Scarlett's Temptation, page 5
Scarlett stood up and paced the study, trying to get her nerves to calm down. She reasoned with herself that this was just a meeting, and that if she didn't stop freaking out, it was probably going to be over before it started. What if he wanted to have sex with her tonight, she worried her lower lip? What if he didn't, that thought didn't sit well with her either?
She had no idea just what he wanted from her and not knowing making her a nervous wreck. When he walked back in the room she blurted the first thing that came to her mind. "Are you going to touch me tonight?" She covered her mouth with her hand at her brazen question and bit down on her lip hard.
He chuckled deeply and held out the glass of water. "Well I'm glad you found your voice sweetheart," he smiled as she took the drink and took a deep sip, "why don't we sit back down and talk about it." He had been expecting to have to coax her to open up, it was very refreshing that she blurted out exactly what she wanted to know.
She took another sip of water, surprised that she was able to hold it since her hands were still shaking. She had no idea where her courage had come from, but outside of being embarrassed for being so vocal she felt a little less nervous. "Sorry," she whispered as she sat back down on the couch.
He joined her and his long arm splayed over the back of the couch behind her and smiled. "Don't be sorry, Scarlett. Tonight I want you to be completely open with me and not feel reserved in your questions. This is why we're here, to negotiate." He kept his eyes on hers and was very pleased that she didn't try to look away from him. "No, I'm not going to touch you tonight, unless you ask me to that is."
Her eyes widened at his words, she hadn't expected him to give her a choice. "I'm confused," her voice was more confident after her earlier outburst, somewhere inside she had found audacity.
"What exactly are you confused about?" He smiled indulgently, very willing to let her lead the conversation for now. He was still shocked at the change of her attitude in only a few minutes.
"I just assumed that you would be in control of what we did," she took another sip of water, the dryness slipping away with each drop.
"If you decide to accept my terms, make no doubt that I will control you completely." His tone had deepened, while he wanted her to be comfortable tonight, he also didn't want to give her false impressions about who would be taking the lead.
She felt her hands tremble and almost dropped the glass at his change of inflection in his voice. He grabbed the glass taking it from her hands and smiled warmly and she felt her heart race again. Holy hell this man turned her on she thought, her eyes lowering as she tried to hide her longing.
"Look at me Scarlett," he demanded strongly, his long fingers went under her chin and forced her eyes to his. "I need to be able to see your face and know what you're feeling, it's very important that you understand this."
He sat the glass down on the table beside him before turning his eyes back to her. Not letting go of her chin, he smiled at the desire that filled her gaze. "We need to talk about what you hope to get out of this. Tell me what it is you truly want." His fingers moved from under her chin and stroked softly across her cheek before he dropped his hand.
The touch of his fingers sent shivers of awareness through her and she was lost for a moment. "I think I want you," she whispered softly, careful not to drop her gaze again.
He chuckled softly at her admission, "You only think you do Scarlett?" He smirked as her cheeks reddened. She was definitely a delight he thought, feeling a longing to kiss her and refraining from it.
"Th-that's not what I meant, I mean yes I want..." her face burned warmer and she grew flustered not knowing how to explain what she meant to him.
"I'm glad you want me Scarlett, I want you as well, but we are here to figure out what you are willing to allow me to do to you." He watched her eyes widen at his words and smiled deeply.
"Wh-what do you w-want to do to m-me," she stuttered feeling a little overwhelmed again.
"Sweetheart the things I want to do to you would probably send you running for the door, but I can be a patient man when I choose to be," he smiled enjoying how her eyes widened even more. "I need to know what things you aren't willing to try."
"I honestly don't know," she found her voice again and felt defeated because she honestly didn't know enough about sex or his world to give him an honest opinion.
"Baby you have no idea how enticing it is to think about you letting me do whatever I want to you, but you have me in a quandary here. I have to admit Scarlett this in uncharted territory, I've never taken a virgin before, and I've certainly never introduced one to this lifestyle." The thought was beyond exciting for him, but he worried if she knew her own needs well enough to get anything from this for herself.
"So you don't want me?" She lowered her eyes again, not wanting to let him see her cry but her disappointment had her on the verge of tears.
He brought his fingers up to her chin and lifted it again. "Sweetheart you have no idea how much I want you," he chuckled as her eyes filled with hope, "what I don't know is how do this without crossing boundaries that you might not know you have yet." He let go of her chin and stood up, contemplating.
She looked up at him, and wished she had some wise words to offer him, but she was completely confused. As he paced across the room, she couldn't stop the smile that found her face since it was something she was known to do when she needed to think. He completely ignored her as he appeared lost in thought and she took the time to really look at him.
His long legs were powerful as she watched him walk. It was pretty apparent he was a fitness nut because even dressed in the business outfit, she could tell there wasn't an ounce of fat on him. He had an ass to die for, she blushed as she was gifted with that side of him as he turned the other way. He obviously enjoyed being outdoors, she thought noting the golden tint of his skin and that led her to the dark sprinkling of hairs on his arms where his white oxford shirt was rolled up haphazardly. His profile was one an artist would love, with his strong features of masculine beauty. Everything about him called to her on a level that left her aching.
He stopped pacing and turned to face her and was nearly stunned by the look of innocent desire on her face. "Okay, this is how this is going to work if you decide to go through with this." He was having a hard time concentrating as her desire filled hazel eyes roamed over him in fascination. "Since you don't really know yet what you enjoy and we'll be basically starting from ground zero, I'm going to suggest we don't impose any limits and we establish safe words until we discover your comfort zone."
She nodded her head and watched a dark look fill his deep blue eyes. The look made her tremble and she tensed not sure why he was suddenly angry.
"Words, Scarlett, I need you to speak to me. The first thing you need to understand is that if you don't listen when I tell you to do something, there will be consequences. Do you understand?"
She nodded again, but then quickly spoke. "I understand." She really didn't know what he meant by consequences though. "Okay I really don't." She felt like a complete idiot.
He sat down beside her on the couch a smile playing on his lips. "What I mean, is that if you don't do as I say I'm going to punish you so you'll remember next time not to make that same mistake."
Biting her lip hard, she thought about what he was saying. "H-how would you punish me." She only stuttered a little, and was pretty proud of herself because the look in his eyes was more than a little intense.
His fingers lifted to her lips, "It would be a shame to damage such beautiful lips, stop biting them." He smiled as she immediately complied with his command. "Since you've never been punished before I would probably take you over my knee and spank you, unless the offense was so great that I felt it warranted a stronger punishment."
"Oh," she forced herself not to bit her lip, and it was no easy task since it was a long time habit. "What would be a stronger punishment?" She wasn't sure she truly wanted to find out, but knowledge was power.
"I'll have to introduce you to all my toys, but maybe paddle or cane you." He saw her eyes widen with fear at those words and smiled warmly trying to put her at ease. "I think you'll work hard to make sure I don't use those."
She nodded quickly in agreement thinking being paddled or caned didn't sound like something she'd really enjoy. "What would be a reason for a stronger punishment?" If she was going to do this, she definitely needed to know what he thought was the wrong thing to do.
"Doing anything to hurt yourself would be a big reason for a stronger punishment. That also means not taking care of your needs or withholding how you feel about something we are doing that makes you uncomfortable just to make me happy. And of course blatantly refusing to do something I've asked of you without implementing a safe word."
She bit her lip and then remembered he didn't want her doing it and stopped. "You mentioned a special word last night but what exactly are safe words?" She didn't want to talk about the punishment aspect of this right now, because frankly it scared the shit out of her to think of this big man abusing her small body.
"We'll get back to the punishment aspect again, but a safe word will slow down or completely stop anything we are doing. It's your way of stopping me from something that is overwhelming you to the point you can't handle it. I expect you to be willing to try things for me Scarlett, but if you get to the point where you're ready to run from the room, of course I want you to let me know immediately."
"You can slow down something if we're moving a little too fast by saying the word yellow. If you honestly can't handle what we're doing one second longer then you can use the word red and we will stop everything then sit down and talk about it."
The knowledge that she had the control to stop him gave her a huge amount of relief, but also confused her as well. "I thought you said if I decided to walk away from anything during the ten nights everything ended?"
He was impressed with how well she remembered last night. "I had to do some rethinking on your end Scarlett because of your newness to my world and I don't think it's fair to you to expect you'll be able to do things that a more experienced submissive wouldn't have trouble with. Basically I'm rewriting some of my rules for your lack of experience. But understand this Scarlett, if don't feel you are really trying to submit to me, I will end this immediately. So use your safe words with care."
The strength in his voice made her tremble and she leaned back on the couch trying to take in everything he just said. "So what you're saying is you expect me to let you do things to me that I probably won't like at first and I need to get the feel for them before I tell you to stop?"
He chuckled at her definition and shook his head. "You amaze me sweet girl, but the best way I can describe this to you is that there are things that your body will enjoy but if you let your mind over think it, you won't allow them to happen. Either out of fear, or some feeling that it's somehow wrong. Most of what we do in the dungeon won't be centered on hardcore pain, Scarlett. Some pain heightens senses and pushes your body to new ways of pleasure. Sometimes a strong stimulus can make you feel things in a deeper way. I will say that after doing this for a while it takes deeper forms of stimulus to gain the same sensations."
"I noticed last night that the people doing those things really seemed to enjoy them." She was being overloaded with information and was trying to catch up here.
"If they didn't enjoy it sweetheart, you can be sure they'd give up this lifestyle. All that being said, there will be times that I will push you to the very edge of your pain tolerance just to see what you can deal with." He could see the confusion in her eyes at his contradiction of words. "There's a very fine line between what people construe as pleasure and pain Scarlett. It's different for every submissive. It's something you have to gradually work toward and build a tolerance for." He had been in this lifestyle for almost twenty years and it was still hard to explain what a person had to feel to understand.
He glanced down at his watch, and saw that they had been talking for nearly an hour. "Isn't there someone you need to call," he smiled as he saw the recognition fill her eyes.
"Thank you, I almost forgot." Reaching into her purse she pulled out her phone and dialed Janie's number.
"Meet me in the hall when you've finished your conversation," he stood up and walked out, leaving her in privacy.
Janie's voice was worried as she picked up the phone. Scarlett quickly told her that everything was going fine. Her friend asked if she felt safe at the moment and she laughed and told her perfectly. Janie told her to call back in two hours, or sooner if she was ready to come home and she ended the call. Walking into the hall she smiled at Rhett.
"How did you know about the phone call," she thought it was odd that he had to remind her about her promise.
"If Janie hadn't told you to have a safety net in place I would have discussed it with David. Anytime you meet with a new Dominant you need to have safety nets set up." The thought of her playing with someone else didn't sit well with him, and he would have to think about the reason for that later. He held out his hand and as she took it he led her back downstairs to the dungeon.
As they reached the bottom of the stairs he turned to face her. "If you decide this is what you want Scarlett, when you walk in my house I expect you to address me as Sir or Master at all times. You don't need to call me that now. I want you to feel completely comfortable with me tonight, understand?
"Yes," the thought of calling him Master sent a shiver of pleasure through her and she smiled.
For the next two hours he discussed all the equipment and toys in his dungeon. She was overwhelmed by most of the things there and had some strong reservations about more than a few of the toys he introduced her too. He went into graphic detail about how most of the items were used and her face was bright red when he finally paused.
"Sweetheart I have to say that blush on your cheeks is the most enticing thing I've ever seen in my life. The next ten nights are something I'd really like to share with you. Call Janie again and then you can ask me any questions that you have." He winked at her and walked over to put up the toys he had pulled out earlier to introduce her to his world.
She quickly called her friend and went through the whole question and answer interrogation she gave her. Janie told her to call when she was ready to come home and after three hours with Rhett if she still felt she could trust him, she felt safe in leaving her unattended.
Walking back over to Rhett, she smiled nervously. "I think I want to try this." Her voice was soft because she was a little surprised after all the things he'd shown her that she was still excited about this.
"I need you to be sure, Scarlett," he smiled down at her and wanted to lift her into his arms and tell her how glad he was that she was willing to explore his world, but he needed her to be completely certain first.
Biting her lips before remembering again, she flushed hotly. "I'm sure I want to be here with you and try this." Her heart raced at her admission and she stared up into his eyes timidly.
He smiled deeply, and held out a hand for her, pleased that she took it so quickly. "I can't wait to introduce you to my world, Sweetheart. Do you have anything planned for tomorrow night?
"I have to work during the day, but I am free after five." She wondered what it would be like to kiss him again, and flushed deeply.
"Baby, as much as I'd love to answer that calling in your eyes, I think you'd better leave before I decide to keep you here tonight." He was a little shocked to be so aroused at her innocent look, and getting her sexy little ass home was priority one since she hadn't asked him to touch her yet.
"I wouldn't mind staying tonight," she whispered the words self-consciously and pulled a strand of hair behind her ear.
He almost growled at the sweet suggestion, but he was a man of his word and she still hadn't asked. "Do you remember what I told you about touching you tonight?" His eyes heated as he allowed them to roam over her gorgeous body in that barely existent dress.
The look in his eyes had her heart dropping into her belly and she thought back, trying to remember. Nibbling on her lower lip, it came to her. He told her he wouldn't touch her unless she asked. Her face burned as she lowered her eyes to her hands. Did she have the nerve to ask him to do that? "I'd like to start the ten n-nights now," had she really just said that?
"Stop chewing on your lip and look at me." His voice was deep and controlled and he waited until he had her attention. "Are you asking me to touch you Scarlett?"
She immediately stopped her action and caught his gaze. "Y-yes," she was completely overwhelmed at the thought of him touching her, but in an excited, I need to take this leap before I chicken out kind of way.
His blue eyes darkened even more, knowing there was no damn way in hell he was going to ask her for more than that explanation. She'd learn how to be more verbal with him later. "The ten nights will start tomorrow, but before that happens I think there's a little something we need to take care of first." His eyes stared into hers deeply as the thoughts moved through his mind.
"What's that?" She had no idea what he was talking about but from the look in his eyes it was something that was going to make her blush again.
"Well first, if you're going to be mine you need to call me Sir or Master," he winked, "and second I think it's time I show you what you've been missing in the bedroom. So if you need more time sweetheart, this would be the time to tell me goodnight. If you don't you can call Janie back and tell her you're spending the night with me."
Her heart fell into her stomach at his words and her legs trembled violently. This man obviously didn't mince words and the thought of spending the night with him was exactly what she wanted. Some of the toys he'd shown her just minute earlier already had her libido jumping for joy. "I think I need to tell Janie not to wait up, Sir." Biting her lip at her brave words she looked up into his eyes with all the bravado she could muster up.
