Kennedy
When Ava was gone, he turned his attention to me.
"Come here," he commanded.
I wasn't planning on doing anything he said, but something in his tone compelled me to do what he wanted. I didn't understand how he could command someone with just two words and a little eye contact.
I begrudgingly walked to where he was until we were a few inches apart. He studied my face like it was a mystery he was trying to solve.
"Your mother is cheating on me as well. You think I don't know about her escapades? It's an open secret. Besides, she's not my type."
I wondered why he was explaining himself to me. He didn't have to do anything, considering I was under his roof and I had to do whatever he wanted.
"My mother doesn't flaunt her affairs in front of me, so I ask you not to do the same," I said. "Otherwise, you can't blame me for what happens to them."
"Ava wasn't supposed to be here," he replied. There was something about how he was speaking and how gently he was addressing me that suggested he wasn't explaining himself because of my mother.
He was doing it for me.
"Whatever," I said as I turned around to go and eat. He grabbed my arm and pulled me so close that our chests were almost touching.
The air between us was tense, like something was brewing beneath the surface. It felt inappropriate even though it wasn't. He looked at me, his eyes turning dark. I couldn't read his gaze, but I knew there was something there that I was scared to decipher.
The atmosphere had changed. I had never been rendered speechless before that moment.
"You still have to follow my rules, little pawn. I like control, and you don't. Don't think I won't punish you for your mistakes."
"What—"
"I have rules in my house, and if you don't follow any of them, I'll have to put you over my lap and spank you until your ass is raw."
I thought he was joking, but I soon realized he wasn't. He was dead serious. He let me go immediately.
Didn't he realize spanking was a sexual act?
"Go sit down," he ordered.
I turned around and went to sit down. I still didn't understand why I was compelled to do everything he wanted. It was like he had some sort of power over me that made me want to please him.
He sat opposite me and poured himself some breakfast.
"In this house, there are rules. You don't go out without my permission. I want to know all your friends, and you're not supposed to date anyone without talking to me first. You only go to the parties I approve of, and you can't leave the house without your driver or bodyguards."
"When you go to school, you have to come straight here, and I have to know where you are at all times."
My mouth opened in shock. Even my controlling mother wasn't that extreme. At least she let me have some freedom. Julian was controlling every aspect of my life.
"You can't be serious—"
"You live under my roof, so you have to do everything I say. Failure to obey, and I will put you over my lap and spank you, like I said before. I'm not afraid of doing that. Don't ever use that snappy or sarcastic tone with me again, little pawn. I have ways of making you pay for it."
He took out a new phone and handed it to me.
"This is yours."
"But I have a phone!"
He got up from his seat and came behind me. I was so still that I was afraid to even breathe. He pushed my hair to the side and whispered in my ear, "You're mine to control, little pawn. And I would love to colour that ass red. You're my caged bird, and you will do everything I say."
Shockwaves of a feeling that I understand flooded my entire body. I could feel goosebumps rising on my skin as a sultry feeling settled in the pit of my stomach.
Was I…turned on?
He put a black card on the table and pulled away.
"You can buy whatever you want. That card has no limit."
He put it on the table and walked away, leaving me hot and more flustered than I had ever been.
What the fuck had just happened?
Julian
I thought Kennedy would be meek, but she wasn't. She would be fun to play with. She had made a grown woman almost cry because of her; it was both shocking and impressive at the same time.
I never thought there would be a day I would see Ava kneeling for anyone, let alone a young woman. She was submissive to me only, and she took that very seriously.
When I got to the office, she was at her desk. I had two assistants. One was a man, and the other was Ava. On paper, she wasn't even an employee of my company. She was one of the few women I kept for my payroll for the purpose of pleasuring me when I was on edge.
It was a mistake to take her home or to keep her as long as I had. She thought she was more special than she was.
"My office. Now." I said to her as I went into my office.
She had slept in one of the guest bedrooms when I was done with her in the sex room I had at my house. I had expected her to leave as soon as he woke up like she usually did. The only reason she didn't leave was so she could taunt Kennedy.
I could read the woman like an open book, and acting innocent was her strong suit.
When she came to my office, her skin was red, and she had some ointment in her hands.
"She burnt me with tea!" She exclaimed as tears gathered in her eyes. Those tears didn't move me, and I found it pathetic that she was crying.
"You did this to yourself. I have rules, and you broke two of them. You were at my house for breakfast, and you were wearing my clothes."
She rushed to me and touched my chest.
"If you're scared that brat will tell her mother, you can use ways to keep her in line. You will avenge me, won't you?" She asked as she looked up at me, blinking.
"Who do you think you are?" I asked as I grabbed her hands and pulled her off of me.
"I thought—"
"Stop thinking because it doesn't seem to be doing you any favours. You're nothing to me. I only kept you around me because you were convenient. You're starting to be a problem, so I won't be needing you anymore. You're fired."
"Because of that brat—"
"She's my brat, and I don't remember giving you permission to disrespect her. I don't ever want to see you again, so don't ever show your face. And before you try, you can't sue me for unlawful termination because you aren't an employee of this company."