accounts our firm took care of. If I remembered correctly it was the very one that had accused David of messing up the file transfer. The one that David had punished me for. I blushed as I remembered the feel of his strong hands on my ass. I had never been spanked before. But with David doing it, it had felt absolutely right. I would have given anything at that moment to have David drive up and bend me over the bonnet of his car. Even with everyone on the street watching I would have let him do whatever he wanted to me. It was a strange feeling to know that I would give every part of myself to that man. I would let him do things to me that I had only ever dreamt about late at night. He was a man who could possess me completely and I could become lost in him. “Penny for your thoughts?” Robert’s voice made me jump and brought me back to reality with a bump. How long had I zoned out for? This was exactly the reason why David had p unished me in the first place. The r ealisation made me giggle. Robert opened the door of the coffee shop we had stopped outside. I noticed then that his hands were smaller than David’s. It made me long for his strong touch. The way he placed his hand on my lower back and guided me into a room. When he had done it, it had made me feel safe. “Carrie, its like you’re on another planet. Have I done something wrong?” I looked at Robert’s concerned face. He was being so nice and here I was acting like a some sort of space cadet weirdo. I shook my head and smiled. “I’m fine, really. I just need to get some coffee inside me.” Robert grinned and let me step inside. “Then I think you’re going to like this place.” I took a seat whilst he went to the counter and ordered our drinks. When he returned we made idle chit chat that seemed to go on forever. I could sense he wanted to ask me something else entirely but hadn’t yet gotten up the courage to do it. Having that feeling made me feel a little nervous. Finally he got up the courage and when he cleared his throat I knew he was finally going to get to the heart of the matter. “So you work for David?” “Yeah, I’ve been his secretary for nearly a year now. Why?” “No real reason I just find it strange that you work for him and you would indulge him in some of his darker fantasies.” Robert lifted the coffee cup to his mouth and took a sip. I was intrigued . What did he mean darker fantasies? Yes the club had been an odd experience. But David hadn’t done anything yet that I could really attribute to a dark side. “What do you mean? I haven’t indulged him in any dark fantasies or...” I cut myself off before I could continue. It really was none of Robert’s business what we got up to in the bedroom and I certainly wasn’t going to share any intimate details. “Oh, well my mistake then. It’s just when I saw you at the club last night and I found out you were with him I just assumed.” “Assumed what?” My voice had taken on a hostile tone. I couldn’t help it. Every fibre of my being told me I should like Robert but I didn’t. There was something off about him that let me know he was a bad idea. “Carrie, really it’s nothing. You said it yourself he hasn’t tried his idea of fun with you. Clearly you are something different for him. It’s just I like you and I wouldn’t want to see you get hurt.” I opened my mouth and then closed it. He liked me? How could he? He didn’t know me and I didn’t know him. Was this how it worked for everyone else? Guys told them how they felt. It was something my friends had spoken about but it had never happened to me. “Look, Carrie, I can see that care about Ashcroft. But I’m going to tell you this as a warning. He’s a user. He likes to seduce women just to prove that he can. He has taken subs from other Doms in the club. He doesn’t have many friends there. Quite a few members would like to see him disappear. But I wouldn’t want anything to