Marlee woke up and realized that the bed next to her was empty. Where had Jack gone off to this morning? Especially after the night of carnal delights they had shared. He hadn’t been joking when he said that they would both be sore but satisfied by the end of the weekend. He could at least have the decency to pretend to be too tired to be up and at ’em.
‘Obviously she needed to work him a little harder next time.’
She thought, chuckling to herself.
Gingerly she stretched her tired body and was surprised when she met resistance. She looked up and realized that Jack had tied her hands to the bed posts with two Christmas ties that he had never much cared for. Her feet were bound as well, with only enough length to pull her knees up at a 45° angle. Marlee tugged experimentally at her restraints and realized she wasn’t going anywhere until he wanted her to. If he came in all clad in leather with a cat-o-nines in hand she was in a world of hurt.
“Jackson McGrath, what in the Hell is going on?!” Marlee asked loudly, hoping he was in the general vicinity and would come in and explain why she was bound to the bed.
“Tsk tsk tsk.” She heard from somewhere behind her. “Did someone wake up on the wrong side of the bed this morning?”
Marlee craned her head and arched off the bed, trying to see him, but he stood just beyond her line of vision. “If the wrong side of the bed includes being tied to it, then yes…I guess I did.” She replied dryly, dropping her bottom back onto the bed and attempting to look unperturbed. “Speaking of which, why is it that I woke up this morning and found myself in this predicament?”
“Because what I have planned for you requires that you stay in one place.” Jack replied mysteriously.
What was that supposed to mean?
“What you have planned fore me doesn’t include 127 Latvian midgets, does it?” She asked, subtly testing the ties on her feet and finding them equally secured.
“Hmmmm…not a bad idea. Let me go make a few calls.” His deep chuckle receding down the hall was the only indication that she was alone in the room again.
“Crap.” Marlee muttered, annoyed at Jack for tying her to the bed, annoyed at Jack for leaving her alone, annoyed that the entire situation had her turned on much more than she would have liked. And God help her if Jack managed to produce 127 midgets of any heritage.
She heard cabinets opening and closing in the kitchen and she wondered what exactly he was looking for. It was a good thing they didn’t have any spring-closing clothes pins in the house. Marlee didn’t much care for the idea of having even one clamped on any part of her anatomy. Mercifully Jack was far too squeamish to even consider any sort of blood letting. Still, there were a variety of other interesting kitchen utensils that could come into play.
Hundreds of possible scenarios raced through her brain as Marlee laid there waiting for Jack’s return. What could he be planning? Hot wax? Oil? Whipped cream? Sex toys? Honey dust? Another man? Another woman? A dog? Making her watch him with another woman? Or another man? Or, heaven’s forbid, that poor dog?
Marlee tugged restlessly at her restraints again.
‘What the hell was he still doing out there?’
“Jack?” She called again, more of a panicked edge to her voice than she would have liked.
“Are you ready for me, My Beautiful Canvas?”
Her head whipped around to where his voice had come from and he stood there, beautifully naked except for an old maroon beret of hers perched almost comically atop of his head. Jack had a tray in his hand, but from this angle she couldn’t quite make out what was on it. The wicked glint in his sea-green eyes told her that it was far from coincidence that that was the case, too.
“Ready for what?” Marlee asked curiously, intrigued now that the game seemed to finally be afoot.
Jack put the tray out of sight on the floor and sat down on the edge of the bed. Leisurely he trailed his hand up her arm, over her stiff nipple and back down her torso, pausing just above her pubic mound. “Do you trust me, Marlee?” His voice was as soft and seductive as the brush of his fingers against her skin.
“Why is it people always ask that question before the do something they know you won’t like?” Marlee returned with a breathy little laugh.
“And if I promise you’ll enjoy it?” His fingers slid between the lips of her trimmed pussy, smiling ever so slightly at the telltale wetness there.
Oh what the hell…Jack had never broken a promise to her yet. If he said she was going to enjoy this who was she to argue? Marlee arched up into him in silent consent and was rewarded with a slow, rasping caress over her swollen clit. Whatever ‘it’ was, he’d damned well better start soon.
Jack leaned over her and gave her a deep, bone-melting kiss that quelled any lingering concerns she might still have. “You won’t be sorry.” He assured her before turning away to retrieve whatever it was that was on the tray, his body ‘conveniently’ blocking her view.
“It’s
COLD!
” Marlee yelped when the first cold glob plopped against her torso.
“Don’t squirm.” Jack scolded before dropping another cold blob on her thigh.
“What in the hell
IS
that???” Marlee demanded, struggling against her bonds to pull herself up enough to see what he was doing.
“Paint.” He explained very matter-of-factly as he slowly ran his fingers from the paint on her torso on down over her hip and to her thigh.
“You’re going to
paint
me?” She asked in disbelief.
Intent on his work, Jack leaned over to the tray again and selected a different color. “Finger paint, to be precise.” He corrected before making a green line across her other thigh.
Marlee’s breath caught in her throat as he this time trailed up her inner thigh, across her mound and up to her navel. She was torn somewhere between ‘damn that feels good’ and ‘I hope this washes out of my sheets.’ The next swirl was red and ran along her jaw line and in a slow, sensuous circle to the sensitive base of her neck. ‘To hell with the sheets’ she decided, cocking her head to the side and giving her artist more canvas to work with.