A little while later, the owner of the company walked into my office, flanked by Annie. He apologised for Geoff’s behaviour and ensured me that the company were making sure that he would be dealt with thoroughly, and also that Annie would be taking over his position for the foreseeable future. I was pleased for Annie, she worked hard and was a lovely person, she fully deserved the promotion. When the owner left, I gave her a hug, congratulating her on her promotion.
“Thank you Penny!” Annie smiled at her. “I’ve been talking to the owner, and he believes in my vision for the company, and that’s something I wanted to talk to you about.”
“Yeah?” I asked warily.
“Your web series has been far more popular than any of us possibly imagined. With over thirty thousand subscribers worldwide, you’ve made the company, and yourself, a significant amount of money. I want to move the online content more towards that market. People are clearly interested in this, and an investigatory piece like yours is a good way for them to find out how it really is, and what goes on for those in the lifestyle in a fair and non-judgemental. I know the next episode was meant to be the last one, and with the way Geoff as with you, I wouldn’t blame you if you wanted to leave the company right then and there. I just wanted to ask if you would agree to a meeting with me before you do however, I want to keep you here Penny.”
“Yes this is the last one, and you’re right, it was my every intention to leave the company after I was done. I have enough money to take a long break, or fund another career should I choose. You’ve been good to me though Annie, even when everyone else here wasn’t. I owe you that meeting, so yeah, after the last episode next weekend, I’ll be in on Monday to speak to you.”
“Thank you. I loved your last episode, by the way, I don’t know how you manage to cope with it. A small part of me would love to try those things, but I’m too nervous and wouldn’t even know where to begin. By the way, what are you doing for the next episode?”
“You should definitely try it out. Take it from me, as someone who thought it would never be something I would experience. If I hadn’t been incentivised to do it by this company, I probably never would have experienced something that I now feel will be a key part of my life going forward. As for this weekend, I believe Selena is taking me in as her domestic slave for a full weekend. From Friday evening, straight through to Sunday evening, I will be at her house, fully serving her.”
“Sounds like it will be another great episode!” Annie said. “I must admit, it’s been interesting watching you with Selena. She seems like a very intimidating woman, I would obey her too, and I’ve only seen her on screen.” I laughed and the two of us continued to talk for the next half hour. I’d only been here at this company a few months, so I hadn’t really had the chance to get to know her, especially since Annie usually kept to herself.
The rest of the week seemed to pass uneventfully. The number of subscribers to the web series I produced was still growing quickly, I’d have to think what I’d want to spend the money on soon enough. Towards the latter end of the week, I found myself looking forward to spending time with Selena again. She’d said previously that she was proud of how I had presented myself and performed at the party she took me to the week before, and that in itself made me feel ecstatic. I was even still beaming from ear to ear when I had a surprise visit later that day from Selena herself. Heads turned as she walked confidently through the office, dressed in leather boots, wearing a long black coat and leggings. My co-workers recognised her from my videos, and it was funny that some of them had been quick to judge me and even say things behind my back didn’t give her the same behaviour. Selena had that effect though. She was an expert in intimidating people, in whatever way that may be.
“Hello Penny. I thought I’d bring you lunch today.” Selena announced and I was too shocked to say anything straight away. I led her to the staff room and sat next to her in the corner of the room. As my colleagues filed in, they seemed to take whichever seat was the furthest from us. I noticed they kept looking over though, wondering if they’d experience a live show of what they’d seen in my videos. I wouldn’t be comfortable doing that though, I would hate it if someone imposed their kinks on me by displaying them in a public setting, even as someone who’s experienced it. God knows how awkward it must be for someone who hadn’t.
Selena did most of the speaking, fully aware that I wasn’t too comfortable with everyone peeking over. She didn’t seem to appreciate some of their judgemental glares, choosing to meet their gaze and not looking away until they cowered their gaze away.
“I realise, we’ve spent quite a bit of time together already, most of that fairly intimate, and I don’t even know that much about you,” Selena stated and she spent most of my lunch hour asking questions about me, what I enjoyed doing, where I came from and so on. She was easy to speak to, and she seemed to care, to show interest in my answers.
“Hello, mind if I join you?” Annie had worked up the courage to come over and join us. I had been watching her out of the corner of my eye with a little amusement. She had kept looking up, moving as if to get up and walk our way, and then changing her mind and looking away. Bless her, I’m glad she did come over though. It was a show of support in front of all the other colleagues which was greatly appreciated as well. It was clear Annie was nervous and intimidated in front of Selena, but Selena was pleasant and the three of us talked for a while.
Friday finally arrived and it passed quickly thankfully. Jason arrived to pick me up for work and we went for a quick meal together in a local cafe. Jason was only filming the introduction and the finish to this web series episode. Earlier today, he had been setting up cameras all around Selena’s house to film me. We felt it would be better if there wasn’t a camera man constantly there for this one. He was proud to announce he had a date this evening, and I was pleased for him. I pried, trying to get details of who it was, and he announced it as his friend that worked with me. I tried to think who it was, which one of my co-workers was Jason’s type, there were surprisingly quite a few who I thought matched his type, so I didn’t have a clue, and Jason wasn’t telling. Once we’d ate, Jason paid for the bill, ever being the gentleman, and then led me to his car to drop me off.