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Chapter 44: Rivals, Part 2
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Mastering Charlotte Chapter 45: Rivals, Part 3
MichaelWe had one night........ only one....Our rescuers are the soul of hospitality; 'Jeff' taking us back to his hotel and insisting on stoking us all up with an enormous breakfast before releasing us back to the world.James starts up the car engine, then leaves it running to warm through.Flasks are thrust into my hand. "Refilled that coffee for you, just in case....""That's very good of you. Thanks for all your help."I'm sure you'd have done the same for us." Jeff touches his forehead then strolls away.James glances around, "Charlotte?""Bathroom," I reply, then stare into space, feeling glum.James side-glances me. "What's wrong?""We had one night...."He looks up at the matchless blue sky, takes a deep breath and nods.*****At the station, we help Charlotte out with her suitcase. She's rather more practically dressed now, in jeans, boots and a warm pullover.James kisses her on top of her head, to the casual observer, every inch the paternal
Mastering Charlotte Chapter 46: Rivals, Part 4
The CityThe night is dark and sullen, moonless, and a chill sleet glazes the streets. Freezing mist casts a halo around the streetlamps.A pale face, framed by a wash of red hair, stares out into the night, watching traffic which swooshes by, surfing through iced puddles to splash up over the kerb, while those passing step hastily back from the deluge of freezing water. A scatter of people huddled under umbrellas, laden with bags and brightly wrapped parcels, walk quickly by, on their way to home and parties, family and friends. Neon signs glare out into the dismal night and as the last of the shops close, tinny Christmas Carols rattle their last breath, to fall silent.The face looks out at the world, observing, but not a part of it. Across the street, brightly lit Christmas trees adorn apartment windows glowing with warmth and welcome. Through windows, TV screens can be seen with flickering images of Fred Astaire and Danny Kaye dressed in red and white, while others disp
Mastering Charlotte Chapter 47: Rivals, Part 5
JamesAnd as I press her to obedience, I brush my lips past hers once more, soft and warm....Dominate and seduce.…It's what she wants........ Better perhaps then, that Michael's not here.... on this occasion........ Not to forget his words though.... He's been right about her all the way....Standing back once more, I undo cuffs, strip off my shirt and shoes. All the while she watches me, her eyes flicking between my hands and my face.And I find myself thinking of the last time we were alone together like this, the first night we met, when I took her virginity....She was afraid of me then........ but not now....I unbelt and unzip, folding my clothes to lay them on a chair.As I straddle her, her eyes follow me still. She's panting slightly as she looks at my erection then up into my face."Open your mouth," I say, nudging at her lips, and obediently she stretches her jaws, wrapping her lips around the soft skin of my cockhead.Jade, you look amazing li
Mastering Charlotte Chapter 48: Rivals, Part 6
JamesShe wanders into the lounge, be-gowned, sleepy-eyed and lovely."Good morning, Charlotte. You'll be pleased to know that Michael is on his way."She brightens; nods and smiles, yawning, but doesn't reply. Instead, she ambles across to me, looking over at where I am working in the kitchenette."I could have done that for you, Master.""Thank you, Charlotte, but there's no need. I enjoy cooking. I always did.... What would you like for breakfast.?"She surveys my work area. "Is that pancake batter?""It is, yes.""Pancakes sound good then.""Anything with them?""Um… syrup? Bacon?""Coming up." "Shall I make some coffee?" she asks."Good idea. I like mine strong and black." "Yes, Master. I know that."I smile and wink at her, then pointing, "Orange juice too, I think. You'll find the oranges over there."I rummage through the fridge, searching for the bacon, then notice her expression, pensive, as she tips beans into the grinder. "Something wrong,
Mastering Charlotte Chapter 49: Rivals, Part 7
MichaelShe pulls free of me, and I feel able to draw breath again. "Not really," she says, "I read about it on the internet… I wanted...."The internet…?.... Really?I thought someone must have been teaching you........ some other man....She looks up, emerald eyes bright in her pale face. ".... I wanted to make it good for you, the way you make it good for me."Oh, Babe....I reach down, cup her face with my palm. "You're succeeding.""I am?""You are."She's massaging the root of my shaft. "What would you like me to do next?"I wink at her. "I'm going to ask you to swallow my pride."She grins, wrapping her lips around me again, and this time, I don't resist the rising rush. Balls riding high and tight, my cock throbbing against her tongue, I let her simply suck and lick me....She has my cock-head fully in her mouth but still is tonguing at me. One hand circling the base of my shaft, the other now massaging my balls, it feels magnificent. Looking down
Mastering Charlotte Chapter 50: Rivals, Part 8
MichaelIt's chilly up here on the roof garden, but the view is astonishing, with a full circle panorama right across the City as far as the mountains one way, and to the sea the other. Charlotte wants to watch the New Year fireworks and there's not a better viewing spot than this.She leans over the wall looking down.... way down....How high are we? Thirty stories? More?"I wish you wouldn't do that," I say. "It's an awfully long drop. You're not Rapunzel, you know. Letting down your hair isn't going to produce a handsome prince."She grins, "Just watching the world go by...." Then she hooks her arm into mine, leaning into me, her head on my shoulder. "As for princes...."There's a warm glow inside me. I wish this could last and keep lasting. But then, that gnawing ache returns....I'm going to lose you........ to him....I realise that she's not looking out or down anymore, but at me. Although she's trying to hide it, she's watching me from the corner of her eye.
Mastering Charlotte Chapter 51: Rivals, Part 9
MichaelThere's a knock at my office door. "Boss, there's someone here to see you."I look up from where I am working my way through the book-keeper's notes on the monthly accounts for the Centre. It's a job I detest, but when you run your own business...."Who is it?""That friend of yours, the dark-haired guy; James is it?""Tell him I'm busy."Sandy looks doubtful but turns and walks out. "Okay, Boss."Two minutes later, she's back. "Um, he says that, um, you're not busy and he wants to speak with you.""Sandy, I said, I'm busy. I don't want to speak with him."She gives me a hard look then turns and exits again.I'm being unfair, putting her as piggy-in-the-middle....A minute later, she's back again. "Michael, he says he's going nowhere until he's spoken with you. He says he's insisting. I asked him to leave, but he just took a chair and wouldn't move.""Sandy, aren't you my security officer? That's what I pay you for. Tell him to leave.""You tell him to
Mastering Charlotte Chapter 52: Rivals, Part 10
JamesRealisation is dawning across Michael's face. I press my point home. "There is no competition here if we don't let there be." Then I pause.... He looks startled. "What's that look for?""Oh.... Charlotte said something similar, about different things mattering to the two of us.""Well, she was spot on, wasn't she? Why did you suddenly become jealous? You've never behaved like that before, in all the years we've known each other. What triggered it?"He looks shame faced. "I see the way she looks at you..."The way she looks at me?"… It's like.... like a kind of awe when she sees you. She doesn't react to me the way she does to you.""Why should she? We're very unalike. Why would she react to us the same way?""What's that supposed to mean?""Michael, I am her Master.""And what does that make me?" The aggression drifts back into his tone. "Where does it leave me?""She said it herself, didn't she.... You're her Lover. And as for how she looks at me, I've see
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JamesMichael takes a moment before speaking, then, ".... All through your life, you've had everything thrust upon you. Even meeting James and me, you chose to enter the auction, but you did that out of necessity. I'd like to know what you want. Now that you are free to choose for yourself, what is it that you want?"And he falls silent, watching her, and waiting as she looks around at everything about us....And I wonder what she sees. With everything that life has thrown at her, the horrors of her childhood, the terrors of her adulthood, and now to be here, in this lovely place, with the home she always yearned for.And is that enough for her?She gestures around, hands trying to encompass it all. "What more could I want? We're all here, at last, together. I have you both. I have what I want."Yes!Result!Michael's eyes shift to mine....Definitely....She sees us, knows what is going on, and leans in to Michael as he kisses her. "I think I'm going to ask you to
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RichardAt one of these interminable 'drinks dos' I am expected to attend, I do my best to put on a polite face. But I'm having trouble.I have the mayor on one side, "Since the plans were made public for the new City-Scape layout the share value has soared, Richard...."And my head of corporate law on the other. "There are still some legal obstacles to overcome...." argues Lazenby.I am unsympathetic. "That's what I pay you for."What I pay you a lot for........ So, stop whining and do your job.Listening to the mayor droning on, I nod politely, trying to appear interested but, in fact, my attention is half on the gathering at the other side of the room.As Charlotte and Elizabeth are chatting by the bar. Michael arrives, strolling across the lounge with that easy half-smile that is his habitual expression. Charlotte spots him and moves aside to make room for him."Hi, Michael." Elizabeth's eyes are bright as she looks up at him.He returns the smile. "Hi, Beth. L
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Richard"But you've been running 'Life and Fitness' in the City for years.… and turning a healthy profit, surely?""Yes, but you know how it is since two thousand and seven. All the banks have tightened up the rules."Bloody bastards at the banks....Pretty perfect for me though....How to approach this…??James said he has a problem accepting help........ Carefully...."Ummm.…Take this the right way, but I'd be happy to help."Glass in hand, Michael freezes, knuckles. His voice is barely polite. "Thanks, Richard, but I'm not a charity."James' meets my eyes again with a 'Told you' look. He laughs softly. "Now, who's suffering from stiff-necked pride?" Michael gives him a look that should have dissolved him on the spot, but James simply gives him a mild look, sucking at his teeth as he tries to extract a bit of peanut.I follow Michael's lead, keeping my own tone cool. "It wasn't a charitable offer, Michael. I'm a businessman. It was a proposal."He flush
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JamesAs we leave, Richard murmurs, "Keep your face straight.""You might have warned me....""What? That you were my ace-in-a-hole?" Despite his advice, Richard's mouth is twitching. "Not a chance. It worked out so much better that you were surprised when he finally realised who you are."I glance over my shoulder to see that we are safely out of range, then stop and turn to face him. "Richard, who am I? I'm an architect. A good architect granted, but...."He lays a hand on my shoulder. "You, my friend, are the architect who will have changed the face of the City. Not many can make that claim. Your immortality is going to be standing as evidence around us for generations to come."It's an interesting thought."I never expected to be famous."He rocks a hand back and forth. "Perhaps not with the Common Man, but I looked through those Get-Well cards at the hospital. Did you?""Er, no.""You should. I asked Michael to keep them for when you left the hospital; for when
Mastering Charlotte Chapter 288: Family, Part 18
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Mastering Charlotte Chapter 287: Family, Part 17
James"So how did it go?"Michael prises the cap off a beer bottle on the edge of the table then gulps down from the neck before wiping his mouth on the back of his hand. "It was.... surreal."I'm up and about and able to walk now, at the level of using the bathroom without the intervention of a nurse. Nonetheless, Michael's return is an excuse for me to climb back into bed, take the weight from my aching leg and draw a surreptitious sigh, which he pretends not to notice.And I'm happy enough to be here. Back in the beach house, the environment is soothing and convinces me to sleep more than I could have done in the renovation/building site which is our mountain home, even were we able to return there.I prop myself up against the pillows and Michael reaches around, rearranging them for me. When I'm settled comfortably, "Go on. I'm listening.""Cutting a long story short, Klempner admitted to murdering Charlotte's father, seemed to have some kind of crisis over her looking
Mastering Charlotte Chapter 286: Family, Part 16, The Present
KlempnerJennifer's face....The loathing there when he says that....The idea that she might be anything to do with me........You're Conners' daughter........ Not mine…Blondie's still speaking… "And your final revenge on her was to steal the child, to force her to grow up into slavery herself.... To fit your idea of...."I claimed you........ Mine........ My due........ My redress....Blondie is still talking.... "And when you found she'd grown up to look like her mother, you became obsessed with it again, determined to have the daughter forced into a life that the mother had already told you repelled her...."And I remember the disgust in her eyes....My beautiful Mitch........ Looking at me like shit on a shoe...."Is she alive? Charlotte's mother?" Blondie asks.I can't stomach looking at him. "I've no idea. The police gave her a new identity, hid her from me. I couldn't find her, and I've not seen her for over twenty years. But if she's not s
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KlempnerHer face twists...."You still don't want to believe me? She was very good at her job. Good enough that, at first, we didn't realise she was a professional. We thought she was just being.... friendly. And I'll admit, when I set eyes on her, I thought she was the most beautiful thing I'd ever seen...."..... Mitch's daughter....Blondie's knuckles on her shoulder whiten. ".... So did Frank. We took a room for the night and.... well, you know the script from there. You've had two guys together often enough I'm sure...."Her face sets. "So, what then?""She was fun to be with. Not just a good fuck, but actually good company. We both liked her. And she seemed to like us.... Really like us I mean, rather than just pretend to because that's part of the job description. In the morning, we took her number, and later, we called her back. It went from there. We'd meet up with her a couple of nights a week. It became regular. And then.…"Blondie breaks in, his voice low. "A
