IN THIS CHAPTER: Lilly awakes to a world without Sebastian or Jennifer. An email sends Lilly back to the Tallenger estate. Lilly is startled by the payment terms in the contract she signed and is desperate for a renegotiation. Lilly begs Rebecca to touch her special place. Rebecca introduces Lilly to Hanna and is aroused by Mistress Tallenger's total domination of the younger girl.
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Sleep had not come easily. Lilly spent most of the night crying over what had happened with Sebastian. Worse, she had no one to blame but herself. He was a good man who had believed in her, loaning her money to help get her business off the ground. Supportive even when she felt like the world was crashing down around her, Sebastian had offered a shoulder to lean on.
He was also an extraordinary lover who always placed her pleasure first. His relationship with Jennifer was a special one and Lilly thought he was a terrific father. While she knew he wasn't going to be the man she married, Sebastian had shown her qualities she'd not seen before in a potential suitor and Lilly anticipated their relationship lasting longer than the year it had before she destroyed it.
She hadn't meant to become sexually involved with his daughter, but it had happened and when that relationship got going, Lilly did nothing to stop it. She and Jennifer were extremely careful about any display of real intimacy when they were around Sebastian and Lilly never really considered that they might get caught.
Like many young women who are close friends, they hugged and sometimes held hands, with maybe an occasional kiss on the cheek. But their lovemaking generally happened when he was spending time with his wife, Tina. Which was why Jennifer had shown up at her door last night.
Neither of them thought Sebastian would come by Lilly's apartment unannounced. When he was with Tina, he was generally not available for at least 24 hours, sometimes longer. Lilly knew of his ongoing sexual relationship with Jennifer's mother and had no problem with it. Tina was beautiful and Sebastian was still attracted to her. She had learned long ago that jealousy had no place when it came to physical pleasure.
She had never given Seb a key to her apartment, just as he had never given her a key to his place; they respected each other's privacy; neither tried to exert control over the other. They lived separate lives that were made better when they spent time together. They gave each other space.
Control.
At that moment, the illicit images from last night came flooding back: The examination of her naked body and subsequent fondling by her employer, being commanded to stand still in front of the guests while Rebecca fingered fucked her and, finally, being compelled to work with her breasts exposed. The last act; Hanna being held captive atop the billiards table as she was forcibly disrobed and penetrated with a pool cue had been the culminating event, and Lilly realized every incident involved Rebecca exerting control over someone else.
Helplessness, exposure and supplication; they were all words Lilly understood deeply. She had embraced them wholeheartedly while spending time with the Vatspalts. Lilly moaned when she realized how aroused she had been the entire night.
Had she not been so turned on while working for Rebecca, Lilly wouldn't have convinced Jennifer to tie her to the table. And had that not happened, all Seb would have discovered was them sleeping in Lilly's bed. Even if they had both been nude, it was unlikely he would have suspected anything.
She and Jennifer usually showered together at his place following their waxing appointments. Jennifer was comfortable being naked in front of her father and had once told Lilly, "He's my dad. He could care less." And after watching Sebastian when Jennifer was naked around him, she came to the same conclusion. He seemed completely disinterested. Lilly also noticed the practice of mutual nudity didn't go both ways. Sebastian always had something on, even if it was just a pair of briefs, when he was around his daughter.
After showering, the girls would pile into Jennifer's single bed and Seb would tuck them in, giving his daughter a kiss on the cheek and Lilly a polite peck on the lips. The narrow mattress forced their naked bodies to spoon beneath the covers. Seb always left the door to Jennifer's room open and they never fooled around.
He didn't know this, but what kept them from playing with each other was that their freshly waxed girl-parts were tender. Touching each other down there wasn't pleasant. Regardless, he never questioned them about sharing a bed. Lilly had even napped with them on his large king-sized bed several times. Although in those instances, Lilly was always placed between them and even if the girls were nude, Sebastian wore sleeping shorts or underwear. He never tried fooling around with Lilly when Jennifer was in bed with them.
One afternoon while sandwiched between them, as Jennifer slept, Lilly slid her hand into Sebastian's shorts. He tugged her hand away but she persisted and tried again. Gripping his soft cock and gently squeezing, Lilly blew a hot breath on the back of his neck as she ran her thumb around the head. "Just be quiet, baby. Let me take care of you," she whispered close to his ear. He was hard in only a few seconds.
Slowly stroking his rapier for some time, she fiddled with the tip; rolling and lightly pinching it until he came. Aside from feeling him tense as he released his man-milk, he lay completely still and didn't make a sound. A few moments later, while Lilly licked her fingers clean, he quietly crept to the bathroom, changed his shorts and came back to bed. Later that evening he asked that she not do that when Jennifer was in bed with them. He didn't look happy and Lilly apologized.
While Lilly generally considered herself to be straight (and enjoyed making love with men), she also craved having sex with women. Jennifer, it turned out, was like-minded in that regard.
Lilly didn't know this about Sebastian's daughter at first. Likewise, Jennifer wasn't aware of Lilly's interest in women. They shared Sebastian as girlfriend and daughter and quickly became friends. Lilly realized this closeness may have been connected to their similar ages. At 24, Lilly still remembered what 18 was like and they shared many common interests.
Sebastian had been nervous about introducing Lilly to Jennifer for fear that his daughter would not appreciate him dating a much younger woman. But Jennifer was mature for her age and had met many of her father's love interests over the years. Perhaps Jennifer sensed something about Lilly that drew her closer.
As she lay in bed in her apartment, Lilly wondered if some girls gave off a kind of invisible aura that attracted them to each other. If not an actual spectrum, then tiny signs that they both were attuned to. Signs that Sebastian either didn't see or ignored.
Whatever it was, it didn't matter now. She had never seen the man so upset and it was easy to understand why he felt betrayed. And while Jennifer was an adult, she relied on her parents for everything. Splitting her time living between her father's place and her mother's, Jennifer wasn't financially secure. She was also obedient and respectful of her mom and dad. She was a good girl who was never going to stand up to Sebastian and simply refuse to leave when he caught them. Sighing, Lilly realized it was of no consequence. She doubted she would ever see him or Jennifer again.
Then she thought about the money she owed him. Although nowhere near as wealthy as Rebecca Tallenger, Sebastian probably had enough money that he could easily walk away from the $25,000 Lilly owed him. But that didn't matter. She wasn't a freeloader and was determined to pay him back.
But the payment plan to Sebastian was nothing compared to what she owed on the other small business and student loans. With Seb it was an automatic electronic transfer of $1,000 a month. Combined with the others, it came to nearly $5,000 a month and currently her bank account wasn't even halfway there. She groaned, turned over, and buried her face in the pillow. More tears came and her stomach tightened. She had every intention of getting out from beneath it all financially but couldn't see how to do it quickly.
It was then that Lilly thought about the $15,000 she would earn from the party at Mistress Tallenger's estate. She couldn't give it all to Sebastian. But, perhaps, if she gave him the minimum it would be enough to show her good faith in repaying the debt. It was also possible such a gesture would reopen communication between them. But how would that go? If he would take her, Lilly would run back into his arms. On the other hand, where would that leave her relationship with Jennifer? No matter how she turned it around, there didn't seem to be any way to fix it.
"Well, I won't know until I do something," she said as she rolled out of bed. The room was cool on her bare skin and her nipples pricked. Even the wood floor felt cold, but she didn't see her socks anywhere. Then she spied the four ropes laying around the dining table legs, quickly scooped them up and tossed them under the sink. They made her sick to her stomach as last night came flooding back. She was standing by the door and imagined Sebastian's view when he entered.
Lilly saw herself tied to the table, her legs splayed. Jennifer was riding her face backward while plunging the marble pestle between Lilly's straining feminine folds. Claire stirred and Lilly whimpered. Thinking about it was a turn-on despite what had happened. Her hand slid to her special place as she looked at the pestle. Hefting it off the floor, its surface was caked with a thin layer of her dried feminine extract.
Lilly shivered and placed it in the sink before running hot water over it. Putting a pot of coffee on, she sat down at the desk and woke up the computer. She wanted to read the payment terms of her contract with Rebecca Tallenger. She never made it that far. Waiting at the top of her inbox was a new message from Rebecca. Clicking it open, she read:
