Authors Note: This series began as the first story I had ever written to be published online and as such when I look back I can see how my writing style has changed, please forgive some of the inconsistencies in the story for they came from inexperience, I have tried to fix some of them in this chapter which one of my consistent readers all but nagged me for after I had almost abandoned the story line. For you Mayness the first of three final chapters, I hope you enjoy it! Do not stop leaving your lovely insightful comments. ~ellie
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Stretching Bella rolled in the big bed, he had woken her as he went to shower, it was early but she still needed to go back to her apartment and pack before the long drive to her hometown and her parent's anniversary party. It had been an exhausting night, her Master seemed to have limitless energy as he allowed her little rest constantly rousing her to once again thrill her mind and body with the unique blend of pleasure and pain he submitted her to. She had lost track of the number of orgasms that wracked her body before she finally passed out and he allowed her to sleep. Her muscles ached as she continued to stretch listening to the sound of the running shower in the next room.
Unable to hold back any longer she rose from the bed to seek out a second bathroom and relieve the dire need she had to pee. Padding softly into the lounge room she looked around noting the large chairs one of which she had been bent over and taken by him for the first time the night before. She noted the discarded debris, their clothes, ropes of differing lengths and a variety of equipment she had felt rather than seen during the long night. She took up his shirt from the floor and pulled it on, finding the kitchen and two large closets before finally locating the bathroom in a small corridor off the main room.
She gazed into the mirror as she washed her hands and face wondering at the transformation that had happened to her in just a week. Faint lines marked her breasts and thighs and she was sure her ass was a cross patched network of lines though she could not twist enough to see the full extent of her master's markings. Running her fingers through her hair she tried to tame the unruly curls by tying it into a knot behind her head. Exiting the bathroom she went back to the main room she had no idea what was expected of her here in this place, all of her masters rules had centred on the office and work so she started to pick up their discarded things from the night before.
Realising she did not know where anything belonged she stacked them neatly in a pile on the table and having found her phone she turned it on and checked the messages as she padded to the kitchen. Opening the refrigerator she found it surprisingly well stocked and taking some juice she closed the door. Bella searched for a glass as she continued to listen to a message from her mother in her full drama queen mode. All her confusion and doubt started to flood back into her mind as the message ended and she selected the next one, her mother again still dramatic but infinitely happier as she spoke of a catering company arriving at 5am to set up marquees and lighting and invade her precious kitchen.
Bella took a sip of her juice realising she would have to face her parents today; with the man she now called Master. She wondered, as guilt and shame washed over her again, if his wife would be there, Bella had known they did not live together as such but they were still married, "How did I end up here, in this secret world of adultery and slavery." She whispered to herself. She was a smart girl she had a university degree she didn't think she was naΓ―ve, well not until this week." Her mind wandered back over the week and all that had occurred.
Visions of last night, the club and the harsh use he gave her after being there, replaced her worries momentarily as the memories filled her body with heat and desire and different questions now filled her mind. "Would it be all over after the week? Is that what she wanted, what he wanted?" She sat at the counter sipping her juice and scrolling to the next message, her eyes widened in surprise as she heard Jim's voice, she had hardly thought of him this week and guilt settled on her again like a mantle as she heard his boyish voice apologise for forgetting her parents party and that he could come back from his hiatus in the bay early and take her to the party if she wanted.
"Oh dear," she thought, "No! That would be breaking Master's rules." Her own thought stunned her, the rules had become part of her world and she couldn't fathom why her first thoughts were worry over disobeying Master's rules and not over seeing Jim again. The thought rocked her precarious hold on her own reality and she listened to a further two messages from friends before returning to Jim's message and listening to it once more, trying to decide whether to reply or not. She was chewing her lip and holding the phone in her hand looking at it with a thoughtful expression when she felt his presence and looking up she jumped guiltily as she saw him leaning on the door frame watching her.
"What are you up to little one?" he smirked at her seeing her face flame.
"I am just checking messages I missed last night Master," she stammered.
"Oh and how is your mother this fine morning. You should call her back and let her tell you all the drama."
"She left me more than one message I think I am all up to date."
"She obviously needs to speak with you Ellie, call your mother." His voice became authoritative and she shuffled through her phone to find the number.
"Yes Master," she murmured and hit the dial button.
Bella barely got a word in once her mother started talking and she watched her Master move with ease around his kitchen as he brewed strong coffee and made toast which he sprinkled with cinnamon sugar. He took the plates and drinks to the small table in two trips while she took in his physique only half listening to her mother. Wearing only blue jeans his tanned olive skin made him seem more muscular and younger than she had thought him. He obviously looked after himself and unlike other men his age he had no paunch or even a hint of grey hair; she tried to remember when his last birthday was, "he was her father's friend he couldn't be that much younger, could he?" She mused as her mother started on another tangent in her ear.