Chapter One
Coercion and Perversion
Emily walked through the front doors of the hotel and towards the elevators. She may have been closer to forty than she would have liked, and although she was no longer had the body of a fashion model she knew she still had the looks, and the figure, to get admiring glances from men of all ages, particularly when she took the time to dress well, as she had today.
She had dressed exactly as instructed in his email, or almost exactly. "Wear your blue two piece business suit" the email said." Put on your white blouse, the one that buttons down the front, and leave at least four buttons open to make a show of your breasts. Wear stockings and heels. And make sure that your lingerie does not disappoint me". She had followed his instructions to the letter, except, to show her independence, only two buttons of her blouse were undone.
As instructed she went directly to the elevator bank and pressed for floor 8. Room 812 was to the left when she reached the floor and with only a moment's hesitation she approached it. The door was slightly open and she pushed against it and went in, leaving the door open behind her. She was here because she had no choice. His emails had made it quite clear that if she did not comply with his instructions her career, and her family life, would be ruined. Both were important to her and she intended to fight for them.
Naturally she resented his demands with their less than subtle sexual overtones, including his references to her breasts and his insistence that her underwear not 'disappoint". She reasoned that she had no intention of showing him, or anyone else, her underwear, so the question of disappointment did not arise. But she was honest enough with herself to see the obvious paradox; she truly had no intention of flashing her panty's at anyone, but if that was so why had she put her best lacy bra and panties on that morning.
Emily was a successful financial executive who prided herself on always being prepared and in control. But today she recongnised that she was neither prepared nor in control. How could she be prepared? She had no idea of what he wanted. She assumed that he wanted to humiliate her before blackmailing her into paying over some of the funds which she had secretly withdrawn from her employers business. To Emily's mind those funds had not been stolen; she had simply taken exactly what would she regarded as being her due, according to the handshake agreement they had reached. It had never crossed her mind that her employer would welch on the deal and would challenge her to prove that any deal had ever existed. And not being in control was having a strange effect on her. She could not say that she enjoyed being a puppet and responding as he pulled on her strings, but there was part of her that felt excited and thrilled by having no choice but to follow instructions. And the fact that she had been instructed on how to dress, down to what underwear she should have on, added an overtly sexual and forbidden element to the day that, frankly, stirred her in ways that she had not experienced for many years.
The curtains in the room she had entered were drawn, but one bedside light was on. In a slightly darkened corner of the room sat a man she did not recognise. "Turn around and close the door" he instructed. She did as she was bid and returned to face the man.
"Who are you?" she demanded to know as he stood up. He was above average height and, she judged, in his late forties. He was dressed casually, but well. He looked strong and powerful and although not handsome his face was pleasant to look at. She had intended to berate him for the way in which he had summed her, but as he stood full of self confidence looking down at her, she felt her resolve melt away.
"Who are you and what do you want" Emily asked again.
"You can call me whatever name you want" he replied. "As for what I want, well, I simply want you to do whatever I say".
"Just tell me how much money you want?" she demanded.
He ignored the question and came towards her stopping just an arm's length away. Up close he was bigger and more intimidating than she had at first realised. "You have read my email. You know what I know and you have turned up today wearing what I told you to wear, so let's dispense with the debate. You have two choices. You can walk out now and deal with whatever happens ... but whatever happens it won't be good for you. Or you can do everything I say. If you want to leave, go now"
Emily turned and took three steps towards the door, but then stopped and turned to face him again. The odd thrilling feeling of being under his control came back.
"O.K., that's better, let's start" he said.