It took her two weeks to locate a suitable flat and another two weeks to complete the legal formalities. It was functional, one of four off a shared stairwell with two other similar blocks of four alongside. She made a point of asking after the neighbours and had been pleased to learn that above belonged to an elderly couple who used it for irregular visits to the city, while the one below was a businessman who was only there Monday to Thursday. The top floor she knew less of, apparently a woman living alone, but she was less concerned of being overheard with the elderly couple in between.
The flat comprised a large, open plan living area with a small kitchen off. There were two bedrooms, the master a sizeable double with the guest room slightly smaller. A separate shower room and a storage cupboard completed the space. Her plan was to put her own house up for rent which meant transferring her day-to-day possessions to the flat with the remainder to go into storage. That process took a week, then she was ready.
In the time it had taken her to find and secure the apartment she had maintained regular contact with him. The empty retail unit had lasted two weeks before she had 'remembered' to give the keys back to the old colleague who was looking to offload the lease. From that point she had insisted on daily video calls, often two or three a day, in which she had set him tasks or ordered him to hold a series of slave positions for periods of time of her choosing. Failure to maintain the positions would earn him a punishment, to be administered when the next met. They were both relieved when she texted him the address of the apartment and arranged for him to arrive the following day.
Sitting in the living area listening to music when the knock on the door came, she didn't rush to get up. He looked pleased but nervous when she eventually opened the door, pulling it open and stepping back to allow him to enter. 'Welcome to your new home, slave.'
She told him to drop the bag he carried in the hallway and led him to the living area, where she sat and ordered him to remove his clothes and fold them neatly. He briefly glanced out of the window but relaxed when he realised they were not overlooked, the flats on the edge of a wood. When he was naked she once more admired the cock cage, realising that it was now almost six weeks since he had started wearing it. She ordered him to retrieve his bag from the hall and when he returned, she instructed him to empty the contents on the floor.