CHAPTER 36
Sutton
“Is it that obvious?”
He laughed and shook his head.
“No, no. I mean…yeah. Your eyes looked like they were going to fall out of your head.”
I relaxed a little as I laughed and nodded.
“I’ve been here a few times but never alone. I wanted to try it, though. It’s a lot busier tonight.”
“Friday nights always are. I’ve been to a few other clubs and this one is the most popular. It’s amazing there are so many people into the lifestyle. You’d never know.” We stopped in front of the cross and he stepped aside so we weren’t touching anymore. “Feel the leather.”
I did and was struck with a wave of longing. I wanted to be strapped in. But glancing back at him and then at the other men I could see in the club told me what I already knew. I didn’t want or trust any of them to touch me. My body only wanted my bosses.
“Do you want to try it?” David saw my face and held up his hands. “Sorry! I just wanted to offer to help you try it. I promise I’m not being a creep. No matter how stunning I find you, I would never push anyone into doing a scene that they weren’t fully into.”
I found myself smiling and shaking my head.
“No, I’m sorry. I guess I’m just nervous. I appreciate the offer but I don’t think I’m ready.”
“Of course! Here. Why don’t we sit down and you can study this thing?” He motioned to a table close by. “I remember when I was new to this world. Everything can be so overwhelming. Especially if you don’t have someone holding your hand through it.”
Sighing, I looked back at the cross. It seemed like I’d lost the someones who’d wanted to hold my hand through it.
“Come on. You’re breaking my heart. You look so sad. Let me show you how it works.” He reached over and patted my hand. “Purely experimental.”
I shook my head.
“No, I don’t think so.”
“Sutton, Sutton, Sutton. Live a little. You know you want to try it.” He grinned at me and he looked so much like an eager little boy that I felt bad turning him down.
“No, no. Thank you, but no.”
“Come on, Sutton. I’ll unstrap you right away. Just let me do this for you.” He stood up and came around to me. He gripped my hands and gently pulled me up. “Don’t make me beg, lady. Just say yes. Say yes, Sutton. Just three little letters.”
I was so uncomfortable and I was regretting leaving the bar with David but he was full-on pulling me from the table and I didn’t want to make a scene. I felt like a fool. I’d come to the club but it was clear that I wasn’t cut out for it. Not without the guys.
“David, really—”
“I know you want to, Sutton. It’s all over your face. Give in and take what you want. I’ve got you.”
“No, David—”
“Say yes. Come on, we’re already here.” He pushed me back against the leather and grinned. “Let me. It’s already happening. Look at you go!”
I didn’t know how but he’d already gotten one of my arms strapped to an arm of the cross. Anxiety made my body tingle but I felt like there was no way out of what he wanted.
“Fine. Okay. Just let me go as soon as the last strap is done. Okay?”
“Sutton, of course. I would never take advantage of you. I just want to do this for you and then we’ll go back to the table.” He raised my other arm and strapped it in. “Spread those curvy legs, Sutton.”
I squeezed my eyes closed and tried to slow my breathing. I felt his hands on my calves and shuddered. I didn’t want him touching me. I didn’t want him to be anywhere near me. Why had I allowed him to get me on the cross?
“Okay, let me go.”
He gripped the back of my knee and held my leg in place to get the final strap on.
“Shhh, Sutton. Just let yourself experience it.”
My anxiety spiked even higher and I looked down at him with tears forming in my eyes.
“Let me go. Please.”
“Hush, baby. Look at you shaking. You want this. You need this.” He trailed his fingers up the outside of my thigh. “I know what a sub needs. I’m the best dom in here, Sutton. You’re lucky.”
I struggled against the straps and looked around for help. No one was watching. I told myself to shout for help but I was frozen. I felt so stupid and embarrassed that I didn’t want anyone else to have to save me.
“Please, David. Please. I’m begging you. Let me down.”
“Be quiet, little subbie. Just enjoy the ride.”
“No. No, no, no. I don’t want this. I don’t consent. Let me go.” I watched as his face shifted and he stared up at me harshly. His eyes turned mean and I let the tears fall. “Please.”
He suddenly pinched my love handle and scowled.
“You should be grateful. Did you see anyone else coming to play with you? No, you didn’t.”
I tipped my head back and wished like hell that the guys were there. I didn’t know what David was going to do to me but I didn’t think I could stop him. I’d been such a fool.
“You know what I love to see? I love to see my sub covered in my handprints. Only pussies use props.”
I braced for the first slap, the crack of his hand on my skin, but instead I heard what I’d been praying for. Dominic’s furious voice felt like it shook the entire club.
“You touch her and I’ll fucking rip your throat out and let you bleed out where you stand!”
Dominic looked bigger than ever as he stormed towards us.
He looked like a raging bull and if David wasn’t such a creep, I would’ve felt sorry for him.
Leon and Theo were behind him, faces twisted in fury.
They were there. They were going to save me.
Relief swept through me and I went slack against the straps.
Dominic grabbed David by his throat and lifted him off his feet like he weighed no more than a child.
“Did you want to be strapped up there, Kitten?”
I shook my head.
“N-no. He kept pushing and he said he’d let me go as soon as he finished the last strap so I gave in but he wasn’t going to let me go. He w-wanted to hurt me.”
David managed to look betrayed even as his face turned redder and redder. Dominic threw him to the ground at Theo’s feet and Theo’s lips twisted in a terrifying smile as he squatted next to the gasping man.
“Take care of him.”
Theo cracked his neck on both sides and let out a low laugh.
“My pleasure.”
Leon looked me over and his eyes narrowed but he just shook his head before helping Theo cart David away. David struggled and made the scene I’d been too afraid to make but the club goers moved out of Theo’s way with nervous glances at each other.
Dominic came closer and stared up at me.
“Do you understand my rules now, Sutton? What the fuck would you have done if we hadn’t canceled our trip? If Theo hadn’t caught you cutting through the forest?”