Esolen smiled at Claude. She shook her short dark hair. It was a bob, easy to control, but quite thick, and a bit curly. Claude stood in front of her, weeping slightly, and holding the thick leather strap.
"Claude, we talked about this." Esolen's soft voice resonated. Esolen never raised her voice. "There are rules and consequences. When I moved in with you, this place was a sty, and sometimes you need reminders so it doesn't return to that condition."
Claude bit his lip. He was quite a bit older than Esolen the sort of fellow that used to be called a "silver fox". A television executive, now retired, he was pleasant to live with.
Certainly Esolen didn't love him, and she sought many other beds, but it was a bit of a living, Claude compensated her for her company, and in a way he was so different from fickle boys, he had great stories and a good sense of humor (perhaps not just now) and had taught her a bit about the world.
But he was a naughty boy at heart!
"I-I just left a little stack of bills on the floor, Esolen." Claude said, his eyes pleading. Esolen could see Claude's crotch bulging, though.
"I know, honey." Esolen crossed her long, pretty legs. Esolen was clad in a demure if short skirt and a flowered peasant shirt. "But that's the way it starts, isn't it?"
"Y-yes, I-"
Esolen unbuttoned her shirt. "You want the rewards, of course. Don't you want to look at this?" Esolen reached into her shirt and pulled out a plump breast, and as always, Claude's eyes bugged out.
Esolen's fingers played with her rose colored nipple. "I know you'd like to lick and kiss it, and we're just not there yet in our relationship."
"B-but it's been eighteen months!"
"Yes. I might let you pound your puddie and look at my boobies after we deal with the business of the messy room."
"It was just a stack of bills!"
Esolen didn't raise her voice, but it did turn steely. "I've had enough of this." She put her breast back and buttoned up the shirt. Claude's face fell.
"Give me the strap. Right now."
Claude, beginning to weep, handed Esolen the thick leather strap.
"God, you're such a baby. You can't just take a little correction." Esolen shook her head. "My father used bigger straps like this on me, for just being late to the breakfast table, and I learned respect."
Actually this was complete bullshit. Esolen's parents were adoring Freudian therapists, and everyone had adored Esolen from birth, and why not?
Porcelain skin, and big eyes...full lips, and a minx-like personality. But she loved pretending she'd risen from abusive, blue-collar origins.
Esolen frowned portentously. "Now take your pants down and lie across the arm of the couch." She toyed with the leather strap, almost lovingly. "Go on, I don't have all day."
Claude shook his head, but seeing Esolen refusing to give in, he shuffled over to the couch and undid his pants and pulled them down, following with his jockey shorts.
Esolen got up and walked to him. "Now we're going to see what being slob brings you, won't we?"
Esolen raised and brought down the strap twelve times. Claude bit on a couch cushion to keep from screaming (loud noises irritated Esolen) but it wasn't easy. His buttocks felt like hamburger now.
Now he rose and was weeping profusely. Through bleary tears he looked at his roommate, who he paid five thousand dollars a month to be "kept in line."
God, she's beautiful, Claude thought. She keeps her lips rouged in burgundy, and goes out of her way to be attractive.
She makes wonderful food, and knows a lot about museums and culture. Sometimes I wish she'd marry me, but twenty-six to my sixty years is near to impossible...
And oh, how my butt hurts!
Esolen opened her arms and Claude went in for a hug, and he sobbed on her shoulder.