Chapter One
Juliette backed the cleaning cart into the library, using her butt to bounce the door open while whistling to herself. She retrieved the feather duster and was already dusting her third shelf of books, lost in her thoughts, before she realized she wasn't alone in the room. M. Leclair was sitting behind the large desk, reading his newspaper with his morning coffee steaming on the desk before him.
"Oh! Monsieur Leclair, sir. I did not know you were in here." She dropped a quick curtsey, holding her short black skirt out with both hands. "I will dust elsewhere. This will disturb your peace."
"That's quite all right, Juliette. It won't bother me."
"Thank you sir." She went back to work, dusting the tops of the books carefully, humming the pop song she'd woken up to. She became conscious of his eyes on her back, watching her quietly, so she asked, just to make polite conversation, "And how are the events of this great world this morning, sir?"
"This great world continues to spin," M. Leclair said idly. He lay his newspaper down on the desk, and took a sip of his coffee and focused a direct gaze at her. "Tell me something, Juliette. Do you enjoy your employment, here?"
Juliette's heart picked up its speed a little and she looked back over her shoulder directly into his eyes - she had been told he preferred direct eye contact from his servants - trying to keep her voice steady, despite her sudden nerves. "Oh yes. Of course, sir. They said in the village that you were a bit... difficult... to work for, but I have not found it to be so in my month here. Though I admit, maybe that's because I haven't seen you very often in that month." She gave a nervous laugh, immediately regretting her words. Why on earth had she mentioned the rumors about him in the village? She had a bad habit of speaking before she thought. It was one of several bad habits.
He didn't look angry or offended. Merely thoughtful. "I am glad you are dusting in here today," he said carefully. "Because I've been meaning to speak with Monsieur Vachon about you since Friday, but perhaps it's better to go straight to the source, without intermediaries."
Juliette's featherduster stopped as her heart began to pound. "A-about me, sir? I hope you are pleased with my work."
"For the most part, yes. You seem industrious, if a bit distracted on occasion. But you'll recall that on Tuesday, we had a conversation about Friday's dinner party, and the need to clean the dining room chandelier before that. You assured me at the time that you would see to it, personally. Then, during the dinner party, I looked up from a conversation with Judge Fortier, and observed the chandelier was not at all clean. One could even say filthy."
With a shaking hand, she placed the duster back in its designated spot on the cart, and turned to face him, her hands folded over her apron. She returned his direct gaze, with her head slightly inclined toward him. "I am very sorry, sir. I do remember that conversation now, but in the press of my daily activities, I had completely forgotten."
"It is a small matter," he said, tossing a hand carelessly. "I am disappointed, that's all. But there is something else that we need to discuss. You may find the conversation a little painful."
Her body became rigid, frozen in her submissive posture. Her gaze went to the floor. "Y-yes, sir?"
"It seems you were unaware that the computers given to the service staff in your bedchambers create monthly reports." He paused for a moment. What did he mean? "Reports of browsing history."
Juliette began trembling uncontrollably, her face becoming hot.
"The sites you've been visiting at night in your bedchamber, Juliette...Somewhat lurid, don't you think?"
Juliette's chest began to heave as she fought to control her breathing, fought to remain in control of her emotions. Deep shame flooded through her. He had seen the sites she visited. All of them. She tried to hold back hot tears of shame and mostly succeeded. She had to get out of the room before she broke down completely. She had to do anything, say anything, to get out of the room and away from his judging gaze.
"I will tender my resignation, sir. Effective immediately. My deepest, most sincere apologies, sir."
He stood up from his desk and walked around it, approaching her slowly. "That's the sort of thing you like, is it?" he murmured.
Juliette involuntarily allowed a sob to escape her lips. "I never would have done it, sir. I never would have, if I'd known."
He stood close enough to touch her, now. "I am not the only person they tell stories about in town, you know. When we considered you for employment here, I heard stories then. About you."
Her shame deepened. Some of the stories were true. "They are all false, sir. Slander from jealous girls..."
"All of them?" he asked quietly, standing far too close to her. Her legs trembled. She could not hold his gaze for longer than a half second.
"Almost all..." Justine wheedled in a voice that escaped her lips at a higher pitch than she'd intended.
"I do not accept your resignation, Juliette," he said slowly. "But your behavior is unacceptable. It must be corrected."
"I agree, sir," she said, nodding. She felt a trickle of snot running out of her nose, but didn't dare move a hand to wipe it away.
"Punishment," he said. Her labia began to tick and throb with her thudding heart the moment he said the word. She could feel they were painfully engorged against the satin fabric of her panties, her sex becoming uncomfortably moist. She squirmed in place, trying to relieve the building pressure.
"I... I... y-yes," she stammered, trying to keep her mouth closed and breathe through her nose. She couldn't seem to get enough oxygen. Her head swam.
"What kind of punishment would you suggest for these transgressions, Juliette?"
"Take away the computer, sir. I no longer want it. Have it removed, immediately." She was crying hot tears of shame now, all pretence of holding them in abandoned. She glanced up into his face. His expression was neutral, looking at her with simple interest.
"Hmmm. No. What would you think of a more... physical corrective?"
"Physical, sir?"
"A little smattering of pain, to remind you in moments of weakness to focus on your duties?"
She bit her lower lip, trying to maintain her composure. Her pussy was throbbing. "I... well... what did you have in mind?"
"Face away from me," he said evenly. "Bend over at the waist and grasp your ankles."
She nodded, and obeyed immediately. She turned to face the bookshelves and bent over almost double and gently grasped one ankle in each hand. She knew the skirt was too short to keep her modesty in this pose; he'd be seeing the black satin thong she put on this morning, never imagining at the time she'd be in this situation.
"May I... may I adjust my uniform, sir?"
"No. Stay like that."
He must know, she thought. He must know that this is what I dream about in my little chamber at night, and when I dream about it, it's always him doing this to me...
"You've been a very bad girl, Juliette," he said simply.
"Yes sir, you're right, so very improper," she whimpered quietly, "I - OOOH!" she shouted as his flat hand came down hard on her ass. She tried to control the shaking in her whole body and discovered she couldn't.
"I think you have potential, but you need some discipline. Self control."
"You are right sir, I - OH MY GOD" she shouted involuntarily as his hand came down hard on her ass again, making the cheek shake. She could feel the burn on her skin of both impacts. Her pussy was wet with her juices. She was certain she'd soaked through her panties, right where he could see.
"You may stand up and return to your work, Juliette," he said, and walked around his desk again. He sat back down and resumed reading the paper.
"Sir, may I go and freshen myself before continuing?" she asked, her voice betraying her again.
"No need, Juliette. Please resume where you left off."
She looked back over her shoulder at him as she picked up the duster. He had the newspaper before his face, and she could not see any part of him but his hairy knuckles, holding either side of the newspaper. Her heart was bouncing around in her chest and her vision was blurry. She dusted the top of the same book four times. He wouldn't see, she thought. I could just give myself a little rub, relieve the ache a moment, he'd never know. I'd stop right away. Glancing over her shoulder, she moved her hand slowly down to the hem of her short uniform skirt. Facing away from him, seemingly intent on her work, she lifted the hem until her fingers found the warm skin of her lower abdomen. I definitely should not be doing this, she thought as her fingertips slid under the waistband of her thong, moving lower. She gently teased apart the sodden folds of flesh there and her fingertips went straight to her clit, pressing it from either side. She tried to keep her breathing deep and even to avoid alerting M. Leclair to her misbehavior, but it wasn't easy. What she'd intended as just one quick rub, maybe two, turned into four, then ten, then she lost count and kept rubbing, her hips twitching as she did.
"Young woman! Are you... pleasuring yourself?"
M. Leclair was standing right beside her again, and she froze with one hand clutching the duster like a shield before her face, and the other deep in her panties down the front.
"OH! Sir, I - no, I know it looks like that, but..." She began to tremble all over.
"Apparently your punishment was not enough to correct your behavior."
She pulled her hand out of her panties and waved it weakly, smelling her own arousal wafting into the air from her wet fingers. "No, it's not that, I..." she stopped and sobbed again.
"If you are THIS determined to put on a show, perhaps that should be your punishment."