This is a sequel to chapter 1 and may be incomprehensible without reading that first. To those that have already done so then I apologise for the delay.
I stood for a long time on the other side of the street looking at the building opposite. It had been turned into offices many years ago and sat squashed between a solicitor and a private doctor. I felt a scrunching wave of panic run through my stomach as I wondered what would happen to me. I knew I had no choice. I had to go in. Miss K had sent me here to "broaden your horizons" was how she put it. I also knew that, although an unspoken threat, if I did not do as she had ordered then I could never go back to her.
A taxi passed by, waking me from my thoughts. I watched as it deposited a well-dressed man a few doors further up the street and then drove off. The man glanced in my direction before disappearing inside one of the doors. I didn't want to draw attention to myself, so I crossed the street and went in through the open door. A list of names directed me to the next floor. There was only one door, so I knocked on it nervously. There was no reply. Faintly I could hear movement so someone must be in. I was about to knock again when I remembered Miss K's directive.
"Be on time," she had told me in her severe way, "neither early nor late, especially not late. It is up to you to create a good impression if you want to allow 'Sir' to take you on."
I had protested wildly, pleading with her. Why did I have to go? Had I not served her well for the past year or so? Why was I being punished?
She told me that she had already explained it all to me and it was time for me to move on. It was a great privilege to be taken by 'Sir,' if indeed I could persuade him to do so.
I stood waiting quietly outside the door, becoming more nervous by the second, listening to the occasional sounds coming from within. I had decided that I was a little early and that was the reason I was being ignored. I waited several more minutes and then knocked again. There was a long silence, and I was about to try again when a loud deep voice ordered, "Come."
Nervously I opened the door and looked in. the room was sparsely furnished with a large old desk taking up one half. Directly in front of the desk was a single, upright dining chair. Behind the desk sat a man, ignoring me and shuffling through a file of papers. As I walked across the floor, I was very conscious of the silence in the room as my low heels clattered across the bare boards. Even that was not enough to disturb the man behind the desk. Not wishing to speak I simply sat quietly in the chair. The silence stretched and then:
"Did I say you could sit down?"
His voice was harsh and full of authority and clearly belonged to someone not used to being disobeyed. I jumped to my feet in alarm. Had I ruined everything already?
I then got the telling off I deserved. His voice was stern and cold, and I expected some form of physical retribution. It is what Miss K would have done and something I had become accustomed to. The hard slap to some sensitive part of my body or a full-on spanking. But he resorted to pointing out the error of my actions and hinted that my acceptance was still not decided. I stammered out an excuse. His tone was gentle until it suddenly changed when he snapped at me to take off my blouse.
The command came without warning, and it took me by surprise. I don't know why I wasn't expecting something like this, but it was as much his change of voice that threw me. I hastily fumbled at the buttons, took it off, and looked around for somewhere to put it and was told to throw it on the floor. I turned back to find him staring at me. I turned my gaze downwards to the floor and resisted the temptation to protect myself from his stare.
"Skirt!"
This time I was ready and removed my skirt without delay, folding it and dropping it to the floor alongside my crumpled blouse. He seemed to inspect me for quite a while as I stood before him in my underwear. I had tried to choose carefully before coming out, but I knew the bra and thong were not a matching set. The colour was very close but not quite the same. I just hoped he wouldn't notice. I was so taken up by my worries that his next command made me jump.