Three Dark Hours

by Maggie Carpenter

  "I'm sorry," she bleated gasping between the words as his hand fell. "I didn't mean to make you uncomfortable, I thought you'd be reading the stories at home!"

  Her apology brought a respite, and he smoothed his hand across her glowing moons.

  "I don't believe that for a second," he scolded. "The intent of handing me that story was to turn me on, and it never even occurred to you when I might read it. Correct?"

  "Yes, correct," she admitted.

  "You should have waited until after class to give me something so salacious," he said sternly, "and besides your general lack of focus, that, Isobel Parker, is why I'm going to make your bottom very red."

  His threat sent fresh heat swarming through her sex, and as the spanking resumed she rubbed her thighs together chasing the elusive pleasure.

  "No, no, young lady, you get those legs apart," he growled dropping his hand to slap the backs of her thighs.

  "OW, sorry," she wailed hurriedly shuffling her feet.

  "Don't try that again," he ordered bringing his hand back to her crimson cheeks without skipping a beat.

  "I won't," she promised, "please, no more. I'll behave, I'll be so good, I'll pay attention every second, I swear!"

  His member almost bursting he hastily unzipped his fly, cursing himself for not having a condom in his pocket.

  "Fingers on your cunt," he said huskily, "let me see your climax."

  Wailing a grateful cry she dropped her fingers against her sex, searching out her clit, rubbing furiously. She could feel her orgasm looming, and as it washed over her she cried out her joy just as his hot cream squirted across her seared bottom.

  “Stay there,” he said breathlessly.

  Grateful that he had his gym bag he hurriedly retrieved a towel, wiped himself, then carried it back to her.

  “I think you’re going to have quite a tender backside tomorrow,” he smiled as he cleared away the evidence of his attention and pulled up her panties. “On Wednesday night you’re to wear something underneath your dress to match the story you wrote.”

  “I will,” she panted, still trying to recover from the startling experience and her jolting climax.

  “No, no, Isobel, try that again,” he murmured leaning over her and kissing ear. “I think it’s time you started using the ‘s’ word.”

  “Yes, Sir,” she smiled.

  “There you go, much better,” he whispered. “Grab your stuff and I’ll walk you out.”

  “Is a hug permissible?” she muttered as she slowly rose from the desk.

  “Of course,” he nodded, opening his arms.

  Falling against his chest she smelled the delicious aroma of his cologne. Sighing heavily she closed her eyes, determined to remember the first moment she felt his warm engulfing hug, shrouded in the warmth of her orgasmic afterglow.

  “All right, Isobel, let’s move it,” he said firmly. “It’s getting really late.”

  “I know,” she mumbled hating to relinquish him.

  Reluctantly extricating herself from his hold she felt an unexpected rush of emotion, and swallowing hard she fought back the tears.

  “Let me just grab my things,” she remarked hastily, moving quickly away to avoid his gaze.

  Dropping her pad and paper into her satchel she zipped it up, and faking a smile she turned to face him, but he was busy packing up his own belongings, and as she watched him she felt the tug at her heart.

  Shit. I think I might have jumped down the rabbit hole.

  You can handle this, you can. Just enjoy the awesome physical thing.

  Right, just enjoy the physical thing.

  “Ready?” he asked, his gym back over a shoulder and his briefcase in his hand.

  “Yep,” she grinned cheerfully, “lead the way.”

  “Oh, you don’t have to worry about that,” he chuckled, “it’s the only way I fly.”

  The parking lot was dark and empty, but a low fog had moved in cloaking the tall lights, its soft mist dampening her skin as she moved towards her car. As she unlocked her door and threw in her bag he smiled down at her.

  “See you Wednesday, and don’t forget, something naughty under your dress.”

  “I won’t forget,” she promised.

  He made no move to hug her, so she slipped into her seat and started up the engine, then watched him saunter to his SUV just a few yards away.

  As she slowly drove from the lot a frown began to crease her brow and a wash of sadness moved through her heart.

  He didn’t even kiss me. He didn’t even kiss me. Shit, he didn’t even kiss me, and she forced herself to swallow the hot lump threatening to burst in the back of her throat.

  CHAPTER EIGHT

  Staring at the pages in front of him, Brad sipped his coffee. His cock was aching for attention, and Isobel sitting innocently just outside his office door emailing and making calls was driving him crazy.

  She’d placed the file folder on his desk, and leaving him to glance through the pages she’d returned with his habitual morning Kona. When she’d placed the coffee mug on his desk she’d seemed preoccupied, almost removed, and her morning jocularity which always brightened the place up was MIA; something was bothering her.

  Something was bothering him too.

  Besides Isobel’s odd attitude, the short story he’d just read had made his brain fuzzy and the urgent need in his trousers impossible to ignore.

  I have to read that passage again, he silently sighed, and reaching across to his intercom he pressed the black button.

  “Isobel, could you please come in here for a second?”

  “Sure,” she replied, and rising from her desk she hurried into his inner sanctum, eager to hear what he had to say.

  “Did you like her other stuff?” she asked anxiously.

  “Absolutely,” Brad nodded. “Isobel I cannot stress enough how important it is that you reach her. She may have sent this work into other publishers, and I-”

  “She hasn’t,” Isobel interrupted.

  “How do you know?” he frowned.

  “Because Kate doesn’t have the confidence to do that,” she muttered.

  “Huh, well she should. I want to read it again, but without any distractions, so please close my door and hold my calls. I’ll buzz you when I’m done.”

  “You got it,” she answered.

  Waiting until she closed the door behind her, Brad quietly rose from his desk and moved quickly to lock it. His cock was blatantly pressing against his trousers, and he’d have been mortified if he’d moved to shut it himself and she had looked up from her desk.

  Pulling some tissues from the box on his coffee table he settled back in his chair, unzipped his fly, and decided to remove his trousers completely. Taking his grateful member in his hand he flipped through the first few pages to the decadent words that had taken his breath away.

  The Dungeon Master touched his fingers to her glistening dew, drawing sighs of needful pleasure, then stepping back he raised the flogger and sent the tongues to life, kissing her crimson cheeks with their fiery sting.

  Closing his eyes, massaging fervently, Brad could see Isobel tied to the bench, her breasts pressed against the black padded seat, her bottom high the air begging for the prurient punishment. He could hear the swish of the whip as it landed on her skin, and her breathless gasps and cries for more.

  Desperate to come but wanting to indulge in one more passage he paused his hand’s urgent massage and opened his eyes, allowing them to fall on the page wherever they chose.

  His thrusts had gained momentum, and seeing her body grow taut with its pending release he paused, circling his finger around her dusky back hole.

  “You haven’t asked permission,” he declared.

  “Sir, I was about to,” she squeaked.

  “If you want to come you know what you have to do,” he said calmly as he teased with his cock, moving it slowly back and forth.

  “Oh, Sir,” she bleated, “please will you-you...”

  �
��Please will I what?” he pressed.

  “Please will you put your finger inside where it’s touching?”

  Her voice was tremulous, but knowing her orgasm would be withheld until she surrendered, she’d summoned her courage and made the wicked request.

  The Dungeon Master smiled. Her training had seen some bumps along the way but she was finally finding her way.

  “You may come at will,” he purred as he slowly pressed his thumb into her tight, frightened anus.

  “Thank you, Sir,” she murmured, relinquishing herself to the lewd intruder.

  Plunging forward he rode her urgently, and when her wails of gratitude echoed off the concrete walls, and her pussy pulsed against him, his cream burst from his loins...

  The scene wrapped itself around his brain, and clutching his cock it was only seconds before it was spewing across his hand. Breathless and drained he grabbed the tissues and quickly wiped up the mess, then leaning back in his chair he closed his eyes and thought about the woman who had snatched his heart.

  How can I show you the real me? How can I tell you it was me who wrote that chapter, that I was attempting to reach out to you, to show you how I feel? I still can’t fathom your friend wrote such an extraordinary piece, and it was so much like mine. Suddenly nothing is making sense. I feel like I’m living in some strange alternate universe.

  Taking a deep breath he sighed both in relief and frustration, then straightening himself up he pulled on his trousers, closed the folder and quietly unlocked the door.

  Sitting at her desk Isobel had been unable to concentrate. She had emails to write and calls to make, but the combination of her desperate need to tell Brad she was Kate, and her mixed feelings about the gorgeous Patrick had made work impossible.

  Her intercom buzzed, and shaking herself she picked up her pad and headed into Brad’s office.

  “Isobel, have a seat,” he said quietly.

  Moving across the room she dropped into the chair and stared at him, frantically searching for the right words.

  I need to tell you that I wrote all that. Kate is me. Why is this so damn difficult?

  “First, I really am very sincere about wanting to meet your friend,” he declared. “Second, I sense that there’s something on your mind, something troubling you. Is it me? Have I upset you somehow? Was it the remark I made on Friday? If it is I-”

  “No,” she interrupted, “no, honestly. It’s a couple of, uh, other things.”

  “A couple of things? You don’t have to tell me and I may not be able to offer any great pearls of wisdom, but sometimes just talking can help.”

  Isobel sighed, and dropping her shoulders she stared down at the pad in her hands.

  He is so sweet. Here I’ve been working for him for months and I’m only just getting to know him. Maybe I should tell him about Patrick. Maybe that might open the door for me to tell him about my writing.

  “You might be right,” she began tentatively.

  Brad had been patiently waiting for her to speak. It was obvious she’d been deliberating and he didn’t want to push her, but as she lifted her eyes and started to talk he leaned forward, eager to hear what she had to say.

  “I did something, something I’m not sure I should have,” she offered quietly.

  “Something...? Is this, like, a personal something?” he asked carefully.

  “Uh, yes, very,” she blushed lowering her eyes. “I’d rather not go into details.”

  “You don’t have to,” he said slowly, “but if it’s a something that can’t be undone, then you just have to put it behind you and move on. Dwelling on it won’t help.”

  “I think it was a mistake,” she mumbled.

  “My mother used to say that there were no such things as mistakes, only learning experiences,” he said solemnly. “Mistakes teach us. Repeating them though, that’s something else.”

  “You’re right,” she declared darting her eyes up and staring back at him. “You’re absolutely right. You have helped me, thank you,”

  I won’t bend over your desk again, Patrick Doyle. I can’t do it. I want to, I want to so much, but I can’t handle it.

  “I did? I’m so glad,” he smiled.

  “I think I’ll be able to get some work done now,” she smiled back.

  “That’s good to hear,” he chuckled, “but what about the other thing?”

  “Oh, um, it’s about what, uh, Kate wrote,” she stammered.

  “What about it?” he asked. “Is it bothering you that it’s so erotic?”

  “No, no, it’s not that, it’s...”

  “Yes?” he said softly.

  “Sorry, I can’t. Sorry,” she muttered, “but I can get some work done now, at least I think I can.”

  “You haven’t had a falling out with her, have you?” he frowned.

  “Oh, no,” she said quickly. “Nothing like that.”

  “You’ll let me know the minute she calls,” he reminded her.

  “Of course,” she replied standing up. “I’d better get back to it, unless there’s something else.”

  “No, nothing else,” he replied.

  Moving quickly back to her desk, Isobel sat down and let out a long deep breath.

  One problem solved, now I just have to tell Brad about me being Kate. I must do that, and I will, after lunch!

  In his office Brad picked up the file folder and shook his head.

  Isobel, Isobel, who is this Kate person, and why don’t I believe you can’t reach her, and when will I be able to tell you who I am, who I really am, and exactly how I feel about you?

  CHAPTER NINE

  As she often did Isobel spent her lunch hour wandering around the bookstore at her local mall. Perusing the hundreds of titles, and studying the smiling, serious, and whimsical photographs of the authors, she imagined what a thrill it would be to pick up a book and see her own face staring back at her.

  This is ridiculous. I must tell Brad. Why should I be so embarrassed? I’m going to tell him I’m Kate right after lunch. I will. I’ll do it!

  With her new found resolve she headed back to work, determined to sit down and tell her boss the truth the moment she saw him. Walking into the outer area that housed her desk she moved across to his office and poked her head around his door only to find the room empty.

  “Shoot!” she exclaimed, and pulling off her jacket and dropping her bag she settled down at her computer and opened up her email.

  Her eye immediately caught the name, PatrickD@mail.net. When she’d started the class she was required to complete an intake form, and on it she’d had to list her email address. Heart pumping she clicked it and began to read.

  Hello Isobel.

  I’m very much looking forward to seeing you tomorrow night. Having read your short story several times since our encounter I have decided you’re going to receive a well-deserved A. It is by far the best story in the class, and I’m just sorry I won’t be able to make copies and share it with the other students.

  You have truly excited me, Isobel, both professionally and personally, but being your teacher it is my place to retain the student teacher dynamic. Consequently you will do as you’re told while in my classroom whether class is in session or not. Tomorrow night I expect you to arrive wearing heels, and something very salacious under your dress. Yes, you are to wear a dress. Slacks or jeans are no longer permitted.

  Because you are so talented I must hold you to a higher standard than the others. You can expect a few good swats with my paddle for your grammar mistakes, and your typos, Isobel those are not acceptable.

  Tonight you will go through your manuscript with a yellow marker and highlight your mistakes. Let’s see how many you catch. You will receive a sound smack from my hand on each cheek for the ones you miss.

  Of course...after your punishment you will have your pleasure, a reward for all your hard work.

  Until tomorrow,

  Patrick

  As she’d read his salacious words a warm heat
had permeated her sex, and a hot flush had washed across her face. Her stomach was churning, her heart was pounding, and dropping her head in her hands she let out a low moan.

  “Isobel? Are you all right?”

  Brad’s voice bathed her with its warm kindness, and looking up she took comfort from the concern in his eyes.

  “It’s my mistake come back to haunt me,” she sighed.

  “Ah. Unwanted emails, they are a nuisance,” he remarked. “What can I do?”

  “I can’t think of anything. I’ve painted myself into a corner,” she muttered.

  “Is it an unwanted admirer? I don’t mean to be nosey, and if you don’t want to tell me-”

  “It’s fine, and yes, kind of. The thing is, I’m taking a night class and it’s the teacher,” she admitted, and now I seemed to have lost my nerve to tell you about Kate, or rather me.

  “I see,” Brad said thoughtfully. “So you want to continue these classes, but you can’t because you crossed a line with your teacher, or whatever it is you did,” he added quickly.

  “Exactly,” she nodded feeling her face flush again.

  “If he’s a reasonable man you can just email him back and tell him you’ve had a change of heart,” Brad suggested.

  Isobel looked at the email. It was so thrilling to have received it, and if she was being honest with herself there was a part of her that was tempted.

  “Have you had a change of heart?” he asked quietly. “I didn’t mean to assume.”

  “Yes, but...” and not sure how to explain her feelings she let the words hang in the air.

  “It’s not easy,” he murmured. “Sometimes an attraction is strong, and even though we really want to be with that person...well, if it’s not advisable, or even doable, then you have to deal with your feelings and accept the situation for what it is.”

  His voice had taken on a tone she’d not heard before, and lifting her eyes from the computer screen she gazed up at him. His eyes were warm, his features soft, and there was something else, something indefinable about the way he was looking at her.

  “You’re right,” she said quietly.