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Chapter One

The phone on lanced at my watch Four thirty My administrative assistant had explicit instructions not to interruptCai to call from China, so that left only one other person

I hit the speaker-phone button "Yes, Sara?"

"Mr Godwin on line one, sir"

Excellent

"Did I receive a package froround "Yes, sir Should I bring it in now?"

"I’ll get it later" I disconnected and switched to the headset "Godwin, I expected you to call earlier Six days earlier" I’d been waiting for the package just as long

"I’m sorry, Mr West You had a late application I wanted to include with this batch"

Very well It wasn’t like the wo I would discuss with Godwin later

"How many this time?" I asked

"Four" He sounded relieved I’d moved on from his lateness "Three experienced and one without any experience or references"

I leaned back inthis conversation Godwin knew s on inexperienced sub the sweat from his brow "But this one is different--she asked for you"

I stretched one leg and then the other I needed a nice, long jog, but it would have to wait until later that evening "They all ask forvain, just honest

"Yes, sir, but this one wants to service only you She’s not interested in anyone else"

I sat up in the chair "Really?"

"Her application specifically states she will sub for you and no one else"

I had rules about prior experience and references because, to be frank, I didn’t have time to train a submissive I preferred someone with experience, someone ould learn my ways quickly Sothy checklist in the application to ensure applicants knew exactly what they were getting themselves into

"I assume she filled out the checklist properly? Didn’t indicate she would do anything and everything?" That had happened once Godwin knew better now

"Yes, sir"

"I suppose I could take a look at it"

"Last one in the pile, sir"

The one he’d held the package up for, then "Thank you, Godwin" I hung up the phone and stepped outside o home, Sara?" I tucked the envelope under "

She thanked ot a bottle of water, set it on h the first three applications Nothing special Nothing out of the ordinary I could set up a test weekend with any of the three women and probably wouldn’t be able to tell the difference between thehed Maybe I had been doing this too long Maybe I should try again to settle down and be "normal" With someone asn’t Melanie this time The proble special to go along with it

I took a long sip of water and looked at hly doubtful I’d findspecial in the last application Since the woman had no experience, it really wasn’t even worthat it, I took the application and put it on top ofI placed side by side on top ofThere was basically nothing differentiating the three women I should just close my eyes and randomly pick one The one in the middle would work

But even as I looked over her inforaze drifted to the shred pile The discarded application represented a woman anted to be my submissive She’d taken the time to fill outeverything because of Miss I-have-no-experience-and-want-only-Nathaniel-West The least I could do was respect that woh to read her information

I picked up the discarded application and read the na

The papers slipped froround

I was a complete success in the eyes of the world

I owned and ran my own international securities corporation I eraced the pages of Architectural Digest I had a terrific family Ninety-nine percent of the time, I was content with my life But there was that one percent

That one percent that told me I was an utter and complete failure

That I was surrounded by hundreds of people, but known by very few

That my lifestyle was not acceptable

That I would never find someone I could love and ould love retted my decision to live the lifestyle of a dominant I normally felt very fulfilled, and if there were times I did not, they were very few and far between

I felt incoht a glimpse of Abby Of course, until her application crossedif she even knew I existed Until then, Abby had sy one percent Our worlds were so far apart, they could not and would not collide

But if Abby was a submissive and wanted to be my submissive

I allowed my mind to wander down pathways I’d closed off for years Opened the gates of es overtake me