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~ Ariadne felt a raw rush of power as she backed away from Arthur.
"No." she told him as she watched him stoke his member. He looked angry, but she knew she had control of him.
"I... I said..." he whispered breathlessly. "Get in the bed."
She bit her lip to keep from smiling.
'Victory.' she thought as she slipped off her ripped top and backed away from him.
She sensed the bed was close, but didn't break eye contact with the man who would ravish her in a few moments. She didn't want to break the hold she had on him, he would attack her then. She had to keep him in line.
She crawled backwards into the bed and rested her head on the pillows. Her legs spread as wide as she could get them so that he could she the wetness that had started. Her fingers and hands starting to tease her swollen sex bud as Arthur glared at her. His breathing picking up as he looked angry.
She gave him an inviting smile as she watched him slowly work his shaft. She shouldn't have been so surprised at how large he was. She had felt every inch of him before, but seeing him, rock hard and knowing what he would do with it, made her a little afraid.
"I almost came in your mouth before." he said hostility and he crawled into bed with her. His erection full as he watched her play with herself.
"Why didn't you?" she asked as she liked the feel of her own fingers touching herself.
"Let me do that." he whispered as she felt his strong hands take over. The feel of another persons fingers on her desire nearly made her cry out in pleasure.
"Because I would never spill my seed in your mouth." he said as she felt her body spasm and she tried tried not to come.
"Arthur." she panted as she griped his arm. The feel of his expensive suit on her naked body was so forbidden.
"I would never waste it that way." he added as she wanted him to touch her more.
"Take me..." she gasped as she fought off another orgasm. His fingers were making lazy circles around her clitoris and she couldn't stand it anymore.
"Please, Arthur. Do it!" she screamed.
"What makes you think you deserve it?" he growled as she wanted more of him. "The way you acted tonight? If I wanted a whore, I wouldn't have had you here."
"Arthur, please!" she cried.
He either had pity on her, or this was her next wave of punishment. He pulled away, unzipped his pants and impaled her so savagely, she screamed.
He was fond of penetrating her as fully as possible, of getting his manhood as close to her womb as he could, and he did so now.
She tried not to move as his hardness had her debilitated under him. His body felt perfect as he lay on top of her, and his lips soothed her skin with kisses.
"Oh... oh you feel good." she breathed as she relished in the feel of him buried inside her.
Arthur looked different when he made love. His face was softer, more vulnerable now as he started to ride her. His large hands touched her everywhere as he made her body feel beautiful. He cupped her breasts, sucked her nipples and when he was about to come, he grabbed her by the hips and forced himself in farther.
"Be gentle!" she squealed as he forced her to orgasm for a second time.
He ignored her as she knew he had come. Her lover barely able to hide it as he fell on top of her, red faced and trying to catch his breath.
~ She woke up to him kissing her sometime in the night. He was politely asking for more as she was still groggy from sleep.
"Ariadne?" he whispered as he was guiding her hand to his already enlarged member.
"Again?" she whispered, still feeling half asleep as he did most of the work. She felt him touch her again, felt his lips on her nipples before he mounted her and gave her a few thrusts that felt more like a massage than sex. Soon, he was calm again and pulled her exhausted body into his arms for sleep.
~ She woke up fully expecting him to be gone, or in the kitchen. But her lover was sleeping so deeply, he was snoring. She felt a rush of affection for him at that moment. Last night had been wonderful and he had stayed with her.
"Arthur?" she whispered as she ran her hands over his bare chest.
He snorted and was too groggy to wake up.
"Arthur, it's getting late." she started to kiss his neck.
"Ariadne?" he asked.
"Yes." she said with a grin.
"What did you do to me?" he groaned.
~ She roused herself out of bed and took a shower as he tried to get dressed. She was sore all over, but wasn't sure if that was from the yoga or the intense sex with Arthur.
"So, will you come tonight?" she asked him as he gave her a plate of fruit and more bread.
"I'm not sure." he said sadly.
"Why not?"
He let out a deep sigh.
"I'm starting to think..." he said and looked at her.
"That this is a bad idea." she finished.
"Yes."
"I've been having some second thoughts to." she whispered.
"About having a baby with me or giving it up?" he asked.
"Both." she said as she nibbled the apple slices. "What if, when the time comes, I couldn't do it?"
Arthur said nothing.
"I mean, I can't take care of a baby on my own." she reasoned.
A part of her expected him to tell her she wouldn't be on her own. That he would take care of her, but he remained silent.
"I've been told to ask if you would want to join our group. Always assuming you would become pregnant and produce a desirable offspring." he asked.
"Join?" she repeated.
"Yes." he said. "You would have the baby, but you would be it's mother. You would have a home here, and you and the child would be provided for."
"There's always a catch." she whispered.
"You would have other children, just not by me. It's not our way to be with only one partner for breeding. It's one of the reasons I blindfolded you. It was a mistake to become so close to you." he told her.
She blinked back tears as his words hurt her.
"Arthur." she said breathlessly. "I don't think I want to do this anymore."
~ "What do you mean she's changed her mind?" Richard barked at his son.
"It may be for the best." Arthur argued. "You were right, she's an outsider."
"An outsider who may very well already be pregnant." Richard snapped. "We've been lacing that artisan bread she eats with fertility drugs."
Arthur nodded. He knew the ways of the group. Knew that conception was all they cared about.
"We can give her a pregnancy test, and send her on her way." Arthur offered.
"What then?" Richard huffed. "What about you?"
"I'll find someone else. This time within the group."
"You care about that girl." Richard accused after watching his son for several seconds.
"Dad." Arthur sighed.
"You do. Did you even use the blindfold?" he asked.
"We did. But, I don't think she realized all she would be giving up to do this." Arthur said.
~ "So, in a few days, a week a most, we will know if you're pregnant or not." Arthur explained as they walked through the solarium that evening.
"In the meantime, I have to stay here? I can't leave at all?" she questioned.
"I'm afraid not. It's in your contract." he told her. "Once we're sure your not pregnant, we can let you go."
"Will I be able to keep the good faith money you gave me?" she asked.
She hated to sound so selfish. Only caring about the money, but it was all she had just now.
"Yes." he told her. "What will you do once you're free?"
"Drop out of school for a little while, get a job." she sighed.
"You won't go back to school if you drop out now." he said sadly.
"What choices would I have?" she told him.
"You have choices. The original plan. You could finish school and be debt free while living here." he told her.
"I've been thinking a lot about this today, Arthur." she admitted.
"And?"
"And, I don't think I could give a baby up. I don't want to have a child, I'm not ready. But I don't think I could have a baby and then abandon it." she admitted.
"The child would be well taken care of. I would be in it's life." he offered.
"I need to be in it's life." she said stubbornly.
"What about joining our group?" he asked.
"And have four different children with four different men? Watch as you father other babies with other women? It would drive me insane." she laughed.
"It's why we have the blindfold." Arthur said.
I should have kept it on." she agreed sadly. "It wouldn't be so difficult now."
"We'll have to wait to make sure your not pregnant, then," he let out a deep sigh. "Then, you'll be on your way."
"I'm sorry, Arthur." she told him.
~ A week passed. Arthur didn't come to see her anymore. He sent her gifts of massages, yoga instructors and little notes attached to flowers reminding her to eat right, just in case.
She missed him. She had only been with him three times, and had only known him for a few weeks, but he was her only friend here and she was lonely.
'Would it be so bad?' she wondered as she packed her new clothes in preparation to leave. Arthur had said she could take everything with her. The good faith money, the clothing and furniture. She would find a modest apartment and get a job. Worry about school later. In any case, she was better off than she was when she came here.
~ As she was packing, a knock on her door brought her back to reality.
"Arthur!" she whispered excitedly. She knew he wouldn't leave without saying goodbye.
She raced to the door and was shocked to see a plump little Indian man waiting for her with a black doctor's bag.
"You must be Ariadne." he said in a pleasing accent.
"Yes?" she said.
"I am Dr. Yuseff." he gave her a little bow. "May I come in?" he asked and she nodded.
"I am here, as apart of your contract, to ensure you are not with child." he explained as he sat his bag on her entry hall table and opened it.
"Oh, I'm sure I'm not." she tried to laugh. It had only been a week and she and Arthur were only together a few times.
"Your last period was when?" he asked.
"The 15th." she told him.
"So you are two days late." he concluded.
"It happens." she shrugged.
"Will you please take this into the bathroom and, if you can, provide a sample?" he asked.
Ariadne gaped at the pregnancy test he gave her.
"I'm sure I'm not." she wanted to laugh.
It was a simple drug store kit. She half expected this place to have state of the art tests.
"Please, humor me." Yuseff said politely as he waited.
She nodded and went to her bathroom. It was a simple test of peeing on a stick.
'I can't be.' she thought worriedly. 'I've got it all worked out. Arthur and I are going to part as friends, and I'll get a job and an apartment and not have to worry about this again.'
She put the cap back on the stick after flushing and came back to Yuseff.
"What now?" she asked.
"We wait for the results." he said calmly.
"What if I am pregnant?" she asked. Her arms crossing over her chest.
"Then, your contract will come into play." he told her.
"So, I'll stay here and have the baby and... and then give it up?" she asked.
'Please be negative, please be negative, please be negative.' she prayed.
"Yes." he said simply.
"Well." she laughed nervously. "I'm sure it's negative."
"You're pregnant." Yuseff said holding up the stick with a positive sign.