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acting as if he wasn’t even there created feelings in him that he

 

couldn’t explain. Maybe he did want to hurt her, and not just

 

physically.

 

“Do you worry that he has moved on to your sisters now?”

 

He asked. She clenched her eyes shut, and then answered.

 

“Yes.” Her voice was like a robot. Liam decided to drop that

 

conversation. He didn’t want to make her cry.
She was trying so hard not to feel. He moved around the

 

table and knelt beside her. He turned her chair so she was facing

 

him, but she kept her eyes lowered. His palms touched her thighs

 

and he ran his hands up and down, feeling her skin. She inhaled and

 

held her breath as he moved his hands up her body to her waist, up

 

further to her chest, cupping her breasts and running his thumbs

 

over her nipples, then finally to her neck and shoulders. He

 

massaged her shoulders and rolled her neck to each side. He parted

 

her legs and moved between them so he could be closer to her. He

 

grabbed her chin and forced her to look at him. “Breathe, little one.”

 

She exhaled and relaxed a little bit. He moved his thumbs to her

 

temples and rubbed in little circles. “Does that feel good?” he asked.

 

“Yes, sir,” she whispered and closed her eyes relaxing in his

 

hands. He moved his hands back down to her neck. “It’s been almost

 

a week since you’ve shaved. I know how my face itches like crazy if I

 

go two days and don’t shave. But I can’t trust you with a razor, and

 

baths haven’t gone so well for us, so you have two options.
1) I get in the shower and I shave for you, or 2) I stand in the

 

bathroom with the shower curtain open and watch you shave. Which

 

do you prefer?” She hung her head. “Answer me, it isn’t rocket

 

science.”

 

“You can watch,” she whispered. He was a little disappointed.

 

He had hoped with his sensual touching that maybe she would let

 

him continue in the shower. He thought he had heard her have some

 

kind of pleasure the other night when he touched her and he knew

 

his hands had made her feel good tonight. But if she didn’t want him

 

to touch her, he must have imagined she enjoyed any moment of it.

 

Maybe it was all in his head. Maybe he was only seeing what he

 

wanted to see. Maybe she just trying to make him think she liked his

 

touch, so he would be nice to her. This was the way it should be

 

between them.

 

“Fine.” He stood up, took her arm, pulled her backwards to

 

the bathroom, and started the shower.
Instead of watching the curtain fly around from the pressure

 

of the water, he just ripped it down all together. Norah was stunned,

 

but tried not to show it. She pulled off her underwear and stood

 

waiting for him to instruct her. “See if the water is good for you?” he

 

asked and pulled her closer to the water. She nodded, and stepped

 

in the tub. Liam backed up and watched her. She lathered up her

 

hands and washed her body. He thought his zipper might pop

 

watching her move her hands over her body. She rinsed and then

 

poured a very small amount of shampoo in her hand. She turned her

 

back to him and lathered up her hair. When she rinsed out the

 

shampoo she turned to face him but lowered her head again. He

 

slowly handed her the razor. She took it and shaved her armpits and

 

legs. When she was done, she again turned her back to him and

 

moved her hands so he couldn’t see them. “What are you doing?

 

Turn around!” He stepped closer to the shower. She turned to face

 

him and he saw she was trying to shave her bikini area. “Oh, sorry,

 

continue. But keep your hands so I can see them.”
She stayed facing him and continued. Liam turned his back to

 

her. He could barely watch her wash herself without reaching out to

 

touch her, he knew watching her shave herself would send him over

 

the edge. When she was done she didn’t say anything, she just

 

turned off the water, wrapped herself in the towel, stepped out of

 

the shower and waited. Liam turned back to face her. Then without

 

saying anything to her, he walked out of the bathroom, opened the

 

door to the room, and closed it again. He returned to the bathroom

 

and handed her white cotton panties, and a white cotton shirt. She

 

thanked him quietly to which he told her she was welcome.

 

“I’ll see you tomorrow, little one,” he kissed her forehead and

 

walked out. As he reached the door he heard her small quiet voice.

 

“Good night, sir.” He smiled, thinking maybe he had made

 

some headway with her tonight.

 

The next night was much of the same. Liam tried to get her to

 

talk and her answers were robotic and unemotional.

 

“How is it that you’ve never been with a man?” he asked.
“My Mom had me when she was 15 and every day she made

 

me feel like I was the reason she didn’t have a husband. I never

 

wanted to make my kids feel that way. So I decided to wait…until I

 

was in a committed relationship. Not that it did me a lot of good

 

now, I guess.” Liam crossed his arms against his chest, but didn’t

 

comment on her snide remark. “None of your boyfriends tried to

 

persuade you otherwise?”

 

“Sure. But I never gave in. I wanted to have something to give

 

the man I planned to marry. I wanted him to know that he was the

 

only man who had ever touched me like that, and always would be.”

 

“That’s kinda old thinking isn’t it? I don’t think most men

 

expect to marry virgins these days.”

 

“Well then my husband would have been surprised, and very

 

pleased.” He didn’t like the way she said, ‘would have been’. She was

 

implying that she wouldn’t be marrying now or be a virgin. She

 

wouldn’t be able to give herself to her husband, because Liam would

 

eventually spoil her. He wasn’t sure that wasn’t true. But he didn’t

 

like her insinuating it either.
“Didn’t you ever have desires you wanted to fulfill?”

 

“Of course. I almost gave in once, but,” she paused and

 

smiled and let out a real laugh. He saw a tear run down her face and

 

she wiped it away. “Ahh, the guy got a little too excited,” she

 

laughed again. “And his desires were fulfilled before mine.” He

 

smiled and laughed a little with her. He liked to hear her voice and

 

her laugh.

 

“Do you have any questions for me?” he asked thinking that

 

would keep her talking, and maybe even to look at him. “Besides my

 

name, of course,” he smiled.

 

“What do you do for a living?” she asked. He took a breath

 

and crossed his ankle over his knee.

 

“I’m a very powerful, successful and wealthy business man.

 

That is all you need to know, little one.”

 

“Do you buy and sell women?” she was brave. He laughed

 

out loud, and stood up. Play time was over.
His mood instantly went from playful, wanting to hear her

 

laugh, to angry and wanting to smash her face against the table. She

 

had made several brave comments tonight, and he let them all slide.

 

He didn’t intend to let it continue. She needed to be reminded who

 

was in charge again, and why she was in this room. He walked

 

around the table behind her and yanked her head back by her hair.

 

He leaned in close to her ear.

 

“That was very brave, little one. Especially considering what I

 

told you I would do the next time you hurt my feelings.” He pulled

 

her out of her chair and forced her to lay across the table. He

 

pressed her head down and held her hands behind her back with the

 

other. “You’re very lucky my feelings don’t get hurt easily. Let this be

 

your last warning, Norah!” His hand moved from her head and

 

smacked her ass. “Count out loud!” he yelled. Norah did as he asked.

 

He smacked her five more times and after each strike Norah yelled

 

out the number. After the last one, he leaned over her, pressing

 

himself in her back. He ran his hands over her ass and pressed his

 

mouth to her ear.
“You have a very smart mouth and made some very rude

 

comments about me tonight.” He grabbed her hair and yanked her

 

head back. “Don’t do it again.” He snapped her neck back in place,

 

and walked out and didn’t come back for the next two nights. She

 

paced the floor and talked to herself. She even did cartwheels and

 

jumping jacks, anything to pass the time. When he finally returned

 

Norah was actually happy to see him. She hated being alone all the

 

time. She was used to having her sisters, or roommates, other

 

friends around her all the time. She didn’t think he liked her very

 

much, which only confused her about why he bought her, but being

 

with him was better than being alone. She knew she had pissed him

 

off with the buying and selling women comment, and she hoped she

 

could control her mouth around him from now on. She ate her

 

dinner in silence because he wouldn’t talk to her. She could feel his

 

eyes on her. The truth was he missed her company too. He wanted

 

to come talk to her for the last two nights, but she needed to be

 

taught a lesson. She needed to fear the unexpected. He liked that

 

she didn’t know what was going to happen to her next. He rolled the

 

cart away when she was done, and told her to stand up.
“I’m going to shower with you tonight,” he grabbed her arm

 

and took her in the bathroom. He could tell she was nervous, but he

 

didn’t care. It was a spur of the moment decision. He adjusted the

 

water to his liking, and started to undress. She stood there with her

 

eyes on the floor. He instructed her to take her clothes off, and they

 

both stepped in the shower. As she stepped in she noticed the

 

plastic bag sitting on the toilet. He stood under the water, then

 

moved her so she was under the water. She tried very hard not to

 

look at his body, but kept finding her eyes roaming his chest and

 

pelvic region. He saw her looking and turned her away from him. He

 

ran his hands over her body, and stepped close to her back. She

 

could feel his erection in her back. “You know, little one, not

 

including your little outburst of rude comments the other night, you

 

have been very good since you have been down here. Maybe you

 

deserve a reward.” She took in a deep breath. He turned her to face

 

him and he handed her a lofa and a bottle of body wash. As she

 

lathered up the lofa she saw him place a big bottle of shampoo and a

 

big bottle of conditioner on the shelf in the shower. She watched as

 

he lathered his lofa and washed his body as well.
When he was ready to rinse, he pressed his body against

 

hers and moved them both to the water. He swayed them back and

 

forth rinsing everything. He poured the shampoo in his hands and

 

started to wash her hair himself. She closed her eyes and relaxed

 

with his touch. He massaged her scalp, and then moved to her

 

shoulders.

 

“Does that feel good, little one?” he asked in a sexy, smooth

 

voice. She hummed her agreement. “I can make you feel good, too. I

 

don’t just want to hurt you.” She tensed a little. He turned her body

 

to him, and she tilted her head under the spray of the water. He ran

 

his hands through her hair to rinse the shampoo out. He did the

 

same with the conditioner. Then she surprised him with a question.

 

“Why do you call me, little one?” she asked. It was

 

unexpected. He didn’t know how to answer her at first. She rarely

 

spoke without being spoken to first unless she was making a jab at

 

him.
“You don’t like my nick name for you,” he turned away from

 

her and rinsed her hair out. “Would you rather I call you, ‘pet’, or

 

‘slave’?” he moved under the water and rinsed his own hair.

 

“I would rather you call me by my name,” she paused, but he

 

waited to respond, because he could tell she had something else to

 

say. “I like to hear you say, Norah.” He looked in her eyes. She didn’t

 

shy away, she locked her eyes on him too. “You have a nice accent,”

 

she added. Usually a comment like that would have angered him, but

 

she combined it with a compliment for him, so he wasn’t angry. He

 

was pleased there something about him she liked.

 

“Kiss me, Norah,” he commanded. It was another spur of the

 

moment decision, but something he had wanted since the first night

 

they were together. She licked her lips and stepped closer to him.

 

She gave him a small peck on his lips. He chuckled as she stepped

 

back. “I said kiss me, Norah. Really kiss me,” he had a hungry look in

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