Chapter 2
There's a digital snap as he takes a picture when my belt comes undone and my coat slides away, exposing my panties. I can see his hands and the camera and nothing else He doesn't hide what he's doing, even though any real call girl would leave the moment he started snapping pics. But I'm not a real call girl. I'm his toy.
"Slow down. I want to savor this."
It would be easier just to throw my clothes off, kicking them aside and showing him my body, letting my nudity be normal, nonchalant. Instead, I feel heat in my cheeks and tightness chest as I slowly drop the belt, letting the coat hang open. It still covers my nipples, but that feels weirdly more exposed as he takes more pictures.
"Let it slide from your shoulders, slowly, as you turn. No, don't look at me. You know better than that."
I hadn't realized how much I'd kept my eyes down before he mentioned it. Even without the blinding light, I'm falling into a role I somehow know without instructions. He might have power over me, but I won't surrender that easily. I spy in the mirror, but the light only allows a silhouette of a man. He might be a bit shorter than typical, pretty average build.
"God, that ass. The first time I came looking at your photos, it was because of your ass. And that photo of you with the tail in." He chuckles. "That's when I knew this had to happen. No, don't try to peak at me in the mirror. You'll get to look soon enough. Hold that pose."
I look at the floor. My heart is racing, but from what? I'm not horny, but there's desire on the edge of the anxiety twisting in my belly, tingling in my legs and arms.
"Put your arms behind your back. Hold them at the elbows. And give me some of that special arch your husband likes so much."
If he hadn't said "your husband," this wouldn't feel like such a betrayal. My nerves are going wild. Guilt, worry...and desire. I take the position slowly, breathing slowly, trying to dissipate all of it.
"You know you're here for the night, Madeline. What's off-limits?"
I want to say my ass. I like butt toys. I love them when I'm in a filthy mood, knowing how much seeing a disk of metal between my asscheeks turn you on. But actual anal sex stops being fun after a few minutes. I'd almost rather rim this bastard than have him put his cock in my ass. But I don't say anything. The moment I define it as off-limits, he'll prove he has no limits and take my ass extra hard. If this fuck finds out I've never let you have my ass...
He chuckles again. "What's off-limits?"
"Nothing."
He stands up and closes in, the shutter clicking as he moves. I flinch as I see his shoes—expensive leather dress shoes, the kind only lawyers and old money wear anymore—right behind me. I close my eyes, stomach tight, my skin tingling with nerves as I anticipate his hand on my ass.
But he doesn't touch me. He doesn't lean close to my ear. But he lowers his voice. "You know this game, don't you, Madeline?"
I nod. Then say, "Yes" with a trembling voice.
"Why am I asking you questions?"
"I don't know," I lie.
He knows it's a lie. "Yes you do. Why?"
"To make me anticipate...to fear...to worry...about what you're going to do."
"So close. Why?"
"To make me complicit."
My eyes are closed, the rushing of blood in my ears almost louder than the faint hum of the building's mechanicals and wind on the windows, but I hear him smile. Feel it in my fingers and toes, on the back of my neck.
I jump when his finger strokes my spine, from just under my neck down to my tailbone. "Yes. You're going to be a willing participate, Madeline. You're going to beg me to take you."
I don't give him the satisfaction of denying it. He wants me to struggle first.
His finger traces back up my spine, goosebumps following it.
The fabric on his suit jacket brushes against me and then I feel his breath on my neck. "I own what I want and what I want is what I can't have. Can I have you?"
I don't answer, since both answers give him what he wants.
His finger dances along my back, towards the sides of my abdomen. Touched right, my belly can be my most intense erogenous zone, the tension between ticklish and pleasure so intense. Like pain, I think, for people who love that.
"Can I have you? I'm asking nicely."
"No."
"Will I?"
His touch is light as a spider as it traces down my side to my hip.
I swallow hard. I came here know he'd fuck me. But he wants more than that. "Yes."
"What will I?"
"Fuck me. Everywhere."
He steps away and laughs. "Catch." Something hits me softly and falls to the floor. A bottle. "I grew up with nothing, Madeline. I'm not going to accept anything less than everything. Go down the hall and put oil on. I love you shiny. Don't miss anyplace you think you'll regret having slick later."
The door down the hall opens to a bathroom. Minimalist, luxurious. The kind of place whose subtle scent and perfectly chosen details whispers power and wealth in your ear. I sit on the toilet—not