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Stepping onto the lush carpet of the penthouse floor, I have two doors to choose from. I feel a bit like Alice in Wonderland, until I remember the room number the client texted me earlier today. With the Pixies'
Where Is My Mind?
forming an earworm in my brain, I knock.

A delicious man opens the door. Thick dark hair, lightly threaded with silver, strong jaw with an aquiline nose, sultry gray eyes that take in the length of me. He wears an exquisitely tailored suit that cuts across his impossibly broad shoulders in a mix of elegance and power. When he smiles, even my jaded heart quivers a bit.

"Mistress Hawthorne. A pleasure."

I level a gaze at him, knowing that my red curls and green eyes captivate my clients. "The pleasure will be mine, Charles. Naughty boys have to be punished."

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As a professional Dominatrix, I follow three rules:

1.              Never let them disobey you.

2.              Never let them touch you.

3.              Never have sex with them.

At least, I used to follow them...

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