Her heart pounding in her chest, Sarah pulled the glass door open and walked into the lobby. She nodded at Joe, the sweet, gray-haired security guard. He said a cheery good afternoon to her with a big smile. Feeling herself blush, she mumbled back, “Good afternoon.”
The elevator took forever, of course, and she worried about Joe wandering over and talking to her. Fortunately, he ignored her just like she ignored him until the elevator finally dinged its cheery ding, and the doors opened.
She pushed the button for the nineteenth floor, and felt the slight annoyance she always felt. It wasn’t really the nineteenth floor, it was the eighteenth floor. Didn’t the idiots on the fourteeth floor know they were really on the thirteenth floor? Or did they simply not care?
The elevator was one of those smooth and fast ones, and with another annoyingly cheerful ding, the doors opened. Suddenly she couldn’t ignore it any more; the reason she was here, the reason her heart was still beating fast, the reason the crotch of her black pants was already damp. She walked to the third door, 1903 (at least they had gotten that right) and checked her watch. It was three-fifte-seven; three minutes left. She’d learned that being late was a very bad idea.
She took off her jacket, made sure her cell and her keys were zipped up safe in the inside pocket, then folded it neatly and sat it on the tile floor next to Cole’s door. After kicking off her Adidas high-tops (a recent gift from him), she unzipped her pants. It was important not to think about it too much, not to think about it at all, if she could; she’d learned that much, at least. She pushed the pants down—he hadn’t mentioned which panties she should wear, which meant she wasn’t wearing any—and stepped out of them, the open air caressing her moist pussy. After folding them neatly, she pulled off her socks and added them to her pants. She slid her tee over her head, folded it as she stood in the hallway, completely aware that she was wearing nothing but a bra. The bra was always last. He’d told her a hundred times how much he liked her ‘perky’ B-cups, told her another hundred times how much of an ass-guy he was and how beautiful she was, but still… Quickly, she unhooked the bra and put it on the pile, like the decoration on top of a wedding cake.
Confident he’d be pleased with her neat pile, she kneeeled in front of the door, her back straight, her hands on her thighs, her ass resting on her heels, her toes curled under. Then there was nothing left to do but wait. The hardest part. Had he looked through the peephole and seen his pet naked and waiting and on time? This was the fourth time she’d waited naked in the hallway, after he’d decided it was no longer proper for her to step foot inside his place with a single stitch of clothing on. The first time he hadn’t made her wait long at all, maybe two minutes (though it was the longest two minutes of her life).
The second time… Sarah still dreamed about the second time. Perhaps ten minutes? That was the day the blonde from 1904 had opened her door, walked down the hallway as she tried to find something in her purse. Her keys? Suddenly she’d looked up and saw Sarah there, naked and kneeling and desperately wanting to disappear under the cold tile. Of course the blonde would have to be beautiful, perhaps twenty-eight or thirty, dressed to kill in a little black dress. No, hers were definitely not B’s. The blonde drank her in, muttered a little ‘huh,’ as she kept walking down the hall, closer and closer. When she got to Sarah, her fingers slowly trailed from Sarah’s left shoulder, across one shoulder blade, trickled across her spine and the other shoulder blade, and then up to the top of the other shoulder. Her touch had been electric, and it felt like her finger tips had only reluctantly left Sarah’s bare skin. The blonde slowly walked on to the elevator, eventually pushing the button, staring at Sarah hungrily the whole time. Sarah had only dared look high enough to see her tall high-heels with the red soles, and her lovely calves.
It had been a new high in her humiliation, worse even than the trip to Petsmart. She dreaded these wicked things he dreamed up. Often she blushed just thinking about them. But he’d figured out humiliation was her ‘thing’, and as much as she hated to admit it, he was right. He had unlocked her like a Chinese puzzle, for the world to see, and she’d deny him nothing.
Not much had happened the third time, except she’d noticed there was a camera at each end of the hallway. Figured out that why old Joe was so happy to see her each time. Did Cole know about the—
The door opened. Her heart leaped. He was barefoot, wearing faded jeans. “Hello, pet. You’re looking exceptional today.” Damn, his words always zipped right through her heart. From the start, he’d slipped through her walls like they didn’t exist, like they were paper mache and had never really existed. She didn’t understand it, but here she was, naked and kneeling in the lush hallway. His hand ran through her hair, then he pulled her head back and kissed her, a good long kiss, like he’d missed her. His scent, lovely and strong, floated through her, making her think of sex, security, and being curled up on the couch together. After the kiss, he stared at her, smiling, then kissed her again. He was wearing the black Skillet she’d given him. Relaxed and confident, as always.
He pointed to her pile, and she dutifully handed it to him. “I’ve got a couple of things I need to take care of. I’ll be back.” He shut the door. Incredulous, she stared at the blank door in front of her. This was new. He’d left her with nothing on this side of the door but her sneakers. What if there was a fire? She imagined running down the stairwell wearing only her sneakers. What if he keeled over from a heart attack while she was waiting? He was twice her age; she was twenty-two, so she liked teasing him about such possibilities. She’d even made up a fake AARP card for him, for his birthday. He’d laughed about that, but her bottom wasn’t laughing about it later, when he was spanking it and asking if he was spanking her hard enough for an old man (at one point it had been so tempting to ask, “When are you going to start?” but she wasn’t that foolish).
The hallway was so quiet she could hear her own heartbeat. Her mouth was Death Valley-dry, and she really could have used a cup of water. Perhaps she should ring the bell and ask for one? The naughtiness of that thought made her smile. Maybe she should crawl down to the blonde’s door and ask her for one? She liked that thought, but she was nowhere near that brave. And what if the blonde had a husband or a boyfriend? What would she say to him?
He made her wait, longer than ever before, her skin moist with her nervousness, her pussy crying out for her fingers. He’s probably not even watching, it would say to her, just give me a quick rub. It had been six days since she’d come. And forty-three edges. Yes, she knew the exact number. She always did.
Finally the door opened. He stood there, a big, wicked smile on his face, her collar in his hand. “Pet, do you want to come inside?”
She nodded. “Yes, Sir.”
“Are you sure? I have something special planned for you.”
Her pussy throbbed. Dumbly, she nodded again. “Yes, Sir.” Why did she crave his wickedness so much? Fuck.
He crouched down, held the collar out, undone, in both of his hands. Like a well-trained sub, she moved her hair out of the way, then leaned forward on one hand and put her neck on the collar. Though she’d done it before, the impact on her was always the same, the intense feeling of giving herself to him. Strangely, it calmed her. Her worries, her anxieties were now his (and there were more than a few). She only needed to worry about pleasing him.
A door opened in the hallway. Her bare ass was still in that same hallway. He didn’t move one bit quicker, still took his sweet time fastening the collar around her neck, then snapping the little lock closed. She heard the chime that meant an elevator was on the way. Who was it? Not the blonde, she would’ve had to walk past her. Why was her wetness dripping down her thighs?
Her collar finally done, he stepped past her, into the hallway. He said, “Hi, John,” to whomever was in the hallway. So if John hadn’t seen her naked ass before, he certainly saw it now.
John said, “I see you’re having a good day.”
"I am. You have a good one, too.” He stepped past her, walked a few feet into the apartment. “Come, pet. Follow me.” She knew to stay on her hands and knees.
Still recovering from the humiliation of the unseen neighbor, she crawled into the living room. What she called his apartment was really a large loft. She’d loved it the first time she’d seen it. One end was a wall completely full of books, from floor to ceiling, which made her mouth water. The other end was all glass, leading out to a big balcony and a mesmerizing view of the city. There was also a ladder up to the roof. Yes, she’d experienced both the balcony and the roof naked. No, he didn’t care what the weather was like. A sub’s life wasn’t meant to be easy.
He sat on the coffee table, motioned for her to stand in front of him. She was suddenly self-conscious that she’d come straight from the grocery store, that she’d worked hard and was a bit sweaty. There was no doubt he could smell her sex. She tried to stand up straighter; he was constantly reminding her of her posture, and she’d walked back and forth this very floor countless times naked and with a book on her head. At the start, her ass had had been quite red from the book tumbling off after only a few steps. She could now make it up and down the full length, and her posture was better.
He made her spin around in front of him, his eyes as intense as a surgeon’s. “You are beautiful,” he said, calmly and quietly, like it was the most obvious thing. Sometimes he made her say it, but not this time. Instead, he inspected her nails. Yes, she’d been paddled when they were not neat and perfect. Eight of her finger and toenails were painted a bright blue he liked, but her pinkies and her little toes were a pale pink. This was to remind her that she was owned. Protected. Cared for. He decided what color her nails were. How long her hair was. The panties she wore each day, and sometimes everything she wore. He decided when she touched her pussy, when she didn’t, and when she came. He even decided when she’d earned a Mountain Dew. She’d always been rebellious, and yet she’d never been so calm as when she was around him. So damn happy. She didn’t understand it, but she’d quit fighting it. Mostly.
His fingers ran over her mound, shaved smooth just that morning. “Good girl,” he said. She beamed. He motioned her down, and she settled to her knees. He said, “As I mentioned, I have something special planned for you. Are you ready? Are you going to please me?”
She swallowed, suddenly nervous. “Yes, Sir. I will please you.”
“Good girl. We need to get you good and worked up.” He stood up and motioned for her to climb onto the coffee table. She did, on her hands and knees, and he gently pushed her head down to the table, her ass sticking high in the air. “You are to edge seven times. You will not leave this table until you are done and I release you. You will clean your fingers after each time. You will have one hour. I have a few things to take care of, but I’ll check on you from time to time. Get rubbing. Make sure they’re good edges. Please me.” He smacked her ass, then squeezed it.
“Yes, Sir.” She reached back, between her legs, and found her clit. Seven seemed like far too many, and the bastard wouldn’t even be watching.
###The sixth and seventh were difficult. Fuck. Her poor clit was a red, swollen, unhappy mess. Oh, and tender beyond belief. Her knees were sore, her elbows too, from the hard table. At the 30 minute mark, without a word, he’d come in and spanked each cheek ten times with his hand. He explained that he just wanted her butt red. Finally, the seventh was done. Panting, she collapsed on her side, still on the hard damn table.
Eventually he came back in. “All done?”
“Yes, Sir.”
“Enjoy it?”
She really wanted to call him a bastard. “No, Sir. It was… a challenge.” She gave him a dirty look; those usually didn’t get her spanked.
That made him smile. “Good girl.” That earned her a good kiss, which suddenly made it all seem worthwhile. “Now go take a bath. Make sure you are squeaky clean, and wash your hair, too. Take your time, soak a bit. Run a razor over your legs and pussy again, just to make sure. We want you very presentable. We have guests coming.”
Oh fuck. Her knees wanted to give out. Fortunately crawling to the bathroom was easier than walking.
###
She stood in front of him, naked and clean and smooth. He explained her rules, what she was supposed to do for the evening, what she was not allowed to do. Her legs turned completely to jello, and her knees wanted to give out again, but her pussy had never been so alive. That’s what she loved about being around him—he sucked her into the moment, pulled her away from her anxieties, her worries, her fears. There was no future to worry about, only the now.
He asked, “Pet, do you have any questions?”
This was her chance to ask for the rules to be changed, or to back out if it was too much. She also had safe words. Esoteric meant that she needed a break, needed to compose herself, needs things to slow down. Vacillate meant things needed to stop, right then and there. She’d never used either, had always felt safe, but he only wanted her willing submission. That’s what he truly enjoyed, the gift of her.
This was a big step, but she knew she wasn’t going to say no. Not only might it disappoint him, but she wanted it, wanted to see how wicked it would get. “No, Sir. I’m yours, Sir.”
Another good kiss. She liked how much he kissed her. “Okay, go put your nose in the corner until our first guest arrives.” She knew then that there would be guests, as in more than one. Fuck. She didn’t know who or how many. And she didn’t know what would happen after they arrived…
She went to the corner, where the big glass doors met the drywall, and put her nose in the corner. Like a good girl, she spread her cheeks, showing him what he owned. Again, she waited, the tension mounting and mounting, the six days without an orgasm and the now fifty edges driving her mad. Three months ago, she hadn’t even known—
The doorbell rang. Oh fuck, fuck, fuck. Showtime. And she was the show.
He said, “Pet, you may come out of the corner. Get the door. I expect you to please me.”
On quaking legs, she walked past him, down the long hallway to the door. It felt weird not to be crawling, but he’d specifically told her to walk. She put her hand on the door handle and took a big breath. She was not allowed to look out the peephole. She tried to breathe calmly, told her pussy to calm the hell down, and then, naked and collared for the world to see, she opened the door.
These two she knew. She wasn’t sure if that made it better or worse. Phil and Jill, friends of his that they’d had dinner with twice. Jill said, “Oh my God, look at you.” Phil whistled. She felt herself blush and blush hard. She stepped aside, allowing room for them to enter. Phil was a stout black guy, handsome and strong but maybe getting a little soft around the edges. Jill was older than he was, but her body was tight as hell, especially considering her age. Sarah thought she was probably forty or forty-two, and wondered how often she worked out. Jill was wearing a black, pin-striped skirt and a white blouse that showed off her cleavage.
When they were inside, Sarah shut the door. As if opening the door stark naked wasn’t enough, the really embarrassing stuff began. “I’m to take off your shoes, if I may.” Cole didn’t like anyone wearing shoes inside his home. Both of them gave her a funny look, but then he shrugged. “Sure.” She knelt down, and started to untie his black dress shoes.
Jill asked, “What are the rules? Can we touch you?”
Working on his second shoe, she answered, “Yes, anywhere except my pussy and my ass…you know…my asshole.”
He said, “Awesome,” as he ran his hand through her hair.
Jill’s shoes were a lot easier; tall, black pumps, and they were off in a flash. She stood up. Jill’s hand reached out and covered Sarah’s breast. Fuck. Phil’s fingertips played with the other one. Sarah stood there, her eyes closed, her body humming. This was being owned, this was being shown off. Worse, Jill’s were big C’s. Sarah knew this because Jill had told her—they weren’t real.
Their hands still playing with her breasts, Jill asked, “Do you like this? He says humiliation turns you on more than anything. Is that true? How wet are you?”
She mumbled, “I like it.” That made it twice as bad. Twice as good. And she knew what she had to do when Cole asked her how wet she was. She assumed the same rule applied now. She slid a finger into her pussy as they watched, their hands still on her hard nipples, then pulled it out and showed it to them. “I’m very wet. As wet as I’ve ever been.” Her voice shook as she said it. Then she licked her finger clean.
The look of utter disbelief on Phil’s face somehow made her proud. Then Jill stepped close, her hand squeezing Sarah’s ass, and kissed her deep, her tongue diving in. After she was done, Jill smiled. “Is that allowed?”
“Women are allowed to kiss me, yes.”
Jill said, “I like how you taste.” That sent a shiver up Sarah’s spine.
She said, “This way.” She showed them to the living room. The two big, comfortable chairs had been moved close to the couch, so there was seating for five or six, all facing the center of the room. Sarah doubted she’d get to sit on any of them. After they sat down in the chairs, she asked them what they’d like to drink. She went to the kitchen to fetch those drinks.
While she was in the kitchen, Cole came back, still in jeans but now with a dress shirt and a sport jacket on. She hadn’t seen him dressed up before; he looked handsome. He said hello to the couple. Jill said, “This is going to be fun. Is there anything she won’t do?”
Cole only laughed in response.
She came back with the drinks, presenting their glasses of wine formally to both of them, a little white towel draped over her left arm. They both said thank you. Sarah said, “Please let me know anytime you need anything. I am here to serve you. We’ll have appetizers when everyone arrives.”
Without being asked, she took Cole’s glass to the kitchen and refilled it with cold water from the fridge, then added fresh lemon to it. She brought it back, and he rewarded her with a long drink of it, him holding the glass.
The doorbell rang. Sarah said, “Please excuse me.” She was crazy nervous all over again as she walked to the door. Again, like a good girl, she didn’t look through the peephole. What if it’s Joe? Or the pizza guy got the wrong door? I guess they’ll see me naked. She opened the door.
It was the blonde. Oh fuck.
Sarah froze. Cheerfully, the blonde said, “Hello. I’m here for the party. I see I got the right place.” Her smile was wicked and hot. Part of Sarah hated the blonde, hated her for being so perfect, so confident. She gave Sarah a long look up and down, and Sarah was pretty sure the blonde wanted to eat her right then and there. The blonde reached out and touched her collar, ran her finger along the top of it, played with the price tag still hanging from it. Again, her touch was electric.
Sarah still couldn’t talk. She nodded, then moved out of the way so the blonde could come in. The blonde started to walk down the hall, her shoes still on. That wouldn’t do. Sarah took two quick steps and put her hand on the blonde’s arm.
The blonde jumped a little, then turned. Sarah was pretty sure she shouldn’t have touched her without permission. She said, “I’m sorry. I need to take off your shoes. Please.”
The blonde smiled bigger. “Okay.”
Sarah kneeled down, slipped off each dark blue pump. The blonde put a hand on the back of her head, pushed it lower. She whispered, “Don’t you want to kiss them?”
Yes, she did. Didn’t know if that was allowed, but she’d been told that she should ask whenever she wasn’t sure. In as loud a voice as she could muster, she said, “Sir?”
It took a moment, but then Cole answered, “What is it, pet? Are you being good?”
“Sir, Miss…”. She didn’t know the blonde’s name.
The blonde whispered, “Melody.”
“Miss Melody would like me to kiss her feet. May I, Sir?”
Another round of humiliation, raw and hot, rippled through her. She was asking to kiss a complete stranger’s feet, and Jill and Phil had heard her ask for it.
“Good girl for asking. You may. Do it well.”
As she lowered her face close to the floor, she heard the couple come into the end of the hall to watch. Her lips brushed across the top of the blonde’s left foot. Melody said, “Oh you can do better than that.” She did, she kissed and licked the whole top of her foot. Melody said, to Jill, “What a fun little slut she is.”
Jill said, “Ask her how wet she is.”
Smiling, Melody asked, “How wet are you, you little slut?” Sarah didn’t think she could blush any harder, but she did. She glanced at Cole at the end of the hallway, but she knew he wouldn’t save her, not without her saying one of her words. It was always such a battle inside her, hating the humiliation and wanting it. Sitting back on her haunches, Sarah pushed her middle finger back into her pussy, then pulled it out. “Miss, I am very wet.” After holding her finger up high for Melody to see, she tasted herself again, sucking her finger clean. Melody laughed. Then pointed to her other foot.
Sarah was a good little humiliation sub, and licked and kissed Melody’s other foot until the blonde was satisfied. Melody even patted her on the head when she was done, and said, “Good girl.” Sarah beamed, just like when Cole said it.
She followed them all back into the main room, and then got Melody a glass of the chardonnay. She carried the glass back to Melody, who was sitting on the edge of the couch. Melody touched her leg, the inside of her thigh, to be exact. The electricity of her touch, especially there, shocked Sarah. On the last, little step to hand Melody her wine, she tripped.
Helplessly, she watched in slow motion as a dollop of the wine jumped out of the glass. Not much, fortunately most stayed in the glass and she didn’t drop it, but still far too much. The wine tumbled down and down until it landed on Melody’s knee and then the floor below. Sarah’s heart dropped out of her ass as she noticed a few drops on Melody’s no doubt very expensive, little dark blue dress. A few hit the couch as well. Oh fuck fuck fuck.
Cole said, “Pet!”
Melody said, “You naughty girl.” She said it with a smile.
In a panic, Sarah quickly tried to wipe up the wine with the suddenly very handy white towel.