Tied to Him

by Tia Siren

  5.

  William left before I woke up, and Kevin was taken to school by Bill. My morning had suddenly become incredibly boring. I wanted to head back to the city and perhaps do some shopping, but there wasn’t anything I really needed. And until I got paid, I didn’t have any money to my name.

  The pool called me all morning, and despite not having the proper attire for lap swimming, I figured I’d give it a shot all the same. It was not as though anyone would be ogling me when the closest house was miles down the road.

  After a simple breakfast, I changed into the swimsuit I had felt so awkward about the previous night. It covered me well enough, but I felt like I was giving everyone an eyeful when I walked past. It was a simple black affair with purple accents. I’d had to tie the bottoms tight so that they wouldn’t fall off while I had bathed in the Bahamas, and it was no different here.

  I grabbed a towel from my personal bathroom on the way down to the pool. Most of the other staff was about the house, cleaning or preparing lunch. I felt out of place walking around in a bikini.

  The chef paused and stared as though I were standing in a spotlight. I covered myself with the towel and continued on my way.

  The pool was the perfect temperature for the hot, late summer day. I slipped in quietly, leaving my towel on a nearby sun chair to wait.

  It was great being in water again. I even started to swim some laps to loosen up my muscles. After a few laps, I realized how long it had been since I’d swum. I was lacking my old endurance, and after realizing that, I wanted to get it back.

  That was how I spent the following two weeks. Kevin was the same kid from when I first met him. He was easy to take care of, but he still wouldn’t tell me why he had picked me out of all the other possible candidates—even though I asked him almost nightly what had been going through his mind.

  Every day I would spend my mornings working out in the pool, and every evening I would spend time with Kevin, helping him learn and playing along with his little games.

  It was surprising when William, a little tanner than when I met him, returned from his trip.

  “You’re looking healthy,” I said with a sense of humor.

  “I’m not much for golf, but apparently the people I’m trying to do business with are.”

  “That sounds just awful,” I said condescendingly.

  He gave me a stern gaze, and for a moment I regretted being condescending, but then he let out another loud belly laugh like before, calming my nerves.

  “You look different. Have you been working out?” he asked.

  “I’ve been doing laps in the pool. I forgot how much I liked to swim,” I said.

  “Well, then maybe you should go for a swim with me tonight.”

  Part of me wanted to tell him no again, but he still had that intimidating presence that made me nod the affirmative.

  “Great! I have some work to finish before Kevin gets home,” he said, and then he walked off.

  I continued with my daily habit, and when Kevin returned, William came to greet him at the door with presents. He’d brought back a small stuffed animal that looked like the Loch Ness monster. Kevin giggled and ran off with his new prize.

  “I’d love Scotland more if they were willing to listen to my offers,” he said.

  “So that’s where you went?” I asked.

  “I’ll take you and Kevin next time if you’ll both behave.”

  I smiled wickedly at the comment. He was making fun of me, I thought.

  “I think we can both manage just fine,” I said.

  “Great. I have a trip coming up a week from now, and it would be great if you’d join me,” he said.

  “Kevin as well, right?” I wondered.

  “No. Just you,” he said. “Of course Kevin is coming too.”

  “For a second I thought you were asking me on a date,” I said.

  “No. Not a date. Just a really expensive, working vacation. Besides, I’m sure you’d enjoy Germany and Italy,” he added.

  “With an offer like that, how can I say no?”

  6.

  I slipped into my swimsuit and admired myself in the mirror for a moment. My exercise in the pool had toned up my arms and legs, and I was feeling a lot more confident today. I knew he was my boss, but I still felt an overwhelming attraction to him. I explained to myself that it was nothing more than a schoolgirl crush, but that mattered so little.

  I threw a towel around my waist and ventured downstairs to the pool. My giddiness was becoming overwhelming. This would be the first time he would see me in something so revealing.

  He was already swimming laps when I arrived. His lean muscles propelled him gracefully through the water. I thought of interrupting him, but just as before, I was taken aback by his physique.

  After a time, he paused, holding himself up by one of the walls, and tugged his goggles from his face.

  “Are you going to just stand there, or are you coming in?” he asked.

  I coughed uncomfortably and tiptoed over the tiled ground. I removed the towel from around my waist, dropping it gingerly on the sun chair as I had so many times before.

  William’s eyes didn’t leave me. I could feel his eyes bore into me, and I couldn’t tell if I felt excited or just scared. I wanted to be in the water as soon as possible. I danced over to the ledge, but tragedy struck when I lost my footing right by the edge of the pool. I fell gracelessly in, and the cold sting of the water took the air from my lungs.

  A pair of hands found me in the water and pulled me from the bottom of the pool.

  “Careful, there. You’ll have to work on your dive,” William said with a dashing smile.

  I wanted to laugh, but I was too busy smacking myself in the face.

  “Ahem.” William coughed and pointed.

  It took me a moment to notice what he was pointing at, but I gasped harshly when I noticed what it was. My bikini bottoms were sinking slowly in the water. I was struck with embarrassment and leapt from his arms toward the bottom of the pool.

  Part of me hoped he wasn’t watching, and another part of me hoped he was. I felt a surge of adrenaline overtake me, and it made me swim faster than I thought I could. When I returned to the surface, William was staring at the sky.

  “Did you see anything?” I asked.

  “Just the stars,” he said with that same cocksure smile.

  “Is that all?” I wondered.

  “I didn’t know you had a mole above your left thigh. It’s cute,” he said, returning his eyes to me.

  I turned beet red. He’d been watching.

  “You are such a pervert,” I said, slapping him on the shoulder.

  “I believe you stared at my ass first,” he said, laughing.

  “Okay, I don’t deny that I took a second to enjoy your backside, but I only did it that one time. And at least you were wearing a swimsuit,” I said.

  “Okay. We’ll just call it even then?” he asked.

  I giggled to myself. I could tell he was getting a little nervous.

  “If you want to call it even, then I think you should take off your swimsuit,” I said jokingly.

  “Would that really make it even or just make you feel better?” he asked with a smirk.

  “A little of both,” I said. “But what? Is the man who makes million-dollar deals before breakfast scared of his nanny seeing his bare backside?”

  He stared bullets at me. His smile didn’t leave his face, but I could tell he was shy. He was also full of surprises. He reached into the water and tugged his suit off. I laughed, astonished that he would actually do such a thing.

  At first, I told myself I wouldn’t look, but I couldn’t help it. I took a peek. He was still leaning against the edge of the pool, and it was hard to see above water. I grabbed his goggles from his hand and put them on.

  I took a deep breath and plunged into the water. He had such a toned body that I felt myself starting to get turned on by just the sight. Then I saw his manhood floating in the
water. I giggled to myself and felt like taking things a little further.

  I dipped down a little lower and grabbed his waist with my hands. Then I took his member into my mouth. He was above average but not gigantic in size. I could feel him grow erect as I flicked my tongue around his shaft.

  By the time he was fully up, I needed to come up for air. I bobbed up above the water, and he looked disappointed.

  “You have quite the mouth on you. Is that all you’ve got?” he asked coyly.

  “Why don’t you step out of the water and I’ll show you?” I said with a smirk.

  Like an excited puppy, he leapt from the water and to the edge of the pool. I stayed in the pool and lowered my head back to his shaft. Now that I was able to breathe, I took a moment to enjoy myself. I was so turned on by my excitement earlier that I needed to do something, anything, sexual.

  I wrapped my hand around his manhood and bobbed along the top with my mouth. He supported me with his legs, wrapping them around my upper body. His hand tugged at my hair with each stroke I made along his shaft.

  After a minute, it looked like he was ready to burst, so I stopped. He looked disappointed, but I just smiled and pulled myself from the water. He wasn’t the only person who was turned on, and I intended to show him.

  Once I was out of the water, I tugged at the string of my swimsuit to reveal my perky boobs. He leapt on me and devoured each one with his mouth, and I enjoyed every sensation that followed.

  I couldn’t tell if I was wet from the pool or if I was dripping from being turned on, and at that point I didn’t care. He massaged a hand up my thigh until it found my hungry sex. His fingers worked magic, working in circles and teasing my little button. My back arched slightly whenever he found just the right places.

  I begged for more, but he stopped just as suddenly as he had started.

  He pulled me from the ground and took me to one of the nearby chairs. He sat himself on the chair and had me straddle him. I didn’t have any complaints about the position; it was one of my favorites.

  I teased the tip of his member with my dripping wet sex and rubbed it all over. Then without any warning, I lowered myself onto him. He moaned with excitement as I continued inching his shaft into me. The sensation of him entering me was amazing. I wanted to scream, but I also didn’t want to draw a crowd.

  I put a hand over my mouth and clenched my teeth until his entire beast was inside. I worked my hips in circles on his lap. I felt like I would collapse into him at any second, but I needed to keep my head.

  I planted my feet by his hips and started to bounce up and down. He put a hand on my clit and gently massaged it in circles. The sensations made me want to scream, but I did my best to keep it to a moan, biting down on the hand that was covering my mouth to avoid screaming.

  Before long, he wanted to take control. I collapsed over his body, and he grabbed my hips. With fervor, he lifted me up and started working himself in and out. He started pounding me harder than I’d felt before, as though he were boring a hole straight through me.

  I was beginning to lose it. The pangs of an orgasm were building up, and I didn’t want it to end. I threw my head back and lived in the moment. I thought it might continue forever, but then it struck me.

  I felt the muscles in my legs tense up, and then the rest of me followed. Waves of pleasure washed from my head to my fingertips. I went completely limp, and he continued to work himself in and out. I was beyond done, but he wasn’t, and he wanted his reward.

  A few second later I felt him slam into me one last time. His excited member throbbed inside me for a moment before he pulled himself out.

  I was so worn out from the entire experience that I just lay on his chest. He played with my hair to pass the time.

  “We’ll have to go swimming more often,” he said.

  7.

  “It took you long enough,” he said.

  “What?” I asked.

  “We’ve been at breakfast for almost a half an hour, and I wanted to wait till you got down,” William added.

  “Ah, you didn’t have to wait for me,” I said.

  “Well, you’re part of the family now, and I like it when the family eats together,” he said.

  “But where’s the rest of the staff?” I wondered.

  “They’re working,” he said.

  “Yeah, but aren’t they all part of the family?” I asked.

  “They are, but some are just closer than others,” he said with a wink.

  I knew what he meant, but I kept that to myself. I didn’t know how to address the previous night with Kevin in the room. He looked like he was ready for something more.

  “Don’t you have some work you have to get to?” I asked.

  “Right. Duty calls. I’ll be home tonight,” he said.

  He got up from the chair and made his way to the door, stopping only briefly to kiss me on the cheek.

  I was more than a little stunned that he would go so far as to kiss me the morning after, especially in front of his five-year-old son. I didn’t know how I would explain that to Kevin.

  Kevin stared at me with a twinkle of happiness in his eye. I was a little nervous to ask why.

  “Kevin, why are you so excited?” I asked once William was out of earshot.

  “You’re going to be my new mom,” he said.

  I laughed at the thought. Kids always said the funniest things, things you least expected.

  “What makes you say that?” I wondered.

  “Daddy kissed you. That means you’re going to be my new mom, right?” he asked.

  “Adults kissing doesn’t mean they’re going to get married,” I said in an attempt to correct him.

  “But Dad said I should pick a good nanny, so I picked one that reminded me of Mom,” he said.

  I started to panic a little.

  “Kevin, what did your mother look like?” I asked.

  He thought for a second. I hadn’t seen any photos around, and yet I knew she had meant a lot to William. He still hadn’t told me how she had died. I was a bit nervous to ask.

  “I’ll show you. Dad always keeps a photo by the bed,” he said.

  He hopped off his chair and took me by the hand. I looked out the front window to see Bill driving William down the road. My last hope of getting this straightened out right away dwindled.

  We walked up the stairs to one of the floors I hadn’t spent much time on. At the end of the short hallway was a pair of old heavy wooden doors. It was clearly the master bedroom.

  Kevin wasted no time in pulling the doors open. I felt a little guilty about ruining my trust with my new employer. Still, I continued into the massive room.

  The bed was gigantic, but only half of it was made up. The other half was almost unused. The bedroom led into a closet that connected to a bathroom of similar proportions. Most everything seemed normal, save for one item.

  On the night stand was a single picture. It was a picture of a woman who looked somewhat similar to me. She had unkempt brown hair with flecks of blond, and I could see how I might have been mistaken for the girl in the photograph.

  “Is this your mother?” I asked Kevin.

  “It was,” he said. “She’s in heaven now.”

  I felt sorry for the little guy. It was like he was pinning all his hopes and dreams on me becoming his new mother. I needed to put a stop to that delusion right now.

  “Kevin, I might look like your mother, but I’m not her. I don’t think I’ll ever be her. I hope you didn’t pick me just because I look a little similar.”

  Kevin hung his head in sadness. I could tell he was about to cry.

  “What’s going on?” I heard William say from behind us.

  I spun around only to realize that I was still holding the picture of his wife. I quickly replaced it on the night stand and tried to come up with a good explanation.

  “What are you doing here?” I asked.

  “It’s my bedroom,” he said, “and I forgot my phone. You stil
l haven’t answered my question.”

  I looked over at Kevin. He was still on the verge of tears.

  “Kevin wanted me to see what his mother looked like. I hope I’m not intruding,” I said.

  William walked over and took the picture from the night stand.

  “You do look a little like her, but I know you’re not. She was always so quiet and reserved. I loved her very much.”

  “I’m sorry if Kevin got some crazy idea about me becoming his new mother,” I said.

  “It doesn’t seem so crazy to me. You’re a wonderful woman, and you’re the first woman I’ve really felt anything for. I don’t think it sounds like such a bad idea,” he said.

  “What?”

  “Well, I’ve fallen for you. It only follows that you would fall for me. Besides, after last night, we might as well be closer. There’s no sense hiding it,” he said.

  “I still don’t understand what you’re saying,” I said wearily.

  “It’s simple: I love you, and you love me.”

  “I most certainly do not,” I said.

  “Then why did we do what adults do last night?” William said, trying to carefully craft his sentence to avoid alarming Kevin.

  “I don’t love you, William,” I said.

  “And why not?” he asked.

  “Because I’ve known you for less than a few hours in total, and love takes time.”

  “So what you’re saying is that you just need some time to realize it?” he asked.

  “I don’t know what I’m saying. But the more you keep talking, the more I think I need to look for a new job,” I said.

  William looked shocked that I would say such a thing. I didn’t know what else I should say. The idea of falling in love with someone so quickly was abhorrent. I needed some space.

  I rushed from the bedroom, William calling my name, But I didn’t stop until I had whooshed past a surprised Bill and planted myself in the backseat. Bill jumped around the car and got into the driver’s seat.

  “Umm, where should I take you?” he asked.

  “Where you picked me up,” I replied.

  8.

  “He really confessed his love for you and told you that you should feel the same way? What a creep,” Janey said.