Chapter 8

After my meeting with Bella I went home and for the first time in two weeks actually stepped into the playroom. As my eyes took in my St. Andrew's cross I imagined Isabella tied to it and I knew the deep blue color of the walls would showcase her ivory skin and dark hair. I was getting hard from the image my mind conjured. I looked away and walked to the cabinet I needed. She had marked on her toiletries list that while she wasn't allergic to anything there was one brand of lube that she reacted badly too and I needed to make sure that wasn't what I purchased. After confirming I didn't have that brand as I turned to leave I saw the canes placed on the wall and wondered if I should remove them for now. No, she said she used to love them and wanted to get back to that point. She needed to see them and slowly get comfortable with them again.

I spent the next week in anticipation of Friday. Bella's food list was easy, she wasn't fond of fish, loved Italian and in general was not picky. I decided to make fettuccini alfredo with chicken, my girl was going to need carbs and protein to keep up with what I had planned. She also rotated around the scents she used and after 30 minutes at Bath & Body Works I determined it was their Secret Wonderland scent she was using when I first met her, strawberry with a hint of jasmine and as it turns our white amber. I picked up enough to fully stock her bathroom and the one in the playroom. The other two she mentioned were Warm Vanilla Sugar and Dancing Water, I would make a note when I returned home, the first reminded me of the holidays and the second of spring and summer. I would purchase those scents at those times of the year.

Classes were off to a slow start and I was right about my new TA, Ben. He was fine in the other classes I taught but Human Sexuality had him blushing the entire hour and hiding behind his laptop. It would be humorous if not so painful to watch. I was happy to receive an e-mail form Isabella Thursday morning that had her schedule attached. At a glance it looked as if we would be able to have lunch together on Tuesday's and Thursday's, if we wanted and there were times throughout the other days we could meet for coffee in the morning or I could just surprise her if I wanted.

I was retrieving my mail and quiz copies from the work area of my department when I overheard a conversation between three of the professors about a student.

"Let me tell you she is hot. I wish she wasn't in my class this quarter, I would be all over that. Of course it doesn't hurt that she is also smart as hell."

"Smart enough to stay away from you anyway." One of them laughed and I thought he was the new professor.

"She is just shy, hiding behind her laptop but mark my words I will have her by the end of the quarter."

"But university policy…"

"It wouldn't be the first time Professor Afton has been caught with one of his students, would it Joseph?" I asked him. The head of the department Dr. Chelsea Price had a soft spot for Afton. He had been caught several times dating undergrad's in his classes. He was the reason I wasn't worried about anyone finding out about Isabella and I. If anyone tried to create problems I would hold him up as an example and demand if I was reprimanded he should be also. Rumor had it she liked to fuck him when her husband was out of town and they were caught once. I wasn't above blackmail if she started causing problems.

"No it wouldn't." He laughed. "This one is definitely worth every minute of the bitch out I would receive from Dr. Price too. Looks, hot body, smart as a whip and that shy act, bet she's a tiger in the sack." He was so crude about women. "She may have turned me down today but I have three months to wear her down." He never took no for an answer the first time and normally did get who he wanted, I pitied the girl. "I think she was in your class last term Cullen. I heard another student asked her how she did in your sexuality class." That caught my attention.

"What is your victim's name?" I asked.

"Swan, Bella Swan." My Bella, this asshole is after my Bella. I was pissed now at the way he was talking about her. I couldn't say I didn't remember her because I planned on us attending the fundraiser in April together and he would be there also.

"Yes Miss Swan, she is pretty and if I remember correctly received an A in the class. She doesn't seem your type though." I said trying to dissuade him from chasing her.

"Normally, no but I am willing to make an exception for the lovely Bella." His tone was smug, I hated this asshole.

"Well. Good luck with that then." It was all I said before I turned and walked away. I would need to warn Bella about him tomorrow and how to handle what were sure to become his more aggressive advances. I also needed to find out which of his flaky classes she was taking, her schedule would tell me that. The man was a modern day hippie and annoying as hell.

Friday morning I woke up nervous as hell and I am never nervous about a new sub. Was it because I thought I might get my more with Isabella? Maybe. I just had this sense that we would be compatible on most levels and I did not want to fuck any of this up. Maybe that was where my nerves were coming from, fucking this up. She had had a deeper relationship with her first boyfriend than I had ever experienced and I found that a little intimidating. Honesty was the key I decided. We would start as Dom and sub and let it evolve from there. It was the best I could come up with.

In between morning classes I went to Tiffany's to pick up what would be Isabella's everyday collar. I had purchased her a red leather collar for the playroom with three d-rings and had 'Property of Master Edward' circling it on line but I wanted something she could look at every day to remind her of our connection, something less obvious. I found it at Tiffany's, it was an interlinking circles bangle bracelet, the silver bangle had Master engraved on the inside and the rose gold one had Isabella, my pet engraved in it. I couldn't wait to see her reaction to both of them. I also placed an order for her special occasion collar, it would be a question mark choker with the two lock charms hanging from it with the letters E & C.

Holding her everyday collar instantly calmed my nerves. She wasn't going to reject me or this, she said in her journals she was looking for more. She wouldn't start this path with me unless she felt she could have what she wanted with me. We would take this as slow as needed to make it work I decided. I had not wanted anything this badly in a long time, I would not allow it to be fucked up.

By 5:45 I had checked everything in the house and dinner was cooking. I didn't plan on playing tonight. I would give her a tour of the house and explain my expectations of her for this and every weekend. I hadn't decided if I was going to ask about the background check she ran on me or not yet. Yes it was intrusive, but I understood why she did it. My hope was she would tell me about it herself. I looked at the clock when the doorbell rang, 6:00 pm – show time.

"Good evening Isabella, thank you for coming." I said and opened the door wide so she could enter.

"Good evening Sir." She responded and lowered her eyes to the floor as she entered and waited right inside the door for me to address her again.

"You may leave your bag here for now. We will take it up later when I show you the rest of the house. Come on into the kitchen with me, I want to be Edward and Bella now." She followed me in and sat at the bar while I finished dinner. We talked about our winter break and the first week of classes as we carried our plates to the nook in the kitchen. "The kitchen and the nook area are your free areas. When we are here it is just Edward and Bella, as long as you are respectful. Should you do something to lose that privilege I will address you as Isabella and you are to immediately kneel beside my chair until I address you again. Do you understand?"

"Yes Sir, I understand."

"Just Edward and Bella at this table." I reminded her gently as I reached for her hand. We started to eat and it was good to see her enjoying her food. Once she was collared she would adhere to a food and exercise regimen I set up for her but I didn't think I needed to worry. For the most part she appeared to be comfortable, relaxed and it surprised me how much that mattered to me, she mattered to me. While I wanted my subs to be comfortable to some extent it never mattered this much before.

"I have something I think I should tell you and to be honest I don't know how much of a problem it is going to pose." She was looking at her plate as she spoke and I felt my nerves return.

"You can tell me anything Bella. We both know trust will develop over time but anything you tell me will be kept in confidence, even if you decide you don't want anything after this weekend I would never tell anyone anything we discussed." I reached out and squeezed her hand again, hoping to reassure her.

She took a deep breath before beginning. "I am not sure how much Alastair told you or what you have heard around the club but before you I had test scenes with 2 other Dom's." I nodded to let her know I had heard about this. "One of them was Jacob Black. At the time the scene felt off somehow, like he was tentative and unsure of himself. It was enough for me not to agree to a second one until I could review the video. Watching that video alerted me to the fact that Jacob wanted more than I could give him."

"I don't understand Bella."

"When I watched the scene it was obvious that he was hiding his feelings from me. When I could see his face he did a good job of masking his longing but when he was facing away from me or the mirrors it was there in his gaze. It was almost like a hunger, like he was finally getting something he had longed for and to tell you the truth it creeped me the hell out."

"When you watched us, especially in the second scene it had to have shown how hopeful I was that we could work out." I stated because I had wanted it, desperately.

"That's just it though, when I watched us yes it showed but with you it was a hopefulness. I could tell you weren't holding back and trying to show me one thing while hoping for another. You were being you and hoping that is what I was looking for. With Jacob it was as if he was hiding his true self, scared to show his true feelings and it made me uncomfortable."

"He was in the club the night we did the second scene. Did you know?" I asked her.

"I saw him as I was leaving and noticed he didn't look happy."

"He looked fairly angry and from rumors I have heard not at all happy that you may become my sub." I told her honestly.

"I know, I need to tell you what happened when I went to my dad's for Christmas and after the meeting I had with you." From the way she was fidgeting I began to think that Jacob was going to be more of a problem than I imagined.

"When I went home for Christmas my dad told me that we would be seeing his friend Billy. I have known Billy since I was little and used to visit my dad, I knew he had kids but they were older than me and I don't remember them at all. When I moved to Forks to live with my dad his youngest was in college and rarely came home. Charlie was trying to establish our own traditions so we spent holidays just the two of us. I don't know how I hadn't put it together before." She was shaking her head and I had a sinking feeling in my stomach of where this was going.

"Let me guess, Billy's last name is Black?" I ask and Bella nodded.

"We went to Billy's house this year because his son and one of his daughters were visiting, normally he came to Charlie's. I was shocked when I looked at the pictures on the mantle and saw Jacob in them. He, however, did not look very surprised when he walked in and saw me."

"I bet he wasn't." I managed to growl out. "From what you told me about watching the video I would bet he knew a lot more about you than you did him."

"I have come to believe that but that night he started talking to Charlie about living in Seattle and the next thing I know Charlie is asking Jake to look out for me in the city and he just wouldn't let it go until I gave Jacob my number. I was so pissed and Jacob knew it, nothing about me said friendly at the time. Charlie even called me on it when we got home about why I was so rude and I told him I didn't like him asking someone I didn't know to watch out for me."

"Did you see Jacob again?" I asked and heaven help me she blushed.

"Not in Forks, my presence was required in Seattle for an appointment on the 27th." She looked at me and quirked an eyebrow, I couldn't help but chuckle.

"Yes it was and as I recall it was a very productive appointment."

"It was." She said and cleared her throat. "Back to Jacob. Before Christmas he left a note or two asking about the second scene and I didn't respond. After Christmas he asked again but implied that it would also make Charlie happy if we got together. After our scene at the club he flat out asked me if Charlie knew about what I liked to do and with whom. That was the limit for me, I told him Charlie didn't get involved in my life that way and if he felt the need to tell him I would be letting Charlie know that Jacob was harassing me for sex. He hasn't spoken to me directly since but the nights I work the club he is there and constantly staring, it is creepy."

"Has he approached you again?" I had to know.

"Not since the one time after our scene when the club was open." I was pretty sure I already knew the answer to my next question but I had to ask anyway.

"Bella, did you mention me to your father, even if in passing to say I was one of your professors or anything?" I was positive she was going to say no.

"No, I don't really talk to him about classes or anything of that nature. Why would you think I had?" I knew I was right about her, she hadn't told me about the background check because she didn't know anything about it.

"While I was waiting to hear from you I received a call from a friend of mine and fellow Dom in the mayor's office. He had been given the task of running a thorough background check on me. The person who requested it was a friend of the mayor, a former FBI agent who is now the Chief of Police in a small town called Forks. Your father requested it Bella. I thought that was why it took almost two weeks to hear back from you and then I was a little taken back when you didn't mention it at lunch."

"Why would he do that and who would tell him about you? He hasn't mentioned anything to me about you at all." That surprised me, whatever he found must have been enough to satisfy him.

"Well I think it was Jacob, maybe he dropped hints to his father or told your father he had seen us together and knew I was a professor. I have seen Jacob around but don't know him personally, I do know the look he gave me after our scene was one of jealousy and anger. If you told him no to a second scene he could only assume it is because of me. Maybe he hoped Charlie would find something and tell you to stay away from me."

"Jacob?"

"I don't know but I can't think of anyone else that makes sense, can you?"

"No, but he doesn't make sense to me either."

"We just keep alert when he is around and listen to see if he says anything to the other Dom's or subs about us. The one thing I do know is I will not allow him to run or ruin our time together. Speaking of the club do you have a set schedule yet? I noticed it wasn't on the e-mail you sent me."

"Not yet but I will get together with Alastair sometime this week and set one up. I need to adjust the schedule I gave you to account for the labs I found out about this week. I will include my schedule for the club in that one along with any other additions. Should I say something to my father? I don't like that he did that without even asking me about you first?"

"No I don't think you should. He may mention you knowing about it to Jacob and we don't want that just yet. It also opens thing up for him to ask you about me and unless you are willing to tell him something I suggest you don't say anything."

"That makes sense, when I tell him about you for the first time I would rather not have a background check be in the front of his mind. He is protective of me and will have a hard enough time accepting that I am seeing anyone at all." She said with a laugh.

We had finished dinner and were cleaning up the dishes and kitchen before I returned to the topic. "I do want to meet your family eventually Bella and I want you to meet mine. I know you saw my sisters-in-law at Eclipse that night but I want to introduce you properly."

"From the little I overheard that night they really want you with Kate. Will they even give me a chance?" She asked and I could hear the worry in their voice.

"I think they will. To be honest Bella, Kate is a childhood friend of Rose's, my brother Emmett's wife. I guess she has been at the fringe of several large functions my parents host but I never noticed her or remembered having ever met her until Rose pointed it out to me. I should tell you that because my family has no idea I am a Dom they have always tried to set me up with women. I think they felt sorry for me. When Rose tried to push me to take Kate out again I told them I was seeing someone but it was new and to leave me alone about it."

"They just accepted that?" I had to laugh.

"No, they will never leave it alone that easily but my brothers are in the process of moving closer and I hope that will hold them off until summer. I did tell them a little about you and they are a bit concerned about the age difference." She gave me a worried look.

"Does it bother you?" She looked as if she was going to continue and I stopped her.

"No, it doesn't. I know that I am at the upper end of what you are looking for in a Dom so, does it bother you?" I didn't think it would, she was much more mature than other women her age and I just could not see her with someone her own age.

"No, I have never felt all that comfortable around people my own age. Maybe it is the situation I was raised in but I have never had much in common with my peers." Her statement made me wonder what exactly she meant but I would delve into that at a later date. I really wanted to know what she thought of her room and the playroom.

"Are you ready for the tour?" I asked as I started the dishwasher. She nodded and I offered my hand to lead her back to the foyer. "Did you bring your journal with you?"

"Yes Sir" she answered and removed it from her bag.

"Leave it on the table. It will be rare that you arrive here on Friday before I do but should that happen I expect you to put your things in your room and your journal I expect to be placed on this table every Friday. If I am home or not you will go to the kitchen and wait for me, you will not cook on Friday's. If I'm not here I will bring something with me for dinner." She nodded that she understood and we started climbing the stairs to the second level.

"You will be responsible for cooking breakfast on Saturday. Unless I specify differently I will take my breakfast in bed at 8 am and you will eat in the kitchen." I pushed open the door to my bedroom and master bath for her to see. "Of course you only enter this room to do my bidding and you will sleep in here only if invited. When I am done eating I will return my tray to the kitchen and we will then discuss the rest of the day." I showed her the guest room, bathroom and my study on the second floor before approaching the door at the end of the hallway, right next to the stairs leading to the attic.

"This is your room Isabella." I said as I swung the door open. Her room was done in a warm gold color with strong dark green accents. She looked wonderful in it, as I knew she would. I couldn't wait to see her in the playroom. She laid her bag on the bed and looked around.

"This is wonderful Sir, much more than I expected." She said but I already knew that. As with the playroom I redecorated this room for her. It was a stark white and stripped bare except for a single bed and a dresser. The colors, the queen size bed, the sofa and TV, they were all new. I wanted her to be more than my submissive and I wanted this to be a safe place for her.

"Consider this a free area Isabella. As with the other areas we will be Edward and Bella as long as you are respectful." She looked confused. "Trust me you will be able to tell if we change to Dom/sub at any time in any of those areas." She smiled with a blush and I felt my cock twitch. I needed to put that on hold for a while, I did not plan on playing tonight. "I will visit this room whenever I want for whatever reason I want, just because it is your room and a free area does not mean it is private."

"I understand Sir." I hoped she did because I loved to take advantage of that rule, surprising them in their room when they least expected it. I couldn't wait to see Isabella's reaction the first time it happened.

"I have one more room to show you. Are you ready to see it?" Her smile was big as she nodded and I could see the excitement in her eyes.

"Yes Sir." I walked to the bottom of the stairs and motioned for her to go up first. She stopped outside the door.

"Even though I live alone the playroom is always locked, especially if it is in use. My family is nosy Isabella, remember that." I punched in the code, pushed the door open and waited for her reaction as I turned the light on.

"I love the color." She said as she entered. I was rock hard just seeing her in my playroom. She looked even better than I thought she would, her alabaster skin stood out against the dark color.

I watched as she ran her hand over the padded table and looked at the paddles on the wall. She touched my cross and I could swear she moaned softly. She ran her fingers over the whips hanging from the pegs and when she noticed one peg was empty she turned to me for an explanation.

"That is where my cat o' nine goes." I saw her flinch so I quickly continued. "Since it is on your hard limit list I have removed it for now." She shifted and looked at the canes above the chest. "You stated you used to love canes and wanted to get comfortable with them again so I kept them. You can't get comfortable with them if you never see them Isabella." She nodded and continued looking around. She trailed her fingers over the whipping bench and I almost moaned at the image I conjured. I walked to the chest and pulled open the drawers so she could look at the toys in there.

"You will be expected to learn where everything goes and I expect things put back in their proper place after cleaning. You are to clean the entire playroom before you leave on Sunday's, the other times you need only clean what is actually used." She noticed the suspension system and looked nervously at the shackles attached to the wall next to the floggers and crops. "There is a sterilizing system in the bathroom. You will keep this room as well as your own rooms clean at all times." I stepped aside so she could enter the bathroom. It had a shower large enough for four and Jacuzzi tub I knew she would enjoy after hard play. If I was reading her body signals correctly she was just as anxious to play in here as I was.

"Let's go back down to your room and I will tell you a few more things before you settle in for the night." The look on her face said she expected to play tonight but that had never been my plan. I motioned towards the door and followed her out, shutting off the lights and locking the door. Once in her room I gave her the last of her instructions for the night.

"You are expected to get 8 hours of sleep per day. On the weekends that may mean naps during your free time if I wake you in the night. You will be punished if you do not receive 8 hours, understand?"

"Yes Sir."

"Good night then Isabella. I am going to retrieve your journal and will be my room. I will return your journal to you with a new assignment on Sunday. Sleep well."

"You too Sir." She said. Closing her door, I retrieved her journal and returned to my room to settle in a see what she thought about our first two scenes. Per her conditions we had never discussed them and I was dying to know if she felt some of the same things I had.

Entry #1

Sir –

There are many things I enjoyed about our first scene but if I am completely honest I was scared to trust what I was feeling because it was our first scene and I worried how much was real and how much was because I wanted it so badly. However, hands down, my favorite part was when I first saw your Apadravya and we masturbated together, followed closely by when I was given the pleasure of tasting your cum.

I loved watching the way you work your cock. I imagined it was moving inside me instead of my fingers and the thought of your piercing rubbing my sweet spot with every stroke had me fighting my orgasm from the first stroke. I watched as you used the liquid leaking from the head as a lubricant every time your thumb swiped the head. I imagined it was my hand working you, gripping and twisting as I used my mouth and tongue to lick off the leaking cum because it tastes too good to waste.

The first scene was more than I imagined it would be and it makes my heart race to think it will only be better as we learn more about each other.

Isabella

Entry #2

Sir –

My favorite part of the second scene was…anticipation. The anticipation of you entering the room…of you touching me…of your flogger striking me and mostly the anticipation of you fucking me. I feel when you enter a room. When you step close to me without actually touching me I get goose bumps and my breathing picks up. I arch into your flogger because I know you will make it so good and give me exactly what I need. The anticipation of you tasting me and having the privilege of your cock in my mouth, the anticipation almost eclipses the actual event…almost.

Actually having yours hands on me, that feeling is indescribable. The reverence and caring that you touch me with, I had given up hope of ever feeling that again. I ache for the feeling of your cock stretching and filling me again. Will you take me gently or roughly, will I please you so I am allowed to cum and will I be granted the pleasure of tasting your cum again.

I find that the anticipation still continues. I want to be good for you, I want to serve you, want to be the only one to serve you in every way. I want to be the one that you take pleasure in, in every way. I want to call you Master and the anticipation of that finally happening is arousing and agonizing. Is it wrong that some of the agony of waiting is very arousing?

Isabella

I was somewhat surprised that both of her entries were focused more on her feelings and reactions to me than an actual act itself. I shouldn't have been. I learned through her journals that she is very in tune with herself and others. That is one of the things that first attracted me to her. She is a natural submissive and reading about how she wants to please me is a huge turn on.

I understand what she meant about the anticipation also. The build up to the second scene and this weekend was an exquisite form of torture. Actually touching her the first time and burying myself inside her the second time had my body aching to do it again and again. I loved that she enjoyed the mental aspect of BDSM as well as the physical. I had met too many subs and Dom's that just wanted to get off, that is fine as long as both are on the same page. I didn't want that, I wanted more and reading her take on the two scenes we had done was very in line with mine. Her mind turned me on as much as her body.

Reading her journal and thinking about the other scenes had me hard as a rock. I caught myself as I was reaching inside my sleep pants. I looked at the clock, it was just past 11. By the time I set everything up it would be close to midnight. I told her we wouldn't be playing tonight and at midnight it would be tomorrow, technically. I couldn't stop the grin from forming on my face. With Isabella here I wouldn't be taking care of my erection after all, she would.

I unlocked the playroom and lit the sandalwood candles before moving to the bathroom and filling the Jacuzzi tub and setting the heater on it. I wanted this to be about pleasure for her and since she enjoys anticipation I knew just the game to get her extremely worked up. I laid out the things I would need as well as a blindfold, did one last check that everything was as I wanted it.

I opened Bella's door just a few minutes before midnight and used that time to sit next to her bed and watch her sleep. She looked so peaceful, lying on her stomach with her hair falling over her shoulders. The sheet was down around her waist and judging by her bare back she was sleeping naked, as I had requested in the packet she received. I slowly ran my finger up and down her side to wake her slowly.

"Edward" she whispered in her sleep.

"Isabella" I called softly. She started to stir and I pressed my finger more firmly against her skin.

"Edward" she said again but it sounded like more of a question. I rose to a standing position by her bed.

"Wake Isabella," I said sternly.

"Yes Sir," she said sitting up in bed giving me a confused and sleepy look.

"I want you in position in the playroom no later than 10 minutes from now." I commanded her and smiled. "Time to play my lovely pet," I said before I turned and exited her room.

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