed her in every way.
Cindy did not contact him through the message system, and he could think of nothing that he needed to ask her, though he so wanted to communicate with her in any way. He wanted to go down to her office, but he was afraid and ashamed to face her after what had happened on Friday night. He recalled that she had instructed him not to bother her at work. He continued to work half heartedly for a few hours, and then his heart leapt as he saw that he had received a message from Cindy. The message said "Come down."
Peter typed back "coming," and then went down to her office. He had butterflies, and his heart was in his throat as he entered her office. Cindy had turned her chair around from her workstation, and was seated facing two of the young foreign men who worked in the office beside hers. They were chatting in a friendly and casual way, and Peter did not dare to interrupt. Cindy did not look at him, so he stood waiting as they continued with their small talk. He noticed one of the young guys look at him and then grin at the other guy. Cindy must have noticed this as well, but still she did not look at Peter as he stood there waiting. Peter felt his cheeks turning red as he realized everyone must recognize that though he was the head of this company, and a mature man of forty five years of age, he stood here waiting on these young people like the lowliest of office clerks.
Cindy's face was bright and smiling as she spoke with the two young men, but when she turned her head to face him, the laughter and light left her face and was replaced by a cold, unrecognizing neutrality. She handed him a document and said, "This is Colin's report. Go and proof read it, and if you have any suggestions let me know." Peter took the document and said meekly: "Sure thing. Thank you Cindy." As he left the room, Cindy and the two young foreigners resumed their chatting. Her voice was like music.
The rest of the week continued in this way. Peter spent most of his time in his office, completing tasks that Cindy had assigned him. When she wanted to speak to him, she called him down to her office, and gave him directions briskly, and in a painfully business like tone. When he looked at her, he used his eyes to silently plead with her to show him some warmth, but her gaze remained frigid and distant, as though daring him to say a word that was not related to business. His pain and his sense of loss were exacerbated by hearing and seeing her laugh and joke warmly with all others but him. The other members of staff had noticed the way in which Cindy was dealing with Peter, and they became more stand offish with him, and sometimes he heard them snicker behind his back. He felt so alone up in his office, and he felt ashamed and isolated when he passed through other portions of the building.
He once asked Cindy if he could give her a lift home after work, but she said "No. Don't need," so rudely that he did not dare to ask again. He so missed the way things had been between he and Cindy, the little warmth that he had had from her, and the occasional chance he'd had to drive her home, and he reviled himself for having thrown this all away. Somehow, though, the cold way she treated him made him so horny, and he had a constant desire to wank, and to degrade himself, to become the person that she now considered him to be.
Peter did not know whether or not Cindy and Brian were keeping in touch. She left work every day at five, and he did not know whether or not she and Brian were talking on the phone, or meeting in the evenings. He wished Brian would contact him, but he did not. He considered contacting Brian, though he had been instructed not to. He began to feel that if it made Brian angry, and brought on some sort of punishment, that would be fine, because now he loathed himself so deeply for having lost Cindy's friendship, and reduced himself to less than nothing in her eyes, that he craved any sort of punishment. In the evenings, he looked at photos of Cindy on his computer, and wanked, but he did not let himself cum, as he felt he didn't deserve it. He was so horny all day every day.
On Thursday afternoon, he received a text message from Brian. It said: "Be at Laura's place at 9:00 am Saturday morning. Shave all hair from your body below your neck. Master." Peter was both delighted and terrified. He had had so little chance to see Cindy this week, and he was eager to see her, in any capacity, on Saturday. If Cindy knew about this appointment however, she gave no indication. When he stood beside her desk, listening to her give him an assignment, he attempted to gauge from her expression whether or not she knew about Saturday, but he could not tell. Her expression remained closed to him. She looked at him only with Siddhartha eyes.
Peter knocked at the door of Laura's apartment at precisely 9:00 am on Saturday morning. He was careful with the time, as he knew that she would catch him on any detail, and he knew how cruel she could be. Laura bellowed "Come in," and he did his best to cover over the loathing and resentment that he felt in his heart for this big, vulgar Yorkshire girl. It is all for Cindy, he reminded himself, as he stepped into the room. Laura and Steve were lounging on the sofa in their pajamas watching a DVD. There were breakfast things on the coffee table in front of them, and the apartment was a mess. There no sign of Cindy and Brian.
"Into the spare room, and change into the clothes that you find there," Laura said.
"Yes Ms," Peter said meekly, and went into the spare room. He was afraid of her.
There was no furniture in the spare room, but for a mattress in the corner. In the center of the room, on the hardwood floor, were white stockings, a white garter belt, the blonde bob wig, a bottle of baby oil, white, high heeled sandals in a large size, and nothing else. He took off his clothes. He was not sure what to do with the oil, but spread some over his body. He pulled the stockings up his hairless legs, fastened the garter belt, snapped it to the stockings, and put on the blonde wig. He stepped into the high heeled sandals. His cock was standing straight up and stiff, waggling lewdly in front of him at the thought that Cindy might at any time arrive and see him in such outrageously minimal attire. A small tear of pre cum had gathered at its eye. He went to the door and opened it. It was so awkward to walk, and even to simply stand in these heels. He stepped into the room, awkwardly, but attempting to move in a feminine way, as Laura had instructed him. He was afraid if making and small mistake. He clasped his hands behind his back and stood meekly, looking down, waiting for command.
They looked at him for a few moments, chuckling but saying nothing, and then Steve said "Wow, it's got a big cock."
"A big cock is no use on a sissy bitch, is it," Laura responded as she got up and walked toward him. She walked around him once, and then took his earlobe and pulled his head down slightly. With her free hand, she slapped his ass hard. "That is not nearly enough oil. I want your cock and ass glistening. Now get back in there and put on more oil!"
"Yes Ms," Peter said. She slapped his ass again as he turned to go back into the room. He applied much more oil to his body, in particular to his cock and balls. He applied more than seemed reasonable, as he did not want Laura to have any reason to rebuke him. As he stepped back into the room, he felt so slick and slippery. His skin was glistening. Laura seemed satisfied, and she ordered him to put away the breakfast things, and clean the apartment thoroughly. Peter went to work, grateful for the chance to lose himself in the tasks at hand, taking some satisfaction from the knowledge that he was doing this for Master, and through that connection doing this for Cindy. Though she might never recognize or acknowledge that this was all for her, it was indeed the case.
Laura and Steve continued to lounge lazily, watching DVDs. Though he hid it beneath his meekness, he felt contempt for them. This contempt, though, was moderated by the gratitude that he felt toward them for having given him the chance to submit to Cindy, even by these three degrees of separation: he served them to serve Brian, and he in turn served Brian in order to serve Cindy.