This is for my patron Behloebraindamaged.
- Prompt: Can we go for a bdsm mutual strap on situation? -
I'm not really sure about bdsm since I don't know much about it. But I'm going to try. I may deviate from its concept but I'll do my best to capture the specific prompts and request.
Disclaimer: I don't own Pitch Perfect nor any of its characters.
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Chapter 1
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Us Weekly
The Big B.M. : Next in Line?
Congratulations are in order for singer-actress Cynthia Rose Adams - a close friend of record-producer Beca Mitchell, socialite Patricia "Fat Amy" Hobart-Allen and model-host Stacie Conrad - as she got engaged to her longtime girlfriend Jenna Crowe last week.
Adams — who had recently been engaged in heated Twitter exchanges with a -Universal Pictures executive over the studio's disgusting 'queerbaiting' strategies for Adams' latest movie —had been with her banker girlfriend for eight years before getting engaged.
But the news was even more interesting for what it further meant : that elusive and highly sought-after producer Beca Mitchell could very well be feeling the pressure to join the loop.
The squad – called the "Siren Pack" by the media because of their beautiful faces, voices and persuasive nature (think: all thoseguys and ladies they charmed (as we time lined here) were in attendance to show their support to Adams.
In Photos: The Siren Pack during a trip to Cabo (L-R: Adams, Conrad, Hobart-Allen and Mitchell)
Adams, nicknamed by the press as the Siren's"Lemon" because of her chill and laidback attitude, was said to have enlisted the help of her equally famous posse in pulling off the engagement plan.
A source close to the couple told Us Weekly that the rest of the Siren Pack personally planned the engagement party three days later
"CR and Jen couldn't be happier and they are looking forward to a wedding in Long Island, Jenna's home town, sometime next year,", a source close to the couple told Us Weekly
Adams had yet to decide who will be her maid-of-honor (honors?). But we're told Hobart-Allen will most likely officiate the ceremony. So it's a toss up between Mitchell and Conrad.
True to the occasion's quiet and private tone, a guest present during the engagement told Us Weekly that something else happened during the night.
"Beca Mitchell formally brought rumored flame, actress-designer Georgina Madison to a very special and intimate event with people who are very dear to her. I think that was very telling," the source intimated.
The news that one of her best friends was settling down was likely to have a had a big impact on Mitchell – deemed as the Pack's leader and aptly referred to by the press as Cappo and interchangeably so, The Silent Assassin for her reclusive nature and aversion to talking - another pal shared.
"Mitchell was definitely feeling the pressure. Stacie herselfseemed to be getting ready for a quieter life as rumors abound that she'll be marrying soon too," the friend said. "Beca's single life is basically behind her."
"Beca wanted to keep the blossoming relationship on the low down because she wanted to fiercely protect it."
See photo gallery of Mitchell and Madison
But now, according to sources close to the Pack's inner circle, things had started to heat up for the couple. "They're totally in love. They're crazy about each other and made it a point to spend whatever free time they had together. They had also met each other's folks and both families absolutely adored each other."
Will wedding bells be ringing for the reigning "Sexiest Woman Alive"?
"None of them expected Beca to get into anything serious, especially after the tumultuous relationship she had with Chloe," our source added.
Mitchell previously dated mogul and Hollywood power-player Chloe Beale,32, for five years before calling it quits almost a year ago.
"Their relationship was toxic. Exhibit A? That video a random jogger snapped of them fighting and screaming in each other's face at Central Park. It was toxic to put it mildly.. Let's leave it at that." A pal offered. "Beca will never talk about it. That's Beca. You'll rarely get a word out of her. It's not a coincidence that there had been no official acknowledgement of her relationship with Georgina."
See infamous video of Beale and Mitchell at Central Park
It was said that Beca even told her friends that she thought Georgina could be the one..
"Beca's never been happier."
Don't be surprised if you hear another engagement announcement soon.
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Chloe furiously snapped her laptop shut. She got up from her fifty-three-thousand dollar chair and started pacing around her luxurious office, arms crossed and her jaw clenched in anger.
This was unacceptable.
With a growl, Chloe Beale walked back to her desk and roughly pushed the button at an almost damaging degree.
She did not wait for any acknowledgement because, well, Chloe Helene Beale waited for nothing and for no one.
"Get in here." The redhead ordered before she moved back to sit on her prized chair – more often called "The Throne" by her subordinates, albeit in secret.
Chloe didn't need to wait, as she expected . Her trusted assistant-slash-fixer-slash-confidant Lily Onakuramara appeared in front of her. The redhead had long given up on trying to understand how Lily managed to do so without alerting anybody with her presence.
Not a single fucking sound.
She loved it though.
Lily was her "Ghost Soldier". She almost ,almost never spoke, rarely seen but got the job done.
Every fucking time.
Without wasting another minute, Chloe pointed with disdain at her laptop. "Read that stupid article. Verify the accuracy." Chloe narrowed her eyes as she watched Lily immediately look into what she just pointed out. "I'm bot completely sold because I know Stacie Conrad and there's absolutely no chance in hell that she'd settle down."
Lily faced her boss and stoically stood right back up.
"If it's all true, I need you to get all you can about that woman and report back to me."
Lily nodded.
"I want her out of the picture."
Lily smirked.
"Still no killing and dumping bodies, Lils. Again, I am not that kind of boss."
Lily glared at the redhead before stomping her way out of the office.
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Three days later
"Chloe Helene Beale…." Aubrey Posen eyed her bestfriend and business partner in disbelief. Admittedly though, she felt foolish that she was even surprised at this point. This was Chloe for fuck's sake. They've been partners for almost a decade now – managing Titus Media Incorporated which had consistently ranked amongst the top companies in the entertainment industry. Together (and individually), they made the list of Entertainment's Most Powerful and Influential People for seven consecutive years.
They're smart, charming, shrewd and of course, gorgeous.
Those who worked for them called them ruthless , calculating and demanding.
To their competitors, they were mainly branded as bitches.
And anyone who crossed them? They were their biggest nightmare.
"What?" Chloe grinned coyly.
"Why you still insist on getting involved in that alt-girl's business, I would never know. She wasn't even your best girl-toy –" "
"Don't call her that." Chloe said with a frown that earned an eye roll from Aubrey.
"Right."
"She was different. Stop calling her that. Or even thinking of her that way."
"You ditched her almost a year ago, Chloe. Just let it go."
"It's complicated."
"Why? Because you loved her?"
"She was different." Chloe reiterated; this time her tone wasn't playful.
Aubrey narrowed her eyes at her bestfriend as confusion laced her beautiful face. "You ended things with her –"
"Unintentionally and unofficially."
"What's your endgame here? "Aubrey sighed in frustration. "I'm all for some fun and power play but isn't this below the dignity of what we love to do?"
This was childish to Aubrey.
Petty.
Aubrey Posen loved playing the chess game. She loved power wars and salivated over the challenges of beating people and coming out on top. Together with Chloe, they watched grown men fold under pressure and succumbed to the pressures they applied. They knew what they wanted and they went for it.
Get it – that had been their favorite phrase to live by.
"Beca of course." Chloe answered nonchalantly.
Aubrey wanted to be surprised. She really did. Bit she would be lying if she said she wasn't expecting this.
"But you were the one who ended things with her!" Aubrey reminded the redhead once more.
Chloe just waved her off. "That's irrelevant."
"So what? You want her back because she's gotten serious with that actress?"
"Totes." Chloe nodded.
"And you had to smear the poor woman to achieve that?"
Chloe sighed. "I never said I was proud of it. But I gotta do what I gotta do. Besides, I merely exposed the real her. It wasn't like I fabricated it. So yes, don't say I "smeared" her. Facts are facts."
"Well, if you put it that way….." Aubrey mumbled pensively.
"Look, just between the two of us…" Chloe leaned back against her chair, as a somber expression graced her face. "I regret deeply how it all ended."
"She would know it was you. You realize that, right?"
"She won't have any proof."
Aubrey raised a perfectly sculpted brow. "She won't need to. She knows you. This got your fingerprints all over it."
"You think she really loves her?"
"Chloe….."
"You think she loves that whore enough to finally come see me after ignoring me each time I tried to get her to talk to me?"
"Sending Lily guaranteed that she won't show up." Aubrey chuckled.
Chloe just huffed. "Tell it to me straight, Bree. Do you believe she loves that woman?"
"I don't know about love." Aubrey shrugged. "But I think there's genuine affection there. Our sources confirmed it's not a PR relationship. Either way, Georgina won't be getting any offers nor calls anytime soon. Until you lift that secret sanction of course. So going by that, at the very least, Mitchell will be upset since they're also collaborating on a musical. Which was just axed a few minutes ago."
"That quick huh?"
"Power moves things pretty darn quick." Aubrey muttered nonchalantly.
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Chloe Beale hoped for it.
She was not expecting it; no she wasn't. But she hoped.
She loved playing.
She got off on that rush that cane with outwitting and outlasting her competitors.
So when she found out that Beca was getting serious with someone else, she knew she had to put an end to it.
She had allowed things to go this far, mainly because she was too complacent and became overconfident. She smugly thought that Beca was merely playing too – trying to outlast her and see how far she can be pushed.
She allowed Beca to.
She was sure Beca would come back once she realized that it was Chloe who she wanted.
It was supposed to be just a fun game between them but she apparently miscalculated Beca.
When things ended between them, Chloe made sure that Beca saw that as Chloe Beale, she could have anyone. She "dated" a number of men and women with the purpose of eliciting a reaction from the producer.
There was none.
Just as Beca had been frustratingly closed off early on in their relationship, , the tiny brunette merely reverted back to her "mute mode" and just boringly became more of a recluse. Chloe had to learn of Beca's relationship from Lily after the latter randomly showed her photos of Beca and Georgina on a secluded island for what looked like an intimate getaway.
The redhead had been pissed but she had decided let it go. Georgina Madison was basically a younger, blonde version of the young executive. It was an obvious rebound to put it simply and knowing the producer, it won't last. Beca hated being seen and the actresses wanted the spotlight. It smelled fishy and Chloe was sure it was nothing but a mere fling at most.
So Chloe fumed once she realized that it was real and that Beca was not playing at all.
And so dawned the redhead's obsession with every detail or news about the couple.
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Chloe's attention was caught by the sound from her monitor. She smiled as soon as video feeds from the ground floor lobby showed a figure she knew all too well. She watched as Beca Mitchell strode towards the elevator. It took a few seconds before the feed changed to show the brunette who looked restless.
The executive's heart clenched as it became quite clear that Beca must truly care for that woman.
She could not help but chuckle though when Beca unceremoniously gave the camera the finger, making it known that the brunette was aware that Chloe was watching her.
God, how Chloe missed her so.
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"Beca!" Chloe greeted the brunette with a beaming smile. "What a –"
"Oh cut the bullshit." Beca slammed her fist on the redhead's desk.
"You better watch your tone." Chloe muttered evenly. "You're forgetting who you're talking to."
"Oh please!" Beca huffed. "Believe ne I know exactly who I'm talking to." Bea breathed out in anger. "I'm talking to the most manipulative, callous and cunning person."
"Come on, Becs…." Chloe chose to come off bored and disinterested in answer to Beca's wrath.
"I just don't get it…." Beca shook her head in disbelief. "Why are you doing this?"
"Guess." Chloe said with a dry chuckle.
"You dumped me, Chloe."
"And I want you back."
Beca looked cat Chloe – like really look at her.
"Leave her." Chloe commanded. "Leave her and she'll get every single part she wants."
"And if I don't?"
Chloe smirked. "You know what I'm capable of. You've seem it."
"Not even a half-assed denial from you,huh?"
Chloe shrugged. "I could have tried but we both know the truth. No sense denying it. I thought about it though. You know…..just to get a rise from you. You are so hot when you're mad."
"You never really changed the way you look at me, have you?" Beca mumbled in aa low voice.
"Becs –"
"I'm still just a thing to you." Beca spat. "A thing you can discard when you felt like it and want back as soon as someone else wanted it."
"You make it sound like I used you."
"Yu did. I was your play thing."
Chloe's eyes flashed with anger. "You used me too. What you are right now, a huge part of it was because –"
"Because of you and your connections." Beca finished bitterly. "You made it a point to remind me of that throughout the course of our relationship. Or set-up."
Chloe didn't flinch. "And you know what I'm capable of. I can make or break people with just one touch."
"Is that what you're doing now with Georgina?"
"Oh baby…." Chloe sneered. "That was just a warning shot. You've seen what happened to people who crossed me or even just pissed me off."
"Fuck you."
"Maybe later, Becs."
Without a word, Beca walked out of the office.
Chloe was more amused than bothered at that point. Seeing Beca -being in the same space as her brought in a myriad of emotions that she thought she'd never feel again.
Make no mistake about it; Chloe Beale was reclaiming her time.
Reclaiming the time she should have spent with Beca by her side.
What just transpired moments ago made one thing clear: she wanted Beca for good and she'll be damned if that didn't happen soon.
Whatever it took, Beca Mitchell would be hers again.
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We'll learn more about the nature of Bechloe's relationship in the next chapters.
