As always, please do not take this story to be an endorsement of nonconsensual sex. This is pure fantasy, and should be enjoyed with that in mind.
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Mia Zhang had contemplated calling in sick on Tuesday numerous times over the long weekend. She thought about going to the police, she thought about confronting Jared directly, she thought about talking to a local journalist. She thought and thought and thought but couldn't come up with a plan of action that satisfied her. More importantly, she couldn't come up with a plan that wouldn't damage her career in some major way.
Before she knew it, it was Tuesday morning, and she was blow drying her hair following an exceedingly long shower, mentally picking out what she would wear into the office that day. She couldn't call in sick; she couldn't let Jared feel like he'd defeated her.
As she dressed, she realized she would need to button her top almost all the way up today. The bruises Jared had inflicted on her breasts were visible if her neckline dipped too low. Tears stung her eyes as she went over what she would say to him today.
When she stepped off the elevator, she was shocked to see Jared already at his desk. He turned from his computer to flash her a grin that sent shivers down her spine.
"Good morning, Mia! Have a good weekend?" he asked politely. Mia swallowed hard and walked with purpose toward her office.
"Was fine," she replied coolly before disappearing down her hallway and letting her office door click shut behind her. She collapsed into her desk chair and exhaled sharply.
"Pull yourself together, Mia," she whispered to herself. After a few deep meditative breaths, she logged into her computer and started checking her emails. Kevin seemed happy with the revised work that Jared did before...everything happened on Friday. She was relieved that the project was behind her, but now she was thinking about her ordeal with Jared again.
There was a curt knock on her office door. Mia's stomach dropped, because she already knew who it would be. She steeled herself and called out, "Come in!" She was right; it was Jared, and he came strutting into her office, shutting the door behind him. Mia noted that he didn't lock it this time and relaxed a bit. The office was teeming with other people right now anyway, so it's not like he could really try anything.
"What do you want?" she asked, cursing inwardly. She should probably be a little more cordial if she was going to convince him of anything. He plopped himself down in of the chair opposite hers like he hadn't a care in the world.
"Sheesh, are you always so hostile first thing in the morning?"
"Only to rapists" she spat. Why did he look so calm and collected?
"Look Mia, I know you're probably upset about what happened between us on Friday night."
"Sorry, 'what happened between us?' You mean what you did to me?"
"Semantics," Jared said, waving his hand dismissively.
"I don't think you understand the gravity of the situation, Jared. I could have you arrested."
"Yeah you could...but you haven't yet, have you?" He smirked, and Mia wanted to reach across her desk to strangle him. "And you won't."
Mia saw red, seeing his smug face looking oh-so-pleased with himself. "What makes you think I won't? Seems like a pretty cut and dry case. Giant, disgruntled man overpowers his boss, a woman who earned a promotion over him."
"Oh sure, the narrative is very believable. If only my uncle wasn't the D.A. and my other uncle wasn't a judge, and my dad's best friend wasn't an attorney with a 100% success rate getting accused rapists off. Then it would be a slam dunk. Not to mention my mom's godfather, the police commissioner." Jared smiled wickedly, watching the color drain from Mia's face. "But even if all that weren't true, you still wouldn't go to the police. Because you know the second you did, I would send that little video of you around to everyone you know and upload it to all the major porn sites. And as a woman in this industry, that would destroy your career. Even if it looked like I was fucking you against your will. Which I assure you, after watching it back at least 10 times, it doesn't look like that at all. You don't look like a rape victim, you look like a kinky pain slut with an insatiable cunt." He stood to leave, looking satisfied with himself.
Mia's jaw was practically on the floor. She had nothing. No leverage. This privileged prick with all the connections in the world could just do whatever he wanted, and he would never see a single consequence. She spent her whole life being perfect, working tirelessly to get to where she was, and men like him could just get away with heinous behavior. Her rage bubbled up and she couldn't stop herself.
"You disgusting, vile, loathsome piece of shit. If you even think about showing that video to a soul, I swear to god, I'll--"
"You'll what? Call the cops? Mia, we've been over this." Jared closed the distance between them, a dangerous look in his eye. "You keep forgetting that this is all about humility. You had the chance just now to ask me nicely, maybe even beg me, to keep what happened between us private. But you couldn't do that, which just tells me you need another lesson."
"Oh cut the bullshit, Jared! Humility--please--you know nothing about humility. You've never had to earn a goddamn thing in your life. Everything you have has been handed to you on a platter, and you think you can give me lessons in
humility
?"
"That's not the type of humility I'm talking about. Don't worry, you'll learn." Just as quickly as he'd closed in on her, he left, leaving the door ajar.
If Mia took too much time to really process everything that just happened, she felt like she might burst into tears. She couldn't have that, so she buried herself in work for the rest of the morning, pushing the implications of that conversation to the back of her mind.
At around 12:30, Mia started to feel like she was dragging, so she got up to grab a coffee from the kitchen. She had almost forgotten about her predicament until she stepped out of her office and happened to brush shoulders with Jared as he passed her in the hallway. He was deep in discussion with Kyle, a new hire that had been unfortunately taken under Jared's wing. Neither of them looked up at her as she passed, but she felt like she could feel their eyes on her as she rounded the corner into the kitchen.
Mia leaned against the counter as she stirred half and half into her coffee. Her mind had begun to wander just as a few of the guys from her team wandered into the kitchen as well. She straightened up and gave them a smile.
"Do anything fun over the long weekend?" she asked, looking between the three men. Daniel, one of the more reliable analysts, poured himself a cup of coffee and sidled up next to her at the counter. Unfortunately Mia now knew that he spent time speculating on the authenticity of her breasts.
"Nah, not really. Just caught up on some TV. What about you?"
"Yeah, same. I was happy to be able to relax a bit," Mia replied hesitantly. The men were all standing a little bit too close to her for comfort. The hair on the back of her neck stood on end.