The General was still breathing heavily and the fire had gone off due to the chilly wind that entered the room as I had opened the windows for him to breathe some fresh air. I decided to straighten my clothes and put a reassuring hand over the General's shoulder, who was fidgeting with the top buttons of his military jacket. I walked out of the office after telling him I was going to get some help, to which he answered that he didn't need anyone but I dismissed it. I was walking with a slight limp as I went downstairs, looking for one of the maids, perhaps Anna.

As I was expecting, I found her downstairs and told her that the General wasn't feeling well and she muttered something along the lines of "oh, not again" and I realised that this wasn't the first time the General had had one of this attacks. Now I was really worried as I walked up the stairs, following Anna, who had noticed my dishevelled looks and had frowned upon seeing me like that, but didn't said anything about it.

When we entered the General's private study he had already straightened his pants and was breathing normally. He got up to close the windows and asked Anna to light the fire again, which she did, after asking him how he was feeling. He said he was feeling alright and that we shouldn't have made such a big deal about it as it had just happened in the heat of the moment. And without Anna noticing, he winked at me and made me blush a little. Anna finished lighting the fire and bowed to the General when he dismissed her. She closed the doors behind her and left for the kitchen, where she would certainly gossip with the other maids about my dishevelled state when I came downstairs, after having been with the General, locked in his study. They probably thought I was some kind of slut, and to a certain point, I believed I was, but that didn't bother me much as it did before.

"It was all because of you, you know?"

The General said suddenly, making me turn around with my eyes wide with surprise. He was blaming me for his attack, or was I wrong? I couldn't believe it. I had tried to help him when he most needed it and he was blaming me? What a... I inhaled deeply and asked him for it.

"Why because of me? I tried to help you"

The General chuckled and approached me, putting his hands slowly on my backside and bringing me close to him, flush against his chest in a swift motion. I gasped at the sudden contact and looked up at the General's eyes with wonder. He had just blamed me for his attack and then had grabbed my backside as if nothing. I really didn't understand. The General could be quite baffling whenever he wanted to.

"Because you take my breath away"

And then he kissed me roughly, surprising me completely, but I decided to go along with it and shyly kissed him back, putting his arms around his neck as he continued to squeeze my soft bottom, which was still a little bit sore and I could feel the General's fluids trickling down my inner thighs. I was uncomfortable to say the least and the General could notice it when I stopped kissing back.

"You have half an hour before the lesson starts, why don't you go take a bath and change your underwear"

I nodded and pecked the General's lips before going straight to the bathroom and filling the bathtub. The General had taught me that I should bathe after every time I was intimate with another man in order to take his essence off me, and I followed his teachings religiously. When the tub was filled, I started undressing slowly and let my clothing in a chair in the anteroom and closed the door. I slowly sat down in the bathtub and began rinsing my legs with feather-like touches. I didn't even hear the footsteps approaching and realised that I was being watched by Sadiq when I turned my head on the direction of the door, where he was standing with his mouth agape upon seeing my long smooth leg up in the air and glistening with the water that had covered it. I squeaked and covered myself with a towel, still sitting in the bathtub, blushing madly. Sadiq was blushing, too and he smirked a little. For a fraction of second, I considered inviting him to take a bath with me, but that would be a bad idea. I didn't want to betray the General, who seemed to need me more than ever.

"S-Sadiq"

"Oh, well. I wasn't expecting to see you like this, Ivan"

He approached the bathtub and I sunk deeper into the waters as I didn't know what he was going to do. I closed my legs tightly, trying to hide my intimate parts. He slowly caressed my knees, which were protruding from the warm waters and looked right into my eyes.

"I can't wait to see you in your dance outfit"

"What?"

I asked. I had thought that I would dance in my regular clothes, but apparently not. I didn't want to think what kind of outfit was I going to be forced to wear, but a part of me was expectant. Sadiq winked at me before leaving the room and me, flustered, behind.

When I finished bathing I dried off with a towel and came out of the bathroom to find my dance outfit lying over the chair of the anteroom, where I had previously left my clothing. The "outfit" was made up of only a pair of semi-transparent violet pants which seemed to be made of silk with a hip belt sewn. It was made up of what looked like coins and bright golden sequins. It tinkled when I put them on blushing slightly as I would be dressed in nothing more than that. I was a little embarrassed for it, but I couldn't wait to get started.

My bare chest was on display, but I didn't feel cold given that the room was nicely heated, my blush extended from my cheeks down my neck and covering my upper torso, as I knew that they could see my underwear through the pants, which tinkled when I took a step further into the General's private study. I was fidgeting with my hands under the General's and Sadiq's penetrating gaze and I could feel my entire body heat up at the sole thought of being watched like that... with desire.

"H-How do I look?"

I asked, a little timidly, waiting to hear Sadiq's response, rather than the General's. I didn't know why perhaps it was because he was younger and more attractive than the General that I felt compelled to make him like me physically, although I felt bad for betraying the General, even with my thoughts.

"Perfect to start our lesson"

Sadiq said excitedly and clasped his hands together before leading me out of the General's office and to the ballroom, where I had to wait for him until he got changed. The ballroom was as large as any other room in the house and it was nicely decorated with gold and tall windows. There was a crystal chandelier hanging from the ceiling, but the illumination was provided by the sun from outside. The musicians that were sitting in a corner with their weird instruments that I had never seen before looked at me up and down when I entered the ballroom, almost shyly, and mumbled some things I couldn't understand. Sadiq appeared through the large double doors and was dressed in only his pants, which where red. I turned around, blushing furiously as I had caught a glimpse of his almost naked body. He was broad and muscular and had some hair in his chest and belly. He was looking at me with a smirk on his face and his muscular arms crossed over his chest. I could also see his underwear, but I'm not going to describe it, but he looked even bigger than the General, and that was saying much.

Oh, God. I had danced over the waters of the sea and survive, I can survive this.

I kept repeating myself as I slowly turned around to face my extremely appealing new dance teacher, with whom I would be sharing an entire year until I became a professional dancer. This was going to be a long year, I thought, especially when I caught him looking at my backside when I turned around.

Ok, so this has been a little slow and perhaps it's a little boring, that's why I would like to you to review and tell me whether it's boring or not and if you like it or not. I'm going to update more chapters and I'll try to make the story go a little faster, so you, my loyal readers, don't get bored. Once again, I appreciate what you are doing for me by reading this story and Menekşe appreciates it too!