Free Safewords: Davenport and Chiffon by Candace Blevins Page A

Let me get to work, I expect we'll be ready to leave here in around three hours."
    The movers emptied her condo before lunch, and Zach had his cook set up a large buffet style lunch for them before they began unloading everything. She noticed Ethan drove his own vehicle, and wasn't surprised when he stayed after his crew left for the day.
    "You've done a great job on the remodel here, Dana."
    Zach spoke up. “She'll be redoing some of it; this was done before we were together. She'll need to add her own personal touches so it's our home and not my house."
    She ignored Zach and answered Ethan. “Thank you, he was very easy to work with. I'm currently dealing with the client from hell, who can't make a decision to save his life. Tell me, when were you thinking of adding design services?"
    "Soon. Zach tells me you have a crew of contractors on your payroll?"
    Ethan and Dana talked shop awhile, and when the conversation wore down Zach said, “Pet, Ethan's going to teach me the fine art of the single tail. I know you're itching to get into your office and closet so you can sort through all of your things, but I'd like you to work on the boxes in the bedroom first. Go on up and get started—we'll be in the garage if you need us for anything."
    "You're learning... for me?"
    He laughed. “Of course for you, silly girl."
    Dana's heart was in her stomach as she walked to him, so overwhelmed he would take on something so difficult, for her, when it wasn't really his kink. She looked up at him and quietly said, “Thank you, Sir."
    She turned to Ethan. “And thank you, for offering to teach him."
    Her phone rang and she reached into her pocket, thrilled to see Jacob's face.
    "Oh, sorry, gotta take this. You two have fun. Thanks again.” She was walking towards the stairs as she answered with, “Jacob, I'm so glad you called, all my stuff is here! My armoire is in our bedroom, it's... surreal."
    "I can't wait to see it. Did Zach tell you yet? Brent and I will be there in two weeks, for an entire weekend. I'm so excited!"
    "Umm, no. He didn't."
    "Oh, well, hope I didn't spoil a surprise. No one told me not to tell you."
    "Probably an oversight, then,” she said, stretching across the bed and wondering if she should incorporate the chiffon from her canopy onto this one. “I've been meaning to ask about your safeword—why Chiffon?"
    He chuckled. “I'd avoided Brent at the club; he scared me. Partly because he demands so much, but mostly because I was so attracted to him. Anyway, long story short, I steered clear of working with him, but one of my best clients wanted me to design the clothing and costumes for a music video, and I ended up on set working for him. He recognized me from the club—turns out I'd intrigued him, too. Anyway, he invaded my workspace and picked up some fabric. I freaked, because it was silk chiffon and it's so fragile and his hands are so big and strong and... right. Anyway, I couldn't get a sentence out, all I could do was point and say chiffon , and he closed the door and said, “Boy, you're going to have to use complete sentences. You say chiffon like it's your safeword."
    Dana laughed, but asked, “He doesn't call you boy, at least, not like that. When he's talking to me he'll say you're ‘our boy', but—"
    Jacob interrupted with a laugh. “If I'd gone on with the story, it would have included the part about his words making me find my spine. I proceeded to tell him I'm not a boy, I'm a man, and if he liked to fuck boys he needed to open the door and turn the conversation back to business, but if he enjoyed fucking men then maybe we could talk."
    "And I'm betting he informed you he liked to do a lot more than fuck men, right?"
    "Yeah, something like that, and then he kissed me and turned my world inside out. I don't know what I'd do without him; he keeps me sane, even if he doesn't understand anything about design or fashion. When I was decorating our house I wanted to throttle him. I think I