tonight and
it triggered her jealousy. She
heard Gunner’s phone ringing and answered it. He’s not interested in her anymore, I
assured myself.
I’m too old for this drama shit.
Chapter 8
Late Tuesday Afternoon
Gunner
“Did I get you in
trouble with your girlfriend the other night?” Sapphire teased upon showing up
at the dungeon.
“Not at all, most
people like being hung up on like that.” I glared, letting her know that I didn’t appreciate her interference.
“You probably
won’t leave your phone down by the pool again.” She laughed.
You bitch… I finished getting dressed and went
out to prep the room that we would be using for the evening. I
can’t believe it’s level seven already. We are going to be finished in ten days and I will be out of my
contract. Then we can work
exclusively with each other. I
put together an apparatus using a series of pipes that hung from the
ceiling. My intent was to tie Raven
to it using rope. She would be face
down in a horizontal position, suspended in mid-air. This
is going to be fun.
Raven
Arriving an hour
before the shoot, Sapphire was the first to greet me. I’m pretty sure that she had been
hanging around in anticipation of my arrival. She normally didn’t spend so much time
hanging out in the dressing room. This time, however, she was visiting with Jasmine when I showed up for
makeup.
“Hey, Raven, sorry
about cutting you off the other night,” she said sarcastically while flashing
me a pout. “His phone must’ve gone
dead or something.”
“Yeah, I’m sure
that’s what happened.” I blew right by her. “I’m sure the fact that he couldn’t find
it the next morning had nothing to do with you, either.”
“Whatever, chickie poo.” She shrugged and kicked her feet up.
“ Chickie poo? I
haven’t heard that expression in years.” I laughed. “Are you ready to make me gorgeous,
Jasmine?”
As I suspected,
Sapphire had been just fucking with me. Gunner had accidentally left his phone down by the pool when he went up
to bed. He found it the following
day in a different spot, so he knew that someone had been messing with it. That someone was Sapphire. I didn’t want her to know that she had
gotten to me, so I had decided to play it cool. The fact that she was sitting in the
dressing room while I was getting ready was really strange. Maybe she thought that she could rattle
me. Ha!
“Does she know
what she’s in for tonight?” she asked Gunner when he came to check on the
progress of my makeup.
“We haven’t really
talked about it. Have we?” He
placed his hand behind my head and leaned in for a kiss. He held it way longer than he had in the
past and even used a little tongue.
“Whoa, keep it PG
for now,” Jasmine scolded, giving Gunner a swat with her makeup brush. “After I’m done here, y’all can get as
nasty as you want.”
“Oh, I definitely
plan on getting nasty!” Sapphire gave me a glare and spun out of her
chair. “I need to go find the
scorpion.”
“She’s full of
shit,” Gunner assured me. “If
anyone gets the scorpion tonight it will be her.”
“What the hell is
the scorpion?” Jasmine asked with a perplexed look on her face. “That sounds
nasty!”
“Come out back
when you’re done with her makeup and I’ll show you,” Sapphire yelled back to
her.
“Yeah… no thanks
there killer. I’ll stick to doing
makeup, thank you.”
~~~
Gunner
It was going to
take some time to get Raven situated for the shoot, so as soon as she was out
of makeup, I started working on her ties. By the time the cameras were ready to roll, everything was perfect. Her arms were tied behind her back and
her legs were spread wide. She was
suspended face down at the perfect height, about three feet from
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