Chapter 4 #2
Cordell, Tiffany, Sloan, Jared, and Troy were going to a barbecue at Dante and Reed’s house in a few hours. Dante had said his Master had told him to extend the invitations so he could finally meet some of the people his submissive would be working with.
While Tiffany was comfortable around Dante—he was like a big brother to her now—and Sloan, she was not looking forward to being in the presence of four Masters, one whom she’d never met and two she barely knew.
Although, truth be told, Jared and Troy had been nothing but respectful of her assistant manager title.
They also didn’t seem to have any issues with their direct supervisor, Dante, being a sexual submissive.
It was nice to know the two men could keep their professional and private personas separate—hopefully, the rest of the Doms who’d been hired for a few different positions would be the same way.
While it wasn’t a requirement to be in the lifestyle to be employed at the resort, there were numerous Doms and subs who would be working there.
Tiffany gestured to their new employee. “Dante, this is Sasha Lewis, the manager of the boutique. This is Dante Calvano, the head of security, and his dog, Cooper.”
Dante and Sasha shook hands and exchanged pleasantries before he said, “So, I guess you’re here for your ID badge and to get your fingerprints scanned into the system.
C’mon, I’ll get you all set up.” As he booted up the scanner, he asked, “Aren’t you the one who worked at The Covenant and decided to take the job here? ”
“Yup, I am,” Sasha responded with a little lilt in her voice and a flirtatious grin.
“While I’m going to miss everyone in Tampa, I didn’t have any family keeping me there, and I lost my full-time job as a store manager when the place closed down.
This sounded like such a great adventure, so I accepted Master Mitch’s offer and got my butt down here as fast as I could.
I just moved into my new apartment yesterday. ”
“All by yourself?”
“Yup. Well, sort of. I have a cat I adopted about a year and a half ago. But this isn’t the first time I’ve relocated—I tend to be a bit of a nomad every few years. Hopefully, one of these days, I’ll put down some roots because I’m really tired of packing and unpacking.”
He took her hand and began rolling her fingers one by one over the scanner which recorded her prints.
“Well, if you’re not doing anything this evening, why don’t you join Cordell, Tiffany, Sloan, and a few others for a barbecue at my place?
My Master told me to invite some of the people I’d be working with, and we’d love to have you. ”
Her gaze had flittered to Tiffany’s when Dante had mentioned his Master, but Tiffany just smiled and shrugged to silently say, “Sorry, he’s gay and a sub.”
The disappointment in Sasha’s eyes was evident, but it was gone in a flash. “Thanks, I’d love to.”
“Great—you can get the address and directions from Tiffany or Sloan.” Dante switched to her other hand to repeat the process.
“Just a heads-up—Master Reed prefers his guests adhere to basic club protocols during informal get-togethers involving lifestyle members. High protocols aren’t required, and there won’t be any play tonight—he just expects the subs to show respect to the Doms.”
“No worries. I’m used to it.”
Once he finished scanning her fingerprints, Dante keyed her information into another machine and took her photo before producing a digital ID badge for her. “You’re starting Monday, right?”
Sasha nodded.
“Okay, by then I’ll have your badge programmed to open all the doors you’re cleared for, including the boutique and its storeroom. Since there’s nothing to steal yet, all the doors are unlocked, but that’ll change tomorrow.”
Tiffany narrowed her eyes. “Tomorrow? I thought we weren’t locking the place down until the beginning of next week when everything starts getting set up.”
“I guess you haven’t spoken to Cordell yet. He just went up to see Milo and Jared. Someone planted a spy camera in an air-conditioning vent in one of the suites on the sixth floor.”
“Seriously?” Sloan and Tiffany said at the same time, their eyes wide with disbelief.
“Uh-huh. I’m about to head over there with Cooper to help search the entire hotel with Jared and Troy.”
“Won’t that take a long time?” Tiffany asked.
He shook his head. “Now that we know what we’re looking for, it won’t be too bad. We have a few devices that will detect any electronic bugs and the like. Hopefully, we’ll find some evidence that’ll point to whoever was stupid enough to plant them.”
Gesturing for them to proceed him, he followed the women out of the trailer with Cooper then secured the door.
It occurred to Tiffany she’d left the cottage they’d been using as an office unlocked.
Even though the computers needed passwords and the employees’ paperwork was locked up in file cabinets, she should have been more cautious.
Well, that would change as of today. It was creepy to think someone had hidden a camera in one of the guest rooms. Knowing Sir, he’d have everyone taking extra precautions from now on.
Images of Cordell in her mind had Tiffany’s stomach churning again.
Maybe the party at Dante and Master Reed’s would help her relationship with Sir get back on an even keel.
They’d been good together before she’d driven a wedge between them, and she wanted to get back to that point again because she didn’t know if she would survive if he gave up on her.