The intern was not your usual 20 year old. Mengxia looked sharp in her crisp white blouse, black skirt, stockings and heels, particularly at this tech company where casual wear was the norm. Her sharp eyes roved around the room and finally landed on me, her manager. She approached with a professional smile.
"Hello Mengxia," I said, reaching out my hand, "we're excited to have you here with us."
Mengxia didn't respond immediately, X-raying me up and down with her dark eyes instead, as though trying to get the measure of me. Finally, she clasped my outstretched hand.
"Hello boss." She had a slight Chinese accent. I thought I heard a trace of irony in the way she said "boss", and I realized that this girl might well be trouble.
Mengxia was busy for the rest of the afternoon in intern orientation, so I went back to my office. It was a nice, isolated space away from the main area, a perk of having attained middle management so early in my career. Work was pretty light that day, and I found my mind constantly drifting back to Mengxia; her sharp features, her shiny black hair, her office attire, her intense gaze. Unconsciously, I started surfing female domination porn sites under the "Asian" category, and I masturbated until I came.
The following morning, Mengxia was due to meet with me at 10 am to discuss her goals for the internship. She was 10 minutes late, and sauntered in just as I was getting ready to look for her. She was as impeccable dressed as the previous day, but there was something different about her demeanor. Amused? Victorious?
I rose. "Hi Mengxia, I hope you had a good orientation yesterday! This meeting is to discuss your objectives for the next three months, although it's really whatever you want -"
She was smiling really widely now and I fell silent. "What?" I asked, slightly irritated.
"Are you aware, sir," she said, "that traffic through the company VPN is monitored?"
I froze.
Mengxia grinned, standing up as she did so and opening a folder she was carrying. "I hacked the VPN server as a side project last night," she continued, taking out printed logs of the sites I'd been visiting the previous day and passing them to me across the desk. "I knew you were a pervert from the moment I set eyes on you yesterday, but I didn't realize quite how bad it was. Female domination? Sissification? Cuckoldry? I hadn't heard of a few of these words before, but I looked them up. They are quite interesting, to say the least."
She paused, looking me in the eyes, before continuing. I was too dumbstruck to speak.
"Don't worry, I'm not going to rat you out. Not yet, anyway. I think we could be good for each other. You see, I've known men like you before. It doesn't matter how high you get in the corporate hierarchy, or how many people you control. Your true desire is to submit to a dominant woman, and do exactly what she says. Nothing less will make you happy."
I cleared me throat to speak, but she cut me off, leaning over my desk towards me. I could smell her floral scent.
"It turns out that you're quite lucky. Me, I like to be that dominant woman. I like to have men obeying my every command. I particularly like it when they are successful, powerful men." Her eyes ran over my name tag, with my title, Vice-President.
"What do you say?" she asked. "Sir," she added sarcastically.
I pulled myself together. I needed to nip this in the bud. "Miss Li," I said in the most professional voice I could muster. "This behavior is not profess-"
"I know it's not professional," she interrupted again. "Listen, you want this. I want this too, you know. It's difficult to find well-spoken, smart, submissive men. You're a pretty rare person, and I think we could get along really well."
I thought it over. It was against every protocol I could think of. But stronger than that feeling, was the realization that she was right. I did want this. Had been waiting for something like this for a long time.
"Say I said yes," I said, to buy time. "How would this even work? You're an intern here. I'm supposed to be supervising you, for God's sake! You're supposed to submit a report at the end of your internship. How are we even going to-", I trailed off.
Mengxia's face fell. "I understand," she said in a quieter voice. "Maybe I went too far. I just thought it could be something interesting to try." And she turned on her heel and started walking to the door. I watched her go, and it was in that moment that I realized I was willing to risk everything, in order to have what she was giving me.
"Wait," I blurted out.
She stopped and turned around.
"I accept," I said simply.
She stared for a bit, and then broke out into a wide smile.
"Really?" she asked.
I nodded.
"I am so happy! I really think this will be the right decision for both of us," she said, walking back towards me, and then around my desk. She cupped my face, the first time she had touched me besides our handshake the previous day. I could see it in her eyes, she truly was delighted.
Then something shifted and it was serious again.
"I took the liberty of writing up a contract. I don't want you to change your mind, now that you've agreed. I want this to be serious."
She placed a single sheet of paper on the table, and passed my pen from the side of my desk to me. "There's nothing too complicated in there. From my side, I will make sure that I do not endanger your career. However, the most important rule is simple. You are to obey me, whatever I say. No questions asked. Do not disappoint me." Her language had changed, she was being more assertive, and she was now pacing my office as though it was hers, with no trace of the shy intern that had walked in earlier.
I signed, without really listening. My heartbeat was racing, my blood was pumping in my ears.
Mengxia took the signed contract and took a picture with her phone, before carefully folding it and placing it in her handbag.
"You're my slave now, aren't you?"
I nodded, not knowing what to do.
"I asked you a question, slave."
"Yes, Mengxia," I stammered.
She walked back around my desk and grabbed a fistful of my hair, forcing my head upwards and forcing me to look into her eyes. Her dark eyes bored into mine as she said, "You will never call me Mengxia again. From now on, the only acceptable forms of address are Miss Li, Miss or Mistress. You had it right when you called me Miss Li earlier. Understood, slave?"
I gulped and nodded. "Yes, Miss"
"Good boy," she said, smiling. I shivered at her use of "boy".
Miss Li adjusted her grip on my hair and pulled, dragging me painfully to my feet. I followed her as she pulled me around my desk and to the centre of the office.
"Now," she said firmly, "it's time to see what my new slave is really made of, under his corporate uniform."
I looked at her blankly. "Strip naked, slave," she said flatly.
Surely she couldn't be serious?