Page 23 of Cherry Auction

With that, he walks out of the room.

I stare after him in shock as he covers the keypad with his body before taking the elevator back up.

I’m left terribly, desolately alone. And so fucking confused.

TEN

DOMHNALL

For the first time in…well, it’s better not to examine the last time when… I feel giddy when I wake up.

Knowing my little pet awaits me downstairs.

Immediately, I reach for my phone to check the overnight footage.

I don’t have to fast-forward very far before I hit the play button, my cock stiffening. She’s lying in the center of the bed, collar so pretty, chain coiled beside her on the bed with her legs spread wide.

She’s pleasuring herself wildly.

“Fuck me.” I shoot out of bed, stiff cock banging against my thigh in myloose boxers.

I shoot towards the elevator without bothering to put a shirt on.

When I get to the dungeon, my little pet is curled up like a kitten on the bed, her lovely dark hair splayed out on the pillow.

She’s so fucking beautiful it makes my chest hurt. And my cock pulse harder with even more blood. So much I’m almost light-headed. I want to put my marks on her body. I want to make her pretty, pale flesh blossom pink and then red. I want to pull out the implements they don’t let me use at the club and?—

“Someone sure tired themselves out last night,” I say loudly as I stand over her.

She doesn’t startle awake like I expect her to. Instead, she blinks, sleepy, one arm stretching out lazily.

I was wrong. She might be my pet, but she’s no dog.

She’s a slinky, sly little kitty, isn’t she?

I smile when I think of how I had her purring last night. But then I frown, remembering that she’s also a devious, scheming bitch who betrayed me so unforgivably. I should be more disturbed by the fact that she’s already luring me in again in any way.

Finally, she rouses enough to remember where she is and sits up in bed sharply, chain rattling. “You,” she gasps, eyes shooting to where I stand by the doorway.

“Me,” I deadpan, taking a step into the room. “We’ve been a naughty pet, haven’t we, little kitty?”

She blinks. “I don’t know what you?—”

“You think I’d leave you down here all alone unattended? I’m always watching.” I point to the camera on the ceiling. There are others around, too, but no need for her to know that yet.

Her eyes widen slightly and then her cheeks go pink. I’m fascinated by how deep her deceptions go; she’s even able to make herself have physiological reactions. Has she found some way of compartmentalizingsodeeply that when she’s doing a job that she half believes she’s the character she’s playing?

“I didn’t know you were watching!” She draws the sheet up and over herself to cover her immodest little nightie.

I’m good enough at masking my reactions on a daily basis that I don’t reveal how being near her affects me. For all the stoic face I’m presenting, I can’t help the ridiculous part deep inside me that keeps shouting like an excited little kid every time I’m near her—holy shit, it’s Madison. She’s here. She’s really here!

“Time to learn your lessons,” I bark, furious and aroused. Apparently this is going to be my permanent state in her presence.I’mthe one in control here. I’m taking back what they stole. “You’re not allowed any pleasure except that which I give you. I offered you a treat, and you declined, then went behind my back. All your orgasms are mine to give and mine to take. Actions have consequences. I told you from the beginning.”

“Red!” she says immediately, backing away from me. “Red! Red!”

I breathe out to calm myself. “Now you’re just abusing your privileges. I told you last night you will be trained, one way or another. You think you’re uncomfortable now, with the focused attentions of an attentive owner? I’m happy to withdraw. You forget, I know you.”

She shifts uncomfortably across the bed from me. “What do you mean?”

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