His Lady Godiva (Lovers and Other Strangers) by L.C. Giroux

thought you were tired? Damn, woman."
    "Sorry, guess when I am with you I don't need food or sleep or anything but you."
    "Yeah well, you are going to need your strength so enough talk, sleep now, it is going to be light in a few hours. We can talk more later." With that he lay on his back and pulled her half on top of him, her ear over his heart. She had never felt so content in her life and promptly fell asleep.
    She felt herself responding to his touch before she even woke. His fingers stroking her bare mons were drugging. She growled and stretched opening herself up to him. Slowly she opened her eyes and smiled.
    "Go use the bathroom if you need to."
    "Good morning to you too. Wha..."
    He cut her off. "Last night you were allowed to talk back, that is over now. If you don't get up in the next 10 seconds I will assume you do not need to."
    Violet looked at him and realized he wasn't kidding. She jumped up and ran to the bathroom. After taking care of the necessities she came back as quickly as she could. Standing in the doorway of his bedroom she hesitated. He looked at her and crooked his finger for her to come to him. She went to him and sat on the bed. He motioned for her to lay down where she had been. "You will not get out of bed unless I let you." And with that he took two of his silk ties and tied her wrists to the bed. Her heart was pounding, not in fear she realized, but anticipation. It was going to be a very long interesting weekend.
    ***

Monday, Lunch Time
    "Vi, can I talk to you?"
    "Hmmm, Oh, Allyn, I was just..."
    "Staring off into space?"
    "Funny."
    "So are you going to tell me what you did this weekend?"
    "No."
    "Well, I can only assume its a guy. Look, Violet, I just don't want to see you get hurt."
    "He's not going to hurt me."
    "Really? No broken heart?"
    "Better to have loved and all that crap."
    "Don't be crude. Am I also safe in assuming that the lucky gentleman, and he damn well better be a gentleman, is Dr. Dennison?"
    Violet blushed but went on the defensive. "Allyn, I am not a child and you are not my father. Do you expect the men I date to declare their intentions to you? Are you going to institute a curfew? Will I get grounded?"
    "Look, I would be the first one to say you never really had a rebellious teenage stage. But because you didn't make those mistakes then, you are kind of vulnerable now. I just don't want to see you get hurt when you are finally in a position to do whatever you'd like."
    "Allyn, I know you are being the caring big brother you always are. But I am already in love with him. You had to know something was wrong the last few weeks. I felt like I was half dead not being able to see him. I don't know how this will play out but I do have to let it play out."
    "I'll be here to pick up the pieces, hopefully you won't need it. When are you going out with him again?"
    Violet wanted to cry and looked it. "Not till Friday. Our schedules during the week are horrible so we will just be together for the weekends."
    "Do you need me to move anything around as far as your travel plans?"
    "No, my schedule is pretty good right now. The weekends are free."
    "Okay kiddo, I'm here if you need me."
    "Allyn, you could stand to take a chance too, you know. When was the last time you asked a woman out?"
    "We weren't talking about me."
    "But Allyn..."
    "Gotta go."
    "Chicken!" She yelled to his back. Her cell phone rang then.
    "Hello."
    "Hello Kitten." Just the sound of his voice set all her nerve endings on alert. She jumped up to close the door to her office.
    "Hi Michael." She sounded as breathless as she felt.
    "I miss you." He said. She tried not to squeal like a teenaged girl.
    "I miss you too. I've been useless today. Allyn kind of called me out about it. Got all protective big brother on me."
    "Am I in trouble?"
    "I told him I'm old enough to make my own mistakes."
    "Am I a mistake?"
    "I don't think so. Of course if I'm this useless every Monday my boss might disagree."
    "Sorry, I just