20
It was the Eastern Plaza de la Magnifique overlooking the big Eastern Ocean awash with lights and fanfare.
“Marcus and Dana Giannio have just arrived. Hmm, Millie, I wonder if this couple will bring the spice to the carpet like they did last year, what do you think?”
“Definitely.”
Rachel forced herself to calm down. She always was a wreck of nerves before major events like this but this was much worse because she was now a disgraced TV host. Hopefully, some of the elites would be merciful and sympathize with her?
Nate's fingers squeezed her waist. “You are trembling.”
“I’m nervous,” she confessed.
“You are with me.”
That was supposed to be comforting. Rachel smiled at his arrogance. The man was full of it it was a surprise he wasn’t bursting with his ego. Good thing he had the shoulders for an ego as huge as that.
They were behind a new break-out couple that had starred in a new show directed by the renowned Emilia Cartridge, a trailblazer like her name indicated.
The cameras turned on them in an instant and they were in the glaring spotlights.
“Ohh it’s Nate Madden in an Armani suit! Does he get any hotter?" Tilda, the event’s presenter for the evening, was saying into her long microphone batting her lashes at Nate. Then her sharp eyes fell on Rachel and she paused before letting out a gasp. “And is that THE Rachel Rivers hanging on his arm? Well well well Millie,” she said to her companion, “me thinks the fashion week just got spicier.”
The cameras went crazy.
Millie droned on in agreement with Tilda. Rachel barely listened. She reminded herself to breathe. As soon as their pictures were taken, before they were hounded by many TV presenters Nathaniel pulled her aside, down the hall and into one of the dressing rooms. She gasped in surprise. Was he going to begin now?
“There’s something I have to tell you,” he said. “I may not be with you throughout the night. I know this is coming as a surprise but can you manage alone?”
“Oh. Yeah, I can.”
He reached into his pants pocket to retrieve a black pod-like object with a string dangling at the end.
Smiling mischievously at her he gripped her right leg up and pushed the hem of her gown back. She gasped.
“Here?”
“Yes, baby. Your first lesson starts tonight remember?”
Rachel searched the room frantically with her eyes. Thankfully no one was in there yet. A soft sigh escaped her when Nate’s fingers pushed her panties aside to caress her softly.
“Have you ever used a vibrator before?”
“No, I haven’t. Is it one of those things you put in the vagina?”
“Yours.” He smiled teasingly. “What did you do in college?”
“I was never adventurous. Can I see that, please? Will it hurt?”
He lifted it for her to see. It was like a mini penis with a pink strip in the middle.
“Raise your leg higher. It won’t hurt.” She complied. He touched her to find that she was already wet. “You are naughty,” his voice dropped an octave. “Do you know I have the remote?” he pushed her back against the wall and nuzzled her cheek careful not to mess up her hair. He was still touching her softly, arousing her with his deft fingers.
Rachel let her head fall back. Outside more names were announced and more people arrived still. The thrill of knowing that they could get caught in the dressing room heightened her pleasure.
“What does it do?”
He slipped the vibrator inside her. “This is how I’ll keep in touch with you throughout the night.” His eyes holding hers he reached into his pocket and touched something she couldn't see.
Rachel moaned loudly arching her back as her insides quivered with the repeated vibrations. “Oh my God, stop it stop it,” her legs shook.
Nate chuckled. Holding her strongly against the wall he turned it off. Rachel reached beneath her dress, her slippery wetness dripped on her fingers. “If you cum too soon you can’t enjoy it. Learn to control your orgasm.”
“How?” she breathed softly. She never had to control her orgasm with Jacob since she barely even orgasmed sometimes.
“Practice.”
Before she could comprehend what he said he slipped his arm around her waist and pulled her outside and back into the fray. Almost immediately cameras flashed in their faces and their names were yelled out for comments.
“Wait,” Rachel muttered under her breath. “Nate wait I’m not…I don’t know how to control myself yet.”
He winked at her and steered her toward the cameras.
“Nathaniel Madden and Rachel Rivers together? That’s a couple we never expected to see this season!”
“Is that a Roberto Cavalli dress? My oh my Rachel is really stepping out in tip-top style tonight. What other surprises do we have tonight? The night is still young at the Mainland’s fashion week.”
From the corner of her eyes, Nate was smiling into the cameras frustratingly confident with one hand in his pocket and the other around her waist. Was he now touching the remote waiting to humiliate her out here?
“Is this your plan?” she blurted out.
“What?”
“To humiliate me?”
“Why would you think so?” He glanced at her. “Your pleasure shouldn’t be your humiliation. Don’t you remember the contract? You serve me with your body whenever and wherever. Smile.”
She forced her lips to stretch into a thin smile.
“You seem to think I want to take revenge on you for your stance during my divorce with Vera,” he spoke from the side of his mouth. “Is that why you still don’t trust me?”
Trust?
Did she know who to trust anymore? How was she supposed to trust him when he claimed to desire her when she had enjoyed embarrassing him on live TV?
“Trust is important in every relationship, don’t you think?” he was looking directly at her now giving the media vultures something to splash on the front covers. “Trust me.”
Easy to say.
Soon they were being ushered to the rooftop where the event was to hold. As if the media downstairs wasn’t enough more cameras were flashing in their faces. Rachel tried to ease up and tell herself everything was alright but she couldn’t shake the feeling that something was going to come back and bite her in the ass – and not just the vibrator in her vagina.
“How often will you set it off?” She asked referring to the little black thing with the string dangling against her thigh thankfully shielded by her gown.
“Wouldn’t be fun to know. Come let’s get ourselves drinks and I’ll introduce you to some people.”
The pop music, the wine, the people, the conversation…everything was things she was used to. It was all familiar to her so she forced herself to calm down.
But all that calm went out the window – or rather over the roof – when she did a double take at a couple that just stepped on the rooftop.
Jacob, her soon-to-be ex-husband, and her ex-best friend Dana.
