Bliss

Her emotions were less intense now, but her guard seemed down as well, so he had no problem reading them again. The mix of them was more complex now than when they had been fucking, but Vel recognized them as being what he was currently feeling too. Post-orgasmic bliss. Afterglow. That seemed about right. Vel drifted off and allowed himself to just enjoy those feelings himself for a bit, and before he knew it, he was asleep.

He awoke a bit later to the feeling of Rose cleaning his cock with her mouth. She was fully dressed and looking presentable again. It couldn’t have been very long since he drifted off, minutes at most, as the cleaning wasn’t getting him hard again. “That’s a good girl, Rose, cleaning me up without having to tell you. You really are the best servant a man could ask for.” Vel didn’t need to reach out for her mind again to know how those words affected her. There was a sharp intake of breath around his cock and the parts of her face and neck that he could see from this angle flushed a deep red. She took him out of her mouth “Oh, my Lord, you’re making me want to ride you again immediately.” Vel didn’t really see the problem with that and told Rose as much.

“But, my Lord, I am to meet the Mistress in a bit, and I need to look presentable. Though if I tell her that your lordship kept me in bed too long, she might be understanding.” Rose looked thoughtful and didn’t seem to realize she had said anything noteworthy, Vel on the other hand was shocked. What she had just said suggested that not only did his mother know he was bedding Rose, she accepted or even approved of it. “Wait, mother knows you, uh, relieve me fully?” It was Rose’s turn to look surprised “Of course she does, my Lord.” Vel’s mind was reeling, had his mother hired Rose for that purpose as well? She seemed to pick up on his surprise and confusion “I was hired to work as a servant and help with your leg, my Lord, nothing else. But I knew what might happen when I agreed to service a teenage noble, and I believe the Mistress did too.” Vel reached out and could detect no insincerity or deception among her surface thoughts, but he had no way of knowing how reliable that was. He could certainly still pick up on a bit of arousal, and a lot of affection. The things rose was saying about her hiring and her willingness to bed him did not surprise him in the least, he hadn’t really questioned it in the past, but what she described would have been about what he imagined. No, it was his mother’s knowledge and acceptance of something as improper as him bedding his maid that had him shocked.

Rose moved over to sit next to where he lay and put her hand on his cheek “I am happy to be working for you, my Lord, it is a better life than I could have ever hoped for. You are handsome and kind and treat me well, and just made me cum so hard my teeth hurt.” She blushed a bit at that last admission, and Vel felt a bit of embarrassment from her, but nothing that would indicate dishonesty. Again, he questioned if he would even be able to pick up on such a thing though, he really needed to understand whatever this was better.

He gently took her hand from his cheek and kissed the back of it “Thank you, Rose, you know I care deeply for you too, and your services to me are truly invaluable.” She blushed even deeper, and satisfaction, affection and even pride blazed across the membrane of her mind. “In all honesty though, Rose, the thing that has me so shocked is mother knowing and, by the sound of it, approving.” Rose opened her mouth to say something but snapped it back shut almost immediately, as if thinking better of it. She clearly knew he had noticed and sought to explain herself “Forgive me, my Lord, I was about to speak out of turn.”

“Don’t worry, Rose, you can always speak freely when you’re alone with me. Now please, what were you going to say?” She still looked unsure, and Vel didn’t need to read her emotions to see she was nervous, but she did go on “I was just going to say, my Lord, that while the mistress might not always be the best at showing it, she cares deeply for you and is concerned about your well-being.” Emboldened by Vel’s lack of a negative reaction, Rose went on “That is why she doesn’t mind about us, even approves of it. For all her failings, I know she wants you to be happy.” Vel wasn’t as sure as Rose, but his mother did occasionally show that she cared. And he certainly had warm memories about her from when he was younger. She was one of very few people who had ever stood up to his father for him, but that had ended when he reached adulthood. As had most displays of motherly affection. And while she was never cruel or demeaning like his father, she did disapprove of his and Adeline’s closeness, and that definitely did not fit with wanting him to be happy.

Between all of this, the mood had been solidly killed, and Vel let Rose finish cleaning herself off and leave. He tried to close his eyes and sort out his thoughts, but it was impossible. He needed help with this, he needed Adeline. Getting to her would mean cleaning himself up and getting dressed all by himself though, and then hobbling through the estate with his cane. He sighed and got to it.