Elise woke up to the smell of coffee, and opened her eyes
to see Adam at the bedside with a mug of it for her. She took it gratefully, and while she sipped
it he sat on the bed by her and stroked her leg which was peeking out of the
coverlet.
Their eyes met, and he smiled, “Why don’t you take a
shower, and meet me in the kitchen for some breakfast.” Elise nodded, and he took the mug from
her. She slipped out of bed, and made
her way to the bathroom while he sat back and enjoyed the view.
After the shower she felt so much better. She slipped on the robe Adam had retrieved
from the floor and laid on the bed for her.
The scent of bacon had her mouth watering, and led her to the spacious
kitchen. Adam had set up some casual
place settings on the center island. She asked if she could help, and he
laughed and shooed her over to a nearby stool.
He brought her some more coffee, and they chatted comfortably as he
cooked up some scrambled eggs and toast.
Her stomach growled, and when Adam put the plate in front
of her, she tucked in. She wolfed the
food down, then looked at him sheepishly when she realized that he was only
partway through. He grinned, “I guess
last night’s activities made you hungry?”
She laughed, “I guess it did.”
“Would you like some more?” he teased.
She thought for a minute then asked, “Is there any more
bacon?”
Adam chuckled, “Sure thing, help yourself.”
Elise got a couple more strips of bacon from the counter,
and nibbled on them while he finished his breakfast.
As he stood behind her to collect her plate, he leaned
and growled in her ear, “I appreciate a woman with a good appetite.”
She felt a little shiver go through her. It was a fairly innocuous thing to say, but
the way he said it made her tingle. She
helped with the dishes, then they got dressed and Adam gave her a ride back to her
place. He stopped out front of her building then turned to her, “So what are
your plans for today?”
“Thankfully I don’t have any. I was probably going to start putting
together some new wine racks that I ordered.”
He looked at her intently, “I’d like you do me a favor.”
“Of course!”
“I want you to think about what we discussed last night,
and make up a list for me of everything that you would like to try, have
thought about trying but aren’t so sure of, and anything that would be totally
off limits. I have to go into the office
for a while, but I thought that later this evening I could bring dinner by, and
we could discuss it.”
Elise seemed puzzled so he continued, “Because you’re new
to this sort of partnership, I want to be sure that we’re on the same page. In
order for this relationship to work, I have to know what your limits are,” he
took her face in his hands and his voice lowered, “I fully intend to push those
limits, my dear…make no mistake. But I
need to know where to begin.”
She nodded, and looked at him with eyes wide as
saucers. He leaned in and kissed her
hard, “I’ll come about 7:00 if that’s acceptable to you?”
“Yes, that’s fine,” she smiled at him, and stepped out of
the car, “I look forward to it.”
As she worked, she thought about what Adam had asked her
to do. She was trying to work through
how fast things had changed between them, and even though it had turned out to
be exactly what she wanted, it was still hard to process.
She’d always considered herself a feminist, and a very confident
and independent woman. She’d been on her
own since she was 18, had put herself through college, and had now inherited
and was running a very successful little business. Never in the scheme of things would she have
figured that she’d be embarking in a sexual relationship where she’d basically
be some man’s slave...where her needs would be secondary to his.
But Adam wasn’t just any man. She felt a level of trust with him that she
hadn’t known with anyone else. He knew
exactly what he was, and what he wanted, and had no compunction about going
after it. And deep down inside herself she realized that this is what she
wanted, and what she’d been looking for in prior relationships but hadn’t been
able to find.
She didn’t know why she reacted the way she did to being
dominated. She’d had a conventional
childhood. She had no Daddy issues, she
had never been abused. But the times she’d
asked her boyfriends to tie her up or to spank her, she’d felt a wildly
increased level of arousal, and craved more.
But her prior lovers hadn’t shared that, and one had flat out refused
and even broke up with her over it.
After lunch, she rummaged around for a pad and pencil,
and sat down on the couch to do as Adam had asked. She divided the page into three columns, and
started writing. When she was finished,
she found that there was a lot fewer things in the “Maybe” and “No” columns
than she had expected, and as she reviewed what she’d written, she began to
play the scenarios in her head, and found herself getting aroused.
She shook it off, and put the list on the side table for
later and went back to work. At about 4:00
she was tired and dirty, and went upstairs to clean up the apartment a bit,
then shower and change for dinner.
Adam arrived promptly at 7:00, carrying bags of Chinese
takeout. He kissed her hello, and she
got out some napkins and dishes. She
opened a bottle of wine, and they grabbed some chopsticks and sat at her small
kitchen table trying all the different dishes, and chatting about how their
days had gone. The mood was light and
comfortable, and once dinner was over and the food put away, she poured them
some more wine and they moved over to the couch.
“So,” Adam asked, “did you do as I asked?”
Elise sat up and grabbed the pad from the table and
handed it to him. He settled back into
the cushions, and put an arm around her shoulders and pulled her in close. He read through the list a couple of times,
and she noticed a small smile cross his lips.
When he was finished he tore the sheet off, folded it, and put it in his
pocket.
He snuggled her close and kissed her on the top of the
head, “I must say, I admire your willingness to try new things, and I think we
have a wonderful adventure ahead of us. I have a place I would like to take
you. We can go next Saturday, but I’d
like to take you shopping during the week in preparation for our date. How does that sound to you?”
“That sounds fine.”
“Good. Now, I hate
to cut the evening short, but I have an early day tomorrow,” he stood, and
helped her up.
Elise was disappointed as she’d hoped that he’d stay the
night, but she put on a brave face as she walked him to the door. He took her in his arms and kissed her, leaving
her breathless and weak in the knees. “Pick
you up on Wednesday at closing time?”
“Wednesday will be fine,” she whispered.
He tilted her head up so that she was looking him in the
eye, “Elise, do you trust me?”
“I do.”
“Good. Because as
long as you’re in my care nothing will happen that you don’t want.” He gave her
another quick kiss, and then he was gone.
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