Chapter Two: Stephen
When I divorced Jack, I got my life back on track and decided to do something with my law degree. I got a job. I dated a lot. I got a better job. And then got promoted a couple of times.
And then one day I met Stephen. We were both barristers, both working hard, building our careers. We'd been flirting for months by the time he asked me out. And so started a decade of the happiest I've ever been in my life.
Stephen is wonderful. Handsome, and energetic, and talented, and generous. He loves sport, and he's very athletic and healthy, and he has a real presence in any room. A calm, confident charisma.
He turns me on a lot, and we have a lot of sex.
Of course he knew all about me and Jack. You'd have to have been living under a rock to not. And on our third date, right there at the restaurant table, he asked me a question that stopped me in my tracks.
"Do you like to be dominated?"
I hadn't been expecting that question from this kind polite upstanding man, but the twinkle in his eyes as he asked gave me a little tingle of arousal.
"Yes," I said simply, biting my lip.
He nodded slowly, considering this. "So if things continue to go well with you and me, would you like it if I dominated you?"
I contemplated him, excited, and amused, and thoughtful. "Well it depends what you're suggesting?" I said, flirtatiously.
"Well I've seen all those photos of you, and I've often thought that I'd love to spank you."
I raised my eyebrows. We were talking quietly, but having this conversation in the middle of a restaurant was thrilling. "Oh, have you now? Well you did give me a little slap when we had sex on Friday."
"And did you like it?" he asked, a little smile at the corners of his mouth.
"Yeah," I said, biting my lip again. "I really did."
"Well," he went on, taking a sip of wine, " In that case, a bit later on, how about we go back to mine again, and we try it out a bit more?"
"Okay," I smiled, and I felt my pussy wetten.
So there you go. My reputation as a submissive went before me. And for me and Stephen on our third date, it started there.
Let me tell you about the next two days, starting with that very night.
And that night, as soon as we were through the door, we were kissing, with me up against the wall.
Stephen has an elegance and power in his movements, and the way he expertly turned me round to face the wall and began kissing my neck and shoulders had me groaning with desire. I love to be positioned where he wants me.
He unzipped my dress, and removed it with two easy motions, leaving me wearing nothing but my black G-string and my high heels.
And then he took my wrist and led me over to his generous sofa, and threw me over the arm of it, so I was bent over away from him.
He took a twist of my hair in his left hand to hold me still, and began to spank me. No build up - just a proper spanking as if I'd just done something very naughty.
I was absolutely astonished at how hard he spanked me - harder than Jack ever had - and I could hardly catch my breath for squealing out in pain.
In fact, Jack had never given me "a spanking". He did like to slap my bottom quite a lot, but not like this. Not an actual spanking like Stephen was giving me - hard and disciplinary.
I had no idea how long he'd been doing it, but my bottom was on fire, and every slap hurt so badly - especially when he hit the same spot for two, three, or four times in a row.
I remember thinking that I was at my limit, but I couldn't find the words to stop him. And I didn't want to stop him.
And when he did stop, he helped me stand up, and looked into my face to see how I was.
I realised at the same time that he did that my eyes were wet.
Being a very kind man, I thought he might apologise and be worried he'd gone too far, but he didn't. He just gently wiped away one of my tears, and pulled me to him, and held me, caressing and smoothing and soothing my bottom. It was lovely.
"Did you like that?" he asked me.
"Yes," I breathed.
"Good girl. Then that's something I'd like to do every time I see you."
My heart skipped a beat.
"Every time?"
"Yes."
"But you're seeing me tomorrow for that exhibition."
"That's right," he said, continuing to stroke my stinging bottom. And then he slid his hand between my legs.
I moaned softly at his touch. God it felt so good.
He said: "You did enjoy that."
And we stood like that for some time, his large hand on my punished bottom, his fingers playing with me, and I arched my body back to give him as much access as he wanted.
That submissive stance that comes so naturally.
And I knew in that moment, longing to be fucked by him, longing for his cock - wanting him to make me his - that this was the perfect man for me.
He moved his manly fingers inside me until I was beside myself with sexual and submissive desire, and then he said: "Now get back in that position because I'm going to fuck you."
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The fourth date
When Stephen arrived the following evening, I opened the door and kissed him immediately. Passionately and urgently.
"I've been waiting for you," I told him as we kissed.
"I've been looking forward to seeing you too," he said. "I feel like we're starting out on something very exciting together."
I made a noise of agreement. A sexual sound of longing and pleasure.
I was wearing a tight little black dress with nothing underneath, and he began to peel it up now. All the way up to my stomach.
And then with his hands on my hips, he moved me away from him, despite me craning my neck forward to keep kissing him.
He didn't comment on my lack of underwear. "Turn round," was all he said.
As I did so, he gently traced his fingers over my bottom.
"Amazing," he said. "You'd hardly know that I'd spanked you at all. How does it feel?"
"A tiny bit tender - a bit bruised."
I looked at him anxiously over my shoulder, wanting his approval, but not sure whether that would earn me it.
He said nothing, but just nodded, just exploring the shape of my bottom with his fingers.
I marvelled at how we'd got here. Yesterday had been a turning point. He owned me now, and I loved it.
"Well," he said at last. "You seem to have a very resilient bottom. So I think I should make it sting again now. I wonder if it'll hurt more today?"
My stomach flipped with nervous excitement as he led me to my little kitchen table and pulled out a chair and sat in it.
He patted his lap, and I saw that he expected me to get over his knee.
"Oh god," I breathed. I was so turned on as I got myself into position. This was the most erotic thing I'd ever done. Something about being over his lap to be spanked touched something deep inside me that made my whole body tingle with excitement, and my pussy become instantly wet.
This time he caressed my bottom for a long time, his fingertips so close to my wetness, but never actually touching me there.
I parted my legs a little to give him access, desperate for him to finger me. But all he did was touch me everywhere else but there. He softly stroked my anus with the tip of his finger as his other hand moved back and forth over my thighs, and back, and hips.
My whole body was alive to him. It was a state of blissful unfulfilled longing.
When he finally began to spank me, it was very gentle. Little slaps to the lower part of my bottom, where the flesh made a little smacking sound. It felt nice - but I wanted it harder. Much harder.
And I got my wish.
My spanking built up gradually. And by the time he was slapping my bottom every bit as hard as yesterday, I was unbelievably desperately turned on.
Once again, I had a moment where I thought I couldn't take much more. But I knew from yesterday that I could.
I felt totally owned by him. Just draped over his lap, my dress yanked up, being spanked by this sexy man just because he wanted to.
Then his punishment got even harder, slapping the same part of my poor bottom over and over and I writhed on his lap, panicking because it was more than I could tolerate.
"Please!" I cried out, and put my hand round to protect myself to make it stop.
But he simply took my wrist and with his strong arm just pinned my arm against my back and carried on.
There are no words to adequately describe the experience. I was in my "subspace".
I was in a sort of euphoric state where I lost control of myself. The only thought in my head was how erotic it was to be here over his lap being punished like this. How I needed it. I would submit to literally whatever he wanted to do to me. I wanted him to have his way with me.
When he finished, he rubbed my bottom gently, soothingly. It felt absolutely on fire it was stinging so badly - I had been thoroughly and soundly punished.
And why? Purely because he wanted to.
"Okay, he said at last. "You can stand up now."
I awkwardly did as I was told, and stood there with my tight little dress gathered round my tummy.
He looked into my eyes, with a kind twinkle in his. He seemed completely calm and in control, but there was an intensity in the way he held my gaze. There was absolutely no mistaking what was going on here. He was absolutely in charge. And I would do whatever he wanted.
"Kneel down," he said simply, which of course I did, my knees on the hard parquet floor.
And then he undid his belt, slid it effortlessly from his trousers, and then flexed it between his hands.
"I'll use this on you tomorrow," he told me. "But for now, we have just a little bit of time before we need to set off to the exhibition. Enough time for you to make me come in your mouth."
He looped the belt and slipped it over my head. The leather felt smooth and warm as it tightened round my neck, but the buckle was cold. He used it, like a leash, to pull me towards him, his legs apart.
I was obliged to crawl on hands and knees for a short distance, until I was kneeling there between his legs.
He let go of the belt, and it dropped down, slapping my tummy, hanging from my neck.