"Oh how can I thank you?" Heidi exclaimed.
She had been made redundant three months earlier and had spent most of that time moping around her house as she was right now in a dirty white tee-shirt and old blue denim shorts. Her long brown hair was a mess that she had quickly pulled up into a rough ponytail.
But her ex-boss had just called by unexpectedly to say that he'd got her an interview for a fantastic job, and she knew that with his recommendation she had every chance to get it.
Jack was a cool, good looking guy, but unfortunately he knew it. Right then he was sitting on the old sofa in her small house wearing an expensive dark grey suit over a blue shirt, no tie and with one too many buttons undone. He somehow managed the rugged look despite long hours in the office.
"How can I thank you?" she repeated, trying to hide her excitement.
Suddenly Jack's eyes changed from their usual dreamy confidence to something closer to nervous, flicking around the room as if unsure on how to proceed. Heidi as always was hanging on his every word.
He finally spoke, "This is going to sound weird."
Heidi was intrigued as she looked at the guy who had done so much for her and who she had looked up to for so long.
"I've always meant to ask, "he stuttered, "Why do you have a cage in your bedroom," he pointed towards the heavy cage with intricate bars of shiny steel that he had seen in the corner of the woman's bedroom.
"It was in the garage when I bought the place, it looks cool doesn't it?" she replied.
"Yes."
"What do you use it for?"
"Just throw my clothes on it really," she giggled as she gestured around her less than tidy house. The cage itself had several pairs of old jeans and tops strewn over it right then.
"Oh."
Heidi was confused.
Jack was looking uneasy, "Can you lock me inside for a bit?"
"What?" Heidi laughed out loud, "Why?"
"I know it's a strange request."
"Yeah," she replied, "It sure is."
Jack tried to laugh along.
"I saw it at your party last year and it looked cool," he tried to explain," I just kinda wondered whether you used it to lock people inside."
Heidi was now on her feet, "Not usually," she laughed with a slightly bemused look on her face.
She had looked up to this guy for so long and had only asked if she could 'do something for him' in the vague hope that he might ask her out. She hadn't expected this, but she was intrigued to see where this would go.
"I guess I could lock you up for the night," she replied slowly and then kicked herself for using the words 'for the night'. Those words were from her fantasy.
"Cool," he replied, trying to sound just that.
The cage was an unusual arty object, four foot long, three feet wide and just over two feet high, but despite its decorative appeal, it was hugely heavy and obviously escape proof.
Jack stood at over six feet tall and towered over Heidi's own five foot ten figure.
"Will you fit?" she asked.
"Let's see," he replied, his confidence returning.
Heidi pulled open the barred door that opened on hinges and formed part of the front of the cage. Jack climbed inside and lay on the bars that formed the bottom of the cage with his arms and legs crunched up in the confined space.
"Tighter than I thought," he smiled, using the space in the open doorway to manoeuvre himself.
"You sure you want to do this?" she asked.
Jack pulled his arm inside and she swung the heavy steel door closed. A strange feeling of power ran through her body as she watched him try to get comfortable inside the tiny cage.
"Perfect fit," he panted.
"You sure you want me to lock you in?" she asked, flicking a stray hair back behind her ears.
He nodded.
With one bare leg propping the cage door closed, Heidi reached up for the large padlock that she used to lock her bike. Then in a totally matter-of-fact way, she threaded the padlock in place through the cage door and locked it.
"Shit, I should have checked I still have the key," she smiled.
"What?!"
"Only kidding," she giggled.
Heidi stood up and watched Jack struggle to get comfortable in the small confined space. He had always seemed so intimidating at work, but in the cage with his wide eyes gazing up at her he suddenly looked vulnerable and so fucking sexy.
"What do we do now?" she asked.
"Well me, not very much," Jack said as he clanged painfully against the bars and peered up with obviously aroused eyes.
Heidi looked down at his eyes with a little resentment. He was using her to fulfil some crazy fantasy, but she wasn't sure what was in this for her.
"So you're giving me permission to keep you in there until morning?" she checked.
"Yes," he breathed, his cock throbbing, "Even if I beg you to let me out."
"Should be easy, you always told me I was stubborn," she replied.
Jack was now swallowing on a dry throat as he looked out on his ex-employee with a totally different perspective. She was standing right by the cage and her legs seemed even longer than usual and her old denim shorts seemed almost offensively short.
He moved to hide his obvious erection, but again the bars that formed the base of the cage dug into him.
"Can I have something to lie on?" he asked.
"Yeah ," she said as she unbuttoned her shorts and watched his startled reaction. She slowly slid them down her long legs, picked them up and dropped them into his cage.
'Maybe this would be fun,' Heidi thought as she moved forward and used the proximity of her black silk underwear to intimidate her uber cool ex-boss. He didn't know what to say or where to look and the look of panic in his eyes was making her tingle.
She picked up her phone and took a photo of Jack crunched inside the cage holding her shorts.
"You can use them as a pillow," she smiled.
"Thank you."
"Good, now I need to shower."
Heidi walked to her bathroom where the mirror told her that he was staring at her butt. She closed the door behind her and turned on the hot water.
'Fuck' Jack whispered as he watched her incredible legs walk away. He had often daydreamed about this timid brunette when they had worked together and he had been intrigued by what the cute girl in the tight skirt might do with the cage in her bedroom. This had been such a sexy fantasy, but the reality was scary because in reality she was ten times sexier and he had absolutely no control.
*
Heidi was buzzing as she rushed her shower and redressed in her shortest black negligee with black panties beneath. She blow dried her hair and applied a little discrete make up. She had spent several years trying to impress Jack on a professional basis and now she had the chance to impress him personally. This was also her chance to repay some of her frustration.
"You still there?" she asked in her huskiest voice as her damp bare feet padded back.
"Wow," Jack replied, as he viewed her outfit from a unique position.
Jack's hand had almost reached through the bars to touch her leg, but then stopped at the last moment. With entrapment on her mind, Heidi stepped forward, her legs now touching the bars and waited.
Jack's mind may have been able to figure out the company's strategy, but he had no idea how to deal with her body.
He finally reached through the bars and his fingers brushed against the outside of her left thigh. She had always loved his hands and their touch on her skin didn't disappoint. She felt his fingers slide up and around and trace the hem of her underwear.
Heidi still hadn't come to terms with her power and what she should do with this arrogant sexy man and she just stood there enjoying his touch as he continued to incriminate himself.
"I should report you to HR," she breathed.
Jack pulled his hand back inside the cage.
"Take off your shirt and trousers," she ordered, her legs opening just a little.
The man beneath her struggled and fought to remove his clothes. He had just removed his cufflinks and she held out her hand to take them from him. Silver with black swirls; very expensive and very sexy.
Jack finally passed his clothes through the bars from where Heidi used her bare foot to flick them away out of his reach. He was slim with muscles shaped in the gym and now completely naked apart from black briefs.
"You look kinda cool in there," she smiled down as she turned and perched on the edge of the steel cage.
"You look gorgeous," he called up.
"Thank you," she glowed, "And you have all night to watch me."
"Maybe I can do more than watch?"
It was the wrong thing to say and Heidi could feel the resentment welling up inside her, "First you want me to play out your crazy fantasy and then you change your mind and expect me to sleep with you."
"What, no that's not..." Jack started but then stopped as his words didn't seem to form.
Heidi stood up, turned a full circle and then looked down at him.
"Why do you assume I'll want to sleep with you," she asked with purpose, "Fucking guys."
Jack would have left if he could, but he couldn't.
"I'm sorry."
Heidi stared down at him, well aware that she was making him feel uncomfortable.
"I'll go to the interview in the morning and if I get the job then 'maybe' I'll release you from the cage."
"What?" Jack looked up with pleading eyes.