I was also surprised that Aiden was into this stuff as well. I just didn’t see him as being completely Dominant, but what did I know? He’d told Xander, and Xander had told me, and now I was going to show him—well, hoping to show him—that I could be the ball to his chain. Or maybe it was the chain to his ball. Or maybe it was the tongue to his balls. Or the tongue on his balls. I giggled as I groaned at myself. This relationship was never going to make it off the ground if I couldn’t stop myself from making stupid jokes.

Knock. Knock. My breath froze as I realized Aiden was here. It was time for me to go into action. I took a quick breath and shook my hands out to calm my nerves before he came into the room.

“Can I come in?” Aiden’s voice sounded confused through the door and I knew that he was wondering where he was. The sign on the outside of the store said “Kat’s Corner” and so it wasn’t completely evident that this was a sex store, or in fact that this was a BDSM store. Unless, of course, he’d been here before, and I didn’t want to think about that possibility.

“Hold on,” I said and checked my appearance one last time in the mirror and fluffed my hair. I licked my lips and walked towards the door and opened it slowly. Aiden was standing there with a confused look on his face and his eyes widened as he took in my appearance. I was in a short plaid skirt and a white halter-top. I was going for the naughty schoolgirl look, a la Britney Spears’ music video, “Oops! I Did it Again,” as I’d read that was a favorite fantasy of most men, and I wanted to do everything I could to turn Aiden on.

“Alice?” he said hesitantly, still standing on the other side of the door.

“Yes, Sir,” I said in a breathless voice, getting into my role.

“Sir?” He peered into my eyes curiously, and I grabbed his arm and pulled him into the room.

“Has Sir come to teach me a lesson?” I pouted and pushed my chest out. It was getting harder and harder to keep a straight face and not feel self-conscious as he kept standing there looking like he was in the Twilight Zone. This was not how I’d imagined this going down.

“Teach you a lesson?” He raised an eyebrow and then looked around the room. I could see his eyes narrowing as he took in the big king size bed and different toys. He looked back at me with a question in his eyes, and I licked my lips slowly and played with my hair.

“I’ve been a naughty girl, Sir.” I waited for him to respond, my heart racing as I waited on his response. Was this going to be the worst seduction ever?

“You’ve been a naughty girl?” He pursed his lips and then licked them. “You know what happens to naughty girls, right?”

“No, what happens to naughty girls?” My breath caught and my heart was racing even faster as I realized that he was playing along.

“They get punished,” he said with a growl and grabbed me around my waist. “Do you want to be punished, Alice?”

“How are you going to punish me?” I asked and batted my lashes.

“Didn’t you forget something?” He growled again as his hands slid down the back of my skirt and he realized that I had no underwear on; not even a thong.

“Oh?”

“Don’t forget to call me Sir.” He slapped my ass lightly, and my eyes widened.

“Yes, Sir,” I purred up at him, feeling exhilarated. This role-playing thing was a lot more exciting than I’d anticipated it being. This was something I could really see myself getting into.

“Forget again, and I’ll have to have you perform a special task for me.”

“What special task?” I whispered as his mouth came dangerously close to mine. “I mean, what special task, Sir?” I breathed out as his eyes narrowed.

“Nice catch.” He grinned at me. “You’d be kneeling in front of me if you hadn’t remembered quickly.”

“Kneeling in front of you?” I asked with a raised eyebrow.

“Yeah, you’d be on your knees, my zipper would be undone, and my cock would be in your mouth.”

“Oh.” I swallowed hard. He’d gotten to the kinky shit pretty fast and that delighted me. “That doesn’t sound like a punishment, Sir.”

“It’s not a punishment.” He winked at me. “It’s a treat before the punishment.”

“I …” My voice trailed off as I could see that he was starting to laugh. What was going on here? Was Aiden really playing along? Was this actually going to work?

“What do you want the punishment to be, Alice?” he whispered into my ear. I could feel the tip of his tongue inside it. “Do you want me to show you what I want to do, or is this just a game to you?”

“It’s not just a game. I am enjoying this. I want you to continue.” I whispered back, my fingers gripping his shoulders. All pretenses were gone from my voice. This was no longer an act, and I was no longer worried or scared about what was going to happen next.

“Then let us proceed. Sir is ready to start class. I want you to go and lie face down on the bed.” Aiden closed and locked the door behind him as he watched me walking to the bed. “You’ve been a bad, bad girl, Alice.”

“Why, Sir?”

“Coming to my class with no underwear.” He shook his head. “And then playing with yourself so that you could turn me on.”

“I only did that because I thought that was what you wanted,” I said breathlessly, excited that he was getting into his role.