A few weeks later Michael brought up the subject of the necklace. "You don't wear it when you go out in public, out to work," he said to me.
Unconsciously my hand when to my neck and I touched the fine, thick silk that encircled my throat. It was true. I wore the necklace around the house because I wanted to please Michael, because I did enjoy how he treated me in bed when I wore it, because I enjoyed when he suckled me, but I felt uncomfortable wearing the unusual necklace where people might inquire about it. The necklace was an odd ornament for someone who didn't decorate their desk in a bovine theme.
"It would be hard to explain to my co-workers," I explained.
"Every time a bell rings," he quoted, "an angel gets it wings."
"Yeah, like they'll believe that," I said.
He pulled me close and started stripping of my shirt and bra. "You'll wear it tomorrow," he ordered me. "Or I'll lock it around your neck and you'll never get if off." His lips clamped on my tit and started sucking. He knew how to manipulate me.
"Okay," I agreed. "I'll wear it to work tomorrow."
And, as promised, I did. For the longest time no one in my office said anything and I started wearing it to work on a regular basis. Of course I always wore it at home when Michael and I fucked. We had moved to have sex almost exclusively in the rear entry position. I enjoyed being fucked that way, even with the animalistic symbolism of that particular position.
It was at work that I was almost outed for the first time. I encountered Marie, who worked in a cube the next row over from me, in the break room while making coffee. "That's an interesting necklace," she said, pointing at my collar.
I froze and blushed, then tried to recover myself. "Thank you," I stammered. "It was a gift."
"It's cute," she said innocently. "It almost looks like a cowbell."
I laughed, probably a little to nervously. "Every time a bell rings," I said for her, "an angel gets its wings."
Luckily she laughed too.
"Michael calls me his angel," I said, compounding the lie.
"Really!" Marie said. "My boyfriend calls me that too. That's why I got my tattoo."
I suppose I shouldn't have been surprised, but Marie seemed so quiet, so demure, that a tattoo wasn't at all her style. I certainly hadn't seen one on any of her exposed skin at the office. I hoped I wasn't about to find out something I was going to regret.
"Tattoo?" was all I could say. "Do you have an angel tattoo?" I asked immediately regretting the direction of the conversation.