Ms. Hoffman’s Office

The following chapter is written in 3rd person POV, following Becca and Celeste.

Still in Becca’s Office…

“So much pomp and circumstance.” Becca reacts jokingly.

“Don’t act like that’s not how you do things either.” Hal says, addressing Becca’s comment, prompting Celeste to give back the tablet to Becca.

“I don’t, and I don’t call my subs ‘****’ either. Should you really call her ****, if she’s not obedient all the time? Why not slut, or cumdump, or any other colorful word that’s more accurate?” Becca jokingly asks Hal over the video call.

“It’s roleplay, Becca. We only act like that if we’re in the exclusive company of members of the community, which is what all three of us are. Also, Celeste picked ‘****’. ****, tell the Mistress why you picked that for yourself.” Hal replies.

“I wanted to be called ‘****’ because of Britney Spears, Mistress.” Celeste replies, trying to continue her roleplay, but shows a little bit of a glimmer in her eye that she finds this situation funny.

“She seems well-trained if she could say that with a serious face. I’ll find out if you trained her as well as your last slut soon enough.” Becca tells Hal with an evil smirk.

“Becca, she’s not Viv. She hasn’t been dommed by anyone other than me. She’s also not your toy. She’s my girlfriend.” Hal tells Becca. “Don’t break her.” Hal warns.

“Don’t insult my intelligence, Hal. I know what I’m doing.” Becca replies, and Hal raises his hands to concede Becca’s point. Becca then gives the tablet to Celeste once more.

“Braveheart.” Hal says, which makes Celeste noticeably soften again after going into her submissive demeanor. “Hey, Love. I hope you have fun tonight.” Hal greets Celeste.

“Thanks, Love; and thanks again for being okay with me doing this.” Celeste tells Hal.

“We’ve talked about this, Love. It was for Viv, and she’s talking to us again. That’s what matters.” Hal reassures her.

“Besides, I trust Becca to show you a good time. So, of course I’m okay with this.” Hal adds.

“Thanks. I’ll see you tomorrow night. Say goodnight to Claire for me.” Celeste adds.

“Yeah, I’ll tell her you said goodnight. By the way, Claire told me to remind you to not forget to buy her a souvenir.” Hal says with a chuckle.

“I won’t, Love. I’ll buy something at the airport for her and Jesse. Love you.” Celeste replies.

“Okay. Love you too.” Hal says before ending the video call.

“Your Master gave you the same safeword as his previous slut?” Becca asks Celeste.

“Yes, Mistress.” Celeste answers, immediately going back to her submissive demeanor.

“Okay. Braveheart. No need for any of this role play between us, for now. Later tonight may be our first session together, but we’ve known each other long enough that we can just talk as friends.” Becca tells Celeste, who returns to her softer demeanor.

“I’ll pick you up later tonight at the club. Is Vivian certain she doesn’t want to join us?” Becca asks Celeste.

“Positive. I don’t think she wants to sub for anyone right now. Also, I don’t think she ever wants to share another Dom with me either.” Celeste answers.

“It would seem that is the case. She still won’t acquiesce no matter how many times I’ve proposed as well. I thought with her and I being business partners, she’d at least be open to it from time to time.” Becca says in disappointment. “It’s such a shame when emotions get in the way of pleasure.” Becca admits, with a tone of annoyance.

“I heard from Hal you warned him about that.” Celeste reveals.

“Yes. I did. A few years ago. It was during my time as a neophyte in the community. Hal gave Vivian permission to be my sub so I could practice. I may have been new, but I could see Vivian’s attachment to Hal quite easily.” Becca recounts to Celeste. “Hal, in his infinite wisdom, did not heed my warning.” Becca adds sarcastically.

“He did say he should’ve listened to you. Both of us couldn’t see what you saw. I asked her about going out with him, thinking it might complicate things with our dynamic, and she said she’d have no problem with it. It was easy for me to believe she wouldn’t since I always thought Viv was too much of a free spirit, only wanting to be tied down if it involved actual ropes.” Celeste says, with a chuckle at the end. “What made you see it? What made you know beforehand Viv was falling for him?” Celeste asked curiously.

“I asked her if there was anything to improve on my part during aftercare, and she kept comparing me to Hal. The comparison was expected, but I had sensed something different in how she described him. Not just as her dom, but as a person. Not just a sub’s veneration to her dom, but a friend describing their feelings for another. It was…” Becca explains, pausing to find the right word, which Celeste guesses for her.

“Romantic?” Celeste asks, and Becca could only nod in agreement.

“What would you have done? If you had a sub who fell in love with you?” Celeste asks.

“First and foremost, I wouldn’t be careless enough to allow a sub to grow attached towards me. All they should want is for me to satisfy their desires, and vice versa. Nothing more. If they grow attached, I’ll just cut it off immediately.” Becca answers coldly.

“Hal and Viv did say you were a robot.” Celeste teases Becca.

“I am not a robot!” Becca reacts, losing some of her composure, making Celeste smile a bit, seeing Becca’s more **** side. “What I am is efficient.” Becca continues, recovering her composed demeanor.

“I haven’t been a part of this community as long as you have; but from what I know, it’s not about efficiency, Becca. I hope someday you’ll understand that.” Celeste says with a caring tone, although Becca took it as Celeste being condescending.

“I will not be talked down to like this. You and Hal can dom your subs your way, and I will dom in whatever way I please. Thank you very much.” Becca tells Celeste, obviously flustered. Celeste just shrugs and concedes Becca’s point. She wasn’t trying to be combative, but she also knows why Becca would think that. She and Hal are in no position to give her advice with how things ended up with Viv.

“Regretting ending the roleplay?” Celeste asks Becca.

“No. At least I know how much more training you need.” Becca answers defiantly.

“Looking forward to it.” Celeste says with a confident smirk. The two women, having arrived at a stalemate, allow an awkward silence to envelop the room as both don’t know how to continue the conversation from here.

“Would that be all, Ms. Hoffman?” Celeste asks Becca.

“Are we back to roleplaying again, Ms. Pritchett?” Becca asks Celeste.

“No. Like you said, we can save that for later.” Celeste answers.

“Then what I said earlier applies, Celeste. Call me Becca.” Becca answers back.

“Would that be all, Becca?” Celeste repeats her question.

“Yes— No.” Becca answers, but immediately changes her mind.

“Your cousin, you shook your head earlier, so I’m assuming he’s not a member of our community, and those are not his subs. How’d he accomplish to build such an impressive harem? ” Becca asks. Celeste smirks at the question.

“Using emotions.” Celeste answers, the meaning behind her smirk much more clear to Becca, who is unappreciative of the short answer.

“Explain.” Becca commands.

“They’re not his ‘harem’, Becca. They’re his girlfriends. They genuinely love each other.” Celeste explains to Becca.

“What is he then?” Becca asks, to the confusion of Celeste. “Billionaire? Criminal? Foreign royalty? What?” Becca asks, and Celeste can’t help but laugh that she was three-for-three in what Becca could have been thinking Jay was if he wasn’t part of the community.

“Did I say something funny?” Becca asks Celeste, not pleased with the reaction.

“No. It’s just, that was my cover for your question earlier when we shook our heads.” Celeste explains.

“What else am I supposed to think?” Becca asks, irritated.

“That he’s a loving guy who found women willing to share his love amongst themselves?” Celeste answers Becca.

“Are you even listening to yourself?” Becca responds back, in disbelief that the man she just met could possibly have three girlfriends at the same time, all because of genuine love and affection for each other. Celeste just shrugs, knowing how unlikely that reason may be, but it is the truth.

“My cousin’s a genuine sweetheart, Becca. Take Viv for example. Viv may not admit it, but she finds that endearing about him too. She can mask her actual curiosity with her flirtatious personality all she wants, but I don’t buy it. I’m not ignoring the same signs she was giving off before with Hal. I think she genuinely likes him… and they literally just met last week. He just has that effect on people.” Celeste explains.

“So you’re saying he’s also courting Vivian?” Becca asks.

“No. His relationship with his girlfriends is still pretty young, and he doesn’t seem all that eager to ask out more women to add to his current relationship because of that. Although, they did mention that they’ve allowed him to pursue more relationships if he chooses.” Celeste explains, Becca’s eyes widen at the information that Jay technically has an open relationship with these women.

“Does that openness go both ways?” Becca asks.

“I don’t think so.” Celeste answers honestly.

“What a curiosity your cousin is.” Becca says in reaction.

“I’ve known you for a while, so I know you’re a good person, despite what most people’s first impression of you are. I also know you wrap your life around work and your hobby as a dominatrix, so your social circle is limited. I said that to preface this, if you’re genuinely interested in my cousin, let it be because you want to expand your horizons, don’t let it be because you want to—” Celeste tells Becca until she stops after hearing the door open.

“Hey, sorry to bother, but your waiter wouldn’t even let me knock on your door so I just said ‘fuck it’ and barged in here. What’s taking so long?” Viv asks Celeste and Becca. Becca waves off the waiter who was about to apologize for being unable to stop Viv, and he closes the door instead.

“I was just curious about Celeste’s cousin.” Becca answers Viv.

“You and me both. Can you imagine the amount of fun those guys get into?” Viv asks Becca, before she and Celeste share a knowing look having heard the moans of pleasure coming from Tanya’s apartment last night.

“Vanilla orgies do not interest me.” Becca coldly replies.

“It scares me that you consider an orgy ‘vanilla’.” Celeste jokes.

“It’s just because she’s the Dominator. A dominatrix sent back through time to change the vanilla loving future... one submissive at a time” Viv jokes, imitating a robot voice and hand movements as she does so.

“I am not a robot!” Becca reacts again, flustered; making the two older women laugh even more.

“Then stop acting like one and have normal fun every once in a while.” Viv tells Becca.

“There’s an idea. You want to come with us tonight? Have some ‘vanilla’ fun for once.” Celeste offers Becca.

“Yes! Maybe Stella and Cassie can show you how to act more human.” Viv teases Becca, but with genuine excitement at the idea that she would join them.

Becca just rolls her eyes, but it’s obvious that she’s considering the offer sincerely. It does bother Becca that people see her as a robot, or in more colorful words, someone who needs the stick up their ass removed, and she does want to change that perception about her; but, to her at least, she’s like that for a reason, and any chink in her armor will be perceived as weakness.

“No. I’ve intruded more than enough tonight. Enjoy the rest of your evening.” Becca answers, to the disappointment of Viv.

“Alright. Suit yourself Dominator.” Viv responds.

“Please stop calling me that.” Becca calls out.

“I’d call you Beccanator but you definitely wouldn’t like that either. How about Wendy?” Viv teases Becca, and Celeste can’t help but stifle a laugh.

“I do not understand the reference. If you will not stop with the names, I’ll have to ask you to leave my office.” Becca replies.

“Suit yourself. Bye, Beccanator!” Viv teases one last time before opening the door to exit Becca’s office.

“I will see you later tonight Celeste.”, Becca tells Celeste before she leaves.

“Yeah, I’ll see you later tonight, Becca.” Celeste adds before walking out the door and closing it behind her.

Alone in her office once more, Becca goes on her computer and proceeds to Celeste’s social media page to search Celeste’s friends list. Eventually, she finds the one she’s looking for. “Jay Craig.”

“Let’s see if you’re worthy of my interest.”