The Holiday Party
Β© William D'Ark 2022
This work is for ADULT AUDIENCES ONLY. It contains graphic language and numerous sexually explicit scenes related to bondage, discipline, and sado-masochistic (BDSM) lifestyles, as well as exhibitionist-voyeur and power exchange relationships which may be considered offensive by some readers. All depicted sexual and/or BDSM activity in this work is considered expressly consensual between adults. All characters and events are entirely fictional and any similarity to real persons living or dead is coincidental.
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We had inadvertently timed things right. The party was scheduled to start at six and people were still gathering as I walked through the hotel's wide open event room door. Our department included about a hundred people, my group just five. Six, with Allison joining the team. That was the perfect number to fill one of the room's fifteen or sixteen tables.
I shook hands and smiled, said
Happy Holidays
and
Merry Christmas
with sincerity. I was feeling an exhilaration high after the past few minutes' superb playtime. All those sex-chems were rushing through
me
. It seemed that Allison had endless possibilities as a submissive. As a
slave
I began to tell myself. Her sexuality was as keen as her exhibitionism, an important combination in my view. I felt confident she would react well to the pleasure-pain practices I had planned for her too.
Within the office world,
I reminded myself.
Stay focused. Don't overstep that boundary
. I felt certain I could make it all succeed. But I also knew I would make up excuses to expand what qualified as office-world, work-world, so we two could be together.
'Hello, William,' a voice next to me said. I was snacking at cheese, crackers and fruit, a double Jack Daniels in my other hand. I turned to see Adele, the longest standing member of my team. 'Hi! Merry Christmas!' I gave her a peck on the cheek.
'Merry Christmas to you too,' she said. 'Did Allison come with you? I don't see her here.'
'Yes, we just arrived. She wanted to freshen up. And walk around, I think. It's her first time at this hotel.'
Adele and Allison had been friends for a while. 'I'll keep my eyes open for her,' she said, munching on a carrot. Adele was skinny, a non-drinker. Where I would juggle a plate of hors d'oeuvres and a glass full of alcohol she would nibble on one thing at a time. With sparkling water as her beverage of choice.
'Don't you just love that dress she's wearing?' she asked.
'It's pretty, I agree.' I tried not to sound too interested in what my
secretary
was wearing. But I was puzzled. Adele had already seen the dress. When was that, I wondered. Allison had only changed into it in the women's locker room... right before we left the office.
Adele and the bitten-off carrot were staring at me. 'She bought it for tonight's party.'
'Really? She did something like that to celebrate joining our team? I'm impressed.'
'Mhm,' Adele replied. 'To celebrate the team, the party. And your... leadership,' she said, taking up a short stalk of celery.
'I'll have to thank her,' I said. 'There she is now.'
Allison had stepped into the wide entryway. I thought about walking over to offer my arm. But she seemed to enjoy the solo entrance she had made, standing under a bright ceiling light holding a small white handbag. The top half of the cherry red Christmas dress was covered with a white, cropped, button front sweater. Angora or mohair, it looked to me. Cashmere, maybe. Long sleeves to keep back the evening chill.
So that's why the big wide tote bag
, I realized. She had slipped it into the Acura's back seat as we were leaving.
The sweater's snow white appearance kept to the season's wintery theme. The skirt spread out below the sweater at Allison's waistline....Beneath which her long legs trailed, supported by ankle-wrap sandals. The white-red-pale color contrasts made the skirt stand out boldly. A viewers' attention focused
there
- where an undeniable, shadowy mystery lay beneath the semi-sheer hem. Right where those lean legs met her torso.
In other words... At the girl's cunt. Her pussy. Her just-cummed sex.
I was sure that everyone in the room was mulling over the same unspoken question. Maybe at the same time.
Those legs disappear into...
(eyes stare)
What's under that cherry red skirt anyway?
Only I knew the answer. Sticky juiced flesh and that was all.
Or, wait. Was there something more subtle going on? Something to do with the girl's signature scent mixing with wintergreen candles and peppermint dangling from the nearby holiday tree? Something known to
everyone
but spoken by few... Something subconscious...
I had studied the phenomenon for years. Allison's pheromones, her exclusive aroma, was wafting into the air driven by candle flames, air conditioning and a hundred moving bodies. Two hundred nostrils were being fed a subliminal aromatic trace of fresh girl-cum trapped between the microscopic pores of that fire engine red almost-see-through silk skirt.
Besides which, I noticed, Allison walked the room with a split, six inch, inverted V flickering back and forth below the dress's final button. A normal woman would be wearing something beneath the dress and wouldn't be much concerned about 'sharing the world' with onlookers. Allison was not. My eyes told me the fifth button lay exactly on top of the labia I had photographed naked and gleaming just minutes before. The button was right where the split... oh my god... drew every eyeball in the room.
Daring. Unbelievable. Tantalizing.
'Wow,' Adele said. 'She looks so different all the sudden. And what kind of necklace is that?'
She took steps in Allison's direction. But a throng had already gathered around the woman keeping Adele at a distance. The vice president wanted to shake Allison's hand, to welcome her to William's team. So did the two directors. Plus a dozen technicians, scientists, attorneys and editors all clamoring to stand in her space.
I had a sudden image of two dozen Wimpys drifting in the air, lured by the scent of hamburger...
As I was lost in cartoon images, Anna appeared at my elbow. 'She looks lovely, William. I hope she will be a productive member of your team.'
I wanted to downplay my enthusiasm again. 'Merry Christmas, Anna. Yeah, we had a good conversation during the drive over,' I said. 'I think she's a great addition. Thanks for all your help bringing her on.'
'You're so welcome. And, you know, she seems a little shy about it all. My advice is don't put too much on her at first. Let her settle in. Your team can be really demanding, serving so many clients. And with all the new work you've got going on? Try not to tie her down or make too many strict demands. Till she's had a chance to adapt.
I nearly spit out my whisky.
Strict demands..? Tie her down..?
I blinked and swallowed. 'Good advice as always. But let me ask you for some early leeway. I need her to make a big impression with my team. We've never had support staff before; we've done everything ourselves. Let me talk with her about the importance of looking great like she does now. Being smart about her work. Helping us meet next year's goals.'
'Sure, William. Absolutely. But what kind of leeway would she need? All the support staff have those same notions, don't you think?'
'Adele just shared a secret with me,' I said.
'Oh really? What's that?'
'She told me Allison bought that pretty dress just for our Christmas party. On her small salary, to mark her new job. That tells me she likes to dress-to-impress, if you know what I mean.'
'Ah, I see. But you support that, right? Letting her do something a little different? For your team?'
'I do. If she becomes a centerpiece it will help the team bond. That and contributing new ideas. Being efficient with her time.'
'Those are good points, William. So yes, I agree.'
I nodded. 'To make sure
you and I
have figured this out, let me talk to Allison about it. If we're right and she wants to be a little, say, experimental... Let's let her try.'
I paused to let the idea sink in. 'You'll come to me if you have questions?' I said, guiding her thoughts.
'Yes I will.' She was nodding. 'And please come to
me
if she's not meeting expectations.'
I offered my hand. 'We have a deal,' I said. 'We make a good team too, you and me.'
'Merry Christmas, William. I hope you have a good holiday break. I'll see you after New Year's.'
As with Adele, I leaned over and gave her a peck on the cheek. 'Merry Christmas. And to your family.' She was blushing as she stepped away. With a smile.
Ok, whew, that was a major step forward in my evil plan. I had Anna on my side, at least for a while. Till we turned up the heat too much, Allison and me. I hoped I would have the wherewithal to manage my new office
slave
without things getting out of hand.
Wow, this is really happening.
My fingers drummed against the icy half-full glass I was holding.