10 Nights (4 page)

"I'd like you to
speak when I ask you a question, Leah."  He spoke firmly, though he kept
his tone quiet so as to not frighten her.  "And please look at me; I'm not
going to bite you." Yet, he thought to himself with a smile as her eyes
met his again.

Her body trembled at
the demanding tone of his voice; she couldn't understand why it turned her on, she
just knew that it did. "Y-yes, it excited me," she whispered the
words softly.

"Good girl."
He smiled warmly at her compliance.  "Would you like to explore this
more?" This was her moment of truth, he thought to himself, she could
decide to go further, or walk away and never look back. He tensed slightly as
he waited for her decision.

Her face flooded with
color but she looked him straight in the eye as she answered. "I think I
w-would." She didn't just think it, she knew there was something here that
had her longing to explore, and she just didn't know if she had it in her to go
through with it.

"Thinking isn't
knowing, Leah," he said patiently, glad that she was being honest with
him.  "Here's what I want you to do tonight, Leah." he paused and sat
forward in his chair, leaning across the desk toward her he spoke quietly,
"go home and think about everything you've seen here. Talk to Janie, ask
her questions, and make a decision."

"I- I'm not really
sure w-what I'm supposed to be deciding." She bit her lip.

"Look at me,
Leah." His voice was demanding; he refused to let her hide those beautiful
eyes from him. When she gave him her full attention again he spoke.
"Decide if you are willing to give me ten nights, ten nights in which to let
me show you my world, to find out if you are interested in becoming a part of
it."

"Ten
n-nights?" Her eyes filled with confusion. "W-what would we do during
those ten n-nights?" The intensity of his gaze made her voice break.

He chuckled and stared
at her without blinking. "You will surrender your body to me, and I will
show you pleasures like you have never known." He watched her eyes widen
and he sat back in his chair. "At the end of those ten nights we will talk
again and decide how far you want to go, if you are still interested."

Leah was shocked into
silence for a few moments as what he had said sank in. Pleasure like she'd
never known before sounded interesting, but could she surrender her body to him
completely, she wasn't sure about that. She'd seen what some of the people in
the dungeon had been doing, and knew that she was way too insecure to go that
far, no matter how much the thought turned her on. "What if I c-can't do
the things you w-want?"

"I will give you a
special word that you can use to stop anything I'm doing while we're together;
it's called a safe word. If at any time you want things to end, you use that
word and it's over. But understand this; if you use that word during our ten
nights, it ends there."

"M-meaning
what?" She was so confused, just looking at the man sitting across from
her, she wanted to beg him to take her upstairs and make love to her. She
wasn't used to experiencing such desire and she shifted nervously in her seat
at the thought of belonging to him for ten nights, it sounded like paradise
right then.

"Meaning, my sweet
Leah, that if you use your safe word to stop anything that happens during those
nights, I will no longer help you explore." He smiled to soften the
bluntness of his words. "You are new to my world, Leah, but you have my
word that I won't push you harder than I think you can handle," he said,
seeing that she didn't like the thought of him not training her.

"Okay," she
whispered, "I'd like to try." She had no idea where the strength had
come from for her to speak the words, but the thought of never knowing what it
was she was missing left her aching inside.

He smiled at how
quickly she responded to his offer, but wasn't about to let her accept that
easily. "I think it best if you take some time to think about things
before you accept. Sleep on it, and talk to Janie in the morning. Tonight was a
new experience for you, an exhilarating one I'm sure, but you may see things
differently after a good night's sleep." He hoped that wasn't the case, he
wanted her to be completely sure that what he was offering was something she
wanted before he allowed her into his world however.

Janie had sat quietly
throughout the entire conversation, but when she saw how quickly things were
moving, she knew she had to intervene. "Master, may I speak?" She
looked at David, hoping he'd understand and give her permission.

David turned to Rhett,
the decision wasn't one he and Janie were involved in, and he wasn't sure Rhett
would appreciate the interruption.

"Please, let her
speak, David." Rhett was curious to know why Janie felt the need to step
in.

"Sir, I think Leah
needs to explain some things about her experience with, well, sex, before you
agree to this." She didn't like bringing up her friend's sex life,
especially in front of people Leah didn't know, but felt it was a situation
where complete honesty was warranted.

Rhett was confused by
her response and wondered what Leah's sexual experience had to do with her
being trained by him. "Her sexual history shouldn't be a problem, unless
of course you have a disease we need to discuss?"

Leah was mortified that
he would even think that and was quick to answer. "It's nothing like
that!" She understood Janie's concern, she was her best friend and was
only looking out for her, but she was still embarrassed. "Well, the truth
is," she stumbled over the words, "I've never slept with a man."
As she said it she wished the roof would fall in, she was sure he must be
thinking she was a complete loser to still be a virgin at her age.

"You're a
virgin?" he asked the question incredulously; he had to admit it did
amazing things to his ego to think of being her first lover. His cock stood to
attention at the prospect of being the first man to take her, but with the
desire came the worry that she might not yet know what she truly wanted in a
lover.

"Y-yes." She
could feel her cheeks burning at the admission and wondered if he thought she
was damaged. Her virginity had never bothered her in the past because it had
been a conscious decision on her part not to have sex, now though; she wished
she had lost it when others around her were doing the same, instead of waiting
so long. "I understand if that's a complete turn off to you."
Lowering her eyes she wished she could sink into the floor as she waited for
him to speak again.

"Sweetheart,
you've just given me a hard on the size of Mount Everest, so I think it's safe
to say I'm not turned off, but I do think this will change how we spend your
ten nights if you choose to come to me." 

She couldn't help it,
her eyes went straight to his groin, or where she imagined his groin was since
the desk blocked her view. She licked her lips unknowingly and smiled at the
thought of what her admission had done to him.

"Alright, Janie,
you'd better take your friend home before I make this decision for her."
The thought of teaching everything he knew to such an innocent was mind blowing,
and it was hard for him to allow her to go home. He knew it was for the best
however. "If you decide this is truly what you want, be here tomorrow
night at nine." He stood up then, uncomfortably aware of how tight his
jeans were.

Leah rose as well; her
legs shook and she had no idea how she was going to force herself to leave the
room. She wanted to walk, no run, round the desk, throw her arms around his
neck and beg him to take her upstairs right then, she didn't want to wait until
the following night. For the first time in her life she knew what it meant to
desire someone. Her eyes met his and she quickly looked away, she was sure the
longing she felt was obvious to him.

When Leah looked back
at Rhett he had moved from behind the desk and was in front of her. "I
hope you decide to come back," he said pulling her into his arms and
lowering his lips to hers so he could kiss her softly. "I promise you
won't regret it." Drawing back from her he smiled down into her beautiful
face. She was such a little thing and he towered over her from his height of
six foot three; he could envision her kneeling before him and knew he had to
end the meeting.

"I think you need
to take her home now, babe." David recognized the look in his friend's
eyes, and knew he was on the edge of losing control. He brushed his lips over
Janie's and smiled at her. "I'll see you tomorrow night." He turned
to Leah and winked. "Really nice meeting you."

"Nice to meet you
too, David." She smiled at him quickly before turning to Rhett. "I'll
see you tomorrow night, Sir." She had no idea why she added the Sir, but
the way his eyes darkened in desire, it was clear that she had said the right
thing.

"Um we need to
leave." Janie smiled at David, reading the intensity in Rhett's gaze.
"Goodnight, Master," she whispered before grabbing Leah's hand and
leading her from the room. She didn't let go until they were out of the house
and had reached the car.

Janie waited until they
had left the grounds and were out on the road, and then she turned off the
radio, pausing for a moment to decide how to phrase things before speaking.
"Leah, Rhett's a really great guy, but I'm not sure he's the happily ever
after type, if you get my meaning."

"I don't think I'm
looking to head down the aisle just yet, Janie." Leah giggled and shook
her head.

"I know marriage
isn't your thing, but well, you've waited a long time to have sex, I just don't
want you to get too involved and end up being hurt."  She was glad that
Leah had finally decided to explore her sexuality, but was also worried about
how intense she knew Rhett could be.

"Janie, I'm not
going to pretend that I'm not out of my league here, but for the first time
ever, I want to explore." She loved her friend for trying to protect her
but thought Janie was reading too much into things, she wasn't looking for a
fairytale.

"Honey, it's not
just the sex and BDSM stuff you're out of depth with, you've never really been
involved with anyone before; I just want you to guard your heart, okay?"
She would never forgive herself for introducing Leah to Rhett if he hurt her.

"If it gets too
intense I'll back off, promise." She knew she was doing her best to
convince herself as much as she was Janie. Rhett made her feel things she had
never thought possible before, and she realized it was going to be tough to
remember that love wasn't the same thing as sexual gratification.

"I know you'll do
the sensible thing, Leah, you always do."  Janie drove on for a few
minutes before she spoke again. "Rhett is a very experienced Dom, he's
been in this lifestyle most of his life; you'll learn things with him that most
people can only dream about. If you can look at it as a learning experience, I
say go for it."

"I never even
asked him how old he was," Leah said suddenly, she'd been more interested
in how handsome he was, and the feelings he brought out in her, but now she
found herself wanting to know more about him than the little she did then.

"He's thirty-seven,
and he owns two of the largest law firms in Chicago, one of which David is a
partner in. Let's see, he was married once, but she left him because she couldn't
deal with his lifestyle; his father is still alive, but his mom passed away
from cancer about five years ago. Oh, and did I mention he's incredibly rich?

"Not only does he
own two law firms, but he makes a bundle from property development and his
father is loaded. As an only child he's set to receive a huge inheritance when
his father passes on."

"Holy hell, Janie,
you just gave me the man's full biography." Leah laughed for a moment
before stopping to wonder. "How do you know so much about him?"

"He was my mentor
when I first decided I wanted to explore this lifestyle," she turned to
glance at her friend quickly before returning her attention to the road,
"but he set me up with David as a trainer." 

"So did you and
he...," she wasn't sure she wanted to know the answer to the question, but
felt she had to ask.

"No way."
Janie laughed. "He intimidated the hell out of me in that capacity, hon.
I've watched him scene before, and let me tell you, he's intense."

"Okay, if you are
afraid to be with him that way, shouldn't I be running away?" She shuddered
nervously as she thought about how much Janie knew about men and her fear of
Rhett.

"Seriously, Leah,
I would trust Rhett with you more than anyone else. Yes, he’s intense, but
after years of watching him, I know he's also one of the most perceptive Master's
I've ever met. I didn't know that much about the lifestyle when we first met,
so he scared me."

"What will those
ten nights be like?" A part of her was so excited that she couldn't wait
to find out, while another part felt like hiding under her bedcovers and not
taking the risk.

"I think with
Rhett, those ten nights will change everything you thought you knew about your
sensuality and leave you longing for more." 

"Well I'm guessing
since I've never really thought I had a sexual side it won't be hard for that
to change." Laughing at herself seemed to make it easier to fight back the
nervous tension brought on by what she was considering doing.