Lust is Only skin deep."  

― Joshua Wisenbaker, 2 Days 12 Condoms

Adrienne's POV

I hate that damn man! I loathe him! Words couldn't even begin to explain how much I completely replusled by his presence. His unprofessional behavior was irritating. He thought he could get me so easily. Tah! He had another thing coming.

I just couldn't stand how bold he was.

I was pleased however to be informed that I did have my own office and work space with a beautiful view. It had a lot of space and my desk was rather large in which I planned to put pictures of Asher all over it. I smirked at the thought of Xavier seeing that. I walked over to my new computer that I had yet to turned on and I eyed it slowly.

Work needed to be done.

Finally brushing off Xavier's behavior earlier, I made my log in and signed it easily. Already looking forward to Asher coming.

Kary walked in with a few papers in her hand and approached me with a smile, "I found it." She hums and I smirk and look up. "Are you going to come with me?" I ask her and I see that she blushes. "Kary, I am not wishing for you to come as a submissive or a Domme, just to simply observe. I dont wish to stay too long, I just want to see how they operate." I say smiling softly at her. She was always so tense and even though I did not like females as my submissive, I would certainly train her. 

Kary was on the thick side, but I loved that in a female. I was not too pressed for a female who was skinny or large, any female who was comfortable in her skin was someone I looked up to. It was how I had to adapt. 

Kary was however naturally submissive and I noticed that as I observed her tendencies, she was always quick to apologize and always felt as though she should be punished if she disobeyed me or displeased me. 

Something not may submissives even carried as a trait. "I would like to accompany you ma'am. I'm interested to how it works. You speak so little of you and Asher's activities and I would like to see for myself as well." She explains and I nod, running my hand through my hair briefly. I always appreciated her honesty. 

"Well then, we shall leave during our lunch hour. Keep an open mind," I say and nod my head towards her, she bite the corner of her lip and looks back down at the papers and hands it to me slowly. "Here's the address." She murmurs and I take the paper, noticing that the location is fairly close. "I'll be on call if you need me," She whispers and then slips back out the door.

Knowing that I have to educate Kary on the outlines of my lifestyle was exciting, I was looking forward to Asher being sent in tomorrow morning, then perhaps I could bring him by the club as well.

I made a few calls in order to set Asher's flight for early and requested some equipment to be taken to my room for us as well, since we didnt have our playroom, we had to improvise. 

I finally took a break from my office and gathered strength to go down to the staff room to grab some coffee and unfortunately....He was there. 

I ignored Xavier easily, walking past him as I went into the fridge to grab some cream for the coffee that had already been brewed. 

"Do you enjoy your office?" He asks huskily as I take out a styrofoam cup. "Yes, thank you." I say blankly and I see him grin out the corner of my eye. 

"Ms. Cooper, you seem to be agitated by my presence." He says, leaning down on the counter to look up at me. "Gee, you dont say." I say sarcastically and he chuckles slowly. "Perhaps we got off on the wrong foot, I didn't mean to anger you." He says as if he's trying to sound sincere. 

"Look, as joyful as this conversation is and I'd love to continue it. I'm just trying to get myself a cup of coffee." I say and roll my eyes and pour some cream into the small cup. 

"Adrienne please, why don't we go in for lunch? No funny business." He says innocently.

"Mr. Grant, I am a woman of business and business alone. I have plans this evening and I would appreciate if you would stop pestering- excuse me, harassing me. I am already doing my half of the contract and getting models for the event, that's all." 

He seems unmoved by me and it angers me. What was his deal?

"We're going to be working an awful lot together so we might as well try to be friends. Is that so bad? Loosen up a bit, the office here is meant to have fun. Play some music in your office, don't be so serious." He offers and I press my lips up against the cup, blowing away some of the heat evaporating from the cup as I sip it slowly. The caffeine need finally being satisfied as I close my eyes and feel it slip down my throat. 

"That's how your business may operate, but not me. Have a good day Mr. Grant." I say flatly as I throw away my empty cup and walk past him.

Explaining BDSM to Kary was humorous, her eyes widened as I spoke each word slowly. "Bondage, Discipline, Dominance, Submission, Sadism and Masochism." I say slowly and she swallows hard as we approach the club. "All of it?" She asks, gulping and I smile at her. "Some more than others." I assure, the corners of my lips twitching and kill the engine. "Do you want me to be your...um...submissive?" She asks and I see some glint of hope in her eyes but I shake my head. "No, you can just observe, you'll wear a wristband when we walk in, so no one will approach you without consent." I assure her and get out of the car. She fixes her shirt and quickly checks her hair in her phone reflection. "Nervous much?" I ask, she was afraid she wouldn't be accepted as we walked in, which was typical.  

"Yeah," She admits and we walk through the front door, I immediately look to the right to collect her a red wrist band. "This is their kyrptonite, only shield you possess." I warn her and she nods and tightens it around her wrist.

Lights are streaming all over the seen as I see empty bottles litter the ground, why does this seem more like a party scene more than a club? However, I shake it off and lead her deeper into the crowd, the stage already taken by 3 submissives and a Dom. He's giving them a public humiliation which consists of him urinating on them.

I wonder what they must've done to deserve that as a punishment?

"Why is he peeing on her?" Kary asks me and I smile over at her, "A Dom punishes his or her submissive         to whatever they see fit. Clearly it seems as though, his submissives are punishment sluts." I say and she cringes at me. "Look at his submissives faces, they're covered in absolute pleasure. They enjoy being severly humilated in front of a crowd. They must have no limits." I observe and she bites the inside of her cheek.

"Are all submissives humiliation...sluts?" She asks, saying the last word as if it's a sin. "No, the term slut is used to idenitify. Some females may be a cum slut, a pain slut. Or they may just be a submissive. It doesn't really matter." I explain to her and we turn away from the stage to look to the wall where a various amount of submissives are tied up and either being extremely pleasured or punished. As likely, a man bumbs into us. He stands at about 6'1 and with pitch black hair and has a girl on her hands and knees following him.

"Is this your sub?" He asks me, motioning towards Kary. "Obviously not, if she has a red wristband," I say flatly and roll my eyes and grab her wrist to push past him. "Many people may approach you or us tonight. If they do, simply hold up your wristband and say you aren't interested." I instruct her and she nods slowly. My eyes scan the crowd and my heart drops and my eyes narrow. "Shit," I hiss under my breath. "What's wrong?" Kary asks me and I point towards the man over in the corner, surrounded by females. "Xavier?" She says in disbelief.

And if on que, his eyes meet with mine and he smirks and stands up, brushing off his shirt and sauntering towards us. It was too late to act as if we didnt see the shitty bastard so I averted my attention elsewhere. "So this is your late night plans?" He asks loudly, his eyes are dialated and there's a sensual smile plastered across his face. "What are you doing here?" I ask, that was a dumb question. It was clear.

"I hould be asking you the same thing. So this is something you like to do in your spare activites?" He asks sarcastically and I flash a fake smile at him. "Same to you." I mumble and he reaches for my hand. "Adrienne, it's a fun night. Why don't you come over and meet one of my special friends." He says and I frown at him. "Are you drunk?" I ask and he flinches back. "I dont drink." he says in a disoriented voice. 

Suddenly a female with blonde hair approaches him and grabs on to his arm. "Master," She tries to whisper but I can clearly hear it.

He was a Dom? Well that explained his persistant and controlling behavior. "Vanessa, go on back, I'll be there in a minute." He says blinking slowly. She bites the corner of her lip, I can tell her natural submissive behavior wants to take over but I see the sentimental look in her eyes. "Master...you're going to have another blackout." She whispers and he looks at her slowly. "I thought you said you're not drunk." I point out crossing my arms. "I'm not." He says and she presses her lips together. "Master, please. You know I worry." She urges and he grips her hand and turns away from me, whispering something in her ear. Suddenly she stands up straighter and walks away. "Mr. Grant, I think you should rest. You look...troubled." I point out.

"What's troubling me is that you're here and you won't say why." He says, trying to change the subject. "It's clear that I'm into this lifestyle." I finally admit and he smiles. "Well, well, well a fellow Dom I see." He says, raising his eyebrow amused. "Don't let our lifestyle clash with our business life." I beg, rolling my eyes. "Trust me, I won't. So Kary is your submissive?" He asks and Kary looks down. "No, she's here to observe. My submissive is coming in the morning." I say and fold my arms across my chest again.

That's right Grant. I was taken!

"She must be very lucky." He says licking his lips. What a sick pig. "Yes he is." I challenge and his eyes widen.

"A shame right? Yes Xavier. I like having a male slut. I still like dick, okay?" I point out and he flinches back and swallows hard. "I see. I should get back to Vanessa." He says dryly and turns around, stumbling a bit as he goes back to his sub.

"I don't think he'll be messing with me any longer." I point out and Kary looks at her phone and then back at me. "Ma'am?" She asks and I look over at her. "Asher's flight has arrived early. He's at the apartment waiting for you."

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I am so sorry for this sucky update. I have been having terrible writers block, like it's unreal. But you guys needed something. I have a lot of twists and turns planned for this book. Drama.....will be very intense.

The sex...oh lord the sex. So make sure you all have unfollowed and deleted the book from your library and then followed me again and added the the book to your library. Thank you for your patience. 

By the way, the chapter is dedicated to a special beautiful young lady I met last night. On my live chat with my readers xo