Getting a third booking from a client was always a good thing. Seeing names that she recognised on her schedule often made Alexa smile, wondering if she had someone else heading for what she referred to as moment of Bliss addiction. Bayley Martinez was a name she honestly hadn't expected to see again after their second session, yet here she was, sitting in a coffee shop a few miles away from Bayley's apartment.
'A repeat of the last booking. I want to be bound and gagged, and have Alexa perform ASMR for me,' read Bayley's booking form. It was a simple request, and easy money for Alexa, she thought contentedly. In truth, many of her bookings were not particularly taxing for her, but this one was going to be up there with the easiest.
Sipping at her coffee, Alexa noticed a new email come in from Zelina. For a moment, she couldn't help picturing her assistant during her own moment of Bliss, standing with her hands bound above her head, mouth wrapped in tape, soaked in sweat, eyes wide as she experienced an intense orgasm. Taking on that booking hadn't been a particularly professional thing to do, but it sure had been hot.
Opening the email, Alexa saw that Nikki Bella wanted to make another booking, and wasn't happy with the current waiting time, which stood at nearly four weeks. A Moment of Bliss was growing ever more popular. In most respects, that was of course excellent news, but it did have the downside of causing well-established clients to have to wait longer for their bookings than they wanted to.
Alexa sent a quick email back to Zelina, asking her to try and schedule Nikki in sooner if at all possible. With that, she downed what remained of her coffee and packed her iPad away in her travel case. It was time for her to finish the journey to Bayley's apartment.
Just over ten minutes later, Alexa was buzzed into the apartment building where Bayley lived. As ever, she had her travel case with her as she entered the communal hallway. The door to Bayley's apartment opened, and Alexa got a surprise. Since the last time they had met, Bayley had decided to get a haircut. Where there had once been a rather childish side ponytail, there was now a bob cut. It totally transformed her appearance, taking her from cute to sexy.
"Hi, Alexa!" Bayley called out.
"Wow! Look at you!" Alexa cried, not even faking her delight. "That cut really suits you!" And you're dressing a little more provocatively too, she didn't add, noticing that the yellow top Bayley had on showed off some cleavage.
"You like it?" Bayley asked sweetly.
"It looks great! Talk about a transformation!" Alexa said as she walked into the apartment.
Bayley followed her inside, closing the door behind them. "Thank you! Can I get you anything, or are you good?" she asked, clearly remembering from the previous bookings that Alexa had rejected the offer when it had been made.
"I'm good, thank you," Alexa smiled. She noticed that Bayley was now looking awkward. It didn't seem like shyness, though. Something weird was going on, putting Alexa on alert. "You good?" she asked, trying not to let what she was thinking show.
"Uh, I don't know how to say this exactly, but I've kind of got you to come here under false pretences. Not in a bad way," she added, quickly realising how she was coming across. "What I mean is, before we get to my booking, there's something I want to talk to you about."
"Okay," Alexa said slowly. She didn't detect any kind of threat, so she decided to humour her. "Why don't we sit down, and you can tell me what this is all about."
"Good idea." Bayley followed Alexa over to the couch and sat down beside her. "Sorry if I worried you with the way I said that. I'm nervous to bring up what I want to talk about."
"Is it about what you want to do during the booking?"
Bayley shook her head. "No, not really. I had this conversation worked out in my head before you got here, but now it's all gone. I'm just going to have to come out with it. I want to get into doing what you do for a living. I wondered if you'd be interested in discussing me working for you, or in helping me start up a company of my own. I'm thinking about a fifty/fifty partnership."
"Oh," Alexa, surprised to say the least. "Bayley, the first time we met, you were too shy to go on a date with someone. Now you're sitting here telling me you want to become an escort. Forgive me, but I'm going to need you to tell me how we've gotten from there to here."
"Since the first booking, and especially since the second, I've had a lot of confidence in myself," Bayley said, displaying that confidence in her tone. "I'm like a new Bayley, which is why I've changed my hair any my wardrobe. I've been very sexually active, and I've done some experimenting with bondage, based on the time we spent together. I really enjoy it, and I think I could make good money doing what you do. Naturally, you're much better and much more experienced than me, that's why I'm coming to you with this. I'd like you to train me. What I don't know is, if we did reach an agreement, would it be better if you took me on as an employee of A Moment of Bliss, or would it be best to start a new company?"
"Safe to say this isn't what I was expecting when I walked in here," Alexa said, puffing out her cheeks. "I've never thought about taking on an employee to work bookings. A Moment of Bliss has, by definition, always been all about me. Assuming I was interested in taking you on, how would it even work? We'd have to take separate bookings, and call them what? A Moment of Bayley? It doesn't even make sense."
"A Moment of Bayley! I love it!" Bayley cried, her eyes lighting up. "By itself, no, that wouldn't make any sense, but if it was part of your company, maybe marketed as a new booking option on your website, I think it could work. We could make good money together, Alexa. I get it if your answer is no, but please don't dismiss the idea out of hand."
"I'm not dismissing it out of hand," Alexa said thoughtfully. "Honestly? I'm getting bookings coming in faster than I can do them. We're at a four week waiting time right now, which is longer than I ever wanted it to be. For some clients, that's simply too long. Most people don't plan ahead that far, so I am losing potential business. If there was a second option for clients, it would likely lighten my load. The thing is, Bayley, you can't just jump in at the deep end. It takes a lot of experience to be as good as I am at what I do."
Bayley nodded seriously. "I get that. I totally get it. That's why I'd like you to train me. Are there any clients who wouldn't mind you brining me along? Maybe I could even get involved, too?"
"You're really serious about this, aren't you?" Alexa said, looking at her studiously.
Bayley nodded again. "Absolutely serious."
Alexa thought about it for a couple of minutes, a heavy silence hanging in the room. The idea came to her that one day she could step down from taking bookings herself, leaving employees to continue working for A Moment of Bliss, continuing to make her money while she didn't have to be out on the road herself. She knew full well that Clementine would be all for that idea. That would be a long way down the road, though. First, there was the question of what to do with Bayley.
"Please, just give me a chance," Bayley said in an attempt to sway her decision. "I'll work my ass off. I'll prove to you that I can be good at this. Just give me the chance to show you."
"You want a chance to show me? Fine," Alexa decided. "This is what I'll do: I'll take you on at minimum wage. You'll come with me to a few bookings, if I can find clients who are interested and willing. I have one name in mind already. I'll see how you do there, and we'll try and find you a few bookings of your own. Assuming that works out, I'll get extensive feedback from those clients. Only if you impress them all will I consider offering A Moment of Bayley as an option for clients of A Moment of Bliss."
"And if that happened, we'd look at my pay? I wouldn't want to be working for minimum wage after my trial period."
"If it worked out, and that's a big if, you certainly wouldn't be making minimum wage doing what I do," Alexa assured her. "Now, for you first test, we can forget the booking you asked for today. You're going to give me a moment of Bayley, and you'd better make it good. If you do, I'll make a call to the client I have in mind who might be open to you joining me on their booking. Agreed?"
"Agreed! Thank you so much! I promise on my life I won't let you down!" Bayley said earnestly.
A/N: Thank you to everyone who left a review last time.
What do you think of the idea for A Moment of Bayley? Will she be able to make it work?
Next time, we'll see her first interaction with one of Alexa's clients. Who do you think the client might be?