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Once he fully exited, I pulled out my cell phone and immediately went to the Delta Airlines website. It wasn’t long before I had a return flight booked. Before I could think of leaving though, I had a few more things to wrap up here. Grabbing my keys, wallet, and cell phone, I got up and exited the office as I went in search of Loundes or Barr.

Ten

SHELBY

It had been over a week since I’d last seen Easton, but he made sure to talk to me every day. Something was building between us, but I didn’t want to jinx anything by labeling it. When I’d first seen and observed him weeks ago, I’d wanted to be under his masterful hands, but now after getting a taste of what more could look like, I actually waited each day for his call.

A few times, I’d asked him what sort of research he did, but he had joked about it being top secret. I took that continued response as his way of not wanting to talk about it, so I’d let it go. Still, it sat in the recesses of my mind. It wasn’t all bad, though. The unknown nature of it all made him that much more mysterious. Almost dangerous as he could be mixed up in something and I not even know about it.

There’d been plenty of people like that in my life since childhood. Growing up in Carson hadn’t been the easiest life for me. My parents worked multiple jobs to make ends meet, but often their valiant efforts weren’t enough. The impoverished state contributed to some of the mistakes I’d made, criminal ones at that, but I’d turned things around when moving to Denver. After having gotten a full scholarship to college, the part time job and work study programs hadn’t been enough to truly survive here, either. I’d then done the best I could, and now I had multiple locations of Oasis to show for it.

“We’re ready for you, Shelby,” Missy said, breaking me out of my thoughts.

“Perfect.” I got up from my seat, then entered the private spa room.

I had a robe on, but nothing underneath it. Not that it mattered. “What do you want done tonight?”

“A bikini wax,” I replied.

I normally got these done routinely, but more so after hooking up with Easton. Speaking of the Dominant, he was finally back in town and wanted me to meet him at Syn later this evening. The other night, we’d had a conversation about things and he’d expressed how much he liked a woman to be smooth everywhere. I wasn’t booked for my next wax yet, but I now felt a bit self conscious so had asked Missy to stay past her shift.

She was one of the best estheticians at Oasis. I had several very great employees at some of my other locations, but this hotel in downtown Denver was the best spa location of them all. It’d also been my first one, so it was likely why there was some bias on my part.

I’d gotten up on the table, and she proceeded to do the wax, even admitting that it looked like I could’ve gone another few days at least without needing one. I’d made up an excuse about having a busy schedule and not wanting to miss my next appointment.

It would’ve been easier to just tell her I had a date, but we were pretty close so I knew she’d want to know details about the guy. There was no way I could tell her that I met him at Syn, or even mention the club at all.

She’d bought the story and finished the waxing. Since it didn’t take as long as it usually did, I was even able to stop by a local lingerie boutique to pick out a set to wear tonight. Easton had once again mentioned a specific color, only this time he wanted to see me in blue. His wish was my command, so as I stood in front of my full-length mirror in the baby blue lingerie, I just hoped he approved of it.

After, I slipped into a dress and headed to the club. Upon arriving, I parked in the garage across the street, then stood outside of my car scanning the crowded parking level. There were so many cars, and I realized at that moment that I had no idea which kind he drove. In fact, I knew next to nothing about him.

“You like to make a girl come,” I murmured to myself as I flicked the lock button on my key fob, then threw it into my small clutch.

I made my way across the street and into the club. He hadn’t given me any other instructions or a room number, so I headed over to the bar to wait for him. Chad smiled as soon as he saw me, and I grinned back. I was just about to take a step forward toward him when someone grabbed me from behind.

The urge to scream was strong until I settled down and inhaled deeply. Easton. I recognized his scent and his touch. Calming immediately, I leaned back against him. “Welcome back, Easton. I hope you haven’t been waiting too long for me.”

He nuzzled my throat and it took everything in me to not moan aloud. I did shiver, though. His lips were warm and inviting, and when I cocked my head to the side, he raised his.

“I’ve been waiting all my life for a submissive like you, Shelby. Are you wearing blue as instructed?” I was so focused on his first words, halfway swooning over them, that I had forgotten his question. “Well are you?”

“Y-yes,” I stammered.

He leaned in and licked the shell of my ear, then redirected me out of the bar area. “I can’t wait another minute to be with you. Let’s not waste our time here with everyone else.”

I couldn’t have agreed more so I happily followed him down the hallway to the same room we’d been in that first time together. I almost wondered if he wanted another massage, but when he nudged me over the threshold, all the former equipment was gone, and instead was the standard furniture one might expect to find in a room such as this one.

“Get out of that dress and onto your knees on the spanking bench.”

Since he was so anxious, it hid the fact that I felt the same. Carefully removing my dress and heels, I then looked at him as he slowly started to appraise me in my lingerie. I wasn’t sure whether or not he wanted me to remove it until he spoke.

“Very nice, Shelby. Take it all off, though.”

Again, I wasted no time following his orders. Once I was naked, I moved over to the bench and positioned myself on the leather like he’d commanded me to do. Easton was there in a flash and it only took seconds for him to restrain my wrists.

“Your safe word,” he said, and I cleared my throat.

“Still Gemini,” I responded, then felt the loss of his heat as soon as he stepped away.

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