I looked over at him seated directly across from me, my chair turned to face his. âMay I be excused, sir?â
âFor what reason?â he asked with a tone of indifference.
He continued eating and didnât once look in my direction. The silence lengthened while I nibbled on my bottom lip, contemplating actually telling him the reason.
âWell?â He did look at me then.
âI ummmâŠI need to use the restroom.â
For a moment he sat there, motionless, then gently laid the fork down, wiped his mouth with the linen napkin, and picked up his glass, taking a smooth swallow of wine. He turned to me then, rearranging his chair slightly so that we were now facing each other. âAre you wearing panties as I had instructed?â
Timidity laced my voice. âYes sir.â
âThe white cotton ones?â
I blushed crimson red. I couldnât help it. His gaze was as direct as was his question. His eyes bore into me as he awaited my answer. Slowly, I nodded. His smile was pureâŠand quite simply, wicked. There was no other way to describe it.
âSlide your skirt up and spread your legs.â
There was no question in his voice.
I glanced around at the public setting and trepidation filled me. He couldnât be serious. Could he? One look at his face and I knew that he was. True, the cafĂ© terrace was fairly deserted and there wasnât much foot traffic at that time of day, most still being at work, but stillâŠwork was in the surrounding office buildings and storefronts of downtown area.
âSlide your skirt up, slut and spread your legs. Do not make me tell you again.â
That look, that implacable, unwavering, I am damn serious and you wonât like the consequences if you donât do as I tell you look sent a shiver down my spine. With trembling fingers I raised my long, wool skirt up my thighs and bunched it up around my hips, spreading my legs to rest along the outer edges of the chair. My blush deepened and his smile of pleased arrogance shot heat right through me. It was about the only warmth I could feel then in the coolness of the mid-afternoon Australian winter day now that my legs were bare, save for the ankle boots that shod my feet.
âDid you shave this morning?â
âYes sir.â
âGood girl.â
âUmmm, sir? I really doâŠI really do have toâŠâ I looked away. I couldnât finish the sentence. I couldnât say to him, face to face what I had said to him so many other times through email and instant messages and phone chat. Sitting here, looking him in the face, I couldnât bring myself to say it.
âYou really do have to what?â
I swallowed hard and tightened my lips shut, drawing a deep breath in through my nose and letting it out the same way. âGo to the restroom,â I said quickly.
âTo wash your hands?â
His tone was so innocently mocking that my skin crawled. He was usually so crude with me, so base and nasty, but rarely ever patronizing and I knew instantly I hated it.
âNo sir, not to wash my hands.â
âThen what, dear? What do you need to go to the restroom for?â
The bastard was going to make me say it. The smug look in his eyes suited him and I shifted uncomfortably beneath his knowing gaze, the cruel, upward tilt of his lips. I couldnât decide if I hated him for his power over me and his tenacity for getting what he wanted, or if I loved him for it. Either way, I wasnât happy and it must have shown for he laughedâŠout loud and gloriously, he laughed.
I wanted to cry. Frustration and irritation mingled with the fact that my bladder was full and I wanted to bawl my eyes out right there and then.
âI have to pee!â My voice was louder than I had intended and far more forceful. He sobered immediately and looked me square in the face, all traces of laughter gone.
âThen pee.â
Relief filled me and my discomfort at being so exposed in public drained away as I started to get up. His hand shot out and halted my movement.
âNo, my sweet little whore. You stay right where you are in that position.â
I looked at him with astonishment. âBut, sirâŠ?â
âYou have to pee, slut, you pee right here.â
I couldnât seem to swallow past the lump in my throat and could only choke out, âButâŠâ