“Yes, my name is Marie,” she murmured softly, looking up at him, her lips parted and her eyes hooded.
He smiled and leaned in, exhaling softly against the lobe of her ear. It made her shudder and she whimpered again, reaching out and putting her hands on his shoulders to stabilize herself. He was driving her wild and he hadn’t even really done anything yet. Toby chuckled and ran his lips along her neck, pausing to press a tender kiss there as the hand on her thigh wandered further and further north. She spread her legs to give him access and just as he started to pull back she could feel his fingers teasing her delicate, feminine folds.
“Choose me,” he whispered, his voice sounding far away.
Marie’s eyes snapped open and she found herself lying in her bed, panting hard, a hand between her legs as sun poured in from the nearby window. Her body was covered in a thin sheen of sweat and she was a bit dizzy from the experience.
Had that really just happened? She groaned softly and pushed herself up from the bed, picking up her phone to glance at the time. She had about fifteen minutes before she had to get up for work so she flopped back onto the bed and grunted a little, running her hand through her curls. Everything had seemed so vivid. Was it really a dream? Maybe she was just that desperate to be touched. God, that was sad.
Chapter Twelve
Marie put in her hours at work. She liked her job, but every day that passed was another day that she wasn’t making enough money. It was starting to put her on edge. It was becoming difficult to even afford rent. How was she going to justify paying for Madame Osei’s ‘services’? Actually, now that she was thinking about it, Marie realized that the woman never really told her how much it was going to cost. She made a mental note to ask Rachel that evening.
She wrapped up at work and went straight to Rachel’s. She loved Rachel’s condo, and in some ways she envied her friend’s success. Rachel had never been tied down like Marie and so she’d been free to follow her dreams without hindrance, and Marie often wished she’d been allowed to do that.
Marie knocked on Rachel’s door and when Rachel answered, she already had a glass of wine in hand, ready to offer it to Marie.
“Thanks,” Marie said, taking the glass and sipping from it. God that was good.
She wandered into the condo and set her things down, falling into the couch and sighing happily. Rachel chuckled and sat in an armchair across from Marie, putting her chin in her hand.
“Sooo? How did it go?”
“Oh my God, it was so weird Rachel!” she said, sitting back up.
Rachel chuckled and nodded. “It is a bit strange,” she mused, nodding as she sipped at her wine.
Marie looked at her seriously for a moment. “Can we talk about it? Now that we’ve both been there?” she asked, remembering the contract that had seemed so serious.
“I suppose so. I won’t tell if you won’t,” she hummed, grinning brightly.
Marie laughed and leaned back, closing her eyes for a moment. “I honestly thought I was in the wrong place at first. Either that or I thought you were lying to me,” she admitted, taking a deep drink of her wine. “Then that lady-”
“Madame Osei?”
“Yes! Her! She took me back to that warehouse building,” she said, waving her hand almost dismissively.
“She took you back to where all the magic happens,” Rachel said, waggling her eye brows playfully.”
Marie nodded and smiled. “Everyone in there was so beautiful and it was more than I ever expected. I thought it was just going to be a hotel or something!”
Rachel smiled knowingly. “It is a little bit of a shock when you first walk in.”
“More than a shock.”
“Have you gone through the book yet?”
Marie offered her a confused look and Rachel just chuckled. “The catalogue of all the people who work for her. The escorts.”
“Oh. No. Not yet. I figured the prices would be in there and I’m not sure I can take that hit yet,” she admitted.
Rachel just smiled. “It’s not priced per person. It’s basically a membership fee and I’ve already paid yours for the year.”
She gasped, her eyes widening at the news. She could hardl
y believe what she was hearing. “You mean, I can go there as much as I want for the next year and I don’t have to pay anything?”
“Not a penny.”