Olive must have returned to work looking every bit of a mess as she felt, or else there wasn't very much going on at the office that day, because Kent sent her home a few hours early. They had no way of knowing the cause of her dishevelment. Her encounter with her past Dom had left her with a tender purple bruise on the back of her neck, a persistent reminder that she'd just allowed her mouth to be violated mere minutes after being reacquainted. Whatever the reason for Kent's mercy, Olive was relieved to have some space to herself to relax, process all that had just transpired, and maybe even squeeze out an orgasm so that she could finally think straight.
The five year hiatus Olive took between college and law school had allowed her to save for her own apartment. Though she enjoyed the years she spent living with her ex-boyfriend, she was not built for cohabitation. Having a space all to herself was a requirement for such an undertaking as moving back to the city to study. It was a little studio above a laundromat, so she didn't have to lug her laundry very far, and when she opened the window the fragrance of clean laundry sometimes wafted into her room. The east-facing windows flooded the place with light in the morning, and she had a nice spacious bathtub, so really, all her earthly needs were met. Tiny though it was, it was her sanctuary.
Olive tugged off her skirt and stockings and began to run a hot bath. Try as she might to look professional, she still couldn't tolerate underwire bras when she dressed for work, so under her blouse was a comfy sports bra that didn't do very much for her medium-sized breasts in the way of lifting or shaping. There was no mistaking the erect peaks of her nipples through the soft fabric. She finished disrobing and regarded herself in her mirror. Her soft tummy hid fairly tight abs, and her hips flared out from her waist in a pleasing hourglass shape that she had worked hard to attain with a regular workout routine. Despite the muscle tone in her calves, there was still a jiggle to her thick thighs when she walked, and her ass was large, firm, and round. Olive's body carried the struggles and triumphs of her years on earth and overall, she was really happy with it-- soft, but strong, she liked to say.
Like me. Soft, but strong.
She wasn't feeling very strong after the day's events. She washed her face and applied a sheet mask, then dipped a toe into the steamy bathwater. Finding it sufficiently hot, she lit and placed a rose-scented candle on her bathtub tray, and grabbed a spliff, an ashtray, and her phone, which she finally decided, with some trepidation, to switch back on.
She took a long drag, savoring the one-two punch of the relaxing cannabis and the invigorating nicotine, and sunk her body into the bath. Paul's bite on her neck was soothed by the hot water, but it would still be sore to the touch for days. Considering the marks he used to leave on her, she probably got off easy with just the bite.
So, what the fuck just happened?
Paul remembered her, that much was obvious. Had he even implied...he'd missed her? Sure, some nights when she was masturbating, Olive would occasionally revisit the times that Paul would spank her purple, bind her body, and fuck her senseless. But she was sure that it'd take no time at all for him to have enough kink partners to replace any memories of his time with her several times over. Perhaps that was a foolish projection of her own wish to forget that old version of herself, the reckless coed with a fragile sense of self and even weaker boundaries. The girl who would lose herself in submission because it was one of the only things she felt she was truly good at.
It bothered Olive to discover that despite several years of distance, not just from Paul but from any kind of kink play, she had not outgrown this part of herself. She'd barely put up a fight when Paul beckoned her to his lap, grabbed and teased her body, and even penetrated her mouth. It was like she dropped into a trance. The only way she could make sense of how easily she succumbed was that she wasn't in control of herself. Endangering her professional integrity by engaging like this with opposing counsel was not something she'd ever do willingly. It was a really risky secret to keep. Walking back into her workplace with soaked panties and a bite on her neck had already been humiliating enough. If he was bold enough to move on her like that in his place of work, what was truly off limits for him? And the other thought that frightened Olive-- was she ever really as independent and grown up as she believed she was if she could be reduced to drooling fuckmeat at the sound of Paul's voice? He did not deserve to have that kind of power over her.
Olive's reflections were interrupted suddenly by her phone buzzing on the bathtub tray. She flinched in surprise, and some trailing ash from the lit end of her spliff fell into the bathwater.
"Giving yourself what I deprived you of today, Olive?"
From the same number as before.
She inhaled deeply, filled her lungs with smoke, and then rounded her lips and released it all in a milky plume. Great. Not even an hour of peace before Paul had decided to check in and see if she was masturbating to him.
"You've done quite enough today, actually"
she fired off in reply.
"I could do more if you came out with me tonight."
Would there be no end to this incredibly strange day? Olive replied
"I'm busy, and if I wasn't, I wouldn't want to go out in public where I could be spotted with opposing counsel"
"Suit yourself. My place then. I'll order food."
Olive sighed with frustration and rubbed her temples. If Paul thought a free meal would still go as far with her as it used to when she was in college, he was sorely mistaken.