Joy lugged the suitcase down the stairs, and Lawrence followed with the first bin. Kashvi was still setting up for the day, pulling down chairs. Would she be able to tell right away?
But Kashvi just smiled at her. "Need any help?"
"No, we're alright"
~~~
In the car Joy relaxed into the seat, going over the feelings in her body. Touching the fronts of her thighs, where they burned and ached from the beating they'd taken on the desk. Her ribs ached, too, and on her back she could still feel the damp and pressure from Lawrence's hand, where the sweat had built up between them.
He'd been so gentle with her these few days since she'd returned to him. She'd nearly settled into the feeling that this was an average relationship; but today she'd been reminded otherwise.
She thought of those last few moments, with his hands gripping her hard above her hips, using her like a pleasure doll. She'd been unable to fight him, or even brace herself. He'd been in complete control of her.
His toy.
Her breath felt louder, rougher in her throat. She glanced over at Lawrence, but he was looking at the road. Could he hear her?
His fingers were curled gently around the steering wheel as he took a right turn.
She flushed from her face down to her chest, remembering the indignity-- the delicious horror-- when he'd curled those same fingers into her, and lifted her up by her vagina.
Surely he knew what he'd done to her in that moment.
He'd shown her, in no uncertain terms, that
her body
was
his
.
Her mind might roam and she might cry and scream and even fight; but when he wanted to stroke his penis in her body, he could and he would.
She was sweating now, squirming in her seat. She could hear the squelch in her panties and feel the movement of the wet glob soaking through her jeans.
The car pulled over, off the highway, and Joy looked at Lawrence again. She knew he could see her arousal; her flushed face and writhing legs. Her hands pressing at her thighs. Her desparate eyes and clenching fingers, as she made useless efforts to contain herself.
He leaned in, and she closed her eyes as he touched his lips to her forehead.
When she opened her eyes again, he had already turned the other way, watching for a gap in traffic. He merged and continued on, letting his poor little kitten writhe and ache.
~~~