Awakened (19 page)

“
I don’t need your money,
Stefan.”

“
No you don’t, but I’m
buying you a dress. End of story.” He got up and walked over to his
suit case.

“
I bought you something to
wear today while you’re shopping.” He pulled out a bag from his
suitcase and tossed it onto the bed.

“
I’ll be right back; I
expect you to be wearing that and nothing else.” He winked and
walked out of the room.

I grabbed the bag and
opened it. It was a black lace bra with slits down the middle of
them and black lace panties with a cut out in the middle of it as
well. My cheeks instantly flushed red.
No
way in hell I was wearing this. Was he crazy?

After a couple of minutes, Stefan
returned to find me sitting in the bed under the sheets looking at
the set.

“
Jennifer, what are you
doing?” He sounded annoyed.

“
Stefan, I’m not wearing
this.
This
is too
much.” I held up the bra.

“
I didn’t
ask
you to wear it,
I
told
you to wear
it.”

I got up and put on the bra. My
nipples poked right through the slits in the silky fabric. I put on
the underwear; it made me feel more exposed then
anything.

“
Jennifer, why can’t you
understand how beautiful you are? You’re gorgeous.” He walked over
to me. “Bend over the bed.”

“
What?” My mouth
opened.

“
I asked you to have that
on by the time I came back into the room and you disobeyed me. You
need punishment, Jennifer.” He walked closer to me, making me take
a step back into the bed.

“
Stefan, I don’t want to
wear it.”

“
Turn over.” He flipped me
over and onto the bed.

“
When I ask you to do
something, I expect you to do it. Why do you insist on defying
me?”

“
I-I’m not trying to,” I
stammered.

“
Put the pillow around your
mouth, and if you need to make a noise, do it in the
pillow.”

Right as I put the pillow around my
mouth, my first blow came to my backside. I half screamed half
moaned into the pillow. Something about this felt so
good.

“
You will get 3 of these
today. Then I’m going to fuck you. Understand,
Jennifer?”

I nodded my head.

“
Answer me.” Stefan rubbed
my backside.

“
Yes, sir.”

Then another swat landed, followed by
him rubbing gently. Then another one. Stefan grabbed my wrist and
rammed into me. I moaned again into the pillow.

“
This is going to happen
fast, so I suggest you hurry.”

He thrust faster and harder making me
moan into the pillow and moving me closer to the edge.

“
Jennifer, you have no idea
what you do to me,” he moaned out.

My mind was spinning. This all felt so
good, exactly what I wanted.

After we finished, he cleaned us up
and I changed into a short red summer dress paired with black
strappy heels. I curled my hair and let the loose curls fall around
my shoulders. When I walked out of the bedroom and down the stairs,
Stefan was talking to his niece and she was giggling. As soon as I
hit the bottom step, Stefan grabbed my hand and twirled me around
until my lips met his. It sent butterflies coursing through
me.

“
Uncle Stefan,” Hayleigh
was tugging on his jeans. “Is she going to be my Aunt Jennifer?”
She was jumping up and down. I couldn’t help but laugh at her
question. I was very interested in how Stefan was going to answer
this one.

“
Well honey, we haven’t
been dating that long, but can I tell you a secret?” He leaned down
until he was eye level with her. “She is very special and I care a
lot about her.” He whispered into her ear even though I could still
hear him. Hayleigh giggled and ran ahead of us.

“
She’s a handful, huh?” I
asked, pretending I didn’t hear him.

“
She keeps me on my toes,
that’s for sure.” He led me outside to the patio. Everyone was
sitting, drinking their morning coffee.

“
Well good morning. You
look fabulous dear,” his mom got up to greet me.

“
Thank you. You do too.”
She was wearing white capris with a black shirt that had some
rhinestones around the neck and a pair of black wedges. She looked
so pretty.

Sam popped up and hooked her arm
around my arm. “Are you ready to go, Jen? Can I call you
Jen?”

“
Yeah, that’s fine. Where
are we going shopping?”

“
We’re going to
Robes Amour. It’s
a
little boutique in Dallas that only sells amazing designer dresses.
They have a back room where we can sit and drink champagne while we
try on dresses. It’s great!” Sam told me.

“
Well we better get going
girls; we still have a lot to do.” Judy said, nodding to Sabrina
and Hayleigh.

“
Momma, do I get to wear a
pretty dress tonight?” Hayleigh said, grabbing Sabrina’s
hand.

“
Yes baby and a pretty mask
too.”

Stefan came to my side and started
walking with me.

“
What are you doing?” I
asked.

“
I’m going shopping with
Alex, Sabrina’s husband. His flight just got in, he should be here
anytime.”

“
Oh my gosh, I didn’t get
Sam a present Stefan, I had no idea…” My voice trailed
off.

“
It’s a fundraiser, Jen, no
worries. Save A Life is Sam’s favorite charity. We will have
raffles and different auctions that all these rich people can spend
their money on. It will be fun.” He said as I saw the black stretch
limo arrive.

“
Oh yeah, first present of
the day, a limo.” Sam said, giggling as she sprinted past us and
waited by the limo. “Let’s go people!”

I suddenly noticed all the different
people walking from the back yard to their van’s in the drive
way.

“
Who are all these people?”
I said, looking around.

“
They’re setting up for the
party tonight. Go have fun and remember, do
not
worry about the price tags. See
ya, babe.” He kissed my cheek as I climbed into the limo. “Be good
to her ladies,” Stefan winked.

“
Always,” Sam smiled. He
closed the door and the limo driver slowly started for the
gate.

“
You are just so cute!” Sam
scooted closer to me. “I am so glad Stefan brought you home,
Jen.”

“
Thank you.” I said wishing
she would escape my bubble. She was too….bouncy for me.

“
He’s only brought home one
girl besides you….” She was cut off by Judy.

“
Samantha! That’s enough
dear.” She smiled in our direction. I shot a look to Sam, next to
me who sat still and quiet.
What was going
on?

“
Sorry mom,” Sam said in
defeat.

“
Excuse my…family.” Sabrina
rolled her eyes towards her mom and sister. “So, Jen, do you know
what kind of dress you’re looking for?”

“
No, not really. I’ve never
been to a masquerade ball so this is all new to me,” I said,
feeling awkward.

Sam interrupted Sabrina. “Don’t worry,
we will help you pick out something gorgeous, Jen. My brother won’t
be able to keep his hands off of you.”

“
Momma, are we almost
there? I need to potty.” Hayleigh said, wiggling in her seat. We
all kind of laughed.

“
Honey, why didn’t you go
before we left? Yes, we will be there in a minute.” Sabrina said,
placing her hand on Hayleighs leg.

“
Mommy, I didn’t need to go
before we left. Can’t blame a sister.” We all busted out laughing.
Hayleigh cocked her head to one side with a confused look on her
face.

We pulled up in front
of
Robes Amour. The limo driver opened our
door and we filed out.

“
Robes Amour?” I questioned
looking at the sign.

“
It’s a French name that,
when translated, means Love Dresses.” Judy said, getting out of the
limo.

We walked inside and a
short, middle aged woman met us. She was wearing a black tight
dress with white heels and her brown hair was cut into a cute pixie
style.

“
Hello, Mrs. Long. How are
you doing today?” She said, shaking Judy’s hand.

“
I am doing fine, Marie.
And how are you?”

“
Doing great. Happy
birthday, Sam.” She gave Sam a hug.

“
Thank you,
Marie.”

“
If you will follow me to
the back, we have a special room set up for you and your guest with
chilled champagne and dresses ready for all of you.” We all
followed her to the back where she pulled open a curtain that
revealed a side room. Inside were 5 dressing rooms with all of our
names wrote across the mirrored door and a small platform with
mirrors encasing you so you could view yourself from every
angle.

Sam pulled my hand and
dragged me into the middle where some chairs and a small table was
that held the champagne. There were 4 glasses of the bubbly liquid,
Sam passed me one as she grabbed one for herself. Judy and Sabrina
were right behind us, picking up a glass each. Sabrina grabbed a
plastic flute and gave it to Hayleigh.

“
Here you go, baby.
Sparkling apple juice.” Hayleigh grabbed the flute and took a
drink, not waiting on anyone else.

“
This is good momma.” We
all smiled at her.

“
To my
21
^st
birthday!” Sam held
her glass up and we all followed, including Hayleigh. “Let’s have a
great time shopping and an even better time tonight!” We all
clinked glasses and took a drink.

“
Okay, ladies. For each
dress there is a matching mask that we have flown in from Italy;
they are in your dressing rooms, lined up from right to left. We
had to have special dresses flown in for Hayleigh, the little one,
but everything’s all set. Unfortunately, my associate could not be
here today, so I will have to stay on the floor.” She paused as
Judy shook her head.

“
I’m sorry Marie; you’ve
been having problems with that young one, right?”

“
Yes, but I’ll manage. So
if you guys need anything, please peek your head outside this
curtain and I’ll be here to assist you as soon as I can. Enjoy,
ladies.”

Judy nodded as Sam ran into
her dressing room. My room was the one next to Sam’s; inside I
found six gorgeous dresses hanging on a hook outside.

“
I hope you don’t mind, but
Stefan told me your dress size so I could pick out some dresses for
you.” Judy said, walking into her dressing room next to
mine.

“
No….it’s perfectly fine.
These dresses look…amazing.” I said as I marveled at the
dresses.

I took a deep breath,
grabbed the first dress and walked into my dressing room. The tag
read Vera Wang. I pulled off my clothes and remembered this
morning. A sudden flame ran through my body remember Stefan putting
me over his knee. Of course Stefan would have me wear this when
trying on clothes.
Ugh…

I started to try on the
dress just as Sam knocked on the door which made me go even
faster.

“
Do you
need help?” Sam hollered. I put the main part of my dress on but
couldn’t figure out how the top went over my head.
Dammit it all to hell, she was going to have to
help me.
I started getting
flustered.

“
Uh, yeah, sure.” Sam
opened the door.

“
Okay, you just pull this
over your neck like this,” she pulled the fluffy piece over my
head. “And pull this string up here to tie around the neck piece,
like this.” I turned around and her mouth dropped.

“
Oh my gosh, Jennifer. This
is the dress. Oh my gosh, this is the dress! You found it!” She
started jumping up and down in her expensive dark purple gown. She
ran through the curtains and into the store before coming back and
standing in front of me.

“
Here wear these.” She set
down a pair of nude pumps. They were Christian Louboutin shoes and
were absolutely gorgeous. They were very high though; I wasn’t sure
if I would make it. I slipped my feet into them and took a couple
of steps, they were surprisingly very comfortable and easy to walk
in. I stepped up to the platform, and discovered that Sam was
right; this was the dress. It was black on top with a low V neck
and a floral pattern stitched into the fabric. It flowed down to
cream and black color, sheer type of fabric that hugged tightly to
me. Around my neck was black feathers. I would definitely have to
wear my hair up for this dress. Sam brought out a black and cream
colored lace mask. It had a black and cream colored rose on one
side with feathers coming out of it; gorgeous. I pulled it around
my face and down over my eyes. The dress made my green eyes pop and
the mask drew immediate attention to my eyes. The effect was
startling.