A sequel to 'Red Circles'
1
Dalia slowly roused herself from sleep as the sunlight streamed through the curtains onto her. It was a joy not to have the alarm break into a dream for once, and to be able to feel the softness of the double bed, to be able to stretch out and reach...
But of course there was nobody beside her. Just a space bounded by cool satin.
And the other side? She focused her eyes on the tea set placed on the bedside table. Another privilege from her day off from the library. She pulled herself to a sitting position, and reached over to pour herself out a cup. Nearly boiling, but not quite. That would do though.
She reached over to the table on the other side of the bed to find the TV remote, and flicked it on. The clock in the corner of the screen told her it was well past eleven whilst the news rolled in a tickertape above it. She leant across to pick up her cup of tea, and thoughtfully sipped it as she caught up with the world.
A soft knock at the door made her eyes dart from the screen. She blinked, then remembered who it would be. "Enter", she called.
The door opened and in came the maid. Dalia's eyes were back on the screen. It was only when the maid said "Everything all right for you, Miss?", in a deep, male voice, that she acknowledged his presence.
Oh yes, it was "he". Despite the ridiculous lacy uniform, despite the ginger-curled wig, despite the smooth legs. "She" was a pronoun only used for those with privileges in this house, and "he" was still called Ed. And things had come some way since Dalia had first met him...
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2
It was a different morning, some months before, but with the same luxurious bed, the same sunlight in the window. On this morning, the alarm screeched the time of seven AM, but as Dalia instinctively reached out her arm to turn it off, she found nothing on the bedside table. Her hand flapped around to find it. On the other side, she heard a thwack and the alarm dying, and a body next to her turning in the bed: and then, softly in her ear, "morning, sweet slut".
Dalia jerked her head right - and then she remembered. Oona, the woman she had been summoned to the night before. Oona, the woman who was her confessor. Oona, the woman who had comforted her, then seduced her...
...and who had taken her to bed last night.
"Remember me? Mistress Oona? Won't you say 'good morning'?"
Dalia's mouth was dry, but she swallowed and managed to mumble a good morning.
"Sleep well? No, don't get up, there's plenty of time yet." Oona pulled Dalia to her: it felt natural to kiss, to embrace, to relax into her arms. "You've had a rough night, sweetness: now it's time for a little pampering."
Oona pulled away for a second to press a button on the table on her side of the bed, then continued cuddling her conquest. After a minute or so, Dalia heard careful footsteps on stairs; a soft knock on the door, and then, when Oona had called out her permission...
A silver tray was brought in. Two tea cups and a pot were on it. But carrying it in? Dalia's eyes boggled - a man! in this house! - and why was he wearing a black bra?
He put the tray on Oona's bedside table, then politely enquired "Anything else, Ma'am?"
"No, thank you Ed. Keep out of sight this morning, I think you have to give her time to get used to you."
"Of course, Ma'am." He turned and walked out. Dalia caught sight of the black panties which matched his bra.
"Wha....?" began Dalia.
"Sssshh, sweetness. Just a little, ummm, 'domestic help'. You'll see. Now kiss me again."
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3
"You're sure of this?"
"Absolutely."
"You realize what it means?"
"I think so."
"You're not going to upset the arrangements I have already?"
"They're part of you. And being with you is what I want to have."
"Then it's done."
Oona brought the last forkful of pasta up to her mouth, and delicately pushed it in. Dalia's eyes fixed there for a moment; the dark skin surrounding the soft lips, and a tongue which had brought her such passion over the past four weeks. She watched as Oona chewed and swallowed, wishing she could run her finger down the front from her mouth, down between her breasts, down towards...