The room was dark and he reached in and turned on the lights.
Peter had certainly been busy. The room resembled the interior of a porn shop. Decorating the walls were shelves containing every device imaginable, for stimulation of either the male or female genitalia. In one far corner of the room he had set up his office, his computer still turned on to the internet. There was a small mountain of icons denoting messages, still unattended. Instead of his computer manuals were a neat set of books marked for orders, memberships and dispatch records among other things
"I've got plenty of bandwidth in this baby." He patted the new computer. "Two or three hours a day and I can make more money than I ever did before. Look! I'll show you." He clicked on an icon.
"Kent's Creations Dungeon Stock." He exclaimed, pointing.
It was like a catalogue of all the bondage gear, equipment, various punishment accessories that included whips and paddles and as he rolled the cursor down there were a wide variety of costumes, cages and torture devices. There were photos of near nude women suspended above or below their 'Masters', I guessed.
"Toys." He read as he clicked on another icon.
"Jeez! Isn't this stuff illegal." I breathed. "What is it that you're running here? Some sort of fantasy playroom?"
I couldn't help but be impressed with the time it must have taken to get all this up and running. I stood transfixed as Peter clicked on the various icons.
"Isn't that Sally?" I pointed to one photo of one model dressed in a peekaboo bra and crotch-less knickers.
"Harry took that one." Peter smiled. He did quite a bit of work on this particular catalogue.
"Just how many have you got?" I was looking around the room.
"It's a chain of sites, accessible in one yearly membership. I've got Harry taking photos for me and each site is designed to appeal to every possible sexual interest that I know of. The idea is to make it a one stop shop. You can buy gear, clothing, lingerie, sex toys and other things that I'm still developing." Peter was getting excited as he listed the interests catered for on his site. "There are a lot of rip-off merchants on the internet. This one will cater for everyone. The catalogues are free but if they want to go further, they have to become a member." He chuckled.
"I thought you were going to tell me about your fantasies." I dug Peter in the ribs with my elbow. "I've already told you about a couple of mine." I glared at him. "Surely you're not interested in all this stuff." I pointed to the display on the wall above the door. "Like those for example?"
There were a number of punishment devices, some of them designed to hurt or maim the unfortunate recipient for life. There were pictures of big burly men, whipping the occupants of a room and hanging them from meat-hooks. I was beginning to think that Peter had taken leave of his senses.
"Oh those!" He grinned. "They are just to set the mood." He looked at me more seriously. "By the end of the week you will be sure to finish your book. The Addicted to Attention series will explain it much better. The idea is to set the mood, as I said. A subordinate must learn to trust her Master." Peter drew himself up to his full height. "You trust Harry, don't you?"
"Well, yes!" I stammered. "He's always been kind."
"What about me?" He demanded.
"I love you! You know that, don't you?" I was shaking a little, still unsure what Peter was trying to get at. "I'm trying to please you in every way that I can." I kissed him. "Of course I trust you!"
"I know!" He agreed, when I released him. "Why don't we go and get this stuff off us." Peter looked at the clock on the screen of his computer. "We can talk over dinner but first, we have to wash this cream off and while we're at it?" He grabbed a package off the shelf. "This might be good for a start." He held it away from me so that I couldn't see what it was, smiling mysteriously.
I was dying of curiosity. All the time we were in the shower, I was trying to extract from Peter the information that I had failed to obtain in his roomful of sex toys and bondage gear.
"All I can say is that fantasies originate from a deep seated desire to try something new. Most people never attempt to live out these dreams in real life. They are shackled by convention and are afraid to mention them in case the people that they respect think badly of them. I mean, look what happened to us when I bought you that new swimsuit?" He looked intently at me. "I watched you at the beach today, honey. You enjoyed every minute, even though you were totally naked, at the time."
"I know sweetheart." I whispered, feeling guilty.
"When I asked you what you thought of Jim, earlier, you only mentioned that it was unusual to see a man without pubic hair. Now, I want to tell me what you really thought about him. Be honest with me, Pam. Did you want him,---sexually I mean?"
"I guess so. I sort of fantasised about him when we were out there." I stumbled over my words, blushing with embarrassment.
I could feel his eyes searching mine for further information and I felt relieved when the corners of his mouth lifted slightly.