“Pfft, you might become mine.” Leak stuck out her tongue childishly, enjoying being able to laugh about things.
When David returned he was pleased to see the two friends laughing and joking. “Okay ladies, where are we setting up this feast?” he asked, setting down a bag full of boxes of Chinese food and drinks.
“I’ll grab a blanket; we can have an indoor picnic.” Janie grinned at the idea and hopped up to go and dig one out from a box. She returned soon enough, and with David’s help spread the blanket out on the floor.
Once the blanket was sorted they all sat around it and David began handing around the little white boxes and their drinks. For a while they ate in a companionable silence until finally he spoke. “Listen, Leah, I just want you to know that I don’t think any differently about you after yesterday. You are Janie’s best friend, and I think you’re a great person, so I really hope you can get over any embarrassment around me.”
It was hard not to take his comment as genuine when she saw the loving way Janie looked at him. “I’m going to try my best to just forget you were there, and maybe you could do the same.”
“Did I see you somewhere yesterday? You’ll have to refresh my memory, I don’t remember?” Grinning he was pleased to see her smile back. He planned on spending a lot of time with Janie, which meant getting on with her friend was important.
“Thanks, David; sorry I was being such a prude.” She felt a little silly for getting so worked up over the situation when it was clear he wasn’t bothered by it in the slightest.
“Don’t worry about it. I’ve been living this lifestyle for so long that sometimes I wonder if anything really bothers me anymore.” He gave a quick smile and then maneuvered another mouthful of sweet and sour chicken into his mouth with his chopsticks.
“Well good, it’s settled then.” Janie smiled. “I want my two favorite people in the world to be best friends.”
“I’ll just think of you as my baby sister, Leah, since I don’t have one.” David winked at Janie. He was falling in love with her, he knew it, and was prepared to do anything to make her happy; fortunately being friends with her best friend was a simple thing and he had no problem with it.
“So if Rhett gives me any trouble tonight I should call you for help?” Giving a little grin Leah wondered how that would work out.
“Given he’s my business partner, I think it might be best if you call Janie should you have any trouble tonight, little sister. Of course, the chances are Janie would be of more use to you than I would be anyway,” he said with a chuckle.
They all had a good laugh over his answer and the rest of the lunch was much more comfortable for Leah. It definitely relieved her mind that he didn’t think any the less of her after what had happened. She’d known Janie would love her no matter what, but it made her feel better that things were okay between her and David as well, especially with the end of things fast approaching.
Once lunch was over David left to return to the office, having done his good deed for the day, as he described it.
Janie and Leah pottered around for a while, exploring their new home and deciding where their things would go, as well as listing the furniture they needed to get. When they had done that they went out.
Their first stop was the dorm administration offices; since they had no desire to spend another night in their dorm rooms they returned their keys and signed out, officially ending their time on the campus. After that they moved on to furniture shopping.
Furniture shopping was not something Leah had ever done before; neither had Janie for that matter, but as always Janie had no problem with a new experience and confidently led the way through the doors into their first furniture store.
A smile from Janie, and a casual mention that anything they bought would be paid for on her daddy’s credit card, secured them the enthusiastic assistance of a salesman. Like a puppy he followed them around the store, keeping on their heels the entire way. Whenever they stopped, he stopped, and when Janie asked him a question about something he barked; at least that was what Leah thought in amusement.
In no time at all they had purchased a beige butter soft leather three piece suite, a pair of double beds, wardrobes, chests of drawer and numerous other items. Leah couldn’t believe how much her friend was buying, or the size of the bill she was racking up to go on our father’s credit card, but Janie just laughed off her concerns, saying they needed all of it.
After what seemed like hours, at least to Leah, Janie finally declared that they had the bare essentials necessary to make the condo livable. Leah was surprised when her friend blithely assured the salesman who had spent the afternoon following them around that they would be back, once they had settled all their newly acquired furniture in place and knew just what they were missing to make the condo a home. As far as Leah was concerned they had all the furniture they could need, and more.
When the final bill was tallied up Leah was shocked, she couldn’t believe how casually her friend had spent more than five thousand dollars on her father’s credit card. She insisted on paying for her share of the bill, since a third of the furniture was for her bedroom, and she had the money Rhett had put into her bank account. Janie declined though, asserting that since her father was all but forcing her to take the condo, he could pay for it to be furnished, and he could definitely afford to do so.
With everything paid for, and delivery arranged for the following day, the earliest the store could get it to them, Leah and Janie left. Leah thought they were going to head home, since they had bought the furniture they went out for, but as was often the case when she went anywhere with her friend, what she thought was completely wrong.
From the furniture store Janie dragged her friend into an electronics emporium, insisting that it was all well and good for them to have beds to sleep in, and stuff to sit on, but without entertainment they would be bored out of their minds.
The technique Janie had employed in the previous store worked just as well there and they soon had a salesman following them around, giving them advice on the best things to spend their money on.
Leah’s shock at the money her friend spent in the previous store was eclipsed by the size of the bill in the electronics emporium.
Three televisions, one huge 3D one for the living room, with a top of the line sound system, and two smaller ones for the bedrooms, Blu-ray players, stereos, a microwave, and a fridge-freezer all combined to run up a bill that was almost double what the furniture had cost.
Janie tried to buy her friend a new laptop, to replace the tired one she was stuck with, but that was where Leah drew the line. Though she couldn’t stop her friend buying the rest of what she picked out, Leah did refuse to let her pay for the laptop, instead she paid for it out of the money Rhett had given her, accepting that it was a good idea to get one just then while she had the opportunity.
Janie paid the bill without giving the final total a second glance, and then arranged for everything to be delivered the next day. As she pointed out to Leah on their way out, Leah had the box containing her new laptop tucked under her arm, there was no point worrying about the stuff they’d bought until the next day since neither of them was planning on spending the night at the condo.
She was going to be spending the night with David, while Leah was going to be at Rhett’s.
Arriving home Leah immediately opened the box and took out the laptop she’d bought. It was the first new laptop she’d ever owned, never having had the money to buy new before, and her fingers itched to try it out. Trying out the display model was one thing, but it wasn’t the same as turning on her own and really trying it out without the limitations the store imposed on what a person could do.
“Hey, hon,” Janie had to try several times to get her friend’s attention, “shouldn’t you be getting ready if you’re going to Rhett’s tonight?” she asked after a little over an hour, during which time her friend had been glued to her new laptop, checking out the installed programs and surfi
ng the net on the superfast broadband that was available in the condo.
“Oh crap!” Leah exclaimed when she saw the time. “You’re right, dammit.” Hurriedly shutting down the laptop she got to her feet and put the computer on the breakfast bar in the kitchen, the only place she could think of that would keep it off the floor for the time being.
Dragging the boxes marked as having clothing into her bedroom Leah began hunting for something to wear. Once again she had no idea what Rhett had planned for them; nonetheless she wanted to look her best, whatever was going to happen.
“Oh bother!” Leah’s cry brought Janie to the door of her friend’s bedroom. “What’s the matter?” she asked.
“Huh?” Leah looked round from where she was rooting through a box, surprised to see her friend.
“I asked what’s the matter,” Jane said. “I heard you ‘oh bothering’ from my room. And what’s with the mess?” She looked around at the clothes Leah had dug out of the box and discarded on the floor.
“They’re all wrinkled,” Leah told her, waving an arm at the clothes surrounding her.
“That’s no surprise if you’re just throwing them on the floor. You can’t treat clothes like that and expect them to stay neat.”
Leah scowled at her friend. “They were wrinkled before I took them out of the box.”
“But I thought you went to such pains to ensure everything was packed neatly. That’s why it took us nearly four hours to sort out your room.”
“I did, but they’re still wrinkled!” Leah wailed in despair. “I can’t go to Rhett’s in a wrinkled dress, he won’t like that.”
Janie chose not to comment on that, instead she gave the only advice she had. “Just pick the least wrinkled outfit you have. I’m sure he’ll understand.”
After going through the entire box Leah was reluctantly forced to go with Janie’s advice, unfortunately the least wrinkled halfway decent outfit she could find was a white cotton sports dress with a red pattern. It was a long way from the stylish outfits Rhett had bought her, and he clearly preferred, but at least she wouldn’t feel like a rumpled mess wearing it.
Hanging the dress on the back of the door to her en-suite bathroom Leah got herself ready. She showered quickly, and then did her hair and applied makeup, deciding to go with a simple ponytail and only a trace of makeup, to avoid looking out of place with her dress.
The underwear she pulled on was sexy, but by the time she had finished with her makeup and had pulled on her dress Leah felt she looked anything but. The white Converse she pulled out a box matched her dress well, but did little to lift her appearance beyond the realms of cute.
“You need any help before I get out of here?” she asked, returning to the living room.
Janie whistled when she saw her friend, grinning at Leah’s outfit. “Look at you, sexy girl.” In her opinion Leah looked more like a high-school cheerleader than a college graduate in the dress and sneakers she had on; the kind of jailbait that could tempt a man into trouble.
“Oh yeah, this is my seduce him look,” Leah said with a giggle and a toss of her still damp ponytail. “No man can resist me when I put this outfit on.”
“I bet they can’t.” Seeing the look on her friend’s face Janie turned serious. “I think you look gorgeous, honey, and if Rhett doesn’t like your outfit tell him to lump it.” She winked and then tapped her lip. “On second thought, don’t do that, he’d probably enjoy punishing you for it and we can’t have that, not with everything we have to get done tomorrow. I need you at full mobility and flexibility, not suffering from another night with Mr. I-don’t-know-the-meaning-of-the-word-restraint; you make sure to tell him that.”
Leah shook her head at Janie’s comment. “Yeah, I’ll be sure to tell him that for you, for all the good it will do.” Giving her friend a quick hug and a peck on the cheek she grabbed her purse and made her way down to her car.
As usual she felt a nervous knot build in her stomach as she drove to Rhett’s house. The uncertainty of what was going to happen brought on the now familiar feeling of excitement and fear.
20
TAKE ME
After parking the Lamborghini in front of Rhett’s mansion, Leah got out of the car and made her way up the stairs to the front doors. She hadn’t managed to settle herself during the drive over and hated that her hand trembled as she reached out to ring the doorbell. Worse than her hand trembling was the stickiness of her sweaty palms, which she attempted to dry on her dress.
When the door opened to reveal the butler, Leah hurriedly stopped what she was doing and forced a smile.
“Master Rhett asked that you wait in his bedroom, Ma’am, he has left a note for you on the nightstand.”
“Thank you.” Leah smiled again, stepping past the butler she headed up the long flight of stairs to the mansion’s main bedroom.
Walking into the elegant room Leah sat down on the oversized bed and picked up the note. She was filled with disappointment when she read the note Rhett had left for her, he was stuck in negotiations with a client and didn’t expect to get home until the early hours of the morning.
As she read the note again, Leah couldn’t help but wish he’d thought to call her if he wasn’t going to be home. She could have stayed at the condo and made a start on sorting her things out, even if she couldn’t put most of it away. Instead she was stuck at the mansion; Rhett’s note told her to make herself at home but she didn’t feel all that comfortable with doing that.
Since the bottom of the note told her to sleep naked it was clear that Rhett intended to wake her when he got home. It might end up being a tame night, but at least she would have some time with him.
Putting the note back on the nightstand Leah stood up and quickly stripped off; folding her dress she set it on a chair in the corner of the room, along with her underwear. Her sneakers she put under the chair, out of the way. She then slipped under the covers, naked, and settled down.
Though she had had a full day with the move, and the shopping spree that afternoon, Leah found sleep elusive and soon enough she gave up her attempts to drift off, it was clear she wasn’t going to manage it just then. Instead she took advantage of the opportunity to do something she hadn’t done in a while, since meeting Rhett in fact, she turned on the television and surfed the channels.
She couldn’t find much that interested her and eventually she left the TV on an old black and white movie. It wasn’t a great film, but it was light entertainment, and didn’t require her to think very much so she could just let it run while her mind drifted.
When the film finished Leah turned the TV off and slid back down beneath the sheets, finally feeling as though she could drift off, which was exactly what she did.
Leah woke abruptly as a hand clamped over her mouth, cutting off her breathing. She tried to bring her own hands up to free herself but the moment she did that a weight settled on her body, effectively trapping her against the mattress.
The room was pitch-black, so she couldn’t see anything of her attacker, but the weight on her hips and the way he kept her almost completely still, despite her best efforts to free herself, indicated he was a big, strong man.
Terror filled every fiber of her being as she struggled to free herself; she had an idea of what her attacker had in mind and the thought filled her with adrenaline, giving her the strength to free one of her arms from the knee that had been pressing it into the bed.
She reached up to the hand over her mouth, trying to push it away so she could scream. It was impossible; her attacker was just too strong, he barely seemed to notice her efforts.
It wasn’t until she tried to claw at her attacker’s face that he paid any attention to her free hand, grabbing it in his he shoved it away from him, raising it above her head out of the way and holding it there.
When his weight shifted off her hips she thought she was going to have a chance to escape, but before she could even try she was roughly rolled over on the bed so she was on her stomach,
her face buried in the pillow beneath her. The pillow did as good a job of cutting off her voice as the hand had, and she found she still couldn’t make an audible sound. In fact the pillow was worse, she couldn’t even try and make a sound while her face was pressed into it; it was all she could do to breathe.
As she lay there, unable to even struggle without threatening to choke herself on the pillow, Leah found herself wondering who it was attacking her. It couldn’t be any of Rhett’s servants, not the ones she had seen up till then anyway, none of them were as big or as muscular as the man on top of her. The only thing she could think was that it must be one of his friends from the dungeon; she didn’t know if Rhett allowed his dungeon friends to use the house when he wasn’t there, but she was sure it had to be someone with access to the house, she had seen the security system that protected it.
Thinking about Rhett made her wonder where he was; hadn’t he said he’d look after her, that it was the job of a Master to look after their submissive. Where was he when she actually needed him?
Her attention was brought back on to what her attacker was doing when she heard a tearing sound. At first she didn’t know what it was, though it sent a shiver of fear running up her spine, and then she identified it. It wasn’t the sound of something being torn; it was the sound of tape being pulled off a reel.
There was no time for her to wonder what the tape was going to be used for; she had no sooner identified the sound than she found out. While her assailant kept her arms stretched above her head and gripped both her hands in one of his, he wrapped the tape around her wrists, winding it around and around until she couldn’t separate them.
Abruptly the hand that was holding hers let go and she was rolled onto her back. She had no chance to take advantage of her mouth being unblocked however, she barely had time to realize it was before tape was shoved over her mouth and clamped into place, once again robbing her of the ability to be heard.
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