It was a quiet moment for Elaine, in her new reality. Her husband and owner would soon be home from work. He had called earlier, indicating he would be ready to relax when he returned. She was to have a nice warm bath drawn and waiting for him. She had immediately obeyed his softly spoken instructions. Her compliance and eagerness to please him had not always been the case, but after several weeks of harsh training and feeling the consequences if she ignored his wishes, she now knew all too well her place.
Biting her lip, quickly scanning the house as she moved up the stairs to the master bath, a frantic last check to ensure everything was tidy and immaculate, as housekeeping had become another one of her added duties. Complete obedience and submission were part of what pleased him most so she was hoping that this evening he would find, at the very least, her efforts satisfactory.
She continued to rush up the stairs, tugging a little at the "uniform" she now wore every day, consisting of some thin strategically placed straps that lifted her bare breasts pushing them up and out, but actually covered nothing. She was forced to wear a thong that rode her sex and split her bottom cheeks in an irritating way, separating and lifting the rounded globes, offering them whenever he was near, as a tempting target for her not quite appeased husband and owner to enjoy as he wished.
All of this was done in an effort to attain what she had so carelessly thrown away a few weeks ago. But now, she strove to obey and comply with his every whim and request. To faithfully serve the man that was her husband, but really had become her owner. With more than just a touch of fear and with the memory of several painful lessons impressed on her body and mind, she slave-like, had begun to follow his clearly stated rules, dictates, and yes, commands. Checking the time, she would need to hurry to have the bath waiting, just as he liked. Wincing a little as she bent to turn on the taps, the events of the last few weeks flashed into her brain like a movie, complete with sound and living color. Everything had changed, and so quickly, was it only a month or so ago?
Startled, she yelped and felt the sting of a now familiar male palm as it landed a swat on her bottom while she bent to fill the tub. The warm and accented tones of her husband's voice broke into her thoughts, "wool gathering my dear?"
Turning her head she looked over her shoulder and resisted the urge to rub at her bare bottom, as it might only encourage a repeat of the other night. Unable to suppress another wince as she recalled his intent of that evening to impart a fresh lesson in obedience and punctuality. Clearing her throat with a bit of nervousness, arched up on her toes and stretched forward to finish and turn off the faucet as the tub rapidly filled, she replied to the seemingly casual question, "no, not at all." Then thinking better of the white lie, she amended her answer, well, maybe a little bit. "I was just thinking about how things have changed, that's all."
The tub filled, she laid out his towel and mentioned, you are a bit early, yes? He smiled, nodded an affirmative, he was early. He very much enjoyed coming home these days. He began to strip off his work clothes, and seeing her bent over, the red imprint of his man's hand on her trembling bottom, he felt his cock harden and offered, "would you like to join me?"
Her eyes widened in surprise. He chuckled as he realized she didn't quite know what to do, or say. Helping with her decision, and without further conversation, he loosened the clasp at the small of her back. The mesh of straps that barely covered her fell, leaving her completely bare. He motioned for her to remove her shoes. His thumb hooked underneath the collar that now adorned her neck at all times. He wouldn't remove it, but he did take the leash that had dangled from the collar's ring, snapping it to loop over the rack on the wall beside the bath.
Climbing into the warm soothing water, he offered a hand and helped her in with him. Sighing he relaxed back against the tub and pulled the woman, all soft and open, against his chest, watching the water lap at her red tipped nipples, and tease at her bare and vulnerable sex. He was learning a great deal about his wayward wife, and her sexual responses, needs, and unwanted desires. Unwanted, because he had realized early on, she was at constant war with her own nature. Dealing with her in the manner he had chosen, he decided was doing her a kindness. Even if she might not always see it that way, he was confident she would, eventually. He continued to use his knowledge to increase his own comfort and control. But really, what was a man to do? Certainly not go back to the relationship they had before, where he had seemed to be little more than a convenience for her to use at her own will and whim. Closing his eyes, still toying with her nipples that instantly hardened, peaked, and swelled under his touch, his mind wandered to the recent past as well. That last morning, right here in this house. A turning point when things between them had changed. Had it really only been a few weeks? Was it only four, or maybe six weeks ago.
.... What it had been was some ungodly early hour of the morning when Elaine had finally stumbled into the house. After he night out, stopping in the doorway to the den to brace herself against the door jam, removing the high heels that had encased her feet all night in their leather prison of arched sole, high instep, and stilted heels. The sun had not quite been up, but perhaps it would be soon. In any event, once he had received the video on his phone of her actions that night, he had gone downstairs to await her arrival home. She had looked a bit tired, it had obviously been a very long night, no doubt filled with drinking, loud music, and really, the same people, the same stories, the same merry go round of flirting, dancing, drinking too much, breathing in the suffocating smoke and watching the same out of control antics of her well heeled, but poorly behaved, circle of friends.
She had gone out without him, it was a normal occurrence, one that he had come to reluctantly allow, but then she hadn't asked his permission. He had known she resented her situation, had not settled into married life as he had hoped, but he still had no intention of spending his own time wasted with the people she called friends. People that he considered little more than parasites. That night the crowd of them had ended up at a casino where his silly wife had lost her entire month's allowance and perhaps, in a fit of daring and pique, had signed an IOU that was for so much more.
He worked too hard to just throw his money away on some rigged game of cards or the chance spin of a wheel. He smiled again as he realized she was going to learn the value of hard work, as he had every intention of having her earn back the cost of her IOU in any manner he saw fit. So maybe this wasn't quite what she had ever anticipated her life becoming, but sometimes life throws you curves. Now it was up to her to adjust and accept, or not.
In the past he had gotten rather salty with her over her behavior, but like most things in their lives, she simply ignored his wishes and went about living her own life, nearly separate from his. But that last night, she had gone too far. It was probably a blessing he hadn't been with her and only the recipient of the video, after the fact. He still recalled his own anger as he watched the image of his wife dancing, topless on a table with a friend she had known from all the way back to her school days. The two women had climbed up, on adjoining tables, tossing their designer clothing to the cheering crowd that had gathered around them. While the music played and the crowd voiced their approval and egged them on, his own wife had performed a drunken striptease of sorts. Her friend, also married, was about to have a new reality presented to her as well when she got home. But what happened in their lives was between her and her husband. Elaine's husband and soon to be owner had chosen his course with his own wife. A wife that was about to be presented with the harsh reality of what it meant to be married to a man of his temperament. The decision had been made that morning, now it was simply a matter of seeing if it had been the right one.