Three aces, a queen of hearts, and a two of diamonds. Motioning for two cards, Ivory prayed they were good enough to get her out of the mess she had gotten herself into.
Her father's debts, revealed on his deathbed, ensured that Ivory was forced into the untenable position of having to gamble for the family home her mother had always known. Working as an escort wasn't earning her enough to support the insurmountable debt that was her father's legacy.
She stared across into the midnight blue eyes of the man she had met earlier that evening and turned down the offer of his company. After a few hours of watching her gamble away her savings, he made her an offer he was sure she could not refuse.
He would pay off whatever debt was troubling her in exchange for her presence in his bed for a month.
Fire flashed in Ivory's eyes before she maliciously told him what he could do with his offer. It was then that he offered to play her one hand of poker, promising that if she won, then he would pay off her debt and leave her alone.
But if he won, he would take her to his bed for a month, and depending on how she pleased him, he would still pay off the debt. A win-win situation from her point of view, so Ivory had agreed.
Ivory dragged her eyes away from his to view the two cards she had been dealt. She exhaled a breath of relief when she realized one of them was in fact another ace.
Risk took in her relief and smiled to himself. So she thought she was free of him, did she? Risk glanced down at the eight, seven, six, five, and four of spades that he had originally been dealt. Ivory had been so enmeshed in thought that she did not even notice that he had refused to take a card.
Ivory revealed her hand with a feeling of triumph knowing that she had just gotten her first big break in months. Risk observed her supposed success for a full minute before he laid his hand down and smiled back at her triumphantly.
Ivory slowly realized that he had in fact beat her and that she was now required to be his personal sex toy for the next month. Fear quickened in her heart as she took in his feral smile and read the explicit sexual intent therein.
"Shall we," he asked, rising from his seat and extending his arm.
Ivory stared at the proffered arm for a few seconds before coming to some swift conclusions. If she didn't do this, then the family house was as good as lost. She also didn't know this man from Adam or what he would be capable of if she refused him and riled him to anger.
She did know that he was extremely wealthy, as he had graced the pages of who’s who in the society pages for several years. Of course, she hadn’t paid much attention to the names, just glanced at the faces and the going fashions. Afterall, in her line of work, they didn’t pay you for your brains or scintillating conversation. If she pleased him, then her worries could be over. Clinging to this thought, Ivory slowly got up from her seat and took his arm.
They walked out to where his sleek Jaguar was parked in silence. As he came around to open the door for her, she asked, "Am I to know the name of the man who will be fucking me for the next month?"
Risk smiled at her openness and at her attempts to ease the tension from the situation. After tucking her into her seat he replied, "Risk." He slid into the driver's side and proceeded to drive.
It was another ten minutes or so before Ivory worked up the courage to speak again as her nerves were stretched to the limit.
Knowing what she was about to say would not be well received, Ivory gently broached the subject that was plaguing her mind.
"Listen, I know I hurt your ego when I turned you down back there and you won my presence in your bed fair and square, but I don't think it would be asking too much for you to release me from our deal. It was a crazy offer made in the heat of the moment and it was accepted in the same vein," Ivory finished on a rush watching his face for signs of a response.
None was forthcoming.
It was another three minutes or so before Risk deigned to answered.
"I can appreciate your nervousness, but I can assure you this is a situation you will enjoy once I've got you on your back in my bed. I wouldn't be surprised if you begged to stay longer than the required month once this is all over. Since I took my first lover, there have been no complaints, and believe me, I've had all kinds. Pleasing you would barely take any effort." Risk smiled, knowing he was deliberately bating her to get her physiological responses flowing.
Ivory took the bate. "How dare you presume to treat me as though I am just another one of your women. Unlike those women, I do not come to your bed willingly and neither do I intend to enjoy what you are going to force on me. You haven't got what it takes to please me. Common courtesy would be high on my list and you haven't even bothered to ask my name."
"Why should I," Risk drawled, "It is you who will be calling out my name in a matter of minutes, not the other way around. As for my not being able to pleasure you, well, I think we should put that little challenge to the test."
Risk began to slide his hand up under her dress. Ivory could only stare as his long fingers made their way past her knees. Ivory was dismayed at his continued ascension, realizing he would soon know that she had not worn any panties that evening because of the close cut of the dress. Risk easily brushed past her punitive attempts to still him from his goal and was pleasantly surprised to find that she was readily accessible.
Risk gently, but firmly pushed her thighs apart, letting his hand drifted downward. He gently massaged small circles around her clit before continuing on a downward path towards her plump pussy lips.
Ivory moaned low in her throat as she watched his finger slide deeply into her, soon joined by a second and then a third. All the while, Risk continued to watch the flow of traffic as his hand learned her lush folds. Ivory began rocking against the gentle thrust of Risk's fingers trying to drive them deeper.
Risk smiled to himself as he felt Ivory begin to give herself up to the pleasure of the moment. Ivory closed her eyes as Risk continued to thrust his fingers into her. As Ivory began to moan louder, Risk picked up the pace and occasionally altered the deepness of his thrusts, shallow, then deep, then shallow, both intended to and succeeding in driving Ivory mad with desire.
Risk continued to push Ivory closer to orgasm with each change in his caress, but never allowed Ivory to reach complete fulfillment.
Pulling into the private garage of his luxury apartment, Risk parked the car and withdrew his fingers from Ivory. She opened her eyes and moaned in protest at the lack of pressure she so desperately needed.