Judged by Him (35 page)

His fingers explored her, squeezed her breasts and buttocks. She reached an orgasm one final time on the rug, stimulated by his hands frigging her hard while he pumped what little life he had in his cock back into her. Aftercare began immediately, as he caressed and soothed her, gradually bringing her back to an awareness of her body and mind. She had to admire Jason’s ability to retrieve her from the brink of oblivion.

Lying on the bed, she submitted to Jason’s traditionally post-scene inspection. He ran his fingers over tender skin. “Watching your orgasms, quite spectacular. Very satisfying. A good fuck as well.”

He gave her a vigorous rub to help disperse the marks. She buried her head in a pillow, waiting for him to finish. He applied soothing arnica cream liberally over all of her blemishes.

“I’m glad you enjoyed yourself, Sir, because my clit has packed up her bags and gone for an extended break. No more
coming
from her.” She pointed between her legs.

Jason laughed. “Then I don’t have to worry about your sex drive while you frolic about tonight.” He cupped her hand on her sex.

“Seriously, I don’t think even you can get an orgasm out of me until tomorrow.”

“Even me. Interesting statement. Who else did you have in mind?” He poked her.

“Just a figure of speech.” She sighed, feeling him probe her interior. She’d dug her metaphorical hole deeper.

“I do like a challenge.” He grinned at her, and her eyes widened.

“No! Please, no. What could you possibly do to me to make me come?” She was sure she was beyond any sexual response with her body deflated and throbbing badly in places.

“Oh, I know exactly what will make you come,” he teased.

“I’m telling you I’m spent,” she said firmly.

“My dear, I’ve gotten orgasms out of girls in a worse state than you. Believe me.”

He knelt next to her and leant over her, his face fixed on hers. A faint, wicked smile formed on his face, like photograph developing in a dark room. She found him very imposing, and her breathing picked up in pace. His handsome naked body, irresistible. She had claimed nothing was happening inside her. A lie. Her brain couldn’t switch off her greedy sexual appetite.

She had to show resistance. The game required it. He would want her to hold back from him, add to the challenge. “Oh, no, you’re not going to prove a point with me.” She started to sit up, but he pushed her back down.

“Unfortunately, I’ve decided I will. Why are you giving me such ungrateful looks? I’m about to give you pleasure for nothing.” He parted her legs.

“Jason, what are you doing?
Sir
!” she shrieked as he started to lick her.

His fingers found her clitoris and, with a slow circular movement, rubbed her gently. The dramatic arousal made her body quiver. He sucked and tickled her with his fluttering tongue. Fingers continued to seek out her clit and to drive her to another climax.

“
I can’t
!”

“No can nots. You will. Because I demand it.” In between words, his tongue darted in and out of her. Then he paused and slapped her thighs several times. “Where is the fucking gratitude, slave. Your orgasm quota is way up on mine. I’ll leave you half-baked if you don’t give me serious gratitude!”

“Thank you. Thank you. Please, don’t stop. Please, make me come. You’re the best, Master,” she gushed as he buried his face deep within her.

Another splendid, body-wrenching orgasm. She wept into the pillow as his fingers kept her going for what felt like an eternity.

Her final sapping orgasm had left Jason fired up, his body demanded his own kind of gratification, and she simply would do whatever he wished, indebted to him.

He sat astride her legs and slapped her breasts hard with his right hand. “Next time, you show your gratitude quicker. Don’t make me fucking ask for it.”

He smacked at her branded breasts repeatedly until he transformed the undyed skin pink and her responses flitted between pleasure and pain. Bizarrely, she wanted him to treat her so, to repay his generosity with her submission, to give her body to him and her willingness to accept his sadistic side.

With his back to the panoramic window, his shadow cast a darkness over her body. Beyond, through the window, she saw dazzling blue sky and wisps of cloud. Another flick of his wrist, and she winced as her tender flesh stung from his smack. A chuckle accompanied his little slaps. Something moved across the view beyond Jason. A bird perhaps? Another bobbing flicker of movement, hovering at the window edge, then gone. She wondered what a seagull would make of her submission, her desire and need to be treated as her husband’s sexual plaything. Nothing. A bird, fortunately for them, had no opinions.

She lay with her arms stretched wide away from her body. An act of capitulation, as if she was on a cross. Her focus returned to Jason and his looming presence. She wriggled beneath him, very aware of her aroused clitoris, still pulsating from her last orgasm.

“I’m sorry, Sir. I apologise for my ingratitude!” she howled, knowing how he loved the sound of contrition.

He ceased smacking her sensitive breasts. She barely noticed he reached his own climax with the vigorous action of his tugging hand. Grasping her hair and pulling her head off the pillow, he groaned and came over her face, spurting across her cheeks and lips.

“Thank you, Sir. Thank you for coming on me.
Thank you,”
she whimpered, nursing her sore breasts with her hands. The unique connection she felt with her husband had been achieved. Not through lovemaking or tender words, but by her submission. A capitulation that enthralled her.

They lay side by side, breathing heavily, eyes shut. Gemma didn’t move. His semen trickled down her face, and she licked her lips.

“Mmmm!” she murmured. “Tasty.”

“Gemma. Go wash your face. I know what you did last night. Sleeping with my semen all over you. It’s repulsive”—he flicked her arm—“and very kinky.”

Underneath the white sheen, her cheeks flushed with embarrassment.

When Gemma and Jason disembarked
Sublime
, a limousine was waiting for them with its engine purring. At the sight of the sleek white vehicle, she gave Jason’s hand a squeeze of gratitude and saved the lingering kiss for when they settled in the back seat. Remy and Lubinsky took up positions in the front seats with the driver.

“Thank you for tonight,” she whispered, glancing over to the trio of men. “When I dance, it will only be for you.”

He patted her thigh. “Of course.”

Throughout dinner at the waterfront restaurant, they chatted amiably. A husband and wife conversation, so natural and fulfilling after two weeks of sexual topics.

“A new deal lined up?” She examined the unidentifiable contents of her plate. Another opportunity for him to order for her.

During the morning, Jason had been busy firing off e-mails. With his existing acquisition ground to a halt, he had picked up the next one in the pipeline.

“A Canadian accountancy firm.”

“Don’t you have one already?”

Having worked for his company, Gemma knew the corporate structure. Jason’s biggest division, and the most successful, was his accountancy one. Large firms in various countries providing a range of services including bookkeeping, financial services, auditing, and investment consultants.

“The existing one I own is small scale really. Most of the clients are medium type businesses, individuals, etcetera. The firm I want to acquire has multi-national clients and the clout and influence to bring in others. Once the acquisition has gone through, I will merge the two companies. There are areas that complement and others that overlap significantly. Some weeding out will have to be done.”

Gemma pulled a disgruntled face at the thought of people losing their jobs.

“Unfortunate, but necessary to build my company and increase profits.” Jason shrugged.

Gemma sighed. His ruthless streak remained difficult for her to comprehend. She easily imagined the emotional impact of redundancy letters and uncertainty for people, whereas he saw the bottom line and returns on invested capital.

She re-directed him to a different subject, unhappy with the direction of the conversation. A brighter subject for her and one she had pondered on when sunbathing. “The stable block at Blythewood. One end is used as storage. Could it be converted into something else?”

His fork hovered, a quizzical expression forming on his face. “Yes. What did you have in mind?”

“My hobby room in the main house, not enough space and the light isn’t right for painting. I thought the end of the stables could be converted into a workshop for me, an airy, spacious atelier. Perhaps knock out a wall and put in big windows like in the pool house. What do you think?”

She hadn’t thought he would have a problem with the idea, and she had been right. He spoke positively about her plans. He promised to have an architect visit once they were back home and come up with blueprints and costs. Costs were never an issue, how could they be? If she told him she wanted the moon, she sometimes thought he would acquire it for her. Gemma loved her husband so much as she sat in her comfortable seat in the restaurant. She had beamed her best smile, and he had squeezed her thigh under the table.

The dinner had been lovely. She thought he had made good choices, and her change in attitude to culinary matters pleased him. She tingled inside at his complimentary words. After all the sexual activity today, she pondered, would he be ready to use her again tonight? Make love to her? Gemma wanted to be treated like a princess, not a slave. She hoped and prayed his gastronomic-induced mood stayed good for the night.

They left the restaurant, returning to the limo. The excitement grew inside her, knowing they were heading to the nightclub. She wore elastic stretch pants to aid her mobility. Bright red ones, accompanied by a cropped black top with red and purple flames embroidered onto it with sequins and shimmering fabrics. The heat of the day lingered into the evening, and she hadn’t bothered with a jacket. Very soon, she would be glimmering with perspiration under the dance lights.

The night began brilliantly for Gemma, with Jason setting up a tab at the bar, and she kept to his golden rule about alcohol, alternating the strong stuff with refreshing cold drinks of water or juice. He took up residence relatively close to the dance floor, with his back against the wall and one leg crossed over the other. He didn’t dance, and she didn’t expect him to. When it came to nightclubs and dance floors, Jason watched, occasionally his fingers drummed on his thigh or a foot tapped in time to the music. She ensured she stayed in his view and on his side of the dance floor.

A Sunday night and, fortunately for Gemma, not the busiest. The locals would have work the next day, and the tourist season hadn’t fully kicked into action. Even with the crowded floor, she made space around her and let her hair down in the metaphorical sense. The recently discovered agoraphobia she occasionally suffered from didn’t appear to affect her in heaving nightclubs or bars. Happy, carefree people nudging or knocking past her, didn’t affect her sensitive personal space issues. She could cope. Well-versed in the ambience, she had been going to nightclubs since she could pass herself off as eighteen.

At fifteen.

Naturally, she had lied to her parents. Her usual chaperone, her brother John, had been away for the weekend on an excursion with his local football club. Gemma had told her parents she was going to Charlotta’s house. Instead, they had easily snuck into the chosen club without problem. Both of them had physically matured into adult bodies long before their brains had caught up. They had giggled and fluttered their eyelashes at the younger men. The big risk had been falling prey to the happy hour cheap booze. Gemma and her friend had known the worst thing they could do was get drunk. They could fool their parents as long as they stayed sober and didn’t smoke—not that Gemma had ever smoked. She had tried a few times and detested the foul taste in her mouth.

The men, or boys, as they were not the only underage kids there, had been all over the two friends. Gemma, in particular, had been targeted because she could dance uninhibited and with a seductive style. Later in the evening, she had come very close to losing her virginity. The boy in question had kissed her as if he was resuscitating her. His calloused hands travelled all over her breasts, and the boozy breathe shot down her throat, making her retch.

At the time, she had been furious when his advances came to an abrupt end. Later, in adulthood, with the benefit of hindsight, Gemma had nothing but gratitude to her father’s friend who had spotted her and despatched a stare of concern. She had scarpered out of the club as fast as her legs would go, with Charlotta tottering behind in her impossibly high heels. Her friend had been mad, and Gemma told Charlotta to go back in if she wanted to risk everything. Gemma hadn’t wanted to get in trouble because of her friend’s carefree nature.

Thankfully, her dad’s friend kept his mouth shut, probably because they had left quickly. It had been another year before she tried the nightclub scene again. The night she had met Guy and eventually became acquainted with his bunk bed.

In Dubrovnik, she was watched by her over-protective husband and, on the other side of the club, by the exits, Remy and Lubinsky. The two men took on the mantle of respectable, smartly dressed clubbers, fitting in quite well to their surroundings. Their casual appearance was a ruse though—every inch of their robotic stance was about being a bodyguard. Hawk-like eyes searched, probing everyone present as if they had barcode scanners. In the end, three sets of eyes tracked her around the club relentlessly, and all she wanted was the one pair, nobody else.

Inevitably, other eyes did ogle her, too. Potential one-night standers visually assessed her as she ran her hands up through her hair, tossing her head back. After years of clubbing, Gemma had various techniques to avoid them. Moving away from unwanted followers or pretending she was with a group of girls, which often got her funny looks from the strange women she latched onto. She usually made it seem natural and friendly. In a foreign country, such familiarity wasn’t going to happen or, at least, that was what she assumed.